Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says he’s planning to release a list of judges that he would select from to fill Supreme Court vacancies if he’s elected president in an effort to ease concerns about his picks.
“I am going to give a list of either five or 10 judges that I will pick, 100 percent pick, that I will put in for nomination. Because some of the people that are against me say: ‘We don’t know if he’s going to pick the right judge. Supposing he picks a liberal judge or supposing he picks a pro-choice judge,'” Trump told a local gathering of Republicans in Palm Beach, Florida Sunday night.
He says the list would include judges “that everybody respects, likes and totally admires” — “great conservative judges, great intellects, the people that you want.”
“I will guarantee that those are going to be the first judges that I put up for nomination if I win. And that should solve that problem,” he said.
Trump aides did not immediately respond to questions about when he might release the names.
But the vow marks a rare moment of acknowledgement by Trump that he could be doing more to appease the many leaders in his party who still oppose his candidacy. While Trump has been amassing delegates, he remains deeply unpopular with many establishment Republicans who question his electability in the general election as well as his conservative credentials. Trump, who has come under growing scrutiny for the violence that has become increasingly frequent at his rallies, also praised a supporter who kicked and punched a protester at a rally in Tucson Saturday, calling him “wonderful” and a “very fine guy.”
The protester, who had been a carrying a sign with an image of a Confederate flag over an image of Trump, was assaulted by an African-American man while being led out by security. Another protester had been wearing a Ku Klux Klan-style sheet.
“Now we don’t condone violence,” said Trump, “but why aren’t they showing the Klan outfit walking up the stairs. Why aren’t they showing that?” he asked, taking issue with the way the incident had been portrayed by the press.
“All it showed was this wonderful — ’cause I hear he’s a very, very fine guy — this wonderful African-American man, swinging, swinging, swinging, and nobody knows why he did it. And I think it’s very, very unfair.”
Earlier Sunday, in a phone interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Trump accused the press of having a double standard when it comes to covering his events, criticizing supporters for committing violence while not holding protesters who block roads or hold signs with profanities to account. “Let me just tell you, it’s a very unfair double standard,” he said.
Trump also spoke about President Barack Obama’s historic visit to Cuba, criticizing him because Cuban president Raúl Castro did not greet his plane at the airport.
“Honestly, Obama should have turned the plane around and left,” said Trump. “He should have said, ‘Bye bye!'”
The billionaire businessman hosted the Palm Beach County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day dinner in a glittering ballroom at his Mar-a-Lago club. Trump’s appearance ended with Trump and former rival Ben Carson on stage, swaying along to a rendition of “Stand by Me” by singer Beau Davidson.
Ted Cruz would make an amazing nominee to SCOTUS. HE WILL GUARD WELL, the Constitution and The Bill of Rights For We The People
He would better serve as judge, than Senator, or VP.
HE WOULD BALANCE POWER
Agreed. I don’t know if he feels he’s too young to serve on the Court now but I’m sure it would appeal to him at some point.
Not sure how Ted would look in a wig? ????
Oh, come on now, you can’t do that…….. give him a wig, next he’d be wanting high heels, and to make a mini skirt out of the judges rob! Make him president of the boys scouts club in Washington, that way he’d be close to the White House, and can see it like Palin saw Russia.
He is not American made. Was not BORN here a##hole!!!!!!
So, Charles, you’d throw away a decent Supreme Court Judge just because his American born mother just happened to live in Canada for a couple of years? And can’t you write your response in a civil manner. Now go ahead and cuss me out, too.
So if your Mom as on vacation when you were born you’d say YOU were ot a citizen?
THAT is not only NOT what the Constitution says….. it would make you look completely silly…… Like your post above.
You….. are wrong.
He doesn’t have to be to be a SC judge. Only president and apparently that is now being debated.
Ted would make an excellent AG . He knows where to start scratching to prosecute the corrupt bunch presently polluting the scene.
