{"id":1975385,"date":"2023-07-17T16:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T20:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-reveals-his-supreme-court-picks\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T16:57:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T20:57:15","slug":"vivek-ramaswamy-reveals-his-supreme-court-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-reveals-his-supreme-court-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivek Ramaswamy shares his top Supreme Court choices."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvivek-ramaswamy-reveals-his-supreme-court-picks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1975385&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n \u2062  \u2064 \u200c<\/p>\n<div \u200cclass=\"aplayer_app\" \u2063data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0717\/a6e676ab-ea8b-4629-919a-4997e7965e4e\/audio.mp3?length=4850829&#038;duration=404\"><\/div>\n<p>\u200d \u2062   \u200d<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 \u2064\u200b  <\/p>\n<h2>Fresh off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-hosts-ukraines-first-lady-at-the-state-dept\/\" title=\"White House hosts Ukraine\u2019s First Lady at the State Dept.\">high-profile appearances<\/a> in\u2064 Iowa \u200cand\u200d Florida, 2024 presidential \u2064candidate Vivek\u200b Ramaswamy\u2019s\u2062 campaign has \u2062issued \u2064a\u2064 list \u200cof potential\u200d Supreme\u2064 Court and U.S. \u2064Court\u200c of\u2063 Appeals appointees.<\/h2>\n<p>  \u2063  \u200d<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c Supreme Court \u2062shortlist \u2064includes two \u200bnames \u200bthat\u200c should be \u200cfamiliar to many\u2064 Americans: \u2062<strong>Sen.\u2063 Ted \u200bCruz\u2063 (R-Texas)<\/strong>,\u200c who\u200b was\u2064 a \u2063serious\u200c contender \u200bfor the Republican \u2064nomination in 2016, and \u2064<strong>Sen.\u200b Mike\u200b Lee (R-Utah)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b \u2064 <figure\u2062 id=\"attachment_2809114\" style=\"width: \u2063600px\"\u2062 class=\"wp-caption\u200c aligncenter\">\n \u200c \u200c  \u2064\u2064   \u2062 <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20\/Sen_Lee-1042044706-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n \u200d\u200b  \u200c \u200b  \u2064 \u2062 \u200b   \u2063<figcaption\u200d class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u200b  \u200c   \u200d\u200d  <\/a><br \/>\n    \u200b  \u2064  Senate Judiciary \u2062Committee\u200c member Sen. Mike Lee \u200d(R-Utah) on \u2062Capitol Hill \u200cin Washington\u2063 on Sept. \u200c27, 2018. (Win McNamee\/Getty\u2063 Images)<br \/>\n\u200c \u2062 \u200d \u200d <\/figure>\n<p>  \u2062 \u200c <\/p>\n<p>Recent \u200cSupreme \u2063Court\u2064 decisions on \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/supreme-court-strikes-down-roe-v-wade-abortion-precedent_4555931.html\">abortion<\/a>,\u200d <a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/supreme-courts-affirmative-action-ruling-draws-celebration-and-criticism_5365284.html\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medical-professor-warned-colleagues-that-schools-racial-preferences-were-illegal-and-he-was-removed-from-directorship-now-hes-suing\/\" title=\"Medical Professor Warned Colleagues That School\u2019s Racial Preferences Were Illegal And He Was Removed From Directorship. Now He\u2019s Suing.\">affirmative action<\/a><\/a>, \u200dthe \u2064<a\u200b href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/supreme-court-narrows-epas-ability-to-regulate-carbon-dioxide-emissions_4565239.html\">power\u200d of federal agencies<\/a>, \u2064and \u2062other \u200dissues underscore\u200c the \u200cimportance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-worthy-recipient-pro-life-group-names-trump-pro-life-person-of-the-year\/\" title=\"\u201cA Worthy Recipient\u201d- Pro-Life Group Names Trump Pro-Life \u201cPerson Of The Year\u201d\">judicial appointments<\/a>.\u200b In\u200d a\u200c closely divided \u2062country,\u2062 they\u2019re\u2062 even \u2063more\u200d critical for \u2063those\u200c seeking wins \u2063that outlast a\u200c single\u200c presidential \u2064administration \u2064or session of\u200d Congress.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident\u200b Biden\u2019s \u200bfocus \u200don judicial appointments appeared \u200dto \u200bbe on diversity of race &#038; gender,\u201d Mr. \u2063Ramaswamy \u2063said in \u2063a statement\u200c accompanying his\u2062 list.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062\u200c \u200c \u200b <\/p>\n<p>President \u2062Joe \u200cBiden \u2062selected \u2063current Supreme Court Justice \u200cKetanji\u2064 Brown\u2062 Jackson after pledging \u200che\u2019d \u2063pick \u200da black woman \u200cfor\u2064 the\u200b slot.