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I don't think Gowdy is swamp. May replace Sessions after he has played his role. Imagine he will be painted as partisan when the indictments become unsealed. Jeanine Pirro wants that role, but I would prefer Gowdy at the mic.
Shut Up Meathead!
Jeanine is 67 years old. Maybe for something in the DOJ but Gowdy would be a better spokeman.
Q, it seems to me that the Congress is trying to subvert the constitution here. We have an invasion. How should we be using our voice against these oath breakers?
Only thing is she's another Catholic. Nothing against Catholics, but all we have are Catholics and Jews. Mike Lee was anti-Trump at one point and may not be trustworthy. I liked Gowdy, but since he is out who else we got? As long as they are a strict constructionist, I guess I don't care. But it would be nice to have a different viewpoint.
Jay Sekulow would be good, but again, too old. He hits both Jewish and evangelical.
John Broomes might be good. He's young enough too.
ustice Britt C. Grant was appointed to the Supreme Court of Georgia on January 1, 2017.
Justice Grant graduated from the Westminster Schools in Atlanta. She subsequently attended college at Wake Forest University, where she received her Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude in 2000. After college, Justice Grant worked Washington, D.C., in the office of then-Congressman Nathan Deal. Shortly before September 11, 2001, she served in the White House under President George W. Bush in the Domestic Policy Council and the Office of Cabinet Affairs. Her husband Justin G. Grant served in the Central Intelligence Agency. Justice Grant then attended Stanford Law School, where she graduated “with distinction” in 2004. Following law school, Justice Grant served as a law clerk to the Honorable Brett M. Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She then practiced at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Washington, D.C., representing clients in commercial litigation.
In 2012, Justice Grant and her family returned home to Georgia where she worked in the Georgia Attorney General’s Office as Counsel for Legal Policy. In January of 2015, Justice Grant was appointed Solicitor General of Georgia, representing the State in water litigation and other cases before various Georgia and federal Courts of Appeals as well as the United States Supreme Court.
Currently the youngest member of the Supreme Court of Georgia at age 38, Justice Grant cites her invaluable experience as Solicitor General as the prior post that best equipped her to serve on Georgia’s highest appellate court. “[Serving as Solicitor General] prepared me to serve on this Court in a unique way, because I had the opportunity to consider Georgia’s statutes and Constitution each and every day on a wide range of cases. Although I still have a great deal to learn, combining that breadth of experience in Georgia law with my prior experience as an appellate law clerk has allowed me to hit the ground running.”
Justice Grant fondly reflects on the warm welcome with which she has been received by her veteran colleagues on the Court. “It is so rewarding to serve alongside other judges who are committed to working hard to get the right answer for Georgia in these important cases.”
Justice Grant admits the inevitable, internal struggles that come with being among the State’s final decision-makers on important Georgia caselaw: “The correct legal answer in a case may be different than what I would choose to do from a policy perspective. Being human, I am sure that will be a challenge from time to time, but I am committed to leaving policy choices to the other branches of government.”
Justice Grant currently resides in Atlanta with her husband Justin and their three children.
CINCINNATI - The short list for U.S. Supreme Court nominees includes a federal appeals court judge who calls Northern Kentucky home.
Amul Thapar is one of 27 judges on the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Cincinnati. Friends and colleagues told WCPO they’re excited about the possibility that Thapar might become one of nine justices on the highest court in the land, replacing retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.
They said if President Trump nominates the 49-year-old Thapar and the Senate confirms him, he would be a perfect fit.
“I’ve never labeled him liberal, conservative,” said Adam McNeely. “I think he’s a principled jurist who follows the law and he works hard to get the right result.”
“What’s consistent is that he is always prepared, he is always respectful, he sees the big picture,” said Jeff Mando.
“He’s highly intelligent, really thoughtful about everything that he does,” said Michael Whiteman.
“As phenomenal a judge as he is, I think he’s 10 times better a human being,” said Ben Dusing.
From 2008 to 2017 Thapar served as a federal judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Those who practiced in front of him knew that they better be prepared when they walked into his courtroom.
Mando appeared before Thapar many times in civil rights cases.
“If you’ve cited a case in a brief, you better know that case inside and out,” Mando said. “You better know if there’s been a dissent. You better anticipate all the problems you might have with your argument.
“I don’t see him as a judge who has a large ego. I’ve always found him to be very down to earth and respectful in how he talks to the lawyers, in terms of how he addresses the clients in the courtroom.”
McNeely was Thapar’s first law clerk and calls him a wonderful friend, father and person.
“He worked his clerks hard to prepare for those cases,” McNeely said. “Very principled jurist, and I think he really worked hard to get the right result.”
Starting when he was a law clerk here in 1994, the Troy, Michigan, native has lived and worked in the Tri-State for almost 20 years.
Thapar has been on the faculty of Chase College of Law for 10 years. Ironically, one of his classes is The Supreme Court Seminar.
“He’s fair, but demanding,” said Whiteman, the interim dean. “He has the best and brightest of Chase in his class and he makes sure they learn when they’re in there and prepared.
“The Supreme Court Seminar is limited to nine students and the students have to apply to get into the class. It’s that competitive. Within the class, they take on the role of a Supreme Court justice and Judge Thapar walks them through some of the biggest, hottest topics of the day — legal topics — and they have to wrestle with it and they have to look at is as if they, themselves, were coming down with the opinion.