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A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a federal law prohibiting people who use marijuana from owning firearms is unconstitutional, the latest challenge to firearms regulations after the conservative-dominated US supreme court set new standards for reviewing gun laws.
Lawyers for Jared Michael Harrison argued that their client’s second amendment right to bear arms was violated by a federal law that makes it illegal for “unlawful users or addicts of controlled substances” to possess firearms.
Harrison was charged after being arrested by police in Lawton, Oklahoma, in May 2022 following a traffic stop. During a search of his car, police found a loaded revolver and marijuana. Harrison told police he had been on his way to work at a medical marijuana dispensary but did not have a state-issued medical-marijuana card.
His lawyers argued the portion of federal firearms law focused on drug users or addicts was not consistent with the historical tradition of firearm regulation, echoing what the US Supreme Court ruled last year in a case known as New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen that set new standards for interpreting the second amendment.
Federal prosecutors argued that the portion of the law focused on drug users is “consistent with a longstanding historical tradition in America of disarming presumptively risky persons, namely, felons, the mentally ill, and the intoxicated”.
A US District Judge, Patrick Wyrick, agreed with Harrison’s lawyers, ruling on Friday that prosecutors’ arguments that Harrison’s status as a marijuana user “justifies stripping him of his fundamental right to possess a firearm … is not a constitutionally permissible means of disarming Harrison”.
“But the mere use of marijuana carries none of the characteristics that the nation’s history and tradition of firearms regulation supports,” said Wyrick, who was appointed by Donald Trump.
Wyrick highlighted that under Oklahoma law, marijuana can be bought legally at more than 2,000 store fronts in the state.
Attorneys for Harrison, as well as the US attorney for the western district of Oklahoma, prosecuting the case, did not immediately comment.
The ruling came after a three-judge panel of the Fifth US Circuit Court Of Appeals in New Orleans on Thursday ruled that the government cannot stop people who have domestic violence restraining orders from owning guns. The panel referenced the Bruen decision. Two of the three judges on that panel are Trump appointees.
The Justice Department has said it will seek further review of the appeals Court’s decision.
In September, a federal judge in Midland, Texas, ruled that a firearms law that bans those under felony indictment from buying guns was unconstitutional. In that case, the US District Judge David Counts, also a Trump appointee, also echoed Supreme Court language in the Bruen case, saying there was “little evidence” the ban related to being under indictment “aligns with this nation’s historical tradition”.
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If this gets appealed and goes to the federal supreme court this couls actually be a big win for the civil rights of marijuana users and gun owners.
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#Repost @marijuanadistribution ・・・ A federal judge in Oklahoma ruled Friday that a law barring marijuana users from owning firearms is unconstitutional. The ruling is the latest challenge to firearms regulations after the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority set new standards for reviewing the nation's gun laws. U.S. District Judge Patrick Wyrick in Oklahoma City dismissed an indictment against Jared Michael Harrison, who was charged in August with violating a federal law that makes it illegal for "unlawful users or addicts of controlled substances" to possess firearms. Harrison's lawyers had argued the portion of federal firearms law focused on drug users or addicts was not consistent with the nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation, echoing what the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year in a case known as New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. That case set new standards for interpreting the Second Amendment. Federal prosecutors, on the other hand, had argued that the portion of the law focused on drug users is "consistent with a longstanding historical tradition in America of disarming presumptively risky persons, namely, felons, the mentally ill, and the intoxicated." (at United States of America) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoTl8w8usSy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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PN258 Patrick R. Wyrick, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, vice David L. Russell, retired. (04/04/2019 legislative day)
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Donald Trump’s new contenders for the Supreme Court
LAST year, while running for president, Donald Trump took the unprecedented step of naming 21 people he said he would consider for the late Antonin Scalia’s chair on the Supreme Court. Less than two weeks after taking office, Mr Trump followed through on that pledge, tapping Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacancy. Nine months later, the remaining 20 names are still would-be justices, but on November 17th, Don McGahn, the White House counsel, said a “refresh” was in order. Mr McGahn told conservative lawyers at the Federalist Society convention in Washington, DC that five more judges would be tacked on to the list—just in case another Supreme seat opens up.
Two of the new potential picks are 45-year-old, newly minted appeals-court judges Mr Trump recently appointed to the bench: Amy Coney Barrett of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and Kevin C. Newsom of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Newsom won Senate confirmation by a vote of 66-31 on August 1st. Judge Barrett had a tougher road: after confronting concerns that her Catholicism may interfere with her ability to fairly adjudicate cases, she was confirmed by a vote of 55-43 on October 31st.
These jurists are joined by two even younger Supreme Court hopefuls, both of whom began stints on state supreme courts earlier this year. Britt Grant, 39, a woman, serves on the Supreme Court of Georgia and Patrick Wyrick, 36, sits on the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Judge Wyrick was born in 1981 during the first Reagan administration, when Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the oldest sitting justice, was already 48. Judge Wyrick also clerked for the fifth and by far most experienced judge on Mr Trump’s freshened roster: Brett Kavanaugh, 52, an 11-year veteran of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia.
Many observers were surprised last year when Judge Kavanaugh’s name did not appear on the original list of 21 possible Supreme Court picks—an omission some chalk up to Mr Trump’s swamp-draining rhetoric. But Judge Kavanaugh stands head and shoulders above the other four new additions to the list. With more than a decade of solidly conservative service on America’s second-most-powerful court, he drew the most enthusiastic applause from the Federalist Society lawyers last week. One item on his resume is also telling: a clerkship during the 1993-94 term with Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Of the three justices aged 79 or older, Justice Kennedy, who is 81, has been the main subject of retirement rumours. Many thought that the swing justice—who usually votes with the court’s conservative bloc but has joined the liberals on landmark rulings concerning race, abortion and gay rights, including the same-sex marriage case of 2015—would hang up his robe last June. Instead, as the court’s previous term wound to a close, he made coy jokes about his future and opted to stick around, no doubt to play a role in deciding contentious cases involving gerrymandering, public-sector unions and LGBT discrimination.
Like Judge Kavanaugh, Justice Gorsuch is a former clerk to Justice Kennedy. (They clerked for him at the same time.) Mr Trump’s new short list of possible justices, with Judge Kavanaugh as the undeniable headliner, seems to be a pinky-promise golden parachute to Justice Kennedy. Go ahead and announce your retirement, the list hints, your legacy is safe. Two of the nine Supreme Court justices, both strapping young men in their early 50s, will keep your spirit alive on the bench for decades to come. And the timing of the release is notable: the administration is getting antsy, especially with an increasingly vulnerable 52-48 Republican edge in the Senate. If Jeff Sessions's Alabama seat in the Senate goes to the Democrat on December 12th that margin falls to 51-49, and a couple of key losses next autumn would spell the end of Mr Trump’s Republican majority so crucial to his judicial-nomination hopes. In a statement released on November 17th the White House said Mr Trump had been elected to "restore the rule of law and to Make the Judiciary Great Again". He "remains deeply committed to identifying and selecting outstanding jurists in the mould of Justice Gorsuch", it said. By releasing the refresh now, the White House is giving Justice Kennedy food for thought as he sits down to dinner with his family over the Thanksgiving weekend.
If dangling another former clerk before his eyes has its intended effect, Justice Kennedy might feel more comfortable announcing his retirement earlier rather than later, giving the Trump team time to vet and pick a new justice before summer hits. That may leave enough time for the Senate to consider and seat Justice Kennedy’s successor in time for the beginning of the next term, which begins October 1st, 2018. But if Justice Kennedy considers the fate of his judicial legacy on the Supreme Court, he may think twice. Like Justice Gorsuch, Judge Kavanaugh is more conservative than his old boss. His record and rhetoric suggest that Judge Kavanaugh is more likely to uphold restrictions on affirmative action and on abortion, for example. In a speech at Notre Dame Law School earlier this year, Judge Kavanaugh lauded Justice Scalia’s admonition not to “make up new constitutional rights that are not in the text of the constitution”. That is not reassuring talk for a justice who has laboured to dial back discrimination against gays and lesbians for decades while colleagues to his right accused him of fashioning rights out of thin air.
