Infidel Dog Posted September 19, 2020 Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 (edited) Things should get interesting now. The Republicans are going to want to get the next Supreme Court Justice nominated and sped through Senate before the election, Just in case. The Wahhhhhh of Democrats will be heard at an even higher frequency right up into November and beyond. One would expect it to go something like that anyway. Whatever... RBG is dead. This is a big one. It's for control of the Supreme Court. Edited September 19, 2020 by Infidel Dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted September 19, 2020 Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 Obama wanted RBG to retire while he was president and the Democrats controlled the Senate, so he could appoint a liberal justice. That didn't happen...Obama got RBG'd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted September 19, 2020 Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 Republicans should ram through a judge as soon as possible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted September 19, 2020 Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, Shady said: Republicans should ram through a judge as soon as possible. Risky move...could cost them the Senate...which is far more important than Trump. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted September 19, 2020 Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 12 minutes ago, bush_cheney2004 said: Risky move...could cost them the Senate...which is far more important than Trump. True. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted September 19, 2020 Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 Any nominee process still has to go through the Senate, which is very politicized now. At best, the Democrats could only replace RBG with a like minded liberal, and hope that Justice Thomas retires soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlight Graham Posted September 19, 2020 Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 Imagine a world where judges looked at things objectively and didn't bring their own ideological BS to work with them. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted September 19, 2020 Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 I don't think McConnell has the votes. There are plenty of Senators who'll lose their seat for this level of overt hypocrisy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infidel Dog Posted September 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 Name a couple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infidel Dog Posted September 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 (edited) Murkowski won't get on board but that's not because she's afraid of losing her seat. It's because she's a RINO. There's a few of those (Mitt Romney.) Edited September 19, 2020 by Infidel Dog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infidel Dog Posted September 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 (edited) Ted Cruz made a good point as to why they should get a new Supreme in there quick: Quote “Democrats and Joe Biden have made clear they intend to challenge this election. They intend to fight the legitimacy of the election. As you know Hillary Clinton has told Joe Biden ‘under no circumstances should you concede, you should challenge this election.’ and we cannot have election day come and go with a 4-4 court.” Cruz continued, “A 4-4 court that is equally divided cannot decide anything. And I think we risk a constitutional crisis if we do not have a nine-justice Supreme Court, particularly when there is such a risk of … a contested election.” https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2020/09/18/ted-cruz-explains-perfectly-why-rbgs-seat-must-be-filled-before-the-election-n944445 And this is worth remembering: Three Supreme Court Justices Were Confirmed In Less Than 45 Days, Including Ginsburg Edited September 19, 2020 by Infidel Dog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted September 20, 2020 Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 President Trumps promises to nominate a female justice to replace RBG...but she won't be a progressive liberal ! "Elections have consequences" - President Barack Obama (2009) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dialamah Posted September 20, 2020 Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 12 hours ago, bush_cheney2004 said: President Trumps promises Yeah, yeah. As long as whoever he nominates is competent and fair, and not someone kind of loonytune who believes that demons sleep with people to create more demons, like the doctor he champions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardner Posted September 20, 2020 Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 On 9/19/2020 at 1:02 AM, Boges said: I don't think McConnell has the votes. There are plenty of Senators who'll lose their seat for this level of overt hypocrisy. Symmetry and fairness are no longer values in American politics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dialamah Posted September 20, 2020 Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said: Symmetry and fairness are no longer values in American politics. Were they ever, really? I don't know, but I suspect not. I think perhaps it's just a lot more evident now. And probably no different in any other country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted September 20, 2020 Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 8 minutes ago, dialamah said: Yeah, yeah. As long as whoever he nominates is competent and fair, and not someone kind of loonytune who believes that demons sleep with people to create more demons, like the doctor he champions. Relax....it's not like he is going to ask for your approval anyway. U.S. Supreme Court justice nominations were politicized long before Trump became president. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted September 20, 2020 Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 Here’s some historical perspective for some of your historically challenged forum members. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxme Posted September 20, 2020 Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 On 9/18/2020 at 7:41 PM, Infidel Dog said: Things should get interesting now. The Republicans are going to want to get the next Supreme Court Justice nominated and sped through Senate before the election, Just in case. The Wahhhhhh of Democrats will be heard at an even higher frequency right up into November and beyond. One would expect it to go something like that anyway. Whatever... RBG is dead. This is a big one. It's for control of the Supreme Court. No big loss with her gone. She was just a thorn in Trump's side anyway. Now Trump can get another conservative on the Supreme Court. It's beginning to look like the democrats are going to be up shits creek after the election. With Trump in control of the house, the senate, and the SC there is going to be a lot of crybaby leftist liberal/democrat losers out there standing around in their puddle of tears. Aw, too bad, so sad. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 19 hours ago, Shady said: Here’s some historical perspective for some of your historically challenged forum members. Except in 2016 the Senate refused to even have a hearing on Obama's nominee. They said they were making precedent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 It'll be interesting what polling says about this. The GOP can confirm this nominee and they likely will (unless Romney and Grassly bail). But if that level of overt hypocrisy causes Trump to lose the White House and the GOP to lose the Senate they GOP will be royally bleeped. The Democrats will expand the court and could even give DC and Puerto Rico Senators. Which would decimate the GOP for generations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, Boges said: It'll be interesting what polling says about this. The U.S. Constitution doesn't include polling. RBG insisted on staying beyond her best before date when Obama could have nominated another liberal justice. The GOP picked up two seats in the Senate (2018 mid-terms)...with Trump as prez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Just now, bush_cheney2004 said: The U.S. Constitution doesn't include polling. RBG insisted on staying beyond her best before date when Obama could have nominated another liberal justice. The GOP picked up two seats in the Senate (2018 mid-terms)...with Trump as prez. Well Obama tried to nominate a justice. McConnel refused to have a hearing. Hypocrisy is the order of the day. And how does that effect the election. Because the GOP don't seem to be able to get elected based on repealing Roe v Wade and the ACA. Which is how this should be framed by every single Democrat. Remember those Bernie Bros that were going to sit at home? Not anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Just now, Boges said: Well Obama tried to nominate a justice. McConnel refused to have a hearing. Hypocrisy is the order of the day. And how does that effect the election? Because the GOP don't seem to be able to get elected based on repealing Roe v Wade and the ACA. Which is how this should be framed by every single Democrat. Remember those Bernie Bros that were going to sit at home? Not anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Just now, Boges said: Well Obama tried to nominate a justice. McConnel refused to have a hearing. Hypocrisy is the order of the day. And how does that effect the election. RBG refused to retire....big ego...long before Obama's last year in office. Democrats screwed themselves in the Seante with a simple majority vote. Quote Because the GOP don't seem to be able to get elected based on repealing Roe v Wade and the ACA. Which is how this should be framed by every single Democrat. Remember those Bernie Bros that were going to sit at home? Not anymore. What part of the GOP gaining two Senate seats in 2018 do you not understand ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Just now, bush_cheney2004 said: RBG refused to retire....big ego...long before Obama's last year in office. Democrats screwed themselves in the Seante with a simple majority vote. Would you have said that about Scalia not quitting during the Bush administration? Quote What part of the GOP gaining two Senate seats in 2018 do you not understand ? And they stand to lose several in 2020. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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