Kakashi -  The figures farmers use to scare away birds from their crops.”

“Ah, kakashi!” Scarecrows.





















Trump says he won’t ask Supreme Court candidates about Roe v. Wade
By LORRAINE WOELLERT 06/29/2018 06:05 PM EDT
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President Donald Trump said on Friday that he wouldn’t ask Supreme Court candidates about Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion-rights decision, as he begins interviewing potential nominees this weekend before announcing his choice on July 9.

“I’ve got it narrowed to about five,” including two women, Trump told reporters on Air Force One en route to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. He said he would interview one or two candidates there over the weekend.


Choosing a female nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy, who announced his retirement on Thursday, could be partly a political calculation, given that the future court is expected to consider abortion-rights cases that have the potential to undo rights recognized in Roe v. Wade.

“I’m not going to ask them that question,” Trump said when asked whether he’d interview candidates about the ruling. On the campaign trail, Trump promised to nominate only judges who oppose abortion rights.

Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, whose votes will be critical to confirming any Trump nominee, favor abortion rights, and abortion-rights groups and their allies are organizing to fight any candidate selected from Trump’s list of 25 potential candidates. They’ve mounted a #ditchthelist campaign on Twitter and are targeting Democratic senators up for reelection in November.

Trump’s public list of potential nominees includes six women. 

Four — 
10th Circuit Judge Allison Eid,    ----------------------------------------------<-------------------------------------------------
6th Circuit Judge Joan Larsen, 
Court of Appeals of the Armed Forces Judge Margaret Ryan
7th Circuit Judge Diane Sykes 
— were on lists released during the 2016 presidential campaign. 

Two — 
7th Circuit Judge Amy Barrett and     ----------------------------------------------<-------------------------------------------------
Georgia Supreme Court Justice Britt Grant 
  — were added last November.






“Given the investigation’s focus on President Trump’s campaign, even a blind person can see that the true target of the Special Counsel’s investigation is President Trump, not defendant, 

and that defendant’s prosecution is part of that larger plan,” 
he wrote. 

“Specifically, the charges against defendant are intended to induce defendant to cooperate with the Special Counsel by providing evidence against the President or other members of the campaign. 

Although these kinds of high-pressure prosecutorial tactics are neither uncommon nor illegal, they are distasteful.”
U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III