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* President Trump has added five names to his slate of judicial candidates to fill a nonexistent vacancy on the Supreme Court. Welcome aboard to Judges Brett M. Kavanaugh (D.C. Circuit), Amy Coney Barrett (Seventh Circuit), and Kevin C. Newsom (Eleventh Circuit), as well as Justices Britt C. Grant (Georgia Supreme Court) and Patrick R. Wyrick (Oklahoma Supreme Court). [New York Times]
* Did Trump obstruct justice in the Russia probe? We may soon find out. Special counsel Robert Mueller has requested all manner of documents from the Justice Department related to the firing of former FBI director James Comey. [ABC News]
* In other Trump-related legal news, rather than continuing to have his re-election campaign or the Republican Party foot the bill for his legal representation in the Russia probe, the president has officially started to pay his own legal tab. [Reuters]
* Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O’Neill, who was considering running for governor, bragged about the fact that he’d been “sexually intimate with approximately 50 very attractive females.” After much backlash, he told his detractors to “lighten up” and offered a nonpology. He won’t be running for governor anymore. [Washington Post]
* FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is about to pull the plug on net neutrality, and Americans are too distracted by Thanksgiving to care. Luckily for us, Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel wants open hearings to take place before a vote is held. [Slate]
* “Probation is a trap and we must fight for Meek and everyone else unjustly sent to prison.” In the wake of rapper Meek Mill being sentenced to up to four years in prison for violating his probation, Jay-Z is letting everyone know he’s got 99 problems and the way the criminal justice system treats minorities is one of them. [New York Times]
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Badlands75RT @SenWarren: Remember how former @EPA Secretary Scott Pruitt was forced to resign after umpteen ethics scandals? Well now his protégé, 38-year-old Patrick Wyrick, is on the verge of being confirmed to a lifetime position as a federal judge. https://t.co/aXfNcaoYAk
Remember how former @EPA Secretary Scott Pruitt was forced to resign after umpteen ethics scandals? Well now his protégé, 38-year-old Patrick Wyrick, is on the verge of being confirmed to a lifetime position as a federal judge. https://t.co/aXfNcaoYAk
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Justice Anthony Kennedy's replacement will come from Trump's list of 25 potential names
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced his retirement, giving President Donald Trump the opportunity to nominate a replacement to the court.
Trump last year added five people to his shortlist of possible Supreme Court picks.
The list features 25 people.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his nomination to replace the retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy would come from a list of 25 people that was originally released during his campaign.
Trump's original list was released in September 2016 before he was elected president and included Neil Gorsuch, a former federal appeals court judge in Colorado who now sits on the Supreme Court in the seat left vacant by the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
Trump added five people to the shortlist last year.
"President Trump will choose a nominee for a future Supreme Court vacancy, should one arise," the White House said in a statement announcing the updated list. "The president remains deeply committed to identifying and selecting outstanding jurists in the mold of Justice Gorsuch."
Here are the original names:
Keith Blackwell
Charles Canady
Steven Colloton
Allison Eid
Raymond Gruender
Thomas Hardiman
Raymond Kethledge
Joan Larsen
Mike Lee
Thomas Lee
Edward Mansfield
Federico Moreno
William Pryor
Margaret A. Ryan
Amul Thapar
Timothy Tymkovich
David Stras
Diane Sykes
Don Willett
Robert Young
Last year's additions are made of up three federal appeals court judges and two state Supreme Court justices. Two of the additions are women:
Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
Britt Grant, a Georgia state Supreme Court justice
Brett Kavanaugh, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
Kevin Newsom, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
Patrick Wyrick, an Oklahoma state Supreme Court justice
Shortly after the list was updated last year, the White House counsel Don McGahn gave a hat tip to the new potential nominees during a speech to the Federalist Society, the conservative legal group that frequently weighs in on the Trump administration's federal judicial nominees. The audience applauded and cheered as McGahn read the five names.
"What do the judges on the list have in common? They have a demonstrated commitment to originalism and textualism," McGahn said. "Good judges follow the law, even when their decisions are unpopular. Judicial courage is as important as judicial independence."
McGahn was referring to two schools of thought among legal scholars, which favors interpreting laws according to the meaning of the Constitution as it was written or according to the plain text of the documents over the intent of their authors. Gorsuch, like Scalia, is frequently described as both an originalist and a textualist.
Last year, Trump reportedly told multiple people in private he believed he would be able to fill three more Supreme Court seats — those of Kennedy as well as Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor. According to the news website Axios, Trump cited the 84-year-old Ginsburg's age and Sotomayor's health — she has Type 1 diabetes — as reasons he believed their seats would soon be vacant.
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Justice Anthony Kennedy's replacement will come from Trump's list of 25 potential names
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced his retirement, giving President Donald Trump the opportunity to nominate a replacement to the court.
Trump last year added five people to his shortlist of possible Supreme Court picks.
The list features 25 people.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his nomination to replace the retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy would come from a list of 25 people that was originally released during his campaign.
Trump's original list was released in September 2016 before he was elected president and included Neil Gorsuch, a former federal appeals court judge in Colorado who now sits on the Supreme Court in the seat left vacant by the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
Trump added five people to the shortlist last year.
"President Trump will choose a nominee for a future Supreme Court vacancy, should one arise," the White House said in a statement announcing the updated list. "The president remains deeply committed to identifying and selecting outstanding jurists in the mold of Justice Gorsuch."
Here are the original names:
Keith Blackwell
Charles Canady
Steven Colloton
Allison Eid
Raymond Gruender
Thomas Hardiman
Raymond Kethledge
Joan Larsen
Mike Lee
Thomas Lee
Edward Mansfield
Federico Moreno
William Pryor
Margaret A. Ryan
Amul Thapar
Timothy Tymkovich
David Stras
Diane Sykes
Don Willett
Robert Young
Last year's additions are made of up three federal appeals court judges and two state Supreme Court justices. Two of the additions are women:
Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
Britt Grant, a Georgia state Supreme Court justice
Brett Kavanaugh, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
Kevin Newsom, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
Patrick Wyrick, an Oklahoma state Supreme Court justice
Shortly after the list was updated last year, the White House counsel Don McGahn gave a hat tip to the new potential nominees during a speech to the Federalist Society, the conservative legal group that frequently weighs in on the Trump administration's federal judicial nominees. The audience applauded and cheered as McGahn read the five names.
"What do the judges on the list have in common? They have a demonstrated commitment to originalism and textualism," McGahn said. "Good judges follow the law, even when their decisions are unpopular. Judicial courage is as important as judicial independence."
McGahn was referring to two schools of thought among legal scholars, which favors interpreting laws according to the meaning of the Constitution as it was written or according to the plain text of the documents over the intent of their authors. Gorsuch, like Scalia, is frequently described as both an originalist and a textualist.
Last year, Trump reportedly told multiple people in private he believed he would be able to fill three more Supreme Court seats — those of Kennedy as well as Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor. According to the news website Axios, Trump cited the 84-year-old Ginsburg's age and Sotomayor's health — she has Type 1 diabetes — as reasons he believed their seats would soon be vacant.
SEE ALSO: Trump is reportedly talking about Supreme Court justices' health issues, privately predicting he'll be able to appoint 4
Join the conversation about this story »
NOW WATCH: This top economist has a radical plan to change the way Americans vote
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[Jonathan H. Adler] Trump Picks Judges - Round 12
There are few constants in the Trump White House. Judicial nominations may be it. The Trump Administration has put forward judicial nominees at a steady rate, ensuring that the confirmation queue remains filled as the Senate votes to confirm. Even more notably, with a few high profile exceptions, the Trump Administration's judicial nominees have been quite strong -- surprisingly so.
Today the Trump Administration announced its twelfth slate of judicial nominations, and it is a strong list, including three nominees to federal appellate courts.
Topping today's list of nominees is Justice Britt Grant of the Georgia Supreme Court who will be nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Justice Grant is a Bush Administration and former state Solicitor General, who was also identified last November as a potential Supreme Court nominee.
The White House named two nominees for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Pittsburgh-based attorney David Porter and former Christie Administration attorney Paul Matey. Porter and Matey are nominated for Pennsylvania and New Jersey seats, respectively. I know David Porter, and expect he will make an excellent judge.
