Trump's judges: a revolution to create a new conservative America

[dajoki]

Trump's judges: a revolution to create a new conservative America
The president’s judicial appointments have been a quieter project than most of his flamboyant presidency, but will have longer-lasting impacts on healthcare, voting rights, criminal justice and the climate
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/28/donald-trump-judges-create-new-conservative-america-republicans

For all the extravagant projects of the Donald Trump presidency, and for all its flamboyance and bluster, his makeover of the judiciary – a quieter project that has been ratcheted forward by a network of quieter people – may prove to have the longest and most far-reaching impacts on the daily lives of Americans.

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And even as the virus rages, the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, has vowed to make confirming the judges the first order of business when the chamber reconvenes early next month.

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Court vacancies and ruthless engineering by McConnell have allowed Trump to install 10 new judges on the ninth circuit, which with 29 active judges total is by far the biggest in the land. When the family planning cases landed before the court last year, two Trump appointees were selected at random to sit on an 11-member ruling panel.

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In case after case, the rulings of Trump’s picks represent not the preference of a majority of the public, but the preference of a shrinking American conservative minority whose grip on power runs through the US Senate and its exclusive power to confirm federal judges, here exploited mightily.

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Even in cases where Trump judges replaced judges appointed by an earlier Republican, Trump’s judges as a group espouse a more extreme conservative philosophy – which may be enhanced in practice if the judges see their appeals court jobs as tryouts for the US supreme court.

“I’m sure that at least some of them are doing their judging with one eye on the health of Ruth Ginsburg and Steve Breyer,” said Wheeler. “Wondering, ‘what can I do to persuade the administration that I’d be a great person to appoint to the supreme court?’”

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[OrlandoDem2]

1. This is why even the Greens and Bernie Bro's must vote for Biden and the a Democrats in 2020

[c-rational]

2. Had this same discussion with a Plumber I do business with yesterrday.