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Supreme Court Amends Civil Rights Act

June 18, 2020 by GregC

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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the 1964 Civil Rights Act affords protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

In the majority opinion for the 6-3 ruling, Justice Neil Gorsuch concluded that the court was required to interpret the Civil Right Act in the broadest terms possible.  Dissenting justices argued the authors of 56-year-old legislation were clearly not referring to sexual orientation and gender identity when drafting the law.

So did the majority exercise their role properly or did they engage in overt judicial activism? What should legal conservatives make of Justice Gorsuch’s role in the case?  And what impact will this ruling have on society?

We ask these questions and more to Liberty Counsel Chairman Mathew Staver.

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Filed Under: congress, Constitution, law, News & Politics Tagged With: LGBT, Neil Gorsuch, news, SCOTUS

SCOTUS & Property Rights, Flake Foils Confirmations, Stormy Blasts Avenatti

November 29, 2018 by GregC

Listen to “SCOTUS & Property Rights, Flake Foils Confirmations, Stormy Blasts Avenatti” on Spreaker.

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America cheer Neil Gorsuch and other Supreme Court justices for blasting civil asset forfeiture in an Indiana case that may soon limit the government’s ability to seize property from suspected and convicted criminals.  They also sigh as Jeff Flake forces the cancellation of committee votes on two dozen judicial nominees because he can’t get a floor vote on legislation to protect special counsel Bob Mueller.  They also imagine the sanctimony primary between Flake and John Kasich as both seem interested in launching irrelevant 2020 presidential campaigns.  And they react to Stormy Daniels revealing that attorney Michael Avenatti has filed suits and made statements in her name that she never approved and that Avenatti won’t tell her how he’s spending the money many people have donated to her legal cause.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: asset, Bob Mueller, forfeiture, Jeff Flake, judges, Micheal Avenatti, National Review, Neil Gorsuch, SCOTUS, Stormy Daniels, Three Martini Lunch

Trump SCOTUS List ‘An Embarrassment of Riches’

July 3, 2018 by GregC

http://dateline.radioamerica.org/podcast/7-3-SEVERINO-BLOG.mp3

President Trump plans to announce his choice to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court Monday, and grassroots activists are ready to promote and defend whomever Trump chooses from his public list of potential nominees.

On Monday, Trump reportedly interviewed four people for the job, including Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Raymond Kethledge and Amul Thapar from the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and Brett Kavanaugh of the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Judicial Crisis Network Chief Counsel Carrie Severino says the most important thing is that everyone on Trump’s list has the right view of a judge’s role.

“The most important thing is this is going to be someone is faithful to the law, is faithful to the Constitution.  We’re not looking for a specific outcome in any one case or the other.  You want someone who is going to keep those principles first and foremost,” said Severino.

In the past week since Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his impending retirement, Democrats have alternated among demanding no confirmation vote be held until after the midterm elections to lamenting that one more originalist on the court will mean catastrophe for every liberal priority.

“It’s really a hysterical list.  Everyone take a deep breath and try to look at the actual facts on the ground.  As it happens, all these people are excellent and have great records of upholding the Constitution and reading the laws as they’re written,” said Severino.

So what does Severino think of the names on the list and the four candidates screened by Trump this week?

“You’ve got the constitutional legal scholar in Amy Coney Barrett.  You’ve got Amul Thapar who’s got district court experience as well as now being an appellate court judge.  He was even a short-lister and interviewed by the president for Justice Gorsuch’s spot.  So he’s obviously been in the running for awhile.

“And then two Kennedy clerks, Judges Kethledge and Kavanaugh, both of whom have long track records on the bench and both of whom are incredibly highly regarded in their fields.  It’s really an embarrassment of riches.  I think I could be in love with any of these nominees,” said Severino.

When discussing the intense liberal reaction to Trump getting the chance to name the justice to succeed Justice Kennedy, Severino admits she was filled with dread in early 2016 when it appeared President Obama would have the chance to name a replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia.  That was before Senate Republicans insisted on waiting until the election was over before considering a nominee.

However, Severino also says the corollary to Obama naming a replacement for Scalia would be for Trump to name a successor for someone like Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  She says the outrage over Trump choosing a justice following Kennedy’s retirement is is far too hysterical.

“Justice Kennedy, yes he was a swing vote, but he swung much more often with the conservatives.  A couple of the recent terms were pretty discouraging for conservatives but this term he voted 100 percent with the conservative bloc,” said Severino.

She also says many Americans might be surprised to learn which justice Kennedy was closest to in his opinions.

“The justice he aligned the most with was Justice (Neil) Gorsuch and vice versa.  It turns out that for all the hysteria of this is going to have such a huge, dramatic impact on the court, it turns out that you couldn’t have picked a better justice to mimic Justice Kennedy.  So if we get a similar pick to Gorsuch, then any liberal worried about keeping Kennedy’s legacy alive should be happy,” said Severino.

With just a 51-49 majority and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., unlikely to be able to vote, Republicans cannot afford any defections.  In addition, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, now says she cannot support a nominee who could pose a threat to Roe v. Wade.

Nonetheless, Severino is confident that Collins and other moderate Republicans will stay in line.  She says its the Democrats who have the real dilemma.

“They have to decide if they’re going to stand with the president’s nominee who is clearly, from the list we’re looking at, going to be an outstanding pick for the Supreme Court, or are they going to align themselves with a liberal fringe in the Democrat Party, and vote lockstep with Chuck Schumer.

“That might play well in California, in Massachusetts, in New York.  I don’t know how that plays in West Virginia, Indiana, North Dakota, Missouri, Montana,” said Severino.

Ten senators are running for re-election in states carried by Trump in 2016.  The five states mentioned by Severino went for Trump by wide margins.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: confirmation, democrats, midterm elections, Neil Gorsuch, news, President Trump, Republicans, Supreme Court

Warnings Abounded in Annapolis, Heroes Amidst Horror, Gillibrand’s Grand Delusions

June 29, 2018 by GregC

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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America mourn the murders of five people in an Annapolis mass shooting and are frustrated by the litany of ignored warning signs and the knee-jerk online condemnation of President Trump for the killings because of his criticisms of the media. They also applaud the police for arriving on scene in just 60 seconds and saving many lives… and the staff of the Gazette for it’s commitment to publishing a paper today. And they try to make sense of New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand suddenly supporting the abolition of ICE and wrongly insisting that no Democrats voted to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: Annapolis, Chris Cuomo, Gazette, ICE, Kirsten Gillibrand, National, Neil Gorsuch, police, President Trump, shooting, Three Martini Lunch

What We’re Politically Thankful For

November 22, 2017 by GregC

http://dateline.radioamerica.org/podcast/3-Martini-Lunch-11-22-17-thnkful.mp3

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America look through a rough and often disturbing 2017 to find three things they’re each thankful for in politics and beyond this year.  From some important accomplishments to the arrival of an important new figure in Washington to the bravery of people in different walks of life, Jim and Greg find some silver linings in our toxic political culture.  Happy Thanksgiving!  There will be no podcast on Thursday.  Please join us again on Friday.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: Capitol Police, Colin Kaepernick, Harvey Weinstein, James Mattis, National Review, Neil Gorsuch, regulations, Steve Scalise, Thanksgiving, Three Martini Lunch

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