Supreme Court Justice Kennedy to Retire
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RandyForRubio
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Since Thriller wants to talk about facts in the news, can somebody please show him this? Thank you.
If it served some purpose, I would. Instead, it would just be feeding the Backfire Effect.
RandyForRubio
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Well that’s no fun at all.
This is going to be a huge battle for this confirmation. A lot is on the line for both sides.
Personally I find this nomination awful. I wish both sides could put differences aside and try and find supreme court justices that dont have clear biases. We dont need politics in our supreme court, but unfortunately both sides have been doing this for a long time.
Who knew we would be back to worrying about Women's reproductive rights and LGBT rights.
This will get interesting. I am guessing that Democrats will do everything they can to return the favor of blocking Obama's nomination. The senate is split 50/50 right now. I am guessing a few democrats from conservative states will vote for his confirmation but the opposite might end up being true. That is if a vote ever happens on this.
Personally I find this nomination awful. I wish both sides could put differences aside and try and find supreme court justices that dont have clear biases. We dont need politics in our supreme court, but unfortunately both sides have been doing this for a long time.
Who knew we would be back to worrying about Women's reproductive rights and LGBT rights.
This will get interesting. I am guessing that Democrats will do everything they can to return the favor of blocking Obama's nomination. The senate is split 50/50 right now. I am guessing a few democrats from conservative states will vote for his confirmation but the opposite might end up being true. That is if a vote ever happens on this.
I do not believe the Supreme Court will reverse Roe v. Wade, even if they had a good case in front of them. I don't think Republican leaders actually want it reversed. It keeps people on the Republican rolls. But more states might now be emboldened to make harsher regulations.
I can't imagine they can put marriage equality back in the bag, either. The percentage of support is too high. Traditional marriage has yet to be compromised in ways that the fearmongers predicted.
But you never know. There is much about the feelings and prejudices of the citizens of the U.S. that I did not anticipate.
I can't imagine they can put marriage equality back in the bag, either. The percentage of support is too high. Traditional marriage has yet to be compromised in ways that the fearmongers predicted.
But you never know. There is much about the feelings and prejudices of the citizens of the U.S. that I did not anticipate.
I'm doubtful either will actually happen. But I wouldn't rule it out as a possibility.
But the entire purpose of the list of nominations created was so that conservative judges would be in place to reverse that ruling. The conservative groups overseeing this feel there hasn't been a real conservative majority since the 30s.
Say what you want about Republicans but their think tanks and groups are very smart and well planned. They set out with objectives that take years or even a lifetime to accomplish but they tend to get there.
Changing the meaning in court of the second amendment of gun rights to mean for individuals took a long time but they accomplished it and now even the public thinks that way.
Reversing roe v Wade was #1 on their list since it happened. Reagan nominating 2 conservative judges that ended up not being as conservative as they hoped for really caused a change of action and a large effort that is going to come to fruition with this nomination.
Now let's see if it happens and if a case reaches them how they all actually vote.
RandyForRubio
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Roe v Wade should go to being a state issue. Hope it does.
If nominating a person who believes in the authority of the constitution is awful, then sign me up for awful my man.
If nominating a person who believes in the authority of the constitution is awful, then sign me up for awful my man.
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If K’s nomination fails, then why doesn’t trump nominate a moderate?
Why not this Merrick Garland guy? He’s a moderate and has He seems to have bipartisan support. The eldest senator thinks he’s a very fine man.
“[Obama] could easily name Merrick Garland, who is a fine man. He probably won’t do that because this appointment is about the election. So I’m pretty sure he’ll name someone the [liberal Democratic base] wants.” -Orrin Hatch
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In all honesty if trump were a better politican, he’d nominate a moderate. He’d probably take out a lot of momentum from the blue wave this midterm and go a long way to restoring bi-partisan action in the senate. Instead, he’s just going to pile on and continue to polarize Americans.
Instead, K will barely be confirmed as both parties with few exceptions vote the party line. Democrats are a few senators short and Doug jones from Alabama and the one from Missouri are particularly vulnerable (id he surprised if they didn’t flip for republicans). If the nomination is secure I could see someone like Collins voting against it so she can claim to her state of Maine that she’s not lock step in line with the party.
Instead, K will barely be confirmed as both parties with few exceptions vote the party line. Democrats are a few senators short and Doug jones from Alabama and the one from Missouri are particularly vulnerable (id he surprised if they didn’t flip for republicans). If the nomination is secure I could see someone like Collins voting against it so she can claim to her state of Maine that she’s not lock step in line with the party.
So, you're defecting to the liberal side? Because liberals believe in the authority of the Constitution, conservatives do not.
Unless, it's really that both sides believe in it, and your rhetoric was pointless and inflammatory. No wonder you wanted Thriller's attention.
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