With Donald Trump appearing to be more electable with each
outrageous attack, it’s time to think seriously about his potential nominees to
the U.S. Supreme Court.
Montana District
Judge G. Todd: This judge gave an extremely lenient sentence to a rapist
after suggesting the 14-year-old assault victim was partly to blame for the
crime against her. There’s a big point for Trump’s misogynistic values. The
fact that Judge Todd was later censured by the Montana Supreme Court makes him
a judicial icon for anti-establishmentarian justice.
U.S. District Chief
Judge Richard Cebull. When his robe is off, this guy loves to hate on
African-Americans. He was caught sending racist emails about President Obama
from his courthouse chambers. His emails also expressed disdain for blacks,
Indians, Hispanics, women, some religious faiths, liberal political leaders;
other emails contained inappropriate jokes about sexual orientation. Not to
worry, he took the hero’s path by retiring the day a panel of his judicial
peers severely reprimanded him. Trump voters “would love this guy” (to borrow
from the future President’s vernacular).
Alabama Supreme Court
Justice Roy Moore: Likely the most right-wing state judge in the U.S., he fought
to have a Ten Commandments displayed in the state Supreme Court. Ignoring
orders not to install the display, he did so anyway. Now there’s the kind of
judicial activism Trump would admire. Eventually a federal judge ordered him to
remove the religious symbol from the public court. When he refused, a nine-judge
judicial ethics panel vacated his seat. A few years later, he ran for the court
again and Alabama voters put him back on the bench.
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