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Trump’s Supreme Court Pick

President Donald Trump is set to announce his Supreme Court nominee tomorrow night at around 9 p.m. Eastern time. Some so-called pundits (usually among the Never Trump GOP cohort) have touted U.S. Senator Mike Lee of Utah. Ted Cruz, who received Lee’s endorsement for president in 2016, also recommended his friend and colleague for the high court. read more

Elections Have Consequences: Supreme Court Edition

  • Travel ban upheld
  • forced union dues in the public sector ended
  • Justice Anthony Kennedy retires

The Supreme Court vacancy in another item on the world-is-coming-to-an-end  list for the social justice cohort.

The upcoming July 9 announcement by President Trump for Kennedy’s successor can get added to the inventory of hysterical reactions that includes Trump’s tweets about little rocket man, in the alternative when Trump sat down for peace talks with Kim Jong Un, when Congress passed the Trump tax cuts, when Trump withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement, when he exited the Iran Nuclear Deal, when so-called net neutrality was repealed, and so forth. read more