I AGREE, IF I WAS CRUZ I WOULD TRY AND CUT A DEAL TO RUN WITH TRUMP AS VP. BOY, OH BOY, THAT SURE WOULD THROW A LOG IN THE REPUBLICAN ELITE WHEEL.
WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP. LOU DOBBS SHOW 83% TRUMP, NEWS MAX HAS 75% TRUMP, VIRAL AT 73% HE WILL, A NEW POLL FROM NEWSMAX POLLING REPUBLICANS 3/18/16 SHOW 79% FAVORING TRUMP, 11% FOR CRUZ. ANOTHER POLL IN CONSERTIVE TRIBUNE SHOW TRUMP 64%, CRLUZ 12%.
1 STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
2 BUILD A WALL ON OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.
3 STOP ILLEGAL DRUGS AT THE BORDER.
4 RE-BUILD OUR MILITAIRY.
5 MAKE OUR VETERANS TOP PRIORITY.
6 BRING JOBS BACK TO OUR COUNTRY.
7 KEEP RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISTS OUT.
8 ILLEGALS OF ALL COUNTRYS SEND THEM HOME.
9 DEFEATE ISIS.
10 ABOLISH COMMON CORE EDUCATION.
11 LOWER TAXES FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.
12 LOWER TAXES FOR BUSINESSSES.
13 PRESERVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
14 REPEAL OBAMA CARE HEALTHCARE MESS.
15 REBUILD OUR FAILING INFRASTRUCURE.
16 WORK FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ONLY.
17 DO AWAY WITH OBAMA CARE
DONALD TRUMP IS SELF-FUNDING HIS CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT. THIS, IN MY 85 YEARS, IS THE FIRST PERSON RUNNING FOR OFFICE THAT I HAVE SEEN DO THIS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT LEVEL. THIS SCARES THE POLITICAL ELITE IN WASHINGTON, AND THE BIASED NEWS MEDIA. NOBODY WILL OWN TRUMP, EXCEPT THE PEOPLE. WE FINALLY HAVE A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN WHO IS STRONG ON THE ECONOMY AND WANTS TO KEEP OUR COUNTRY SAFE. THIS MAN LOVE HIS COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE IN IT, IF HE DIDN’T HE WOULDN’T BE SPENDING IS OWN MONEY ON HIS CAMPAIGN. VOTE DONALD TRUMP.
The most important thing that Trump will do is get rid of Nafta Gatt and th TPP and put up tarrifs against China and prosecute Intellectla theft cases ( patents) all else pals besides this.
I could not have said it any better!! God help us if TRUMP doesn’t win! I want to help him so much but do not know what to do.
The most important thing that Trump will do is get rid of NAFTA GATT and the TPP and put up tarrifs against China and other dumping nations, prosecute Intellectual property theft cases ( patents) All else pales besides this.
Trump loses to Hillary in the top 6 NATIONAL POLLS…. by double digits.
Period. FACT.
A vote for Trump… tho we love him… is a VOTE for Hillary as he cannot win the NATIONAL.
So before we screw ourselves and GIVE Hillary the win…. join up and back Cruz and in those same 6 NATIONAL polls…. Cruz beats Hillary… with DEM AND INDEPENDENT AND MONORITY AND REPUBLICAN VOTES.
Trump does not.
LOVE TRUMP…. but if we push him as our nominee….HILLARY WINS DAMN IT!
Cruz still is NON establishment…PROVEN!… will build a wall…. stop Islam immigrants…. defeats ISIS… repeals ObamaCare… abolishes the IRS……AND BEATS HILLARY!!
HEY….. I’ll take THAT vs voting Donald and letting Hillary win.
TIME IS NOW to get behind Cruz or we lose this and America is LOST forever.
This is the REAL deal.
Love Trump…. hate Hillary more…. vote Cruz.