Today's list also include 16 district court nominations. Most notably, the Administration will nominated Justice Patrick Wyrick of the Oklahoma Supreme Court to a federal district court. Justice Wyrick, like Justice Grant, is a former state Solicitor General and was also listed as a potential Supreme Court nominee last fall. Justice Grant and Wyrick are not alone. The Administration is also nominating Alabama Solicitor General Andrew Brasher and former Florida Solicitor General Allen Winsor to district courts in their respective states.
Closer to home (my home, that is), the Trump Administration finally moved to fill some of Ohio's six federal court openings, tapping Judge Pamela Barker and Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation CEO Sarah Morrison for seatss on the federal courts for the Northern and Southern Districts. With these nominations there remain two additional district court openings (one in each district), and two openings on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (to replace Judges Alice Batchelder and Deborah Cook). I look forward to seeing nominations for at least some of these spots in the near future.
The Administration also tapped Covington & BUrling partner Emin Toro for the U.S. Tax Court today (an excellent pick!), but there are still no nominees for the U.S. Court of International Trade. Given the importance of trade to the Administration's policy agenda, this latter omission is striking.
For a full list of current and future court vacancies, check out this website maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
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President Trump Expands Supreme Court List - Where It Stands Now
PRESIDENT TRUMP EXPANDS SUPREME COURT LIST TO 25
On November 17, 2017, the White House Office of the Press Secretary announced that President Donald Trump has added five names to his “Supreme Court List” [PDF version]. President Trump has pledged to select a name from his Supreme Court list in the event that he has to fill a new vacancy [see blog]. The addition of five new candidates brings the number of individuals on the list to 25. In this post, we will examine the list as it stands today and examine the new additions in some detail.
THE FIVE NEW ADDITIONS
In this section, we will examine each of the five additions to the Supreme Court list.
1. AMY COMEY BARRETT (JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT)
President Trump nominated now-Judge Barrett to the Seventh Circuit in May 2017. She was confirmed by the Senate in October by a vote of 55-43. Judge Barrett faced a noticeably contentious confirmation hearing even by recent standards, with multiple Democratic Senators suggesting that she was incapable of being an impartial jurist because of the nature of her Catholic faith.
Prior to being confirmed to the Seventh Circuit, Judge Barrett was a law professor at Notre Dame Law School. Judge Barrett clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States and Judge Lawrence H. Silberman of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She is a graduate of Notre Dame Law School.
2. BRITT C. GRANT (JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA)
Justice Grant was appointed to the Supreme Court of Georgia in 2017. Prior to becoming a judge, she served as the Solicitor General of the State of Georgia and was in private practice. Justice Grant served as a law clerk to Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, who incidentally is also one of President Trump's additions to the Supreme Court list. She is a graduate of Stanford Law School.
3. BRETT M. KAVANAUGH (JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT)
Judge Kavanaugh was nominated to the D.C. Circuit by President George W. Bush in 2006. He was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 57-36 that same year. Judge Kavanaugh had served as a lawyer in various capacities in the Bush Administration after having been in private practice. Judge Kavanaugh served as a law clerk to Justice Anthony Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States, Judge Alex Kozinski of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and Judge Walter K. Stapleton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He is a graduate of Yale Law School.
4. KEVIN C. NEWSOM (JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT)
Judge Newsom was appointed by President Trump to the Eleventh Circuit and confirmed by the Senate in August by a vote of 66-31. We discussed the process in brief in a previous blog post [see blog]. Judge Newsom had previously served as Solicitor General of the State of Alabama and been in private practice. He was a clerk to Justice David Souter of the Supreme Court of the United States and Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School.
5. PATRICK WYRICK (JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF OKLAHOMA)
Justice Wyrick was appointed to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma in 2017. Prior to his appointment, he served as Solicitor General of the State of Oklahoma. He served as law clerk to Judge James H. Payne of the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Northern Districts of Oklahoma. Justice Wyrick is a graduate of Oklahoma School of Law. Notably, Justice Wyrick is the youngest individual on President Trump's Supreme Court list at only 36 years of age.
THE SUPREME COURT LIST AS IT STANDS NOW
In this section, we will list the individuals on the Supreme Court list. For your convenience, we will organize the list by the type of service in which each individual is currently engaged.
ALREADY CONFIRMED TO THE SUPREME COURT
Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Justice Gorsuch was nominated by President Trump from the previous version of the list to the Supreme Court. He was confirmed by the Senate in April and has already begun his tenure.
FEDERAL APPELLATE JUDGES
Amy Comey Barrett, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit*
Stephen Colloton, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Allison H. Eid, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit*
Raymond Gruender, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Thomas Hardiman, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Brett M. Kavanaugh, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Raymond Ketherledge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Joan Larsen, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit*
Judge Kevin Newsom, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit*
William Pryor, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Diane Sykes, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Amul Thapar, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit*
Timothy Tymkovich, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
(Asterisk denotes judge who was nominated to circuit court by President Trump)
Judges Hardiman, Pryor, Sykes, and Thapar were reported to be four of the six individuals interviewed by President Trump for the Supreme Court vacancy that ultimately went to Justice Gorsuch. It is worth noting that Judge Thapar was not yet an appellate judge at the time of his interview.
Judges Kavanaugh and Ketherledge are considered by some to be favorites for an eventual vacancy due in part to the fact that they clerked for Justice Kennedy.
Judges Eid and Larsen may be worth watching for the next vacancy now that they have gone through the Federal confirmation process for the first time (they were State court judges at the time of the previous vacancy). Judge Eid, in fact, filled the vacancy on the Tenth Circuit created by the confirmation of Justice Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
Judge Newsom is the youngest of the Federal appellate judges on the list at 44 years of age.
CURRENT NOMINEES TO FEDERAL APPELLATE COURTS
David Stras, Currently: Minnesota Supreme Court; Nominated to: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Don Willett, Currently: Texas Supreme Court; Nominated to United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Justice Stras of the Minnesota Supreme Court has been nominated to the Eighth Circuit. His nomination had been delayed because Senator Al Franken of Minnesota had refused to return his “blue slip” on Justice Stras's nomination, a privilege afforded to home state senators where the seat is situated. In refusing to return his blue slip, Senator Franken cited to the fact that Stras had clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and has said favorable things about former Justice Antonin Scalia [PDF version]. However, on November 17, 2017, Senator Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, opted to proceed with Justice Stras's hearings notwithstanding Senator Franken's objections.[1]
Justice Willett of the Texas Supreme Court has been nominated to the Fifth Circuit and is expected to be confirmed shortly. He was the only State court judge among the six individuals interviewed by President Trump for the vacancy that went to Justice Gorsuch. Accordingly, now that he will have gone through the Senate confirmation process, he is certainly a name to watch if another vacancy occurs under President Trump. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas is noted to have strongly supported Willett's selection for one of the two Texas vacancies on the Fifth Circuit.
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT JUDGES
Margaret A. Ryan, United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Judge Ryan is an administrative judge for the top military court. In addition to being a veteran, she clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court.
STATE COURT JUDGES
Keith Blackwell, Supreme Court of Georgia
Charles Canady, Supreme Court of Florida
Thomas Lee, Supreme Court of Utah
Edward Mansfield, Supreme Court of Iowa
President Trump's original list contained a notable number of State court judges but, as we have noted, many of those individuals have since been confirmed to Federal appellate courts or have pending nominations. Don Willett was reportedly the only State court judge to ultimately be interviewed for the previous vacancy. The last time an individual currently serving on a State court was nominated to the Supreme Court was in 1981, when President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor.
Thomas Lee is notable for being the brother of Senator Mike Lee of Utah, who is also on the Supreme Court list. He is also the son of Rex Lee, who served as Solicitor General under President Reagan. He is well-regarded in national legal circles and may be a proverbial dark horse candidate to watch in the event that President Trump has another vacancy to fill.
UNITED STATES SENATORS
Mike Lee, United States Senator from Utah
Senator Mike Lee of Utah is the only elected official on President Trump's Supreme Court list. He is known for being among the most conservative members of the U.S. Senate, along with Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. Senator Lee served as a law clerk for Justice Samuel Alito of the Supreme Court and previously for Justice Alito when he was a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. It is worth noting that Senator Lee was selected for President Trump's list during the campaign despite the fact that he was one of the few Republican senators to neither endorse nor ultimately vote for now-President Trump in the election.
