CHIEF JUSTICE SWEARS IN 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
January 20, 2017
NUMBER 45
|This morning, DONALD J. TRUMP became the 45th President of the United States of America. CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS swore him in using both a LINCOLN Bible and one owned by President Trump. JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS swore in Vice President MIKE PENCE.
YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME
|WaPo’s Robert Barnes reported yesterday that CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS would swear in another president, and another man who isn’t exactly a bestie. Barnes: “It’s fortunate Roberts has a lifetime appointment. Maybe one day he’ll see a friendly face on the other side of the Bible.”
A TOUCH OF FATE
|Richard Wolf of USA Today: “Shortly after noon Friday, the 17th chief justice of the United States will deliver the oath of office to the 45th president of the United States. It could be the start of a match made in heaven — or the high point of a rocky relationship. If Trump gets to replace more than one justice during his presidency, it would cement the court’s conservative majority and Roberts’ place at its helm, an Election Day gift that could have been coal if Hillary Clinton had won the White House. If, on the other hand, potential policy forays such as a ban on Muslim immigration or ethics entanglements involving Trump’s real estate empire prompt constitutional challenges, Roberts’ court could become the final arbiter of Trump’s fate.”
THE BEST OF THE BEST
|Jacqueline Bell for Law360 determines which of the names on DONALD TRUMP’S Supreme Court short list are the most influential, with some pretty surprising names at the top — and at the bottom…
WHAT COMES NEXT
|Now begins the waiting game for DONALD TRUMP to announce his Supreme Court nominee. CNN’s Ariane de Vogue reports Trump said yesterday that he has a good sense of who he’s going to choose. “I think in my mind I know who it is…I think you’re going to be very, very excited.” Here’s hopin’!
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