Trump: 'Very close' to Supreme Court decision, will announce nominee Saturday

[Lori Price]

News Updates From CLG

22 September 2020 

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Trump: 'Very close' to Supreme Court decision, will announce nominee Saturday --He appears to have enough Senate Republicans to get a quick vote. | 22 Sept 2020 | While President Donald Trump is expected to wait until Saturday to announce his Supreme Court nominee, he said Tuesday he's already "very close" to making a final decision. During a Tuesday interview with Fox television stations, Trump cited public services to honor the life of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday, as the reason for delaying his announcement. "I would say that I’m very close to making it a decision in my own mind and I'm going to reveal it on Saturday," Trump said. "I'm doing that out of respect for Justice Ginsburg, you're having a service on Thursday, so I didn't really want to do anything to cut into the service."

Romney backs pre-election Supreme Court vote, paving way for McConnell, Trump | 22 Sept 2020 | Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) signaled on Tuesday that he is open to confirming a Supreme Court nominee this year, solidifying GOP support for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) vow to hold a vote on President Trump's nominee...Romney's decision is a blow to Senate Democrats and a boon to McConnell, with both sides watching him closely as a potential swing vote on bringing up whomever Trump nominates to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat just weeks before a presidential election... So far only two GOP senators have said they do not support moving a nomination before the Nov. 3 election: Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska).

Trump meets with potential Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett at White House | 21 Sept 2020 | Judge Amy Coney Barrett, who has emerged as a favorite to be nominated for the vacant Supreme Court seat, met Monday at the White House with President Trump, according to a person familiar with the selection process. Barrett's meeting with Trump further cements her status as one of the front-runners to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday of pancreatic cancer. The meeting took place Monday afternoon before Trump left for a campaign trip to Ohio. The president told reporters he was considering five women for Ginsburg's seat. But sources familiar with the process say Barrett and Barbara Lagoa are the two judges being seriously considered.

Trump says Supreme Court list is down to 5 people, announcement coming Friday or Saturday | 21 Sept 2020 | President Trump on Monday said he has narrowed his list of potential Supreme Court nominees to five people and vowed to announce his pick to fill late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's vacancy by Friday or Saturday. During an exclusive interview on "Fox & Friends," the president said that the final Senate vote for his potential nominee should be taken "before the election" and "should go very quickly." The president said that he will make his announcement at the end of the week, following services for the late Supreme Court justice.

Pelosi says House could move to impeach Trump or Barr in an effort to delay SCOTUS nomination vote if Biden wins --'We have arrows in our quiver that I'm not about to discuss right now' | 20 Sept 2020 | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Sunday would not rule out impeaching President Donald Trump or Attorney General William Barr if the Senate seeks to push through a Supreme Court nomination during the lame-duck session should Joe Biden win the November election. Speaking with ABC's "This Week," host George Stephanopoulos asked Pelosi about suggestions some have made that if Democrats win this fall and Republicans move forward on a Supreme Court nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the House could move to impeach Trump or Barr in an effort to stall the nomination. "Well, we have our options," Pelosi said. "We have arrows in our quiver that I'm not about to discuss right now, but the fact is we have a big challenge in our country. This president has threatened to not even accept the results of the election with statements that he and his henchmen have made."

Crowd gathers outside Mitch McConnell's home to protest filling SCOTUS vacancy | 20 Sept 2020 | A crowd of protesters swarmed outside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's Kentucky home after the Republican leader said he would move to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death. About 100 protesters gathered outside McConnell's Louisville home on Saturday after he said he would push for a Senate vote on filling the seat with the presidential election is less than seven weeks away, the Louisville Courier Journal reported. The demonstrators called out "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Mitch McConnell has got to go," "vote him out" and "ditch Mitch." One arrest was reported during the protests that ended after about three hours.

Trump supporters chant 'Fill that seat' at North Carolina rally | 19 Sept 2020 | The evening after the Supreme Court announced the death of late liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Trump and his supporters chanted "Fill that seat" during a campaign rally in Fayetteville, N.C. "You may agree, you may not disagree with her, but she was an inspiration to a tremendous amount of people; I say all Americans," Trump said opening the rally, noting Ginsburg’s close relationship with late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia. Seconds later, Trump said: "So, Article II of our constitution says the president shall nominate justices of the Supreme Court." "I don't think it can be any more clear, can it? I don’t think so," Trump said to a cheering crowd. The president said his campaign may start selling shirts with the phrase "Fill that seat" and had the crowd vote on whether he should nominate a man or a woman by cheering. "Fill that seat, that's the new chant now," Trump said.

The Passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Correct Call to 'Fill That Seat!' By CLG Founder, Michael Rectenwald, Ph.D. | 20 Sept 2020 | U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed on Sept. 18. Ginsburg, a feminist and role model for some women across America, is being lauded as a "legal giant" and "trailblazer," accolades being doled out across political boundaries. Ginsburg was dedicated to jurisprudence tasks, even pouring over legal briefs from her hospital bed.But what did Ginsburg trailblaze, and in what sense was she a legal giant? ...As Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) pointed out on "Hannity" on Sept. 18, it’s imperative for Trump to act with urgency on any SCOTUS replacement. Hillary Clinton has stated that Joe Biden shouldn't concede the 2020 presidential election "under any circumstances." That would mean that, without a replacement, the election could be decided by a 4-to-4 Supreme Court. Conservatives and Trump supporters certainly can't rely on Bush's John Roberts to side with Trump in any disputed 2020 election outcomes. The same deep-state elements who in 2000 demanded the installation of George W. Bush (Democrats and establishment Republicans) will be adapting a “by any means necessary” mantra for Joe Biden's installation in 2020. The only difference is that the candidate is a Democrat, and their battle positions will be buttressed by a ubiquitous, deeply biased social media.

Pair busted with gun, 200 rounds of ammunition ahead of Trump rally in Ohio --Suspects found by airport with Glock, pitchfork ----Divisons were charged with making terroristic threats, carrying a concealed weapon, inducing panic and criminal trespassing | 22 Sept 2020 | A Virginia couple was busted while allegedly carrying a gun and 200 rounds of ammunition, along with a pitchfork and shovels, ahead of a Trump campaign rally Monday night in Ohio, authorities said. John C. Davison, 38, and Vicki M. Davison, 33, were spotted by a Toledo Executive Airport employee walking on the railroad tracks behind the airport in Lake Township, the Sentinel-Tribune reported. The worker said the couple had a backpack and shovels. Police "converged" on the pair and took them into custody without incident, Lake Township Police Chief Mark Hummer told the newspaper. The Davisons allegedly had on them two shovels, a pitchfork and a backpack stuffed with a Glock pistol with an extended magazine, as well as 200 rounds of ammunition and four tourniquets, Hummer said... Their arrest prompted a two-and-a-half-hour lockdown of the Lake Local Schools buildings, as Secret Service and FBI conducted an investigation, Hummer said.

Woman suspected of sending ricin to White House arrested near Canada border | 20 Sept 2020 | An arrest was made in the investigation into an envelope addressed to the that was intercepted Saturday and deemed "suspicious," the FBI said in a statement on Sunday. The Associated Press, citing three law enforcement officials, reported that a woman has been arrested on the New York-Canada border. She is suspected of sending an envelope with poison ricin. The woman was taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Peace Bridge border crossing near Buffalo and is expected to face federal charges, the officials said. Her name was not immediately released.

Woman suspected of sending poison ricin to Trump arrested | 20 Sept 2020 | A woman suspected of sending a letter containing the poison ricin to President Donald Trump was arrested as she tried to enter the US from Canada at a border crossing in New York state, a US law enforcement official said. The woman was carrying a gun and arrested by US authorities, according to the law enforcement official. US prosecutors in Washington, DC, are expected to bring charges against her. CNN previously reported that law enforcement had intercepted a ricin package sent to Trump last week, according to two law enforcement officials, and that investigators were looking into the possibility that it came from Canada.

DOJ Designates New York City as an 'Anarchist Jurisdiction' --The designation comes after a memo from President Trump earlier this month threatening to cut off federal funds for cities | 21 Sept 2020 | New York City is one of three places that "have permitted violence and destruction of property to persist and have refused to undertake reasonable measures to counteract criminal activities," leading to its designation as an "anarchist jurisdiction," the Justice Department said Monday... President Trump issued a memo earlier this month directing the DOJ to identify jurisdictions that, in its view, were not enforcing the law appropriately. Designated cities could lose their federal funding. Trump's Sept. 2 order gives the director of the Office of Management and Budget 30 days to issue guidance to federal agencies on restricting eligibility for federal grants for the cities on the DOJ list.

FBI agent who found Hillary Clinton's emails on Anthony Weiner's laptop says 'immoral' agency bosses sat on the discovery for a month and told him to ERASE his findings until he went direct to the US Attorney | 21 Sept 2020 | An FBI agent who found the messages that led to the Hillary Clinton email investigation being reopened days before the 2016 election said the way the bureau handled the case was 'not ethically or morally right'. John Robertson feared he would be made a 'scapegoat' when he found the new emails less than two months before voting day, in the wake of DailyMail.com's revelation that Anthony Weiner, whose wife Huma Abedin was Clinton's top aide, was sexting an underage girl. Robertson watched nervously as the bureau did nothing for a month until he went outside the chain of command and spoke with the US Attorney's office overseeing the case. The only advice from his bosses was to erase his office computer, which meant leaving no record of his investigations, a new book says... The claims add another layer of intrigue to the investigation of Clinton's emails which has become one of the most divisive episodes of the 2016 election. They appear in October Surprise: How the FBI Tried to Save Itself and Crashed an Election, which will be published on September 22 by PublicAffairs.