FORMER STATE COURT JUDGES
Robert Young
Robert Young was added to the list while he was on the Supreme Court of Michigan. He has since resigned his position and is planning to run for the United States Senate in Michigan in 2018.
CONCLUSION
It is unclear whether another Supreme Court vacancy will occur under President Trump. Furthermore, the upcoming 2018 mid-term elections may complicate the selection process in the event that one does occur.
Although a surprise is possible, the recent history of Supreme Court nominations and the composition of President Trump's list suggests that his nominee will most likely come from the Federal appellate judges on the list. As we noted, the last state court judge to be nominated was Sandra Day O'Connor in 1981. Since then, every nominee has been a Federal appellate judge except for the failed nomination of then-White House Counsel Harriet Miers in 2006 and the successful nomination of then-U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan in 2010.
If a vacancy occurs, we will provide further analysis at that time. Please continue to follow the blog for updates on President Trump's Supreme Court lists and judicial nominees in general.
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* President Trump has added five names to his slate of judicial candidates to fill a nonexistent vacancy on the Supreme Court. Welcome aboard to Judges Brett M. Kavanaugh (D.C. Circuit), Amy Coney Barrett (Seventh Circuit), and Kevin C. Newsom (Eleventh Circuit), as well as Justices Britt C. Grant (Georgia Supreme Court) and Patrick R. Wyrick (Oklahoma Supreme Court). [New York Times] * Did Trump obstruct justice in the Russia probe? We may soon find out. Special counsel Robert Mueller has requested all manner of documents from the Justice Department related to the firing of former FBI director James Comey. [ABC News] * In other Trump-related legal news, rather than continuing to have his re-election campaign or the Republican Party foot the bill for his legal representation in the Russia probe, the president has officially started to pay his own legal tab. [Reuters] * Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O'Neill, who was considering running for governor, bragged about the fact that he'd been "sexually intimate with approximately 50 very attractive females." After much backlash, he told his detractors to "lighten up" and offered a nonpology. He won't be running for governor anymore. [Washington Post] * FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is about to pull the plug on net neutrality, and Americans are too distracted by Thanksgiving to care. Luckily for us, Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel wants open hearings to take place before a vote is held. [Slate] * "Probation is a trap and we must fight for Meek and everyone else unjustly sent to prison." In the wake of rapper Meek Mill being sentenced to up to four years in prison for violating his probation, Jay-Z is letting everyone know he's got 99 problems and the way the criminal justice system treats minorities is one of them. [New York Times]
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RUSSIAN-OWNED MEGAYACHT makes its way to Palm Beach as Trump readies for Florida — WHAT AMERICA IS READING — WH aides give up on trying to control Trump’s Twitter — TOM RICKS: Why I left Washington
WHAT AMERICA IS READING — ANNISTON STAR (Alabama): “Moore’s poll numbers down in allegations’ wake” http://bit.ly/2iuF2cA … DENVER POST: “Tax bill’s winners, losers: Ultra-wealthy do well under plan passed by House this week” http://bit.ly/2jD90i1 … DETROIT FREE PRESS: “Rep. Dingell: I was also harassed … She says ‘prominent’ person touched her as allegations mount in D.C.” http://bit.ly/2hJiPdZ …
… CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER: “‘Trickle-down’ idea floats back up: GOP says corporate tax cuts would speed growth despite spotty record” http://bit.ly/2mFjjTS … AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN: “White House relief plan gets panned: Abbot, other Texas leaders blast $44 billion disaster aid proposal” http://bit.ly/2itI40E … PALM BEACH POST: “Russian oligarch’s huge yacht docks at Port of Palm Beach: No word on whether Roman Abramovich will meet with Trump” http://bit.ly/2lXAawG
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— FASCINATING, via today’s Palm Beach Post’s front page: “Days before President Trump flies into town for Thanksgiving, one of the world’s most expensive yachts, owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, sailed into the Port of Palm Beach Friday afternoon.
“The 533-foot Eclipse, valued at $400 million to $500 million, comes equipped with a pool, helipad, submarine and room for a crew of 92, according to marine websites. It made its way past The Bahamas and docked at 1:15 p.m, taking the slip normally reserved for the Grand Celebration, a cruise ship currently on hurricane-relief duty in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Originally booked to stay through Dec. 5, the Eclipse may have to leave Dec. 1, as it is being followed by the 644-foot World, billed as ‘the largest private residential ship on the planet,’ which is scheduled to arrive that day.
“Where will the Eclipse go? According to the MarineTraffic app, she plans to head south on the Intracoastal Waterway, toward downtown West Palm Beach. Note to Transportation Security Administration: That would put a Russian submarine within a mile or so of the winter White House.” http://bit.ly/2AbRhp1
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TALKER — TOM RICKS in FOREIGN POLICY: “Babylon Revisited: Melancholy Thoughts After a Short Trip to Washington, D.C.: As a young reporter in political Washington in the late 1980s, I noticed that there was a type of person who thrived in the driven, transactional environment of the capital.” http://atfp.co/2yXIIKh
HARDSHIP ASSIGNMENT — JONATHAN MARTIN and ALEX BURNS in Austin: “Republican Governors’ 2018 Dilemma: What to Do About Trump?” http://nyti.ms/2zNR8HS
Good Saturday morning. REALITY FINALLY SETS IN — “Aides give up on trying to control Trump’s tweets,” by Annie Karni: “When candidate Donald Trump waged a Twitter war against Khizr Khan, the Gold Star father who rebuked him from the stage of the Democratic National Convention, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie were sent in for a ‘tough love talk’ about the efficacy of the tweets, two former campaign officials recalled. Controlling potentially damaging tweets was a job left mostly to the legal team in the early days of the administration. Former attorneys Marc Kasowitz and Jay Sekulow gave Trump one simple rule to guide his tweeting habit: don’t comment online about the Russia investigation.
“‘The message was, tweet about policy, tweet about politics, but don’t attack the special counsel,’ recalled another former aide. None of the advice seemed to have any lasting effect on a president who views his own impulses as a virtue. And these days, the staff has basically stopped trying: there is no character inhabiting the West Wing who is dispatched to counsel the president when he aims the powerful weapon of his Twitter feed at himself.” http://politi.co/2AYJPdQ
NYT’S PETER BAKER — “In Mocking Franken Over Claims of Sexual Misconduct, Trump Joins a Debate He Started”: “[T]he notion that Mr. Trump himself would weigh in given his own history of crude talk about women and the multiple allegations against him surprised many in Washington who thought he could not surprise them anymore. A typical politician with Mr. Trump’s history would stay far away from discussing someone else’s behavior lest it dredge his own back into the spotlight. But as Mr. Trump has shown repeatedly during his 10-month presidency, he is rarely deterred by conventional political wisdom even as he leaves it to his staff to fend off the cries of hypocrisy.
“‘Like everything else Trump touches, he hijacks it with his chronic dishonesty and childishness,’ said Mark Salter, a longtime adviser to Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona. ‘The intense, angry and largely ignorant tribalism afflicting our politics predates Trump’s arrival on the scene. But he has infused it with a psychopath’s inability to accept that social norms apply to him.’” http://nyti.ms/2hJ8PkX
CLINTON WEIGHS IN ON FRANKEN, MOORE — “Clinton blasts Trump and Moore over sexual misconduct allegations,” by Cristiano Lima: “Hillary Clinton slammed President Donald Trump and Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore on Friday over their alleged sexual misconduct, criticizing them for not ‘accepting responsibility’ and ‘apologizing’ for their reported transgressions as Sen. Al Franken did. Clinton said that Franken, who was accused this week of groping a female broadcaster in 2006, acted responsibly by owning up to his actions and publicly apologizing for them — a far cry from the response given by Trump and Moore, she said.
“The former secretary of state and Democratic presidential nominee said that Franken’s request to have the Senate ethics panel investigate his sexual misconduct ‘is the kind of accountability I’m talking about.’ ‘I don’t hear that from Roy Moore or Donald Trump,’ she added during an interview with New York’s WABC radio. ‘Look at the contrast between Al Franken, accepting responsibility, apologizing, and Roy Moore and Donald Trump, who have done neither.’” http://politi.co/2hzuE2m
— CLINTON ON TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY: “Trump ‘has disgraced the office’ … Asked whether there was anything she admired about the Trump’s tenure in office thus far, Clinton replied: ‘No. The answer is absolutely no.’ ‘I didn’t think he’d be as bad as he turned out to be,’ she added.”
