Tag Archives: Supreme Court Nominations

The SCOTUS Battle Yet To Come

October 5, 2018

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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Do you think the battle over Brett Kavanaugh has been brutal? Just wait for the next Supreme Court vacancy.
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Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, Politics, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court Nominations, The U.S. Senate, The U.S. Supreme Court

Post-Nuclear Regrets

July 3, 2018

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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A decision to “go nuclear” haunts Senate Democrats, who must fight a Supreme Court confirmation battle without any weapons.
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Congress, Filibustering, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, Nuclear Option, Politics, Supreme Court Nominations, The U.S. Senate

A Premature Burst Of Hyperbole

July 2, 2018

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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President Trump may get a chance to reshape the Supreme Court for years to come, but it hasn’t happened yet.
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Anthony Kennedy, Donald Trump, John Roberts, Law, Politics, Supreme Court Nominations, The U.S. Supreme Court

Who You Gonna Call, Donald?

May 20, 2016

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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Candidates usually play to the base, then move to the center. With his Supreme Court gambit, you-know-who does the opposite.
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Don Willett, Donald Trump, Politics, Presidential Race, Supreme Court Nominations, The U.S. Supreme Court

Merrick Garland’s Marco Rubio Problem

March 17, 2016

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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Obama’s Supreme Court nominee has the same problem that doomed Marco Rubio’s presidential bid.
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Barack Obama, Marco Rubio, Merrick Garland, Politics, Supreme Court Nominations, The U.S. Senate, The U.S. Supreme Court

Will Court Conservatives Challenge Land-Use Rules?

June 28, 2010

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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The confirmation hearings that get underway today on Elena Kagan’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court are, in the cosmic …
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Barack Obama, Elena Kagan, Florida, John Paul Stevens, Kelo v. City of New London, Liberal Justices, Oceanfront Property, Supreme Court Nominations, The Fifth Amendment, The Gang Of Four, The Takings Clause, The U.S. Supreme Court, Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.