Democrats will be raging all day Saturday, then Sunday as they come to grips, and will wake up Monday feeling more unhinged than normal
Trump court announcement set for Saturday as Amy Coney Barrett emerges as a favorite
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he plans to announce his new Supreme Court nominee at 5 p.m. on Saturday, claiming that the country will need all nine justices in order to decide on the legality of mail-in ballots following the November elections.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett has emerged as Trump’s overwhelming favorite to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to several people familiar with the deliberations.
Barrett was back at the White House Tuesday for a second day in a row, according to two sources familiar. The sources said she impressed Trump and others during initial White House meetings on Monday.
Trump has not finalized his decision, and with days to go until he announces his pick on Saturday, his thinking could change.
Trump is supposedly working out a time to meet with Judge Barbara Lagoa on Friday while he’s down in Miami, but
Lagoa remains on the list but multiple people familiar with the matter told CNN that Trump is fading on the idea of picking her. While Trump was initially enthused at the prospect of nominating a Cuban-American from Florida, a critical electoral battleground, Lagoa hasn’t been previously vetted for the Supreme Court and some advisers suggested it would be a heavy lift to clear a new name quickly.
And that’s the reason I used the CNN article, as it is one of the few who notes this. Barrett has been fully vetted previously, and it will be much easier for her to go through the process of question in the Senate, at least by Republicans, with Democrats using their time making speeches and accusations with nary a question to be seen.
Trump has said the end-of-week timing for the pick was meant to show respect for Ginsburg, who will lie in repose at the Supreme Court on Wednesday and Thursday before a private interment at Arlington National Cemetery next week.
But the President is also keen on extending the dramatics of his selection, likening it to his version of a running mate selection during an election year, according to one adviser.
ZOMG, Trump is doing the showmanship of Politics! And now Democrats will have to give up their other violent protests to have anti-woman on the Supreme Court violent protests.
