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    Obama appointments already pulling appeals courts to the left
    By Shannon Bream
    Published August 31, 2016
    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016...s-to-left.html

    Majority of appeals courts now Democratic after Obama tenure

    President Obama may be struggling to tilt the balance of the Supreme Court – but that doesn't mean he hasn't already made his mark on the bench.

    The president, over the course of his two terms, has appointed hundreds of justices to the lower federal courts, leading to a majority of appeals courts now dominated by Democratic picks. While those nomination battles aren't nearly as high-profile as they are for the high court, the impact of the appointments is just as pronounced.

    "It's often overlooked, but nominees to the lower courts ... are often one of the most important legacies a president leaves behind," said Elizabeth Wydra, president of the Constitutional Accountability Center.

    The Fourth Circuit, which sits just one level below the Supreme Court and is headquartered in Richmond, Va., is a prime example.

    Previously viewed as one of the most conservative appellate courts in the country
    , it has drifted significantly to the left, with Democratic appointees now outnumbering their Republican counterparts two-to-one.

    That circuit not only recently struck down North Carolina's voter ID law, but also ruled in favor of a transgender student seeking to use high school bathroom facilities matching the student's gender identity rather than biological gender.

    The tilt on the federal appeals courts – particularly as the Supreme Court, which takes relatively few cases as it is, remains split 4-4 – is a trend that worries conservatives.

    "The Supreme Court takes very few cases, there's not an opportunity to correct every error made -- and when you have activist judges at the lower levels of the federal judiciary, that can have a damaging effect on [the] American system and rule of law," said Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy director at the Judicial Crisis Network.

    The president has successfully seated a total of 329 federal judges during his two terms – all of them, lifetime appointments.

    When Obama took office, only three appellate courts had more Democrat-appointed judges than Republican-appointed judges.

    Now, nine of the 13 circuits do...



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    Obama appointments already pulling appeals courts to the left
    By Shannon Bream
    Published August 31, 2016
    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016...s-to-left.html

    Majority of appeals courts now Democratic after Obama tenure

    President Obama may be struggling to tilt the balance of the Supreme Court – but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t already made his mark on the bench.

    The president, over the course of his two terms, has appointed hundreds of justices to the lower federal courts, leading to a majority of appeals courts now dominated by Democratic picks. While those nomination battles aren’t nearly as high-profile as they are for the high court, the impact of the appointments is just as pronounced.

    “It's often overlooked, but nominees to the lower courts ... are often one of the most important legacies a president leaves behind,” said Elizabeth Wydra, president of the Constitutional Accountability Center.

    The Fourth Circuit, which sits just one level below the Supreme Court and is headquartered in Richmond, Va., is a prime example.

    Previously viewed as one of the most conservative appellate courts in the country
    , it has drifted significantly to the left, with Democratic appointees now outnumbering their Republican counterparts two-to-one.

    That circuit not only recently struck down North Carolina’s voter ID law, but also ruled in favor of a transgender student seeking to use high school bathroom facilities matching the student’s gender identity rather than biological gender.

    The tilt on the federal appeals courts – particularly as the Supreme Court, which takes relatively few cases as it is, remains split 4-4 – is a trend that worries conservatives.

    “The Supreme Court takes very few cases, there's not an opportunity to correct every error made -- and when you have activist judges at the lower levels of the federal judiciary, that can have a damaging effect on [the] American system and rule of law,” said Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy director at the Judicial Crisis Network.

    The president has successfully seated a total of 329 federal judges during his two terms – all of them, lifetime appointments.

    When Obama took office, only three appellate courts had more Democrat-appointed judges than Republican-appointed judges.

    Now, nine of the 13 circuits do...



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    That's OK... Trump can fire them and replace them.

    He likes to fire people, so he's gonna have fun firing all these liberal judges.

    We're at the end of the clock folks, so all we need is for someone like Trump to run interference within the government to keep things somewhat decent so we can get a few more folks saved and perhaps have a few revivals around the country... Jesus is about ready to vacuum up FAITHFUL Christians who have their lamps filled with the Oil of the Holy Ghost... carnal / lukewarm Christians shall be left behind.

    Things are going downhill so fast now that I doubt very seriously that we get to 2020 without seeing the rapture first.

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    People worry about "Trump's finger being on the (nuclear) trigger", whereas the systematic undermining and destruction of the United States Constitution is the far more realistic danger facing the World.
    This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (futility) of their mind, having the understanding darkened...
    (Ephesians 4:17-18)

    Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...
    (Psalm 1)

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