Who's on Trump's short list to replace Supreme Court Justice Kennedy?

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Source: Politico

By MATTHEW NUSSBAUM and JOSH GERSTEIN 06/27/2018 04:01 PM EDT

President Donald Trump will replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy with one of 25 people from a previously released list, he affirmed on Wednesday after news broke that Kennedy, the court’s longtime swing vote, is retiring.

Trump said the process of nominating a new justice will “begin immediately.”

"Hopefully we will pick someone who is just as outstanding," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "It will be somebody from that list.”

Here is a look at the 25 people Trump has said he will choose from:

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/27/anthony-kennedy-replacements-supreme-court-trump-679941

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This is just fucked up..........................

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Blankenship

gotta be.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Steve Doocy or that Kilmeade (sp) creep.

Wouldn't surprise me a bit.

[RockRaven]

3. He will choose whoever the Heritage Foundation tells him to choose.

That's what he's done so far.

[leftofcool]

4. Ted Nugent? Scot Baio? Rosie O'Donnell?

[Liberalagogo]

19. Rosie O'Donnell?

She HATES Shithole and she's as liberal as they come.

Do you mean Roseanne?

[lagomorph777]

24. Duterte? Putin?

[sandensea]

5. Incestvanka

"My daughter's really, really smart - isn't that right baby?"

[eissa]

6. Jeanine Pirro? Alan Dershowitz?

The amount of fucking we'll be taking for the next few years is going to be epic.

[Midnight Writer]

7. Look at their pictures. Trump will pick the one that "looks" like a judge.

[AlexSFCA]

8. I heard Roseanne is looking for a job

[Honeycombe8]

9. It doesn't matter. They'll all make the same decisions. It won't be a moderate. nt

[ElementaryPenguin]

10. Michael Cohen, James Woods, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian

[japple]

11. Wonder if Harriet is on the list?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Miers#/media/File:HarrietMiersFlagpin.jpg

[Bayard]

12. No, no, NO!

This illegitimate asshole does not get to put TWO phony justices on the Supremes that we have to live with the rest of our lives. That will outlive HIM.

Why couldn't Kennedy hold out a little while longer?

[mulsh]

13. No Maryjane Trump Barry or Jeanine Pirro? What kind of lame pseudo-journalism do they

engage in at Politico?

[The Wizard]

14. Some historical figures come to mind

Torquemada, Draco, Hammurabi, Vlad The Impaler, Pol Pot, Manson, Albert DeSalvo .

[Woodycall]

15. I hate to say it but....

Jeff Sessions. Think about how well that could work in torpedoing the Mueller investigation as well. Kind of a twofer' for the Nazis.

[Honeycombe8]

18. DING DING DING. A Trump toadee, too. And the Senate likes him. This is a winner. nt

[Honeycombe8]

17. Requirements: #1: A Trump donor. #2: A Trump donor. #3: A Trump donor. nt

[Liberalagogo]

20. It's sad that Charlie Manson is dead.

[keopeli]

21. Trump: Please, look deeply into my bright, shiny list of 25 actual humans! Honestly, I'll prob'ly...

choose someone not on this list. Prob'ly. Who knows, really?

Where's Malania?

[olddad56]

22. Rudy the Ghoul, Newt Gingrich, Jeff Sessions, someone approved by Putin.

[NOMOGOP]

23. It should be "who is on Robert Jeffress's list..."

[DonViejo]

25. Locking....

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