Senate Intelligence Committee rejects request by GOP senators for documents from Russia investigation | 14 Sept 2020 | The Republican and Democratic leaders on the Senate Intelligence Committee rejected a broad request from two Republican Senate leaders seeking access to the panel's records to assist in their investigation into the Trump-Russia investigators. Acting Chairman [deep-state dirt-bag] Marco Rubio of Florida and Vice Chairman Mark Warner of Virginia rejected a late August letter from Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who said that they "respect the authority" of the Senate Intelligence Committee to protect its interests, adding that "ultimately, we have the right as United States Senators" to access the records... Grassley and Johnson told the Senate Intelligence Committee they also wanted records related to the CIA's contacts with Perkins Coie lawyers Michael Sussmann and Marc Elias. Elias hired opposition research firm Fusion GPS, which then hired British ex-spy Christopher Steele, who compiled the anti-Trump dossier. Both Sussmann and Elias had contact with Steele during the 2016 election.

Judge Denies Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's Motion to Stay After Deeming State's Coronavirus Restrictions Unconstitutional --Governor said the administration would appeal the ruling - KDKA | 22 Sept 2020 | A federal judge denied Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's motion to stay a week after determining that the state's coronavirus restrictions were unconstitutional, numerous sources reported. Pennsylvania's Attorney General Josh Shapiro asked U.S. District Judge William Stickman IV to delay enforcement of his ruling that the governor and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine's restrictions were arbitrary and violated constitutional rights, according to KDKA. Stickman denied the motion to stay Tuesday, writing that "there is no just reason for delay." Stickman ruled in favor of multiple plaintiffs who alleged that the governor and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine's restrictions were arbitrary and violated constitutional rights.

Poll worker firing for not wearing a mask sues Wisconsin governor | 22 Sept 2020 | A Wisconsin man is suing a LaCrosse city clerk and Gov. Tony Evers (D) after he was dismissed from a paid poll worker position for refusing to wear a mask at a voting precinct, citing a medical condition. The LaCrosse Tribune reported Tuesday that Nicholas Newmann is suing Clerk Teri Lehrke as well as Evers over his Aug. 11 dismissal, which his lawyers wrote in court documents came as a result of Lehrke enforcing Ever's statewide mask mandate which his lawyers argue is unconstitutional. "The American system of government contains three branches, not one. For those who might say the governor must do 'something,' the founders divided power for a reason: They had left behind a king's rule. Power is divided on purpose so that it cannot be exercised so easily," Newmann's lawyer told the Tribune in a statement regarding the lawsuit.

Judge extends Wisconsin's mail-in voting deadline | 21 Sept 2020 | A federal judge ruled on Monday that Wisconsin must extend its deadlines for accepting mail-in ballots and for voters to register. Judge William Conley, of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, ruled that an injunction against the state's election laws is "necessary to avoid an untenable impingement on Wisconsin citizens' right to vote, including the near certainty of disenfranchising tens of thousands of voters relying on the state’s absentee ballot process." He ordered the state to accept ballots received on or before Nov. 9, as long as they are postmarked on or before Election Day, extending the previous deadline for mail-in ballots that was set for October 29.

Judge rejects Trump campaign challenge to Nevada mail-in voting expansion | 21 Sept 2020 | A federal judge in Nevada threw out a lawsuit from President Trump's campaign challenging the state's expansion of mail-in voting amid the coronavirus pandemic. Judge James Mahan dismissed the case on Friday, ruling that the campaign's list of potential harms from the new Nevada law were overly speculative and amounted to little more than policy disagreements with state officials. "Although they purport to allege constitutional harms that go beyond these policy disagreements, at this juncture, plaintiffs' allegations remain just that," wrote Mahan, who was appointed to the federal district court in Nevada by former President [sic] George W. Bush.

Air Force Two carrying VP Pence forced to turn around at New Hampshire airport over engine issue | 22 Sept 2020 | Air Force 2 safely returned to an airport in Manchester, New Hampshire with Vice President Pence after it hit a bird upon take off, the vice president's office confirmed to Fox News on Tuesday. According to a pool report, Pence and his staff are taking a cargo plane back to Washington, D.C.

Biden says 200 million people have died from COVID-19 as campaign gaffes continue --'It's estimated that 200 million people have died -- probably by the time I finish this talk,' Biden said | 20 Sept 2020 | 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden had another gaffe on Sunday when he said an estimated 200 million people have already died from the coronavirus, even though the number of American casualties is closer to 200,000. "If Donald Trump has his way, the complications from COVID-19, which are well beyond what they should be -- it's estimated that 200 million people have died -- probably by the time I finish this talk," he said during a campaign speech. The U.S. population is estimated to be slightly 328 million people, meaning nearly two-thirds of the nation would have perished from the disease by now if Biden's verbal screw-up was true.

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