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kpete

(71,981 posts)
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 09:57 AM Jul 2016

Now if Scalia were replaced by me (Trump) we wouldn't have that




Now if we had—Scalia was living, or if Scalia was replaced by me, you wouldn’t have had that, OK? It would’ve been the opposite,” Trump said of the ruling, which struck down a restrictive Texas abortion law.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_57754e2ae4b0bd4b0b13db65



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Now if Scalia were replaced by me (Trump) we wouldn't have that (Original Post) kpete Jul 2016 OP
Nobody ever said Trump had been trained in the most basic mathematical functions. MohRokTah Jul 2016 #1
trump makes clarence thomas look scholarly.... spanone Jul 2016 #2
Is this Trump U math? n/t Yavin4 Jul 2016 #3
No, no, you misunderstand. malthaussen Jul 2016 #4
if any women needed another reason to vote against Trump RussBLib Jul 2016 #5
 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
1. Nobody ever said Trump had been trained in the most basic mathematical functions.
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 10:01 AM
Jul 2016


A 5-3 ruling that suddenly becomes a 5-4 ruling does not alter the outcome.

Because MATH!

spanone

(135,816 posts)
2. trump makes clarence thomas look scholarly....
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 10:01 AM
Jul 2016

Last edited Fri Jul 1, 2016, 12:06 PM - Edit history (1)

so trump would trade his white hooded robe for a black one?

malthaussen

(17,184 posts)
4. No, no, you misunderstand.
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 10:23 AM
Jul 2016

Had it been Mr Justice Trump on the Court, the force of his personality and intellect would have swayed all the justices into a unanimous vote.

Well, except maybe for the women.

-- Mal

RussBLib

(9,006 posts)
5. if any women needed another reason to vote against Trump
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 10:25 AM
Jul 2016

He would be just fine with making it next-to-impossible for women to get a constitutionally-protected right to abortion.

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