Loretta Lynch Likely to be Nominated for Supreme Court

[vdogg]

Man, I hope he does this. The conservatives will absolutely lose it.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/scotus-analyst-tom-goldstein-loretta-lynch-most-likely-candidate-replace-n518916

On edit: Not sure this is a done deal, on further reading it seems like speculation. Perhaps scotusblog knows something though as they edited their earlier post.

[PoliticAverse]

1. "very serious possibility" = pure speculation. n/t

[BillZBubb]

2. It's Loretta, btw.

This is speculation, but it is a pretty good guess. There is no way anyone knows who Obama will pick at this point. Probably not even Obama.

[Gabi Hayes]

5. Loretta Lynn would have a better chance

“I like Sarah Palin, but her voice is too high and tinny,”

Read More: Loretta Lynn Talks Politics, Palin … and Justin Bieber! | http://theboot.com/loretta-lynn-sarah-palin-justin-bieber/?trackback=tsmclip

[PonyUp]

22. Loretta Lynn would be great for the coal industry! n/t

[Mendocino]

24. Lorette Lynn has endorsed

Donald Trump.

[vdogg]

14. Lol, I'll fix that.

This is the danger of posting from a phone with autocorrect enabled.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. I think of the various folks I've heard suggested, I'm leaning toward hoping for Kamala Harris.

At 51, she's got the time to surpass Scalia on the bench.

[nadinbrzezinski]

36. She is running for Senate

[MohRokTah]

4. She's definitely on the list

Whether or not she makes it to the short list is up for speculation.

[saturnsring]

6. make it someone young

[SoLeftIAmRight]

9. Very young

...

[saturnsring]

10. my daughter is 14. i nominate her

she wont want it because she'll have to put her iphone down and listen to something other than her iphone but im sure i can talk her into it

[SoLeftIAmRight]

15. safe bet - she would be better than tony

...

[saturnsring]

17. i agree ..................nt

[jberryhill]

27. just have the litigants argue via snapchat

[saturnsring]

32. lol -yes then they will have her complete attention .............. nt

[djean111]

7. She is against marijuana legalisation and is quite fond of civil forfeiture.

Have not seen anyone from Wall Street prosecuted yet.

She seems awfully conservative to me.

[vdogg]

16. Hmm

Those are definitely minuses, though I'll give her a pass on the Wall Street thing. She's only had the job for about a year and it takes time to build a case.

[PDittie]

34. No passes on not prosecuting banksters

That perpetuates a lingering problem.

[Warren DeMontague]

25. Exactly.

[hifiguy]

8. Goodwin Liu or Tino Cuellar of the CA SC

would be vastly better choices.

[Uponthegears]

11. Here's the link

from scotusblog:

http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/02/how-the-politics-of-the-next-nomination-will-pay-out/#more-238336

Tom Goldstein is one of the most highly respected Supreme Court litigators in the country (a reputation obtained only when one has a deep understanding of the politics of the USSC). He isn't just a neophyte out there throwing in his two cents worth.

On the other hand, the article is pretty cautious and hardly seems like a prediction. It is good reading though.

[LonePirate]

20. Thanks for posting that link. Interesting speculation on K. Harris having presidential aspirations.

I do agree with the final paragraph's prediction of how all of this plays out in the coming months.

[Blasphemer]

13. Seems a reasonable guess... it will be someone who has already been vetted by this Senate...

thus exposing their partisan obstructionism and bad faith public service. Even people who don't pay attention to politics that closely will "get it" if someone already deemed qualified isn't confirmed.

[Gothmog]

18. Bring Eric Holder back to finish out Lynch's term

[PDittie]

35. No thanks

The entire DOJ building still stinks from that guy.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-08/eric-holder-s-job-prospects-were-too-big-to-fail

[cloudbase]

19. If it's Lynch,

I think she'll be the throwdown nominee to be rejected for confirmation.

[hfojvt]

30. that's what I think

There's no way in hell Republicans would confirm her. They barely accepted her for AG.

[rollin74]

21. She's pro-marijuana prohibition. Pro drug war

no thanks

[Retrograde]

23. Another New Yorker?

I'd like to see someone from west of the Mississippi, but I'll settle for someone from west of the Hudson. And someone not from Harvard. Time for some diversity on the bench!

Given the problems Lynch had with her Attorney General nomination - all the GOP's fault - I don't see her being a shoo-in. And she's doing a decent job in her current position.

I'd like to see Goodwin Liu get the nod, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

[vdogg]

31. She doesn't have to be a shoo-in

She's probably not even going to be confirmed, and they know this. She'll just be a candidate the republicans can chew on for a few months and highlight their intransigence. This is a strategic political move, and nothing more. I'm sure there's an option 2 candidate that will be pulled out once republicans reject Loretta.

[jberryhill]

26. Not another prosecutor

As a prosecutor, she has enthusiastically used civil forfeiture.

No thanks.

[hfojvt]

28. that sounds like a good plan

after Republicans shoot her down, they will look worse if they try to shoot down a more reasonable nominee.

Still, it would be nice to see a coal miner's daughter on the Supreme Court. Score one for the working class.

[BlueJazz]

29. All of a sudden, I've got this strange urge to Go home drinkin' with lovin' on my mind.

[name not needed]

33. It's Harriet Miers all over again.

Boy, this is gonna be fun.

[madville]

37. Would she then be compelled to establish

A special prosecutor and remove herself from any decisions involving what DOJ ultimately does with the results and recommendations of the FBI concerning Hillary's classified information problems?

It's an interesting angle to consider, I don't see Hillary being charged with anything but they may go after her former aides since it sounds like most classified information originated or was placed on her server by them.