Coming Monday Night: Trump’s Supreme Court Show

US President Donald Trump arrives to speak during the Salute to Service dinner at the Greenbrier resort July 3, 2018 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit s... US President Donald Trump arrives to speak during the Salute to Service dinner at the Greenbrier resort July 3, 2018 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump is confident he will grab the nation’s attention with his Supreme Court show.On Monday night, he will appear on television during prime time to unveil his choice to fill a Supreme Court seat vacated by retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.

The announcement comes as Trump is under attack over the family separation crisis at the border, the recent exit of his scandal-plagued Environmental Protection Agency chief and his looming sit-down with Russia’s leader.

He will tap a conservative judge to rally Republican voters in a midterm election year. And for the optics-obsessed president, the timely judicial fight offers him the opportunity to do what he does best — take center stage in a massive show.

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  1. Is this how this American “Checks and Balances”-thingy works ?

    A demented president, elected (knowingly or unknowingly) with Russian help, and assisted by an unscrupulous Senate Majority leader, can pack the SCOTUS with right-wing judges, skewing the third branch of the government towards the right, for the next 30 years or so ?

  2. Will there be balloons? The Marine Band? Confetti? A light show? If not, I’ll just read the name on my rss feed or here.

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  4. I hope that at least maddow insists on doing her show, and telling her audience that they will provide the name of the nominee on the scroll when its announced, and will discuss the nominee in the following segment.

  5. Hey Nielsen families turn your TVs off tomorrow night. Better yet unplug them until this shit show is concluded.

    We here all know that if he gets good rating there will be more of this crap. This is not must see TV.

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