Trump Wants to Reshape the Courts. A Liberal Judge Unwittingly Helped Him.

[DigitalDrifter]

This guy stupidly didn't step aside and let Obama replace him. THANK YOU !!!

WASHINGTON — In the spring of 2014, a friend tried to nudge Judge Stephen Reinhardt, then an 83-year-old liberal stalwart on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, into stepping aside from full-time duties so President Barack Obama could nominate a successor.

The friend, Erwin Chemerinsky, now the dean at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, said he had gently suggested to Judge Reinhardt that he and another longtime liberal figure on the San Francisco-based court make way while Democrats still had the power to assure that jurists with a similar philosophy would take their place. Judge Reinhardt swiftly rejected that notion and stayed on.

Now Judge Reinhardt, who died this past week at age 87, could very well be replaced by a nominee chosen by President Trump. The president suddenly has a chance to seat a judge with a markedly different judicial outlook, giving conservatives a greater voice on the liberal-leaning court, which has been a particular thorn in Mr. Trump’s side.

Trump Wants to Reshape the Courts. A Liberal Judge Unwittingly Helped Him.

 

[froggy]

It was good of judge Reinhardt to hold out for the good of America. Hate to think of what Obama would have put there.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

It was good of judge Reinhardt to hold out for the good of America. Hate to think of what Obama would have put there.

Would have simply been another liberal activist judge that would have kept the 9th circus's reputation going strong.

 

[Preacher]

Awesome! Any idea how that changes the makeup of that appeals court?

 

[Preacher]

Wikipedia is showing SEVEN circuit court judges for the 9th as vacant,6 senior positions including the one vacated by this dead guy. Won't do much to reshape the court because it has so many judges but its a start!

 

[EvilCat Breath]

If California secedes, it will take the 9th circus with it.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Awesome! Any idea how that changes the makeup of that appeals court?

I don't see any way that the 9th circuit would likely ever lose it's liberal reputation, but this at least gets rid of one lib.