I totally agree with you Walter! I read in an article by Ben Carson that 25 million conservative Christians did not vote in the last election :(. I hope these same people are going out to vote in November. I’m praying for that…This country really needs Donald Trump in office.
I totally agree with you Walter! I read in an article by Ben Carson that 25 million conservative Christians did not vote in the last election :(. I hope these same people are going out to vote in November. I’m praying for that…This country really needs “A Donald Trump” in office.
Ted’s a fighter, though, and wants to be in the fight. If not president, maybe Trump’s Attorney General, the chief police officer of Federal jurisdiction. That’s where he could really shine and set the stage for a better presidential run after Trump is done. VP is an inglorious dead end job.
Thats exactly right.Well put.
Imagine the uproar in the media if these ‘protesters’ were pro-Trump and were trying to break into a Skilary rally? (skila-female dog in Greek)
We’d never hear the end of it.
Donald Trump could resolve a lot of conservative concerns by releasing a list of solid conservative jurists. He would also likely trigger a stampede of aging liberal jurists hoping to retire while President Obama is making the picks.
It’s sad that our judicial system has become so dysfunctional that picking replacements is a partisan event. If the judges would stay within their constitutional bounds this would not have happened. The judges have a way of enacting sweeping social change that should be left to Congress. For example, in the summer 5 activist Supreme Court judges voided the constitutional amendment put in place by 75 percent of Kentucky voters defining marriage in the bluegrass state as being the union of a man and a woman.
I’m tired of the notion that activist judges are able to void commonsense measures that were legally passed by an overwhelming number of a state’s citizens. Our federal government is out of control. Justice Scalia recognized that and stood for the Constitution. Kagan, Sotomayor, Breyer and Ginsburg treat the Constitution like its a used piece of toilet paper. It’s time to change Washington and return to the government and values that made this nation great. By the way, the judges who overturned the state marriage amendments should all be impeached and removed from office.
We had the same thing happen here in Montana when 65% of the voters said marriage was between a man and a woman and ONE liberal female judge overruled the majority. So it is not just in Washington, the whole county and judicial system is screwed up. And it all started in the liberal colleges and universities that live on tax payer money to brain wash all the young people with their liberal BS. And now all the politically correct B S is being taught starting in kindergarten.
Don’t forget all the sick media’s with their brain washing, steroetyping, of our children. What once was television, the movies, and the loss of real vocal talent and songwriters. And as for Vice President with Mr. Trump, Dr. Ben Carson is a great choice to bring back grounded morality, to our Country.
Even California voted for traditional marriage. Majority vote meant zip.
Mr. Justin W., I quote: (this judges who overturned the state marriage amendments should all be impeached and removed from office). This will never happen, they are the ones making the laws which the senate and congress tell them to make to slave the country, and people. God and Christ taken out of schools, job areas, and guess on could say homes too. Reason….. a nation without religion is easier to control, and make into slaves, as they have nothing to believe in and look forward to. One reason this kids are rebelling against parents and authority, their values have been taken away, little by little, all is government issue bulls..t! For government gain and control, accommodating the Mouse-lim religion, into trying to implement the Sharia Law, Our laws are fine, we do not need this women hater Mouse-lim Bulls..t laws in this country. They want to live here, abide by Our Laws, not implement theirs, if not get out and don’t let the door hit you in the butt.
Ted would look to much like Florina with the wig on, ????
I would think Mit Romney would be a good pick, since he never had any eye teeth anyway, he would remain perfectly harmless. The left should love that pick
Mitt is a big looser. Candy Crowley can take him apart. He is just another crook. Trump and I can’t stand him. Cruz Rafael needs to repent all his lies.
Ted is no Constitutional scholar or he wouldd understand that his being born in Canada as well as A Canadian father makes him ineligible. I would suppose that because he has been before the supreme court to voice his opinion really has served him ill if he cannot understand that fact alone.. No I would gor for Judge Jennine or the Constitutional Judge on Fox before I would allow this ignorance into my Scotus.
WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP. LOU DOBBS SHOW 83% TRUMP, NEWS MAX HAS 75% TRUMP, VIRAL AT 73% HE WILL, A NEW POLL FROM NEWSMAX POLLING REPUBLICANS 3/18/16 SHOW 79% FAVORING TRUMP, 11% FOR CRUZ. ANOTHER POLL IN CONSERTIVE TRIBUNE SHOW TRUMP 64%, CRLUZ 12%.
1 STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
2 BUILD A WALL ON OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.
3 STOP ILLEGAL DRUGS AT THE BORDER.
4 RE-BUILD OUR MILITAIRY.
5 MAKE OUR VETERANS TOP PRIORITY.
6 BRING JOBS BACK TO OUR COUNTRY.
7 KEEP RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISTS OUT.
8 ILLEGALS OF ALL COUNTRYS SEND THEM HOME.
9 DEFEATE ISIS.
10 ABOLISH COMMON CORE EDUCATION.
11 LOWER TAXES FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.
12 LOWER TAXES FOR BUSINESSSES.
13 PRESERVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
14 REPEAL OBAMA CARE HEALTHCARE MESS.
15 REBUILD OUR FAILING INFRASTRUCURE.
16 WORK FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ONLY.
17 DO AWAY WITH OBAMA CARE
DONALD TRUMP IS SELF-FUNDING HIS CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT. THIS, IN MY 85 YEARS, IS THE FIRST PERSON RUNNING FOR OFFICE THAT I HAVE SEEN DO THIS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT LEVEL. THIS SCARES THE POLITICAL ELITE IN WASHINGTON, AND THE BIASED NEWS MEDIA. NOBODY WILL OWN TRUMP, EXCEPT THE PEOPLE. WE FINALLY HAVE A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN WHO IS STRONG ON THE ECONOMY AND WANTS TO KEEP OUR COUNTRY SAFE. THIS MAN LOVE HIS COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE IN IT, IF HE DIDN’T HE WOULDN’T BE SPENDING IS OWN MONEY ON HIS CAMPAIGN. VOTE DONALD TRUMP.
IF I WAS CRUZ, I WOULD BE TRYING TO CUT A DEAL TO RUN AS VP, OR BE SET UP AS A JUDGE.
My vote is for Trump preferably and secondly Cruz. For some reason, I just don’t trust Cruz as much as I do Trump, but either one is better than Hillary. She has got to be indicted!!!! Let’s pray she is. I firmly believe she took bribes on behalf of the Clinton Foundation while she was secretary of state and think that was the sole purpose of her “needing” a private server. Hopefully, the FBI is investigating the foreign donations to the foundation while she was secretary of state. When she continually says Colin Powell and Condi Rice had “personal e-mails accounts” while serving is NOT THE SAME AS A PRIVATE SERVER!!! Too bad, but there are many ill-informed who don’t know the difference between personal/private e-mail and private server!!!! Quite truthfully, her actions are by far worse than Watergate; at least Nixon did not put our national security at risk with that! I have said for years, we need a smart businessman to run this country like a company; couldn’t get much better or smarter than Trump.
Ted Cruz is a conservative constitutionalist. He could no more become trumps VP no more then Churchill would become Hitlers cabinet member! Cruz has core principles and refuses to sit down and shut up. He brought GW Bush to court. He fought against the rino’s in congress. Meanwhile Trump doesn’t even know what’s in his head. Meanwhile Trump holds an infomercial touting products that he does not make and companies he doesn’t own.
The strongest man in the room isn’t the bully. Its the person who stands up to the bully.
Donald is right even on Fox they didn’t mention those protesters were wearing the confederate flag and a KKK hood on their heads. You didn’t mention the man that got so upset was black. If this was two of Trump supporters in stead of protesters all hell would be breaking loose all over the media. Even Fox News isn’t reporting it correctly so much for Fair and Balanced.