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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSammy is NOT STEPPING DOWN, DASHING Grampy's plan to install Cannon or Habba or Pirro or inanimate carbon rod
"Inanimate carbon rod" = Simpsons joke. Every employee at the nuclear plant had a turn at "Employee of the month," except Homer, so he thought he had it in the bag until Burns chose an inanimate carbon rod over him.The news follows months of speculation that Alito was preparing to retire at the end of this term fueled by the fact he was preparing to release a book in the fall. Touring to promote the book would have been easier to plan if he had intentions of not sitting on the court by next term.
Alito remaining on the Supreme Court ups the stakes of the midterm elections in the fall, as a Democratic Senate majority, or even just a more evenly divided Senate, could severely limit President Donald Trump's ability to nominate a Supreme Court justice if a vacancy opens up after this year.
"The revelation that Alito is reportedly not planning to step down comes after President Donald Trump told Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo he is 'prepared' to appoint up to three Supreme Court justices if vacancies arise," noted the report. "Trump added he has a shortlist of nominees in mind, though he did not mention any names."
https://www.rawstory.com/alito/
OGBuzz
(417 posts)Could it get any worse than Habba, Pirro or Cannon?
Miles Archer
(23,666 posts)Sammy can continue to be a zealot right where he's sitting.
He literally has NO incentive to "do Trump a solid," as in "step aside to make room for Aileen Cannon."
And as corrupt as the SCOTUS is, I think they ALL have the ability to see Cannon as an unqualified toady. Habba would be worse than Cannon. Pirro would be worse than Cannon and Habba put together because the justices would end up spending most of their time trying to keep her off the sauce.
OGBuzz
(417 posts)sheshe2
(97,859 posts)Especially with the line up you mentioned, I'd rather keep Alito. His choices are Dumd Dummer and a Box of Wine!
Fiendish Thingy
(23,448 posts)ITAL
(1,351 posts)Which means he needs to stay on for awhile longer.
Fiendish Thingy
(23,448 posts)ITAL
(1,351 posts)He wasn't likely to stand down before 2029 anyway. He'll take it to then with the expectation Democrats will overplay their hand after winning the midterms and give Republicans a 50/50 shot at winning the presidency or Senate (or both) in '28.
MustLoveBeagles
(16,814 posts)Hooray for Samuel Alito.
sheshe2
(97,859 posts)IKR?!
MustLoveBeagles
(16,814 posts)🍊 Menace would nominate someone very young and much worse.
sheshe2
(97,859 posts)Cannon is only 44. Habba 42 and he would never choose Pirro, she is 74.
Fiendish Thingy
(23,448 posts)As long as Dems expand the court in 2029.
Ocelot II
(130,814 posts)unless health problems made it necessary. Why would they? It's a great job, and clearly they don't have to work very hard. And why would they give up the perks of the job, even the ones they shouldn't be getting, like vacations and motor homes that wealthy people offer them out of the goodness of their hearts and not to buy influence in pending cases? They also must know that their replacements are likely to be even more marginally-qualified Trump stooges than the three previous appointments, and who would want to be replaced by Aileen Cannon? That would hurt.
MustLoveBeagles
(16,814 posts)Shouldn't be anywhere near the Supreme Court. Things are bad enough as it is.
sheshe2
(97,859 posts)She failed to secure an indictment on a ham sandwich.
MustLoveBeagles
(16,814 posts)Everyone calls Drinky McWinebox?
tulipsandroses
(8,284 posts)Take a page a out of Mitch's playbook.