TRUMP RESPONDS — @realDonaldTrump at 8:31 a.m.: “Crooked Hillary Clinton is the worst (and biggest) loser of all time. She just can’t stop, which is so good for the Republican Party. Hillary, get on with your life and give it another try in three years!”
ABOUT THOSE GILLIBRAND-CLINTON COMMENTS — “Gillibrand remark on Clinton resignation shocks Democrats,” by Gabe Debenedetti in New York: “Kirsten Gillibrand is having a moment, whether she meant to or not. Going where no other prominent Democrat had before on Thursday evening by declaring that Bill Clinton should have resigned the presidency during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the New York senator and potential 2020 presidential contender yet again found herself the face of a national conversation with the potential to dominate headlines and divide her party. …
“The longtime Clinton ally’s answer to the New York Times question neatly encapsulated how Gillibrand has placed herself front-and-center on the dominant issue of the day, even if it forces a debate her own party is uncomfortable confronting. And it highlighted the political dexterity that her critics and rivals often deride as opportunism: A former conservative Blue Dog House member, Gillibrand has reinvented herself as a leading progressive and face of the Trump resistance ahead of a potential presidential run.” http://politi.co/2hzVmIj
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SHOW ME THE MONEY — “Roy Moore scandal ignites fundraising explosion for Democratic challenger Doug Jones,” by NBC News’ Alex Seitz-Wald: “The Roy Moore scandal has unleashed a torrent of online donations to Democrat Doug Jones, who was collecting around $250,000 per day in its immediate aftermath … Democrats may end up in the unlikely situation of dramatically outspending the GOP in the Senate contest in deep red Alabama now that national Republicans have abandoned Moore.” http://nbcnews.to/2zSy4FM
PRESIDENT TRUMP WEIGHS IN ON BIG GAME CONTROVERSY — @realDonaldTrump at 7:47 p.m.: “Put big game trophy decision on hold until such time as I review all conservation facts. Under study for years. Will update soon with Secretary Zinke. Thank you!” Trump also retweeted Greta Van Susteren and Piers Morgan this morning supporting his decision on trophy hunting.
— STATEMENT FROM INTERIOR SECRETARY RYAN ZINKE: “President Trump and I have talked and both believe that conservation and healthy herds are critical. As a result, in a manner compliant with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, the issuing of permits is being put on hold as the decision is being reversed.”
IT’S ALL ABOUT THAT BASE — “Trump adds five conservatives to list of possible Supreme Court picks,” by Reuters’ Jim Oliphant and Andrew Chung: “In a move certain to please conservatives, President Donald Trump on Friday added five names to his list of candidates for a prospective U.S. Supreme Court vacancy as he presses ahead with a campaign to move the federal judiciary to the right. Two of them are appellate judges who were nominated by Trump earlier this year and confirmed by the Senate: Amy Coney Barrett and Kevin Newsom. Another, Brett Kavanaugh, sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, long viewed as a stepping-stone to the high court. The others were Britt Grant, a Georgia Supreme Court justice, and Patrick Wyrick, a Oklahoma Supreme Court justice.” http://reut.rs/2yVce3h
SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE — “Trump still loves polls,” by Josh Dawsey and Steven Shepard: “As a TV host, Donald Trump loved ratings. As president, he loves polls—as long as they show him on the upswing. He crowed on Twitter hours after landing back in Washington from his 12-day Asia tour about his Rasmussen number—46 percent—noting it was ‘one of the most accurate’ in 2016, and decried ‘fake news’ polls showing his approval in the 30s while also suggesting, with no evidence, that ‘some people’ think his numbers could be in the 50s. (The Rasmussen poll sank to 42 percent on Friday.)
“Aides in the White House often show Trump polls designed to make him feel good, according to aides and advisers. Usually they’re the ones that focus just on voters who cast ballots for him in 2016 or are potential Trump supporters —Trump’s base—but occasionally include public polls like Rasmussen, depending on what the numbers say. ‘You know, I thought that he’d be a little less in campaign mode than he’s been. I think he’s never really kind of gotten out of campaign mode and I thought he might,’ said New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Trump adviser. ‘I guess it’s his judgment that that’s what he has to do but that’s surprised me a little bit.’” http://politi.co/2jAobZp
A PROBLEM FOR REPUBLICANS — “In towns and cities nationwide, fears of trickle-down effects of federal tax legislation,” by WaPo’s Renae Merle and Peter Jamison: “[I]n small towns and thriving cities, in Republican- and Democratic-leaning states, local leaders are warning that the $1.5 trillion tax legislation moving through Congress threatens to undermine their ability to raise money for government services, including police and schools. The Republican measures would eliminate or severely curtail taxpayers’ ability to lower their federal tax bill by deducting the cost of their state and local taxes. Without that offset, local leaders say, taxpayers will begin to seek relief closer to home, potentially making it more difficult to provide basic services.” http://wapo.st/2j6vAeX
FOR YOUR RADAR — AP at 9:01 a.m.: “PARIS (AP) – Lebanon’s Hariri says he is returning to his country, confirms he is resigning amid political tensions.”
ANOTHER TWIST IN THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION — “Congressional aides may have answers on pro-Russia GOP platform change,” by Kyle Cheney: “As U.S. investigators probe whether President Donald Trump’s campaign orchestrated a Russia-friendly change to the Republican Party platform last summer, three senior Capitol Hill aides — including Speaker Paul Ryan’s chief of staff — may have answers about how the episode unfolded. The three staffers, who have not been accused of any wrongdoing, advised the GOP convention’s platform committee on foreign policy matters and had front-row seats when a low-profile group of delegates, acting in conjunction with Trump campaign officials, spiked a proposal urging a tougher U.S. policy against Russian aggression in Ukraine.
“That change has drawn scrutiny from the House and Senate intelligence committees as they investigate whether any Trump campaign officials cooperated with Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Some witnesses say they expect it to become a topic of interest in special counsel Robert Mueller’s parallel criminal probe. Spokespeople for the offices of two of the staffers told POLITICO they have not been in contact with Mueller or his team. But Ryan’s top aide, Jonathan Burks, would neither confirm nor deny whether he had heard from the special counsel: ‘I’m not going to have any comment,’ he said.” http://politi.co/2A7atUM
— “Moscow meeting in June 2017 under scrutiny in Trump probe,” by AP’s Desmond Butler, Mary Clare Jalonick and Eric Tucker: “Earlier this year, a Russian-American lobbyist and another businessman discussed over coffee in Moscow an extraordinary meeting they had attended 12 months earlier: a gathering at Trump Tower with President Donald Trump’s son, his son-in-law and his then-campaign chairman. The Moscow meeting in June, which has not been previously disclosed, is now under scrutiny by investigators who want to know why the two men met in the first place and whether there was some effort to get their stories straight about the Trump Tower meeting just weeks before it would become public … Congressional investigators have questioned both men — lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin and Ike Kaveladze, a business associate of a Moscow-based developer and former Trump business partner — and obtained their text message communications.” http://bit.ly/2hKpTqC
KEEPING HIS SENSE OF HUMOR — @charlie_savage: “At Mayflower Hotel, Sessions jokes: ‘Is Ambassador Kislyak in the room before I get started? Any Russians? Anybody been to Russia? Got a cousin in Russia?’ #FedSoc2017”. 30-second video http://bit.ly/2A9Cvz7
HMM — “U.S. Flagged Russian Firm Kaspersky as Potential Threat as Early as 2004,” by WSJ’s Paul Sonne: “A Russian cybersecurity firm whose products current and former U.S. officials suspect Moscow has used as a tool for spying was flagged by U.S. military intelligence as a potential security threat as early as 2004, according to new information the Defense Department provided to Congress. … The DIA ‘began producing threat reporting referencing Kaspersky Lab as a threat actor as early as 2004,’ according to the email, reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, raising questions about why other federal agencies continued to use the firm’s products.” http://on.wsj.com/2mCiHyl
JARED WATCH — “Kushner failed to disclose outreach from Putin ally to Trump campaign,” by NBC News’ Ken Dilanian and Carol E. Lee: “President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, failed to disclose what lawmakers called a ‘Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite’ involving a banker who has been accused of links to Russian organized crime, three sources familiar with the matter told NBC News. An email chain described Aleksander Torshin, a former senator and deputy head of Russia’s central bank who is close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as wanting Trump to attend an event on the sidelines of a National Rifle Association convention in Louisville, Kentucky, in May 2016 … The email also suggests Torshin was seeking to meet with a high-level Trump campaign official during the convention, and that he may have had a message for Trump from Putin …
“Kushner rebuffed the request after receiving a lengthy email exchange about it between a West Virginia man and Trump campaign aide Rick Dearborn … Kushner responded to the email by telling Dearborn and the handful of other Trump campaign officials on the email that they should not accept requests from people who pretend to have contacts with foreign officials to aggrandize themselves … ‘Pass on this,’ Kushner responded … ‘A lot of people come claiming to carry messages. Very few we are able to verify. For now I think we decline such meetings.’” http://nbcnews.to/2AamRDs
— “Kushner attorney fires back at Senate Judiciary Committee,” by CNN’s Jeremy Herb and Evan Perez: “In a letter Friday to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and ranking Democrat Dianne Feinstein of California, attorney Abbe Lowell wrote that there were no ‘missing documents’ as the committee has alleged, while criticizing the panel’s leaders for going to the media on Thursday with their accusations ‘I would have assumed that, if there were any questions about our productions or exchanges, that would have been communicated to me directly before you made this a media event,’ Lowell wrote.” http://cnn.it/2isWU7A
PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE — “U.S. puts Palestinians on notice: D.C. office may be shuttered,” by AP’s Josh Lederman and Matt Lee: “The Trump administration put the Palestinians on notice Friday that it will shutter their office in Washington unless they’ve entered serious peace talks with Israel, U.S. officials said, potentially giving President Donald Trump more leverage as he seeks an elusive Mideast peace deal. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has determined that the Palestinians ran afoul of an obscure provision in a U.S. law that says the Palestine Liberation Organization’s mission must close if the Palestinians try to get the International Criminal Court to prosecute Israelis for crimes against Palestinians. A State Department official said that in September, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas crossed that line by calling on the ICC to investigate and prosecute Israelis.
