Tuesday's video: Another Republican nominee for The Supreme Court and another battle over “Roe v Wade” and abortion.......

Tuesday's video:

Another Republican nominee for The Supreme Court and another battle over “Roe v Wade” and abortion....

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The Supreme Court: Another Republican nominee for The Supreme Court and another battle over “Roe v Wade” and abortion......click to watch... https://t.co/oDKq3bXd89 via @YouTube

— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) July 3, 2018

Lopez-Obrador’s victory in Mexico

Well, the polls were right in Mexico and Andres Lopez-Obrador won big!  

On Sunday night. I was listening to radio reports from Mexico and the analysts kept saying that corruption and violence were the two big factors behind the landslide.    

The problem of institutional corruption, as my Mexican friends call it, is the dividend of 70-plus years of one-party rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). When the National Action Party (PAN) took over in the early years of the century, it was more of the same, despite promises to the contrary.

The violence is more complicated because it will require a lot more than blaming U.S. consumers for smoking illegal drugs. There are serious “rule of law” and equal justice problems South of the Border.

Interestingly, none of the Mexico analysts blamed the results on President Trump, as I’m sure we will hear up north. 

My Mexican friend said something like: “Say it ain’t so, Mexico.” He wants to see how the “peso” responds!  And so do I!

So what does this mean for the U.S. and President Trump? Trump wins!

First of all, having a Mexican president who believes that migrants have the right to move around is the worst possible thing that happened to DACA, immigration reform, or anything else. My point is that any chance of legalizing illegal immigrants was always based on the assumption that Mexico will cooperate with the U.S. on the border.

To be fair, LO’s campaign said that he was taken out of context in Mexican press reports. They say that he was talking about “inhumane” treatment of migrants, not sending people to the U.S. Maybe so but he did say it!

For years, Mexican presidents have kept a distance from the illegal immigration issue. On one hand, they were happy to see the remittances coming south but did not publicly encourage anyone publicly to go north.  

“Presidente-electo” Lopez-Obrador will have to answer questions about his position about migrants the minute that he faces the U.S. media.   

Second, LO has a very weak hand in negotiating with Trump. The U.S. buys Mexican oil, but I’m sure that the Colombians or Canadians would love to change that.    The U.S. buys avocados from Mexico, but other countries would love to sell us theirs.    

Trump has a strong hand. He could put a fee on remittances and impact the Mexican economy.   

Simply said, the U.S. has a stronger hand and LO has to know it.

Finally, having a pro-illegal-immigration president in Mexico puts the Democrats in an awful situation. They will have to acknowledge that both borders and immigration laws matter.

So what happens next? Mexico has LO and LO has a ton of promises to keep. I don’t like his chances at all.

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If you're going to San Francisco...............

If you're going to San Francisco, please see this headline:  "Major Medical Convention Abandons San Francisco Citing Street Safety".

This is from from the article:  

Tourism is big business in San Francisco, bringing in $9 billion dollars a year to the city’s businesses. 
Now, a major medical convention expected to bring in 15,000 visitors and drop $40 million in less than a week has decided it will stop bringing its members to the City by the Bay because they don’t feel safe walking the streets.

It makes sense.   Why would you want to visit an unsafe city?  My guess is other cancellations will follow.  

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Monday's show: The week in review with Bill Katz, the editor of Urgent Agenda

Monday's video: Lopez-Obrador big winner in Mexico!

New President for Mexico: https://t.co/B1utsilHqA via @YouTube

— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) July 2, 2018

We got the judges we expected by voting Trump

Back in 2016, many of us were not on the Trump bandwagon.  As I wrote here, I voted for Senator Marco Rubio in the Texas primary because of his apparent elect-ability. Later, I was hoping for a Kasich-Rubio ticket because of the Florida and Ohio connection.

On election day, I voted for Trump for one reason: the Supreme Court. In other words, I knew that Donald Trump would make better selections to the court than Hillary Clinton.

Trump won, we got Neil Gorsuch and the Janus ruling that will end the cozy relationship between public sector unions and the Democrats. Private sector unions will go on but the political landscape in California, Illinois, and other “blue” states will change.

Beyond that ruling, we saw a conservative coalition stick together and issue strong opinions, from the travel ban to the wedding cake decision.    

President Trump has also appointed some strong people to the appeals courts, where a lot of judicial activism comes knocking. According to Kyle Kim:   

One year into his presidency, Donald Trump is among the most successful presidents when it comes to appointing federal judges.

Trump has spent his first year rapidly filling Article III judgeships at Supreme, appellate and District Court levels.

A Times data analysis found Trump is ranked No. 6 of 19 presidents appointing the highest number of federal judges in their first year.

Last, but not least, President Trump has been more realistic on Cuba than his predecessor.

I’m with Trump!  Voting Trump got me judges!

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Sunday's video: Democrats and “Roe v Wade”

Democrats and “Roe v Wade”: https://t.co/Jngv7OOQ3R via @YouTube

— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) July 1, 2018

The left's hysteria over abortion

The left is so over the top that I am no longer surprised by its hysterics, language, or public behavior.  Ruth Marcus is even longing for another "Bork" moment.  Maybe Senator Harris of California can read Senator Kennedy's infamous speech about back-alley abortions.

According to some news reports, the next justice is going to overturn Roe v. Wade on the first day of the job.

It does not work that way.  Justices can write opinions on only the cases in front of them.

Overturning Roe v. Wade will not end abortion in the U.S.  Instead, overturning the opinion will send it back to state legislatures.

My guess is that some states will write laws creating a right to an abortion, and others will not.  Most will pass abortion laws with certain restrictions, as they do in most countries.

The two biggest consequences of overturning Roe v. Wade will be political:

1. The issue will be debated openly in the political arena, from state legislatures to campaigns for office.  For example, Hispanic Democrats in Texas will be forced to explain to Hispanic women why they support abortion after 20 weeks.

2. Modern technology has changed the debate by providing incredible details about the baby in the womb.

Nevertheless, the biggest benefit of overturning Roe v. Wade is that judicial confirmations will no longer be endless questions about abortion.  We will get back to a time when judicial nominations were about judicial temperament rather than wedge issues like abortion.

Let's face it.  Roe v. Wade has done more to poison our political waters than anything else in the last 45 years.

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Democrat Senator Amy Klobuchar, who is running for re-election in Minnesota, does not want to abolish ICE..........

Democrat Senator Amy Klobuchar, who is running for re-election in Minnesota, does not want to abolish ICE.   

This is what she said:  

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Sunday bucked calls by fellow high-profile Democrats to abolish the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, putting a damper on the far-left proposal that has gained mainstream traction in recent days.
"We are always going to need immigration enforcement," Klobuchar said on ABC's "This Week."
"I think we know that," she added. "We are a major country with major borders, so to me, the issue is what are those policies."

We should add that Senator Klobuchar is running for re-election in Minnesota, a state where Republicans are gaining strength.

We remind you that the Democrats calling to abolish ICE are not running for re-election or in competitive campaigns.

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Say it ain't so, Mexico!

Well, Lopez-Obrador will be the next president of Mexico.   His two main rivals, Mr. Anaya & Mr. Meade, conceded around 9 pm.

It's up to Mr. LO to unite a very divided country.   He must also prove to the business community, and investors, that he is not really the leftist populist that we saw in the campaign.

As for the much expected LO-Trump feud, I hope that Mr. LO understands that Mr. Trump has a stronger hand in any negotiation. 

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