Don’t worry about the Supreme Court, America. Donald Trump’s got this.
That was the GOP frontrunner’s message during a Sunday night speech at his Mar-a-Largo resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
“I’m going to get a list of anywhere from five to ten judges, and those are going to be the judges that I’m going to put in,” Trump said.
The Supreme Court nominating process became a partisan lightening rod following the death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia in February. President Barack Obama nominated a federal appellate court judge, Merrick Garland, to fill the slot.
But the GOP-controlled Senate hasn’t been receptive to Garland, who is largely considered a judicial centrist, because Republicans argue the next president should be allowed to fill the open seat. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has dismissed the idea of a lame-duck confirmation.
But Trump says he has a plan.
Sounds like he thinks a president sends a list to the Senate, and the Senate then votes on who stays and who gets fired or kicked off the island or something?
I can imagine it already:
1.) Sarah Palin
2.) Hank Williams, Jr.
3.) Scott Baio
4.) Gary Busey
5.) Chuck Norris
6.) Omarosa
7.) David Duke
8.) Bill O’Reilly
…and any surviving relatives of George Lincoln Rockwell and Orville Faubus.
Judge Judy
“And that should solve the problem, and I think that’s a good idea, right?”
Trump: I am thinking my wife will make a good supreme court judge