US PoliERA 2018 |OT4| Sweetheart, this is Watergate, goodbye!
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I take the opposite opinion. Roberts knows that the decision will be against gerrymandering, but wants to put up as many guardrails as possible so that Kennedy et al don't smack the GOP too hard.
I'm imagining more ACA-type, split the baby crap
I'm imagining more ACA-type, split the baby crap
This is probably the case. He had a bunch of objections during the trial, but seemed like he knew what the outcome would be. He was afraid every 10 years the Supreme Court would hear 50 gerrymandering cases from every state. He may want to note his opinion on that.
Roberts wrote the ACA ruling opinion
Sherrod Brown seems well-liked here in Ohio. I don't see him losing.
Although if he does lose, that makes the path to the White House for him that much easier.
Although if he does lose, that makes the path to the White House for him that much easier.
I'm envisioning that the plaintiffs win on the merits, states are told to come up with a process to ensure compact, contiguous districts, but it won't be implemented until 2020, when the GOP will have many opportunities to move the baseline further rightward, then force plaintiffs to sue again, buying the GOP a few more years to rule using bogus lines.
/Fin
It gets him away from Marvel and would tank his career afterwards so that he could never go back.
Does this doctor seem like the sort of guy that would go for that sort of thing?
What about the other 19 colleagues who reported abuse and problematic behavior?
From the article:
So the accusations are that he drank while on duty and that he improperly handed out uppers and downers on trips.
I can see how other administrations would (incorrectly) overlook these things if they liked him personally.
Just found the rare overlap between OT and Gaming; one of the Russian oligarchs who was just sanctioned is Viktor Vekselberg, who runs a conglomerate named Renova Group. Renova owns an American investment firm named Columbus Nova. Columbus Nova bought Sony Online Entertainment, renamed it Daybreak games and killed a bunch of games like EverQuest Next and Asheron's Call. The president of Columbus Nova also donated $285,000 to the Trump inauguration.
So fuck the Russians extra hard, I wanted to play me a low-stat voxel-based MMORPG.
Also, has this been posted yet?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/30/mcmaster-and-commander
So fuck the Russians extra hard, I wanted to play me a low-stat voxel-based MMORPG.
Also, has this been posted yet?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/30/mcmaster-and-commander
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I think he's still pretty predictable though
When this case started out, he came out pretty hard against just the idea of using math to determine the value of voter representation in redistricting. As long he's taking that much of a simpleton view of it, he's not going to be persuaded by any kind of argument about the merits of redistricting formulas.
If Roberts is writing the majority opinion, I'm assuming the Dems' side lost in this.
I'd be more interested in the other tapes. The dossier said Trump engaged in sex parties.
Did the dossier mention tapes of these other incidents though?
Yep. Hopefully Kennedy saves the day. Not counting on Roberts.
You know, the likelihood of its existence is increasing to the point where I don't even think people will be horrified when it's released. It's almost good for it to remain in the air because it won't shock anyone if it comes out. No one will stop supporting him because of it.
I recall hearing stories about some Bill Clinton supporters liking him more after the Monica-cigar details came out, as though it made him more authentic and even...um...playboy-ish?
Basically there's a lot of silly people in this country.
Reading thru Michael Li's Twitter, I think we might be overreacting about Roberts. It's so speculative in nature. Kennedy could have the opinion for all we know.
Is it that unusual for, in this case, Roberts and Gorsuch not writing Oct. decisions?
Is it that unusual for, in this case, Roberts and Gorsuch not writing Oct. decisions?
If it ever shows up, most people are gonna be disappointed in the pee pee tape, as most people assume that it's Russian hookers peeing on trump, when it's only supposed to be trump watching hookers pee on the bed the Obamas slept in. While certainly salacious, after the inflated expectation of being peed on is squashed, reactions will be, "is that all?", and it will disappear into the either, as all trump scandals seem to.
Trump's is the one that could just as easily be in crayon as it is the extra thick sharpie.
Right, I was never counting on Roberts for this and his ridiculous mathphobic statements at the beginning of the case killed whatever thought I ever might have had that he might lean to the liberal side here.
I'm just saying, if Roberts is writing the majority opinion, it's because Kennedy swung his way, not because Roberts and Kennedy swung to the liberals.
Roberts doesn't have to agree with the majority, ideology wise, he may want to write the opinion to limit the scope of the ruling and the precedeent set, if the majority had already agree to strike down gerrymandering
Or like ACA he doesn't want a 5-4 majority opinion on such big case that his side of the court loses (with him as chief justice) and by proxy by making majority comment he has a way to issue reduction on how broad the decision becomes. Basically, don't look too far into it.
"Oh now they trust X" where X stands for a democrat, enemy leader, Never Trump GOP, media, etc.
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