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 \u200d  <\/p>\n<p>Others \u200bhave \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U9dzdxCI7kU\">voiced concerns<\/a>\u2062 over\u200c the Biden \u2062administration\u2019s\u2063 apparent prioritization\u200d of demographics over \u2062merit \u200dor\u2064 other factors \u2064in judicial\u200c selection.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063\u200b \u2063  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile\u200c I drew\u200c from\u2064 diverse experiences\u2013current\u2063 and former federal \u200djudges, a former\u2063 Solicitor General, two U.S. Senators\u2013my\u2064 sole \u2062criterion \u200bwas \u200dto \u200cselect candidates with\u200b an unwavering commitment \u200dto \u2062an originalist \u2063understanding \u2063of\u200d the U.S. Constitution,\u2063 who also understand the unique \u2062threats to\u2064 liberty in the \u200d21st century \u2062(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-reveals-his-supreme-court-picks\/\" title=\"Vivek Ramaswamy shares his top Supreme Court choices.\">including\u2062 lurking state action<\/a>),\u201d Mr. \u200dRamaswamy said in\u2063 his \u2063statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062 \u200c   <\/p>\n<p>Originalists\u2063 seek to\u2062 interpret the Constitution \u200bas \u200dit \u200dwas \u2062understood\u200b when \u2063originally \u2062drafted.\u2062 Closely\u200c associated\u2062 with former Supreme \u2063Court Justice Antonin Scalia\u200d and current \u2062Supreme \u200bCourt \u200dJustice Clarence Thomas, the originalist judicial\u2062 philosophy contrasts\u200b with \u201cliving\u2062 constitutionalism,\u201d\u2064 a \u200bposition\u2063 advocated by \u200bformer Supreme\u2063 Court\u2062 Justice \u200cRuth\u200d Bader Ginsburg. Living constitutionalists contend \u2062that changing views among \u200bthe\u2063 general\u200d public \u2063should \u2064be \u2062able to alter \u2062how\u200d the\u200c Constitution \u200cis\u2062 interpreted.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b   <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1965497\"\u200c style=\"width:\u200d 600px\" \u200cclass=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n  \u2062 \u200b\u200c    \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/02\/13\/AP_995953186547-1200x960.jpg\"><br \/>\n   \u2064  \u200d\u200d  \u2063 \u200b \u200b  \u200d\u200c<figcaption\u2063 class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u200c \u200d \u200c \u200c  \u2064 \u2064 <\/a><br \/>\n  \u200b \u200c \u2064\u200d    U.S.\u200c Supreme \u2063Court \u200cJustice Antonin\u200d Scalia\u2064 gives \u2063the keynote \u200dspeech at the \u200dSnake\u2063 River Adjudication \u200dcelebration\u200c dinner\u2062 at \u2062the\u200d Boise\u2063 Center on the \u2064Grove \u200cin Boise, \u200cIdaho, \u200con Aug. 25, 2014.\u2064 (AP\u200b Photo\/Otto \u2063Kitsinger)<br \/>\n \u200b   \u2064<\/figure>\n<p> \u2063 \u200c\u200d  \u200c<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ramaswamy\u2019s\u200c focus\u2062 on \u2062originalism\u200c appears to\u200b have \u200dinfluenced his choice \u200cof \u2063Mr.\u2064 Lee.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c  \u2064 \u2062<\/p>\n<p>His \u200cemail\u200b outlining\u200b the list \u200ccites a \u2063<a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/the-constitution\/commentary\/mike-lees-constitutional-vision-exactly-what-congress-needs\">commentary<\/a> \u2062on\u2064 the\u2064 \u201cTake Care Act,\u201d \u2064introduced in \u200d2019 by \u200cMr.\u200d Lee\u200d and\u2063 Mr. \u200cRamaswamy\u2019s \u200cfellow Yale Law School \u200balumnus \u2063Sen. Josh Hawley\u200d (R-Mo.).<\/p>\n<p> \u200d \u2063 \u200c \u2064<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 bill\u2062 would have\u2062 empowered \u200bthe \u200dpresident \u200cto \u2064remove \u200cthe officers appointed with Senate advice and consent.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064  \u2062\u2063  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>Mr. \u2064Lee, who\u2064 clerked for \u200cSupreme \u200bCourt \u200bJustice \u200dSamuel Alito, said the bill \u200drestored Article II powers held\u2064 by \u200dthe \u2063president \u2062until \u200da\u2064 1935 \u200cSupreme Court \u2063decision, Humphrey\u2019s Executor v.\u2064 United\u2064 States.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b  <\/p>\n<p>As\u200d for Mr. Cruz, Mr. Ramaswamy\u2019s \u2063email \u2062refers\u200d to a\u200b religious \u200bliberty \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legion.org\/convention\/238965\/sen-ted-cruz-receives-religious-liberty-award\">award<\/a> the lawmaker received from \u200dthe \u200cAmerican Legion.