“But the law leaves the president a way out, so Tillerson’s declaration doesn’t necessarily mean the office will close. Trump now has 90 days to consider whether the Palestinians are in ‘direct and meaningful negotiations with Israel.’ If Trump determines they are, the Palestinians can keep the office. The official said it was unclear whether the U.S. might close the office before the 90-day period expires, but said the mission remains open at least for now.” http://bit.ly/2yTYzcS
— “The Mooch is headed to Israel just weeks after ‘tone-deaf’ Holocaust poll,” by Page Six’s Kevin Dugan: “A month after Anthony Scaramucci’s ‘media venture’ posted a tasteless poll on the Holocaust, the short-lived White House communications director is taking a four-day trip to Israel, The Post has learned. ‘I’ll meet everybody,’ he told The Post on Friday, hours before he was to take off. ‘I’m having dinner with Dave Friedman, the ambassador, who’s a great friend of mine.’ The one-time hedgie is also heading to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial site in Jerusalem, he said.” http://pge.sx/2j6XJCy
CLICKER – “The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics,” edited by Matt Wuerker, whose birthday is today — 17 keepers http://politi.co/2AQIdlU
PHOTO DU JOUR: Maryland lacrosse player Dylan Maltz (right) of Ashburn, Va., shows off his pro-Trump tie to President Donald Trump as the president meets with NCAA championship teams at the White House on Nov. 17. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo
THE GRINCH — “CIA nixes holiday party invites for media,” by Ali Watkins: “CIA Director Mike Pompeo has opted not to invite reporters to the CIA’s annual holiday party this year, ending a years-long streak of inviting the intelligence press corps to the upscale event. The event has historically provided a rare opportunity for reporters to mingle with agency officials who typically shun or avoid them — but that the idea has been nixed by Pompeo, who has been openly critical of the news media, was hardly surprising. … The party, held in the agency’s iconic headquarters lobby, is also a famously bizarre Washington exercise. Reporters, closely minded by the CIA’s press staff, are able to mingle in the hors d’oeuvres line with station chiefs, foreign partners and occupants of the CIA’s executive offices.” http://politi.co/2zPqD48
BRETT TALLEY PROFILE – “Law clerk by day, ghost hunter by night, now Trump’s judiciary nominee,” by WaPo’s Robert O’Harrow Jr.: “Few in memory have been nominated with credentials quite like those of [Brett] Talley, 36, an Alabama native, a political speechwriter, an author of horror books and a fledgling lawyer who has never tried a case. In 2009 and 2010, he was a member of the Tuscaloosa Paranormal Research Group, a volunteer operation that since the early 2000s has held all-night vigils and used infrared cameras, handheld sensors and other devices to search for spectral entities in plantation mansions, abandoned hospitals and other buildings. … In 2014, when he was a speechwriter on Capitol Hill, Talley took a Post reporter ghost hunting in a District cemetery.” http://wapo.st/2ze5jGK
NOT THE ONION – “Candidate for Ohio governor reveals sexual past on Facebook,” by AP’s Julie Carr Smyth in Columbus: “A state Supreme Court justice running for governor volunteered candid details of his sexual past on Facebook on Friday, saying he was taking a swipe at the ‘media frenzy’ over sexual misconduct. Democrat William O’Neill’s post was immediately attacked as inappropriate and led to calls for his ouster. In it, he wrote that he has been ‘sexually intimate with approximately 50 very attractive females,” including ‘a gorgeous blonde’ with whom he ‘made passionate love’ in a hay loft and a ‘drop dead gorgeous red head’ from Cleveland.” http://bit.ly/2zPfuAH
WES GOODMAN UPDATE — “How a conservative group dealt with a fondling charge against a rising GOP star,” by WaPo’s Kimberly Kindy and Elise Viebeck: “On a fall evening two years ago, donors gathered during a conference at a Ritz-Carlton hotel near Washington to raise funds for a 31-year-old candidate for the Ohio legislature who was a rising star in evangelical politics. Hours later, upstairs in a hotel guest room, an 18-year-old college student who had come to the event with his parents said the candidate unzipped his pants and fondled him in the middle of the night.
