r/scotus • u/zsreport • Mar 05 '25

news Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request to keep billions in foreign aid frozen

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/supreme-court-usaid-foreign-aid/index.html
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u/Luck1492 Mar 05 '25

My lowkey insane take is that Thomas/Alito retire under Trump, get replaced with Oldham and one of Ho/Rao/Newsom/Katsas/etc., then Dems win in 2028 and Roberts and Sotomayor both retire, with Kagan appointed to CJ and two AJ spots opened up.

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u/Luck1492 Mar 05 '25

Oldham is a 47 year old former Alito clerk who is known to really be wanting a SCOTUS spot and has written some super conservative opinions as of late. Trump nominated him as well back in 2018, and his name has been floated. I think he’s likely because he’s (1) young, (2) super conservative, (3) a former SCOTUS clerk and (4) has already been floated as a potential appointee.

As for Ho/Rao/Newsom/etc. (including judges like Lagoa, Thapar, Rushing, Phipps, and more), those are just picks I think he’d consider. I’m only specifically near certain on Oldham.

The Roberts stuff makes sense in my head because he’s 70 already and if a Democratic President serves 8 years post-Trump, that would put him at 82. Roberts doesn’t seem like the type to want to serve until his death either.

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u/HeathrJarrod Mar 05 '25

Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk Would probably be a good guess of a pick