My prediction - Trump nominates a minority judge for the Supreme Court

[dansolo]

Someone like Clarence Thomas. They will then dare the Democrats to try and block the confirmation.

[emulatorloo]

1. Sounds also like he may nominate a woman. Similar strategy will say Dems are "sexists"

[Vinca]

2. The only women who will believe that are rabid cult members. I'm not concerned.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. Oh no - please don't let it be Jeanine Pirro

That could be my nervous breakdown point

[a kennedy]

14. Is exactly what I thought........she is a witch, and sorry to my witch friends.

[SeattleVet]

15. Won't be Pirro -

she'd too old - he wants someone that will be on the court for several decades. There is one of his far-right choices that is a 45 year old woman; that is much more likely. She has been put on his list and vetted by the far-right Federalist Society.

[forgotmylogin]

8. They don't have a sexist leg to stand on.

On October 3, 2005, Harriet Miers was nominated for Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President George W. Bush to replace retiring Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Miers was, at the time, White House Counsel, and had previously served in several roles both during Bush's tenure as Governor of Texas and President.

The nomination almost immediately drew criticism, virtually all of it from within the President's own party: David Frum castigated an "unforced error", and Robert Bork denounced it a "disaster" and "a slap in the face to the conservatives who've been building up a conservative legal movement for the last 20 years." Hearings before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee had been scheduled to begin on November 7, and members of the Republican leadership had stated before the nomination that they aimed to have the nominee confirmed before Thanksgiving (November 24). Miers withdrew her nomination on October 27, 2005, and Bush nominated Samuel Alito four days later.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Miers_Supreme_Court_nomination

[katmondoo]

3. I have a bet with my son that he will not nominate anyone on the list of 25 nominees

Like Clarence Thomas, yes could be.

[elehhhhna]

4. He'll nominate someone who is horrible

Then pull it and get someone who is marginally less horrible than, say, Ted Nugent.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. My guess is that he is looking for someone who appears OK but he knows is not - OR

he's gonna bribe someone somehow. The latter would be cool if there was a wire. Maybe we need to set him up for a sure thing

[forgotmylogin]

9. OR - a hot blond lady from Norway.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. We need more Scandinavian immigrants !

[Arkansas Granny]

7. And then he'll claim that he tried to meet liberals halfway

and they rejected his efforts when they don't embrace his choice.

[Iliyah]

10. I think Dems will be ready.

And it really doesn't matter, it's damn if you do, damn if you don't.

[Lucky Luciano]

12. Sauron? nt

[madinmaryland]

11. McConnell has already selected Kennedy's replacement, guaranteeing passage by the senate.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. So, Mitch has told Trump who is really a great conservative that Democrats

don't know is a great conservative? Maybe there's one that Democrats unwittingly praised or approved for a lower appointment at some point?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. Roll Call on Amy Barrett 10-31-2017 - Dems Y Kaine, Donnelly, Manchin NV - McCaskill, Menendez

