Glooming Uncertainty With Upcoming Election Results


Election Results on the Horizon 

  • The long awaited day is finally here, it is Election Day. The most exciting day of the year for all politicians. Tonight we find out who will be our President for the next four years.graph_usa-elections
  • Will our society go to turmoil if the unlikely candidate wins? No. We will be just fine with Trump or Clinton winning the candidacy. Although, our country will experience some major changes with either new candidate.
  • A closer look at Hillary’s views for the vacant Supreme Court seat are weighing heavy on many voters’ minds when they are deciding who to vote for today.

Clinton Recap- What Really Matters?

 


 

Empty Seat for Four Years?

Republican Party: At Odds

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Trump Defeat?

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Third Debate- Supreme Court Rhetoric

The Uncertainty of Supreme Court Appointments

  • With the upcoming election on November 4th, the media has been centered around the two candidates, Trump and Clinton, and has been scrutinizing their every word and movement.
  • Trump and Clinton have very different views for our country in regards to our highest court, but recently Clinton’s rhetoric during the third presidential debate brought up the issue of who she would appoint to be the next supreme court justice.

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Clinton Rhetoric  

A Battle 

  • So for the next two weeks until election day, Clinton will be responsible for displaying to voters how unfit Trump is to be president and try establish her own identity of being the right person for the job, the right person to choose the next Supreme Court Justice, and the right person to lead our country. Can she do this? I guess we will just have to see…

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The Supreme Court and Debate: Both High Stakes

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  • The last Presidential debate on Wednesday is high stakes for both candidates and their campaigns. Donald Trump has to keep his conservative base of voters despite the recent video leaks of him verbally abusing women. Hillary has to try to maintain her democratic voter base despite newly classified emails being released as well.
  • The debate on Wednesday will have the Supreme Court be one of the highlighted topics of the night’s discussion. According to Bloomberg Politics, “for the first time since 1968, Election Day will arrive with a Supreme Court seat needing to be filled.” This is crucial to the future of our country and the stability of our highest court.

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Clinton Rhetoric 

  • Clinton has touched on the issue of how she will appoint the next Supreme Court Justice and has used identification rhetoric to do this. She is quoted saying,“I want to appoint Supreme Court justices who understand the way the world really works, who have real-life experience…” This strategy was so she could identify with audiences on a personal level and make herself seem more relatable to their needs and wants. The only issue is that this strategy is not effective when she is trying to reach so many voters. It would have been more effective if she had specifically tried to target a certain group of voters for support when she said this. In reality, all of the Supreme Court nominees have “real-life experience.”
  • She also mentioned that she would look through “a wide list of candidates to fill the vacant seat,” this almost contradicts her normal views of supporting President Obama with the nomination of Garland.
  • Hillary has also used identification with voters when she is quoted saying, “I respect the Second Amendment.” This quote is especially important because the Supreme Court decides on major issues like gun control and the new justice could sway the Supreme Court’s ruling on Gun control. By Hillary saying that she supports gun control this could impact who she wants to appoint as Supreme Court Justice, but on the other hand she could just being saying that to appeal to more conservative voters whom she is trying to win their vote.
  • Hillary is also quoted saying she will choose the Justice based on, “who understands the way the world really works.” This is a rhetorical strategy that uses ethos and pathos because it shows how she wants someone who can relate and identify with voters on a personal level, but also wants someone who is credible in their experience to make the important decisions that Supreme Court Justices are supposed to make.

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Can Different Views Come Together?

The Rhetoric of Supreme Court Appointments- Brittany Ellexson

Trump vs. Hilary: Supreme Court Style 

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Words are Just Words People 

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  • In regards to the rhetoric surrounding this election and the issue of who will be the next appointed Supreme Court Justice, both candidates have deployed very different uses of language and how they choose to impact their voters.
  • The rhetoric that Hilary has used throughout her campaign has been centered around conveying the message that Donald Trump is unstable and unfit as a candidate. With this, Hilary has pointed out that Trump is derogative of women and not respectful. A recent video leaked of Trump exploiting women has become a center of attack for Hilary. In the last Presidential Debate, Hilary pointed about that the video shows who Trump is as a man and the quality of his character.
  • In defense, Trump has deployed the rhetorical strategy of the Apologia Discussion. He apologized for his, “locker room talk,” and that he is not that person. He asked voters for forgiveness and is trying to move on. He also is quoted saying, “words are just words people,” in response to Hilary’s ability to lead and he points out how she has unkept promises about change in her past positions.
  • This recent issue brings up the question of Donald Trump’s character and his fitness ability of being President. With the Presidency, comes the responsibility of choosing the highest judge in our country’s legal system. Can a man like Trump responsibly choose the justice, or does his character and actions hurt his ability to lead as a public figure?

Rhetoric of Supreme Court Appointments

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The Rhetoric of Supreme Court Appointments

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Politics around Supreme Court Appointees

  • In recent months, the rhetoric surrounding the Supreme Court has been a large topic of discussion because of the up and coming presidential election this November. Supreme Court Appointees have the highest power of deciding the nature of laws and oversee the most important cases in the United States today.
  • The vacant seat on the Supreme Court due to the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has left the court deadlocked on major issues. The appointment of a new Supreme Court Justice could be a drastic turning point for our country politically and this uncertainty worries many politicians.

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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/deadlocked-supreme-court-became-leading-campaign-issue/

Supreme Court: A Battleground Issue In This President Campaign?

  • The Supreme Court has become a frontline issue in this presidential campaign due to the nature of who will be appointing the next Supreme Court Justice.
  • President Obama recently nominated Merrick Garland, a Democratic nominee, but this was shot down in the senate. This brought up the issue of Democrats trying to regain control of the senate.
  • Both Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump have mentioned the Supreme Court during their campaign speeches but public opinion still shows that the issue does not remain a top priority for voters.
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This excerpt from NPR depicts the uncertainty raised from the empty Supreme Court Justice seat.

http://www.npr.org/2016/09/29/495960902/the-supreme-court-a-winning-issue-in-the-presidential-campaign

Who Can We Really Trust In This Election?

  • The issue of trust has been brought up once again in this election because of Trump’s release of a list of potential Supreme Court justices if he was elected President.
  • The list has been declared as solid by most conservatives, but the ultimate question of will Trump actually stick to his word if elected has been brought up for discussion among voters as well. Can we actually trust Trump? Can we even trust Hilary because of her own email crises?
  • The nature of appointing Supreme Court justices will remain a hot topic on the campaign trail because of the rhetoric surrounding the Supreme Court and how it is centered around defending the Constitution. The Supreme Court Justice typically is appointed to uphold the agenda of the President and his staff. The agendas of Trump and Clinton vary drastically, as we have seen so far during this campaign. Which means the United State’s Supreme Court could be shifted towards one party, Republican or Democrat, from its neutral deadlocked position currently.