“The frightened teenager fled the room and told his mother and stepfather, who demanded action from the head of the organization hosting the conference … Tony Perkins, president of the Council for National Policy [and head of the Family Research Council] … Goodman, 33, abruptly resigned this week after state legislative leaders learned of what the House speaker called ‘inappropriate behavior related to his state office.’ Local media outlets have reported the behavior involved a consensual sexual encounter with a male visitor in his legislative office.” http://wapo.st/2AYMkgf
DRIP, DRIP, DRIP — “Rep. Gianforte’s account to police on assault of reporter appears to contradict his later apology,” by WaPo’s Ellie Silverman: “Documents released by law enforcement officials in Montana on Friday show that Greg Gianforte, then the Republican candidate in the state’s special congressional election, told police in May that a reporter from the Guardian had grabbed his wrist during a physical altercation at his campaign headquarters, blaming the ‘liberal media’ for ‘trying to make a story.’ His statement appears to contradict the apology he later issued to Ben Jacobs, saying the reporter ‘did not initiate any physical contact with me,’ raising questions about whether the congressman was truthful with authorities. Travis Hall, a spokesperson for Gianforte, referred The Washington Post to a statement given to the Associated Press, in which he said the information in the documents was ‘nothing new.’” http://wapo.st/2jyIgPE
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VALLEY TALK — “The TED talks empire has been grappling with sexual harassment, interviews and internal emails show,” by WaPo’s Elizabeth Dwoskin and Danielle Paquette: “[B]ehind the scenes, TED owner Chris Anderson and other senior officials [has] been grappling with accusations for much of the year that their own conferences, famed for turning short speeches by leading figures into viral videos, had not been a safe place for women — and that the atmosphere of predatory male behavior was getting worse. At least five people, including a past main stage speaker, told TED officials that they were harassed or groped during the organization’s flagship conference in Vancouver in April.” http://wapo.st/2iu1DWJ
— “Y Combinator Cuts Ties With Peter Thiel After Ending Part-Time Partner Program,” by BuzzFeed’s Ryan Mac: “Billionaire venture capitalist and Facebook board member Peter Thiel is no longer affiliated with startup accelerator Y Combinator, according to an edited company blog post. Thiel was formerly a part-time partner with the accelerator.” http://bzfd.it/2zNwd7C
CHRIS FRATES talks to former Obama WH ethics czar and Amb. Norm Eisen about “suing Trump, returning to his mother’s homeland as ambassador after she was driven out and sent to Auschwitz by the Nazis, and being the inspiration for a Jeff Goldblum character.” “Politics Inside Out with Chris Frates” airs today at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., Sunday at 1 p.m., and Monday at 2 p.m. on SiriusXM channel 124 and on demand on the SiriusXM app. Clips for Playbookers: Eisen on resisting Trump https://goo.gl/vhTdtd … Finding Nazi artifacts in the U.S. ambassador’s house in Prague https://goo.gl/BnchFU … Goldblum https://goo.gl/HF8J8A
MEDIAWATCH — “The Kochs Are Inching Closer to Becoming Media Moguls,” by NYT’s Sydney Ember and Ken Vogel: http://nyti.ms/2mACNsE
— “Daily Beast among digital sites eyeing sale,” by CNN’s Dylan Byers: “Digital media is facing a reckoning. The start-ups that were once the darlings of the industry are facing budget shortfalls and revenue declines as they struggle to survive in an over-saturated market where Google and Facebook lay claim to the vast majority of ad dollars. Now, the bubble is bursting and many of these companies are looking to sell. In the latest evidence of volatility, CNN has learned that IAC is entertaining potential buyers for The Daily Beast, the news and opinion site launched nearly a decade ago by former Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown.” http://cnnmon.ie/2ze19yu
— CHRIS WALLACE in WaPo, “The media is giving up its place in our democracy”: http://wapo.st/2jzPyTf
— TYLER BRULE’s final FT column http://on.ft.com/2zRvgZy
LATE-NIGHT BEST — BILL MAHER’s segment last night pushing back against efforts to conflate Al Franken’s action with the sexual abuse allegations facing Roy Moore, Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Donald Trump and others. 7-min. video http://bit.ly/2AWQ7Lc
GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman, filing from Middleburg, Virginia:
— “Your Reckoning. And Mine,” by Rebecca Traister in NYMag: “As stories about abuse, assault, and complicity come flooding out, how do we think about the culprits in our lives? Including, sometimes, ourselves.” http://bit.ly/2zMLsOp
— “The Tech Industry’s Gender-Discrimination Problem,” by the New Yorker’s Sheelah Kolhatkar: “The dramatic imbalance in pay and power has created the conditions for abuse. More and more, women are pushing for change.” http://bit.ly/2A7pcyZ
— “How One Woman’s Digital Life Was Weaponized Against Her,” by Brooke Jarvis in Wired – per Longform.org’s description: “After the relationship ended, the harassment began.” http://bit.ly/2hJ1uBT
— “The Meaning of Sharp Power,” by Christopher Walker and Jessica Ludwig in Foreign Affairs: “Over the past decade, China has spent tens of billions of dollars to shape public opinion and perceptions around the world, employing a diverse toolkit that includes thousands of people-to-people exchanges, wide-ranging cultural activities, the development of media enterprises with global reach, and educational programs. The most notable of these is the ever-expanding network of Confucius Institutes.” http://fam.ag/2zOSvWc
— “The Lost Genocide,” by Doug Bock Clark in Longreads: “Why the United Nations may never be able to prosecute the Rohingya genocide.” http://bit.ly/2yTOcWw
— “On Being Midwestern: The Burden of Normality,” by Phil Christman in the Hedgehog Review — per ALDaily.com’s description: “What’s it like to be from “an abstract nowhere”? Midwesterners have a regional identity built on the idea of unqualified normality. But that isn’t as simple as it sounds.” http://bit.ly/2AXOnRW
— “Avengers in Wrath: Moral Agency and Trauma Prevention for Remote Warriors,” by Dave Blair and Karen House on Lawfare – per TheBrowser.com’s description: “We think of remote drone pilots as somewhat akin to high-powered video-gamers, wreaking havoc on a screen. And perhaps they are. But they experience their role as something much closer to real-world combat and killing. The imperative is not ‘kill or be killed’, as it would be in localised combat, but rather, ‘kill or someone else will be killed’ — and the stress is almost as great. ‘A world without your fire support could easily become a world without your comrades.’” http://bit.ly/2zSat8e
— “Iraq’s Surprise: The Persistence of Democracy,” by Yaroslav Trofimov on the cover of WSJ’s Review section: “Long fractured, the country stands out in the Middle East for maintaining free elections and a robust press.” http://on.wsj.com/2hJP2Sk
— “The Brothers Who Bought South Africa,” by Matthew Campbell and Franz Wild in Bloomberg Businessweek: “The continent’s most important economy now appears to function for the benefit of one powerful family.” https://bloom.bg/2j37KAO
— “Two Murder Convictions for One Fatal Shot,” by Ken Armstrong in The New Yorker: “In dozens of criminal trials, prosecutors have put the same gun in the hands of more than one defendant.” http://bit.ly/2zcvmhe
— “The myth of the male bumbler,” by Lili Loofbourow in The Week: “Allow me to make a controversial proposition: Men are every bit as sneaky and calculating and venomous as women are widely suspected to be.” http://bit.ly/2zPE4Br
— “Rug Money,” by the Weekly Standard’s Alice B. Lloyd: “Paul Manafort ruined a solid scam, says former middleman for Iranian regime, as well as IRS and Treasury agents.” http://tws.io/2jyDbHd
— “How Did Two All-Americans Fall In With ISIS?” by Mike Mariani in Psychology Today – per Longform.org’s description: “In 2015, two bright Mississippi State college students started dating. Months later, they were planning their life together—alongside ISIS.” http://bit.ly/2j3W695
–“How an Atlanta power couple’s business has heightened Hollywood and Silicon Valley’s piracy anxieties,” by LATimes’ Ryan Faughnder: http://lat.ms/2jBOf6m
— “Spurned by ESPN, Barstool Sports Is Staying on Offense,” by Jay Caspian Kang in tomorrow’s NYT Magazine: “There exists a swarm of angry sports fans who maintain that they do not want to talk about Colin Kaepernick or the national anthem, and Barstool has cleared a space for them to gather and talk, mostly, about just how much they don’t want to talk about politics. They claim to be an overlooked majority — the vast market inefficiency that will richly reward anyone who will let them watch their games, memes and funny videos without having to feel bad about themselves. Barstool is their safe space.” http://nyti.ms/2hHvY7k
SPOTTED: Stephen Miller dining at DBGB last night in City Center … Larry Rasky, Dick Keil and Mark Paustenbach at the Dead & Co. show last night at the TD Garden in Boston … Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) on an early Friday morning United flight to Cleveland from DCA
REMEMBERING BOBBY BAKER – WaPo’s Jon Thurber: “Bobby Baker, a protege of future president Lyndon B. Johnson whose career of wealth and privilege came crashing down in an influence-peddling scandal, died Nov. 12 — his 89th birthday — in St. Augustine, Fla. Mr. Baker [was] once the most influential staffer in the U.S. Senate … ‘Mr. Baker, I understand you know where the bodies are buried in the Senate. I’d appreciate it if you’d come to my office and talk with me,’ the newly elected Sen. Johnson (D-Tex.) said in his first telephone conversation with Mr. Baker in late 1948. Mr. Baker was just 20 at the time and a staffer for the Senate leadership … His vast knowledge of the operations of the Senate and his facility in the art of accommodation — moving pet legislative projects ahead for some senators or helping fulfill the proclivities of others for drink, sex or cash — would make him an invaluable asset to Johnson.” http://wapo.st/2zNz94k
HAPPENING TODAY — The Clinton School and Clinton Foundation are hosting a conversation in Little Rock with Bill and Hillary Clinton, moderated by James Carville at 3:30 p.m. Livestream http://bit.ly/2Aasphn
— SPOTTED at the Capital Hotel Bar and Grill in Little Rock last night for the 25th Clinton campaign: DeeDee Myers, Gene Sperling, Mary Streett, Stephanie Streett, John Podesta, Tamera Luzzatto, Jim Kennedy, JoDee Winterhof, Jill Alper, David Beaubaire, Kris Balderston, Adrienne Elrod, James Carville, Amanda Crumley, Patrick Mellody, James Greelish, Catherine Cornelius
BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Jeff Watters, director of government Relations at the Ocean Conservancy (hat tip: Samantha Bisogno)
BIRTHDAYS: NYT’s Sheryl Stolberg … Megyn Kelly is 47 … Politico cartoonist Matt Wuerker … USA Today’s Heidi Przybyla … Margaret Capehart … ABC News’ Gregory Simmons … Brian Forest, who is joining NAM on Monday as director of strategic messaging and most recently served as McConnell’s chief speechwriter … Carrie Matthews of Hamilton Place Strategies … Dan Sadlosky, policy adviser to House Majority Whip Steve Scalise … Politico’s Theo Meyer and Patricia Kolby … Tom Namako, deputy news director at BuzzFeed and a WSJ and N.Y. Post alum … Andrea Stone, director of career services at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism … Cassi Gritzmacher, head of executive comms at Away … Robert Dougherty, Rep. Julia Brownley’s senior LA and the pride of Syracuse, NY (h/t Samantha Greene) …
… Cornyn comms. director Drew Brandewie is 33 … Teddie Norton, director of government affairs operations at the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (h/t Mike Reilly) … Abby Tinsley … Trisha Farr … Brian Knapp … Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) is 46 … Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) is 5-0 … former Rep. J.C. Watts (R-Okla.) is 6-0 … Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.) is 53 … Nick Ragone … Nima Faz … Arshad Hasan … Waldo Tibbetts … Nicole Ianucci … Gregory Kallenberg … David Frank … Noelia Rodriguez … Hanna Skandera … Richard Maopolski … Gregg Holman … Erica DeVos … Jon Kaplan … Meg Gage … Ace Smith (h/ts Teresa Vilmain)
THE SHOWS by @MattMackowiak, filing from Austin:
—“Fox News Sunday”: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Panel: Jason Chaffetz, Jessica Tarlov, Jason Riley and Juan Williams … “Power Player of the Week” with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.)
