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06-27-2018, 08:45 PM
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Could someone please tell me what the advantages of a basically "conservative" High Court would be? Aside from keeping transgender folks out of the military...that is? I ask because, being a foreigner in this country...I might not be fully aware of the ways by which the supreme court's decisions affect our lives.
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06-27-2018, 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
Could someone please tell me what the advantages of a basically "conservative" High Court would be? Aside from keeping transgender folks out of the military...that is? I ask because, being a foreigner in this country...I might not be fully aware of the ways by which the supreme court's decisions affect our lives.
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Do you have to ask? Do you like to pay other people's bills? Liberals do not want many things to be paid for (or bills), but 'rights' and free for all. These things will be paid for by you and me, even if we do not want them, need them, or use them ... a liberal tax on living in USA.
A conservative supreme court would find many of these things unconstitutional, while a liberal court would view them as a 'right'.
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06-27-2018, 09:03 PM
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And another little historical "factoid" which libs will want to keep buried is the fact that the stonewalling of Obama's nominee Merrick Garland in his last year was not without precedent. And guess who set the precedent?
But even more importantly, there is this little known (or perhaps the better phrase would be little acknowledged) constitutional fact:
Why the Senate Doesn't Have to Act on Merrick Garland's Nomination
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...ominee/482733/
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06-27-2018, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
Could someone please tell me what the advantages of a basically "conservative" High Court would be? Aside from keeping transgender folks out of the military...that is? I ask because, being a foreigner in this country...I might not be fully aware of the ways by which the supreme court's decisions affect our lives.
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It's that they shouldn't affect them very much.
A left-leaning court would only rubber-stamp the socialist and worse policie the left is dying to impose on us. Look the joke of all jokes, the 9th Circus court - 100% political - no basis at all in rule of law.
There needs to be a strong leash on the legislature and executive branches, but not one that assumes it has the right to create laws from the bench.
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06-27-2018, 10:06 PM
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Schumer is an idiot.
He is trying to liken this to the 2016 election year.
But that year, the man who nominates the justice was up for election, not the senate. It is NOT about the senate, it is about the PRESIDEN?
We should have a contest here, a jumping contest, who can make the biggest leap out of reality, between UpChuckie and hcap! 
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06-27-2018, 10:17 PM
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And the filibuster option affirms what The Atlantic piece said about the Senate not being required by the Constitution to confirm any president's nominee.
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06-27-2018, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by boxcar
And the filibuster option affirms what The Atlantic piece said about the Senate not being required by the Constitution to confirm any president's nominee.
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Pretty sure at least 1 or 2 Dem Senators will have to vote for Trumps nominee if they want a chance at reelection. Furthermore it wouldn't surprise me to see at least one switch sides. And the reason will be that they don't want to be associated with a party that constantly stalks public officials and threatens violence just because they can't win an argument.
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06-27-2018, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Andy Asaro
Pretty sure at least 1 or 2 Dem Senators will have to vote for Trumps nominee if they want a chance at reelection. Furthermore it wouldn't surprise me to see at least one switch sides. And the reason will be that they don't want to be associated with a party that constantly stalks public officials and threatens violence just because they can't win an argument.
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Interesting point. It could be a good campaign point
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06-27-2018, 10:38 PM
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Pretty sure at least 1 or 2 Dem Senators will have to vote for Trumps nominee if they want a chance at reelection. Furthermore it wouldn't surprise me to see at least one switch sides. And the reason will be that they don't want to be associated with a party that constantly stalks public officials and threatens violence just because they can't win an argument.
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You could well be right. Those who see the handwriting on the wall will come to realize that the chance for that much wished for "blue wave" is Slim and None, and Slim is at death's door, too. The steep uphill battle of Trump's successes, plus their very weak (actually non-existent platform) will be too much for the Dimwit Party to overcome. Hopefully, this political environment will get a 2 or 3 of the weaker Dems to jump ship to preserve their own miserable political hides. But it won't be a Durbin or a Schumer -- or anyone of their ilk. But the Republicans will need this kind of defection because the McCains in the senate will be loathe to support any Trump nominee.
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06-27-2018, 10:40 PM
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I'm feeling pretty good about the mid terms. knuck knuck knuck!
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06-28-2018, 01:45 AM
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Time to interrupt this conservative celebration. Don't count on trump's nominee being confirmed, in spite of the fact that Republicans have changed the rules. You need fifty one votes to confirm. There are currently 49 Senators who caucus with the Democrats. So we need two Republicans to cross the aisle
Where will those two votes come from? Even before Kennedy announced his retirement, Jeff Flake stated that he would oppose any Trump nominee to the Supreme Court.
Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins are pro Choice Republicans. Anyone Trump nominates will vote to overturn Roe v Wade. They will vote no.
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06-28-2018, 06:26 AM
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Originally Posted by mostpost
Time to interrupt this conservative celebration. Don't count on trump's nominee being confirmed, in spite of the fact that Republicans have changed the rules. You need fifty one votes to confirm. There are currently 49 Senators who caucus with the Democrats. So we need two Republicans to cross the aisle
Where will those two votes come from? Even before Kennedy announced his retirement, Jeff Flake stated that he would oppose any Trump nominee to the Supreme Court.
Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins are pro Choice Republicans. Anyone Trump nominates will vote to overturn Roe v Wade. They will vote no.
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Have you been up all night crying? I sense melancholia in your post.
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06-28-2018, 06:53 AM
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Manchin will vote to confirm. He is more of a republican than a democrat. He recently said if he had it to do over he would not have supported Hillary. He also said that people in WV don't consider him a democrat.
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06-28-2018, 10:02 AM
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Another History Lesson...
How Long Do Dems Think They Can Block a Supreme Court Justice?
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/2...iel-greenfield
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