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062  \u200c \u200c\u2064 <\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 aspiring \u200bcommander-in-chief\u2019s\u2064 list\u200c also\u200b includes Paul \u2063Clement, who served \u2062as solicitor general under\u200c George\u200d W. Bush.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d \u200d \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge James Ho,\u200b who\u2063 was appointed to \u200cthat position \u2062by former President Donald\u2063 J. \u2064Trump, also made\u200b the\u2063 cut.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b\u200b   \u200c<\/p>\n<p>The campaign email\u200c outlining\u2062 the list refers \u200cto\u2063 Mr. \u200dHo\u2019s opinion in the \u200clower \u200bcourt case that\u2062 preceded\u200c Dobbs v. \u200cJackson Women\u2019s \u2062Health \u200bOrganization, the \u200bSupreme\u2063 Court \u200ddecision\u200d overturning\u200d the Roe \u200dv.\u2063 Wade \u200dprecedent \u2064on abortion.<\/p>\n<p>   \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>It also \u200creferences his June 2020 <a\u200b href=\"https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/spell-v-edwards-3\">concurrence<\/a> in Spell \u200bv. Edwards.\u2062 Judge \u200bGregg Costa found\u2064 that\u2062 a Louisiana church\u2019s \u2062challenge \u2063to\u200d Gov. \u2063John Bel\u2063 Edwards\u2019s COVID-era\u2062 restrictions on church\u200d gatherings \u200cwas \u200bmoot because the restrictions \u2062had\u200b expired.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d \u2062 \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>While Mr.\u2063 Ho \u2063did not \u200cdispute that the appeal\u200c was\u200b moot, he \u200cvoiced concerns about \u200dwhat many \u200bperceived as hypocrisy from public \u2063officials regarding public\u2064 gatherings \u2064at the height \u200bof\u2062 the George Floyd \u2063protests.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b   \u200d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn \u2064recent weeks,\u200d officials \u200dhave not only tolerated\u2062 protests\u2014they \u200chave \u200cencouraged\u200d them as \u2062necessary and \u2063important expressions \u2064of outrage\u200d over\u2062 abuses\u200d of \u2064government \u2064power,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064  \u200c <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor\u2062 people of faith\u200d demoralized by \u200bcoercive shutdown \u200dpolicies, \u2062that raises a question: \u200bIf\u200d officials\u200d are \u2063now \u2063exempting protesters, \u200chow \u2063can \u2063they \u2064justify\u200d continuing to\u2062 restrict worshippers? \u2064The \u2064answer is that they \u200bcan\u2019t.\u200c Government\u200b does \u2062not have carte blanche, \u2064even in a\u2063 pandemic, to \u2064pick and\u200b choose which\u2064 First \u2064Amendment \u2063rights \u200dare \u2018open\u2019 \u2063and which\u2064 remain\u200d \u2018closed,&#8217;\u201d \u200bMr. Ho \u2064continued.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d\u200b \u200d <\/p>\n<figure \u2064id=\"attachment_5111198\" \u2062style=\"width: 600px\"\u2062 class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\u2063  \u200b \u2064  \u2064\u2062   \u200d<a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/03\/09\/article-image-victor-davis-hanson-1-1200x800.jpeg\"><br \/>\n\u2064 \u200d  \u2062   \u2064 \u200d    \u2062<figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u2064  \u200c  \u200b \u200d  \u2062 \u2064<\/a><br \/>\n\u200b  \u2063 \u200d \u200b    \u2064A\u2063 shop\u2064 owner looks over damage in \u200da looted\u2063 souvenir and\u2063 electronics \u200dshop near \u200dTimes\u2062 Square after a\u200c night\u200b of \u200dprotests \u200dand vandalism over\u200d the \u200cdeath \u200bof \u200dGeorge\u2062 Floyd, in New \u2064York, on\u2062 June 2, 2020. (John \u200dMoore\/Getty\u2064 Images)<br \/>\n\u200d  \u2062  <\/figure>\n<p>\u2063 \u200c  \u2063\u200d <\/p>\n<p>In addition,\u200c the Ramaswamy \u200clist names \u200cThird Circuit \u2063Court of \u2062Appeals Judge Thomas \u200dHardiman.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064 \u200b  \u200b<\/p>\n<p>Mr. \u200cClement, Mr. \u200cLee, \u2062Mr.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vivek Ramaswamy, a 2024 presidential candidate, recently revealed his potential Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals appointees. 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