Alphabetical by Senator Name
Alexander (R-TN), Yea
Baldwin (D-WI), Nay
Barrasso (R-WY), Yea
Bennet (D-CO), Nay
Blumenthal (D-CT), Nay
Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Booker (D-NJ), Nay
Boozman (R-AR), Yea
Brown (D-OH), Nay
Burr (R-NC), Yea
Cantwell (D-WA), Nay
Capito (R-WV), Yea
Cardin (D-MD), Nay
Carper (D-DE), Nay
Casey (D-PA), Nay
Cassidy (R-LA), Yea
Cochran (R-MS), Yea
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Coons (D-DE), Nay
Corker (R-TN), Yea
Cornyn (R-TX), Yea
Cortez Masto (D-NV), Nay
Cotton (R-AR), Yea
Crapo (R-ID), Yea
Cruz (R-TX), Yea
Daines (R-MT), Yea
Donnelly (D-IN), Yea
Duckworth (D-IL), Nay
Durbin (D-IL), Nay
Enzi (R-WY), Yea
Ernst (R-IA), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Nay
Fischer (R-NE), Yea
Flake (R-AZ), Yea
Franken (D-MN), Nay
Gardner (R-CO), Yea
Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay
Graham (R-SC), Yea
Grassley (R-IA), Yea
Harris (D-CA), Nay
Hassan (D-NH), Nay
Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Heinrich (D-NM), Nay
Heitkamp (D-ND), Nay
Heller (R-NV), Yea
Hirono (D-HI), Nay
Hoeven (R-ND), Yea
Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Johnson (R-WI), Yea
Kaine (D-VA), Yea
Kennedy (R-LA), Yea
King (I-ME), Nay
Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay
Lankford (R-OK), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Nay
Lee (R-UT), Yea
Manchin (D-WV), Yea
Markey (D-MA), Nay
McCain (R-AZ), Yea
McCaskill (D-MO), Not Voting
McConnell (R-KY), Yea
Menendez (D-NJ), Not Voting
Merkley (D-OR), Nay
Moran (R-KS), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Murphy (D-CT), Nay
Murray (D-WA), Nay
Nelson (D-FL), Nay
Paul (R-KY), Yea
Perdue (R-GA), Yea
Peters (D-MI), Nay
Portman (R-OH), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Nay
Risch (R-ID), Yea
Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Rounds (R-SD), Yea
Rubio (R-FL), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Sasse (R-NE), Yea
Schatz (D-HI), Nay
Schumer (D-NY), Nay
Scott (R-SC), Yea
Shaheen (D-NH), Nay
Shelby (R-AL), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Nay
Strange (R-AL), Yea
Sullivan (R-AK), Yea
Tester (D-MT), Nay
Thune (R-SD), Yea
Tillis (R-NC), Yea
Toomey (R-PA), Yea
Udall (D-NM), Nay
Van Hollen (D-MD), Nay
Warner (D-VA), Nay
Warren (D-MA), Nay
Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay
Wicker (R-MS), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Nay
Young (R-IN), Yea

[Stargleamer]

13. Maybe if they are a Federalist

I myself think it will be Amy Barrett

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. Amy Barrett

Federal judicial service
On May 8, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Barrett to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, to the seat vacated by Judge John Daniel Tinder, who took senior status on February 18, 2015.[11][12] A hearing on her nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on September 6, 2017.[13]

During Barrett's hearing, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein questioned Barrett about whether her Catholic faith would influence her decision-making on the court. Feinstein, concerned about whether Barrett would uphold Roe v. Wade given her Catholic beliefs, stated "the dogma lives loudly within you, and that's a concern".[14][10][15] Feinstein's line of questioning was criticized by some observers and legal experts[16][17] while defended by others.[18] During her hearing, Barrett said: "It's never appropriate for a judge to impose that judge's personal convictions, whether they arise from faith or anywhere else, on the law."[16]

On October 5, 2017, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on a party-line basis of 11–9 to recommend Barrett and report her nomination to the full Senate.[19][20] On October 30, 2017 the Senate invoked cloture by a vote of 54–42.[21] The Senate confirmed her with a vote of 55–43 on October 31, 2017.[22] She received her commission on November 2, 2017.

[Stargleamer]

20. I heard that 3 Democrats already voted for her

as did Collins. Roe vs. Wade is all over if they choose her.

If we could just somehow make RU-486 more available to those who need it in the states that will make abortion illegal

[Shrek]

21. They'll probably ask her to write the opinion

Just for the optics.

[Hekate]

22. Who was that guy Dubya had to bless torture? Yee? He's off teaching law at ...

... Stanford or Berkeley. Great resume, if you like his record with Dubya.

[JCMach1]

23. Pam Bondi, FL AG

Watch this space...

[radius777]

24. ie the 'house slave' tactic

they'll put up some self-hating poc/woman etc who'll work meekly in service of RW white hegemony ... then claim that Dems/liberals are being 'racist/sexist' etc... iow, try to use 'identity politics' against itself as they have in the past.