Kavanaugh is the oldest at 53, so there's that...
Bennett is fucking 44 and has been a judge for less than a year and is in a cult so really hope she isn't the pick.
Trump Game Theory 101. If presented with a binary decision, Trump will pick the worst possible outcome. It's going to be Amy Coney Barrett.
Trump Game Theory 101. If presented with a binary decision, Trump will pick the worst possible outcome. It's going to be Amy Coney Barrett.
In regards of this, rioting is really the only option and it needs to be thought up expertly now for it to last as long as possible.It's not just about actually stopping the vote. I understand that they are blocked because the fillibuster has been nuked.
However, they should at least try their damnedest to sway public opinion against this bullshit. That's what I am talking about.
Instead the majority are probably going to roll over and give up without even trying.
If they tried to do at least something, even unconventional, to delay or stop this vote then more people would have respect for them.
Instead, they are more worried about us being civil to literal nazis.
Yes. But doing it only because you don't like them would set a terrible precedent that would do more damage.
No, if Trump is convicted and found to be a traitor, I would expect nothing less then impeachments of both justices.
It's cute that you think Trump picked any of these nominees or will pick the nominee.
It's cute that you think Trump picked any of these nominees or will pick the nominee.
That expectation will only end in disappointment. Impeachment doesn't undo acts taken in office. That would never happen and was never intended to happen.
Please point me out a precedent where A president was elected through direct collusion with a foreign adversary who carried out attacks on our election system, while Republicans (also guilty of collusion) made a successful effort to block the former President's SC nomination and through further cronyism persuaded another judge to step down giving their traitorous president two lifetime appointments in the single most powerful judiciary in the nation.
Assuming even half of what I wrote is true, we are waaaaay past Con Law 101 precedents and in uncharted territory.
I don't know why people care about precedent. Republicans set godawful precedents all the time and they get by fine.
There are a lot of things I find incredibly short sighted happening. I just get sick of one side getting away with bending the rules any way they want to suit them and then when the other side is involved everyone cries about slippery slopes and precedent.You can't seriously suggest you don't recognize how incredibly short sighted something like that would be, right?
There are a lot of things I find incredibly short sighted happening. I just get sick of one side getting away with bending the rules any way they want to suit them and then when the other side is involved everyone cries about slippery slopes and precedent.
For what it's worth, Republicans could start impeachment proceedings for Sotomayor, Kagan, RBG, and Breyer right now -- they control the Senate. They could also simply work with the Republican House and increase the size of the Court and pack it with Federalist Society bigwigs.There are a lot of things I find incredibly short sighted happening. I just get sick of one side getting away with bending the rules any way they want to suit them and then when the other side is involved everyone cries about slippery slopes and precedent.
Yeah but it would be silly to do that. There was no doubts about Bill Clinton or Obama getting elected and they weren't in bed with a foreign power.For what it's worth, Republicans could start impeachment proceedings for Sotomayor, Kagan, RBG, and Breyer right now -- they control the Senate. They could also simply work with the Republican House and increase the size of the Court and pack it with Federalist Society bigwigs.
The reason they don't is because even if you may not believe it, they're justifiably terrified of the precedent it would set.
Yeah but it would be silly to do that. There was no doubts about Bill Clinton or Obama getting elected and they weren't in bed with a foreign power.
If Trump was found to be a traitor all his decisions should be purged. That shouldn't be some terrifying precedent to set.
Why is law and order most important when faced with injustice and irreversible damage?So just react emotionally and participate in the erosion of our institutions. Good plan.
Why is law and order most important when faced with injustice and irreversible damage?
This. The "But Her Emails" fucks destroyed the USA for the next generation at least. A complete shitshow.9 but yes. This is why McConnell is so happy. No matter what, now republican fuckery in our courts will hold the country back for the next 2 decades at a minimum. SC judges have so much power they're essentially kings, and they will use that to gut any liberal legislation that gains traction irregardless of legality.
This is about you preaching precendent and apathy.
They already broke norms when they stole obama's seat and filled more than 10% of all the judiciary in trump's first year.For what it's worth, Republicans could start impeachment proceedings for Sotomayor, Kagan, RBG, and Breyer right now -- they control the Senate. They could also simply work with the Republican House and increase the size of the Court and pack it with Federalist Society bigwigs.
The reason they don't is because even if you may not believe it, they're justifiably terrified of the precedent it would set.
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Barrett is likely it. Hatch released an Op-ed on the fight ahead and kept referencing the court candidate by she and her. Since there is only one female on the list it looks like Handmaiden will get the job. Republicans want the optics it was not all men killing Roe vs. Wade
That's not civil though so don't expect the Democrats to use the McConnell rule.
Is Donald the 4th horse? The pale horse?Famine was in the lead but I think Pestilence is gonna pull out the W
It's not just about "precedent". I think you're missing a big fact about impeachment - it takes a 2/3 vote to convict. Democrats wouldn't vote to convict Clinton in his impeachment trial in the 90s despite proven perjury, so of course they wouldn't vote to impeach SCOTUS justices they agree with on whatever trumped up fake charge the GOP could come up with.For what it's worth, Republicans could start impeachment proceedings for Sotomayor, Kagan, RBG, and Breyer right now -- they control the Senate. They could also simply work with the Republican House and increase the size of the Court and pack it with Federalist Society bigwigs.
The reason they don't is because even if you may not believe it, they're justifiably terrified of the precedent it would set.
The radio has been disturbing lately, talking about how a religious Supreme Court is necessary to save the country.
Arguing over morality, and how you can't have morals without religion and therfore religion must govern.
Terrifying.
I listened to the first 30 minutes of Hannity's thursday radio show with some other guy sitting in for Hannity. Starts with saying liberals are too mean to conservatives, and then went straight into a speech calling liberals the "greatest enemy" in what sounded like legitimate war propaganda. I know the word 'propaganda' is used a lot these days, but I don't have any other way to describe this. It's like trying to pump the troops up for world war 2, but replace nazis with the left.The radio has been disturbing lately, talking about how a religious Supreme Court is necessary to save the country.
Arguing over morality, and how you can't have morals without religion and therfore religion must govern.
Terrifying.