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onenote

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3. Three judge panel. The two in the majority were a GWBush and a Biden appointee. The dissenter was a Trumper

Reply to ananda (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 5, 2025, 06:43 PM

Jul 5

named Andrew Oldham. And a big-time Trumper at that. He was confirmed by strict party line 50-49 vote back in 2018. He's a nasty piece of work who clerked on the Supreme Court for Alito and served as General Counsel to Texas governor Greg Abbott.

He's only in his 40s and has been mentioned as a potential Trump SCOTUS nominee should a vacancy arise. George Will slobbered all over him in a column praising him for his opinion in COnsumer's Research v. FCC, which is pretty amusing in retrospect since the Supreme Court just reversed him in that case with a 6-3 vote - Barrett, Kavanaugh and Roberts joining Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson in the majority.

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Wow, that was the 5th Circuit. ananda Jul 4 #1

maybe the concentration camps are waking some folk up to the fascism Skittles Jul 5 #2

Three judge panel. The two in the majority were a GWBush and a Biden appointee. The dissenter was a Trumper onenote Jul 5 #3