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SCOTUS Vacancy
| September 23rd, 2020 at 4:37:08 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18209 |
They would hammer her for anything. Their treatment of non-liberal justice candidates is as disgusting as it gets. They do not need a reason. The President is a fink. |
| September 23rd, 2020 at 4:51:21 PM permalink | |
| JCW09 Member since: Aug 27, 2018 Threads: 12 Posts: 847 | Good find Ace! ACB is clearly a smart one and I have to say I would take either Nominee. But Lagoa will be easier to confirm based on her confirmation less than a year ago by the same Senate. "Easy" may be what is best for this nominee and Trump can save ACB for Breyer's Seat. In the clip, ACB describes the precedent for what is about to happen with Trump's SCOTUS Nominee Confirmation. A same party controlled Senate confirming a President's Nominee in an election year vacancy And all kind of precedent for what happened with Garland. A non-same party Senate not confirming a President's Nominee in an election year vacancy Its a 2-8 historical precedent loser case for the Dems and one of those 2, Kennedy wasn't really an Election year vacancy. The Left hates it when the rules end up playing out correctly and they don't get their way Their reaction is to blow it all up Eliminate the Filibuster Pack the SCOTUS Admit new states to the Union. Actions that haven't occurred in 150 years for the SCOTUS & 60 years in adding states. Changing the institutions of government for political purposes to allow a slim majority of either party to rule over a large minority These are the things that civil wars are made of and that would truly be horrific. Over what, an 87 year old dying that should have stepped down 7 years ago? Blame RGB, she is the one that screwed the Dems! It isn't the system that is getting it "wrong", the system is working as it has always worked. If the Dems would just stop being crazy, they might actually win elections again. They can't so they'll be on the short end of the stick in November, again! Def. of Liar - "A Person Who Tells Lies" / "I lied. Deal with it" - ams288 |
| September 23rd, 2020 at 4:59:36 PM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12525 |
Sounds pretty confident for the guy predicting a 269-269 EC tie. A guy from the party that has only won the popular vote once in the last 7 presidential elections. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| September 23rd, 2020 at 8:14:21 PM permalink | |
| aceofspades Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 83 Posts: 2019 |
You do realize Presidents are not elected by popular vote...? |
| September 24th, 2020 at 4:57:51 AM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12525 |
No, I didn’t realize that! /sarcasm “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| September 24th, 2020 at 6:53:55 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 |
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| September 25th, 2020 at 4:56:57 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | The Constitution does not expressly grant “life tenure” to Supreme Court justices. Rather, this idea has been derived from the language that judges and justices, as noted above, “shall hold their offices during good behaviour, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.” So to reduce tenure of SCOTUS judges from life to 18 years would not require a constitutional amendment. If a POTUS is limited to two appointments per 4 year presidential term, than what happens in 2020-2024? Does the winner replace RBG, Clarence, and Stephen or does the 18 year limit not apply to one person, or does the court temporarily reduce to 8 judges for a few years. Clarence Thomas 28 years, 337 days Stephen Breyer 26 years, 52 days John Roberts 14 years, 361 days Samuel Alito 14 years, 237 days Sonia Sotomayor 11 years, 47 days Elena Kagan 10 years, 48 days Neil Gorsuch 3 years, 167 days Brett Kavanaugh 1 year, 354 days |
| September 25th, 2020 at 5:21:15 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18209 |
Can't have a long term even number. I would say they would set the terms and draw lots to see who goes when. You still have the problem of people dying off term. Really it is just the latest hissy fit of the Democrats when things are not going their way. The President is a fink. |
| September 25th, 2020 at 12:37:53 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Actually that is not true. Bill Clinton appointed both of his justices in his first term and GW Bush had to wait until his second term to appoint his two justices. So there was an 11-year gap from 3 Aug. 1994 until 3 Sep. 2005 (when Rehnquist died) when no judges were appointed. This was the longest gap in US history. William Rehnquist January 7, 1972 - Nixon John Paul Stevens December 19, 1975 - Ford Sandra Day O'Connor September 25, 1981 - Reagan Antonin Scalia September 26, 1986 - Reagan Anthony Kennedy February 18, 1988 - Reagan David Souter October 9, 1990 - George HW Bush Clarence Thomas October 23, 1991 - George HW Bush Ruth Bader Ginsburg August 10, 1993 - Bill Clinton Stephen Breyer August 3, 1994 - Bill Clinton Even though 7 out of 9 justices were appointed by Republican Presidents, there was a strong desire for more conservative judges. The idea of term limits was widely discussed during the first term of GW Bush. |
| September 25th, 2020 at 3:53:15 PM permalink | |
| Tripdufan Member since: Oct 3, 2019 Threads: 0 Posts: 710 |
This same party controlling the senate angle on this cracks me up, as if this was the argument the GOP used to deny Garland the vote he deserved. No...the argument was "let the people decide who picks the next justice". Now the argument is "we're the biggest group of hypocrites that has ever been assembled and we don't care because our supporters don't care." |