White House waged quiet campaign to create a Supreme Court opening

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President Donald Trump, left, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy at Gorsuch’s swearing-in at the White House last year.

The campaign’s goal was to assure Justice Anthony Kennedy that his judicial legacy would be in good hands should he decide to step down at the end of the court’s term.

WASHINGTON —

President Donald Trump singled him out for praise even while attacking other members of the Supreme Court. He nominated people close to him to important judicial posts. And members of the Trump family forged personal connections.

Their goal was to assure Justice Anthony Kennedy that his judicial legacy would be in good hands should he step down at the end of the court’s term that ended this week, as he was rumored to be considering. Allies of the White House were more blunt, warning the 81-year-old justice that time was of the essence. There was no telling, they said, what would happen if Democrats gained control of the Senate after the November elections and had the power to block the president’s choice as his successor.

There were no direct efforts to pressure or lobby Kennedy to announce his resignation Wednesday, and it was hardly the first time a president had done his best to create a court opening. “In the past half-century, presidents have repeatedly been dying to take advantage of timely vacancies,” said Laura Kalman, a historian at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

But in subtle and not so subtle ways, the Trump administration waged a quiet campaign to ensure that the president had a second opportunity in his administration’s first 18 months to fulfill one of his most important campaign promises to his conservative followers: that he would change the complexion and direction of the Supreme Court.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/white-house-waged-quiet-campaign-to-create-a-supreme-court-opening/

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1. Our Mobbed-Up President Wants to Fix the Supreme Court-Imagine That!

[Corgigal]

2. Legacy, huh?

Maybe that is what they told you. Could also be a bribe to your son , who works , of all banks the only bank that would loan the Trump family money. Nothing to see here, reference who backed these loans (Putin) and how broke Trumps organization really was at the time.

Mueller and his counter espionage investigation has to pull another folder out of the staples box. I'm sure he is much further then we know. Too bad we had no media looking into this, months ago. Citizens are not being served by this press.
Keep playing footsie with Trump , you talking heads. Your, oh it can't happen here is not doing any of us any damn good.

[Orsino]

3. Trump is always on the lookout for things he can claim credit for.

Another Justice is going to be a little feather in his cap.