–CBS’s “Face the Nation”: Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) … Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) … OMB Director Mick Mulvaney. Panel: David French, Jennifer Jacobs, Ruth Marcus and Ed O’Keefe
–NBC’s “Meet the Press”: Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) and Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich) … OMB Director Mick Mulvaney. Panel: Bob Costa, Rich Lowry, Joy Reid and Amy Walter
–CNN’s “State of the Union”: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) … OMB Director Mick Mulvaney … Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Panel: Amanda Carpenter, Neera Tanden, Michael Caputo and Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.)
–ABC’s “This Week”: Marc Short … Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) … Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) … Rep. Mary Bono (R-Calif.) … Carly Fiorina … Ronan Farrow. Panel: Matthew Dowd, Cecilia Vega, Lanhee Chen, Stephanie Cutter and Megan Murphy
–CNN’s “Inside Politics” with John King: Karoun Demirjian, Michael Shear, Eliana Johnson and Rachael Bade (substitute anchor: CNN’s Nia-Malika Henderson)
–CNN’s “Reliable Sources”: Panel: Birmingham News’ Anna Claire Vollers, Washingtonian Magazine’s Elaina Plott, Michelle Ciulla Lipkin and Marc Fisher … Bill Carter … Angelo Carusone … Jacquelyn Martin … Anthony Atamanuik
–Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures”: Eric Trump … Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) … Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) … Bud Cummins. Panel: Ed Rollins and Mary Kissel
–Fox News’ “MediaBuzz”: Emily Jashinsky … Francesca Chambers … Michael Tomasky … Susan Ferrechio … Lynn Sherr … Leslie Marshall … Amy Holmes … Mara Liasson
–CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS”: Niall Ferguson, The Economist’s Anne McElvoy and author and former Polish Defense Minister Radoslaw Sikorski … Ray Dalio … Salman Rushdie
–Univision’s “Al Punto”: Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) … undocumented immigrants and former sanctuary church refugees Jeanette Vizguerra, Jaime Flores and Amanda Morales … Isabel Allende … Univision Investiga director Gerardo Reyes and Univision News investigative journalist Peniley Ramírez … musician Alejandro Sanz
–C-SPAN: “The Communicators”: Adam Alter … “Newsmakers”: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, questioned by the Houston Chronicle’s Kevin Diaz and Politico’s Josh Gerstein … “Q&A”: Musician and author Daryl Davis
–PBS’ “To the Contrary”: Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio)
–Washington Times’ “Mack on Politics” weekly politics podcast with Matt Mackowiak (download on iTunes, Google Play, or Stitcher or listen at http://bit.ly/2mCW4tB). Syndicated columnist and American Commitment president Phil Kerpen.
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Trump Reveals Updated Shortlist of Potential Supreme Court Nominees
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Trump Reveals Updated Shortlist of Potential Supreme Court Nominees
President Donald Trump released a new list of potential Supreme Court nominees on Friday, updating a previous roster that included newly appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch.
The refreshed shortlist removes Gorsuch and adds Judges Amy Coney Barrett, Britt Grant, Brett Kavanaugh, Kevin Newsom and Patrick Wyrick.
For many Republicans, Trump fulfilled one of his key campaign promises to replace the late Antonin Scalia with a similar conservative judge when he nominated Gorsuch in January as one of his first major presidential acts.
In a statement, the White House said, “President Trump will choose a nominee for a future Supreme Court vacancy, should one arise, from this updated list of 25 individuals.”
“The president remains deeply committed to identifying and selecting outstanding jurists in the mold of Justice Gorsuch. These additions, like those on the original list released more than a year ago, were selected with input from respected conservative leaders.”
President Trump’s updated Supreme Court shortlist:
Amy Coney Barrett of Indiana, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Keith Blackwell of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia
Charles Canady of Florida, Supreme Court of Florida
Steven Colloton of Iowa, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Allison Eid of Colorado, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
Britt Grant of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia
Raymond Gruender of Missouri, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Brett Kavanaugh of Maryland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Raymond Kethledge of Michigan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Joan Larsen of Michigan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Mike Lee of Utah, United States Senator
Thomas Lee of Utah, Supreme Court of Utah
Edward Mansfield of Iowa, Supreme Court of Iowa
Federico Moreno of Florida, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Kevin Newsom of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
William Pryor of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
Margaret Ryan of Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
David Stras of Minnesota, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Diane Sykes of Wisconsin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Amul Thapar of Kentucky, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Timothy Tymkovich of Colorado, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
Robert Young of Michigan, Supreme Court of Michigan (Ret.)
Don Willett of Texas, Supreme Court of Texas
Patrick Wyrick of Oklahoma, Supreme Court of Oklahoma
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Trump added 5 names to his list of potential Supreme Court nominees
Associated Press/J. Scott Applewhite
President Donald Trump has added five people to his shortlist of possible Supreme Court picks.
It's unclear whether any vacancies on the nine-justice court are looming, but rumors have been swirling in recent months that Justice Anthony Kennedy wants to retire.
President Donald Trump has added five names to his list of prospective Supreme Court nominees, the White House announced on Friday.
Trump's original list was released in September 2016 before he was elected president, and included then-Colorado federal appeals court Judge Neil Gorsuch, who now sits on the Supreme Court in the seat left vacant by the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
"President Trump will choose a nominee for a future Supreme Court vacancy, should one arise," the White House said in a statement announcing the list. "The President remains deeply committed to identifying and selecting outstanding jurists in the mold of Justice Gorsuch."
The additions to Trump's list are made of up three federal appeals court judges and two state Supreme Court justices. Two of the additions are women.
The new additions to the list include:
Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
Britt Grant, a Georgia state Supreme Court justice
Brett Kavanaugh, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
Kevin Newsom, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
Patrick Wyrick, an Oklahoma state Supreme Court justice
It's unclear whether any Supreme Court vacancies are looming — rumors began swirling last spring that Justice Anthony Kennedy intended to retire at the end of the term but were shut down several months later.
Last month, Trump reportedly told multiple people in private he believed he would be able to fill three more Supreme Court seats — those of Kennedy, as well as Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor. According to Axios, Trump cited the 84-year-old Ginsburg's age and Sotomayor's health — she has Type 1 diabetes — as reasons he believed their seats would soon be vacant.
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