Here’s a frightening thought: Proud gay Republican/anti-government tech billionaire Peter Thiel as your next Supreme Court Justice. According to the Huffington Post, this may not be outside the realm of possibility under a President Donald J. Trump.
A source close to the Trump campaign says the Republican nominee for President “deeply loves Peter Thiel” and thinks that he would make an excellent Supreme Court justice. So much so that he may have already offered him a spot, should he be elected to the oval office.
Related: Peter Thiel Believes Injecting Himself With The Blood Of The Young Will Help Him Live Forever
Thiel acquired a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1992. He briefly clerked for Judge J. L. Edmondson of the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit the year after he graduated, and worked a whopping seven months at a New York law firm. But that’s about the extent of his legal experience. (Aside from the whole hiring a team of lawyers to sue Gawker out of existence thing.)
How about we take this to the next level?
Our newsletter is like a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.
Huffington Post adds:
It’s not clear whether Trump has indeed offered to nominate Thiel ? only that Thiel has said Trump would nominate him and that Trump’s team has discussed Thiel as a possible nominee. Both sources requested anonymity, given that Trump and Thiel have each demonstrated a willingness to seek revenge against parties they feel have wronged them. In Thiel’s case, he secretly financed lawsuits against Gawker.com with the intention of destroying the publication. He succeeded, and his role in the assault was only revealed in the final stages.
Trump’s press secretary said there is “absolutely no truth” to rumors that Trump had offered Thiel a seat on the Supreme Court. Thiel’s rep also denied the claims, saying he “hasn’t had any conversations about a Supreme Court nomination and has no interest in the job.”
Of course, being nominated for a seat on the Supreme Court and actually getting the job are two different things. Thiel would still need to be confirmed by the Senate, which we’re pretty sure would never happen. But it’s still a terrifying thought nonetheless.
Related: Five Reasons To Explain Mystery Of Why Peter Thiel Supports Donald Trump
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
I don’t care what y’all say there’s something extremely sexy about that 2.7 billionaire.
Captain proton
are you trying to get yourselves sued out of existence too?
robho3
Scary scary thought!
Mo Bro
Yes, and Trump might also order all people darker than he is to be hung from the neck until dead, dead, dead.
But, like this Thiel scenario, presenting your liberal fantasies of the horrors to be suffered under a Trump presidency is still just fantasy.
RadChad
Well, at least he did everyone a service and brought down that awful “news site” Gawker.
Can’t be all bad.
Stilinski26
Yum he looks younger than 48
MarionPaige
Is it consider proper now to quote The Huffington Post for NEWS?
The Huffington Post seems to have a mandate to publish x number of posts per day, no matter the source.
HuffPost was regularly publishing articles from a woman who used a fake name and who appeared in disguise in her videos and in the photo she used for her HuffPost profile.
Ander
He’d look more natural in that photo stroking a white cat.
Ander
@Mo Bro: Don’t talk to me about “fantasies.”
For eight years I have heard the vigorous claims that President Obama is going to “take our guns away.” Not only has he never stated such a desire, gun ownership has increased to unprecedented levels during his administration. With each (too frequent) mass shooting, gun shop owners gleefully enjoy ever increasing sales of their product.
President Obama has never stated that he wants to take anyone’s guns away, but for eight years I have been told “ITS TRUE!”
Meanwhile, Donald Trump has specifically stated his desire to nominate Supreme Court judges who would reverse marriage equality, “build a wall,” ban immigrants based on religion and murder the families of suspected terrorists, but that’s “NOT TRUE?”
captainburrito
I hope that he gets nominated if Trump wins, just so he goes through the tortuous process and fails to win confirmation. Those christian right wing groups won’t support him.