View Full Version : Justice Kennedy retiring
RblDiver
06-27-2018, 12:23
Holy cow, a chance to get a reasonably solid conservative majority on the Supreme Court!
Will1776
06-27-2018, 12:31
yuge
newracer
06-27-2018, 12:55
https://media.tenor.com/images/f865c67834547565f91c7de6a346f56a/tenor.gif
In before Foxtrot once again explaining the importance of voting for the court.
FromMyColdDeadHand
06-27-2018, 14:09
If we ever figure out what McConnel took to give him the backbone to stand up to Garland, we need to bottle it and get the Establishment to chug it.
I agree with Skip, how many times does God have to tip the scales in our favor for us to finally understand that we are in the age of the least evil for the longest time- and that the other side will give us nothing and take everything.
I am far from religious, but God put his finger on the scale to get Bush instead of Gore in. God leaned into the scales with Trump. This would be like the loaves and fishes story, but the found twinkies in the basket for the rest of their lives.
Of course, the Progressives will go completely ape-excrement now. Look forward to a summer and fall of massive demonstrations and and craziness from the left.
Trump recess appointment in January if the left mucks things up, especially if we lose the Senate.
Zundfolge
06-27-2018, 14:18
My prediction is that before the end of the year Ruth Buzzy Ginsberg either announces her retirement or assumes room temperature.
FromMyColdDeadHand
06-27-2018, 14:26
My prediction is that before the end of the year Ruth Buzzy Ginsberg either announces her retirement or assumes room temperature.
They will keep RGB on the court as long as there is a pulse. No way she is going out in the next 2.5 years unless it is feet first.
thvigil11
06-27-2018, 14:44
They will keep RGB on the court as long as there is a pulse. No way she is going out in the next 2.5 years unless it is feet first.
She still has a pulse? Looks like the crypt keeper last time I saw a picture of her.[zombie1]
This is quite the opportunity. I just hope the Republicans don't screw this up....again.
I got the Ruth Buzzi reference. I must be old.
They will keep RGB on the court as long as there is a pulse. No way she is going out in the next 2.5 years unless it is feet first.
"Weekend at Bernies"
(Wish I knew how to photo-shop)
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...as found on the web courtesy of the link in the image.
kidicarus13
06-27-2018, 17:52
I'd be more excited if it was Ruth or Sotomayor.
I'd be more excited if it was Ruth or Sotomayor.
Oh yeah, wouldn't break my heart if those two left also.
Zundfolge
06-27-2018, 21:15
I'd be more excited if it was Ruth or Sotomayor.
Some pundits think Sotomayor's time is going to be short and Trump may end up replacing her (she's diabetic).
Jeffrey Lebowski
06-28-2018, 06:27
My prediction is that before the end of the year Ruth Buzzy Ginsberg either announces her retirement or assumes room temperature.
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Bailey Guns
06-28-2018, 06:50
If we ever figure out what McConnel took to give him the backbone to stand up to Garland, we need to bottle it and get the Establishment to chug it.
That is so right. I'm not sure how Mitch McConnell "Forrest Gumped" his way thru that but thank God he did. It has to be divine intervention.
Of course, the Progressives will go completely ape-excrement now. Look forward to a summer and fall of massive demonstrations and and craziness from the left.
And that's just the senate...
That is so right. I'm not sure how Mitch McConnell "Forrest Gumped" his way thru that but thank God he did. It has to be divine intervention.
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McConnel and his wife were accosted earlier this week by Libtards. Maybe this will help him realize there is no middle ground.
He has also already said they will go through the nomination process before the mid-terms. Reid (?) destroyed the filibuster option for the Dims. So they will have to vote.
What are we losing with Kennedy retiring? I'm not up on his record. I know a little about some of the others but not all. I know I can google it but I wanted to hear it from like minded people.
RblDiver
06-28-2018, 12:35
http://www.ontheissues.org/Anthony_Kennedy.htm is a listing of his positions. In terms of 2A, per that site he did see gun ownership as an individual right, not a collective one. As for others, he appears generally conservative, but WAS a swing vote willing to go to the other side (particularly defending abortion, which is one of the reasons the left is hating that he's leaving).
Jeffrey Lebowski
06-28-2018, 13:08
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That's perfect!
Who has more authority... The 9th Circus or a judge in Hawaii?
Jeffrey Lebowski
06-28-2018, 15:01
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Vic Tory
06-28-2018, 16:41
Politics certainly is interesting, huh?
In before Foxtrot once again explaining the importance of voting for the court.
Isn't he a #nevertrumper?
hurley842002
06-28-2018, 18:50
Isn't he a #nevertrumper?Who, Foxtrot?
Isn't he a #nevertrumper?
I don’t think so.
Just did a very good job of explaining sometimes we don’t vote for the personality, but the appointments.
I think that the dick riding for Trump is so extreme on this website, that anything less just makes people seem like a nevertrumper.
Jeffrey Lebowski
06-28-2018, 21:07
During the election process, I seem to remember most of us fairly "meh" to Trump with only 1 prominent exception.
Get us a few more judges, and I'm solidly, solidly on board, however.
Your memory is the same as mine; and I think it was much the same in the country beyond this website as well. Things have changed now though. People see how much he irritates their political opponents, so cozy up into his scrotum as much as possible in some sort of anti-social virtue signal. You can see the evidence in the above political cartoon with the justices wearing MAGA hats. The way it's presented makes it feel like the artist thinks that those four conservative judges have Trump to thank for their conservativism or something, as if they were simply supreme court justice place holders until he came along.
Jeffrey Lebowski
06-28-2018, 21:26
Your memory is the same as mine; and I think it was much the same in the country beyond this website as well. Things have changed now though. People see how much he irritates their political opponents, so cozy up into his scrotum as much as possible in some sort of anti-social virtue signal. You can see the evidence in the above political cartoon with the justices wearing MAGA hats. The way it's presented makes it feel like the artist thinks that those four conservative judges have Trump to thank for their conservativism or something, as if they were simply supreme court justice place holders until he came along.
I'll confess that while there are things I agree with and things I disagree with, I love that he completely bypassed the media and went straight to the people with Twitter. (and I don't use twitter). Knowledge and truth may be essential to democracy, but I'd prefer a completely discounted and disregarded media to a completely biased one.
To your bolded point, he has illustrated hypocrisy like none other, and the meltdowns are truly something to behold. Schadenfreude may be a stinky cologne, but it is nice to see these guys get a bit of their own medicine.
Anyway, I didn't see the cartoon quite as you did so much as the hats simply being an indicator of "side."
Perhaps the SCOTUS should be so political. Perhaps this retirement wouldn't be so polarizing if it weren't.
But here we are, and the left never gives and inch. It is nice to be on the offensive for once instead of the defensive.
I understand, and agree, that the artist picked the most simple way to illustrate "side" with the hats, but we're talking about a New York liberal that ran where he thought he could win. I feel like people really forget that and I just don't understand.
Great-Kazoo
06-28-2018, 23:26
I understand, and agree, that the artist picked the most simple way to illustrate "side" with the hats, but we're talking about a New York liberal that ran where he thought he could win. I feel like people really forget that and I just don't understand.
Forget? Some actually believe he's a conservative .
Trump's a moron. BUT...................................
He's not hillary and i picked him specifically for his 1 pick for a scotus appointment. Now it may well end up 3 total before 2020.
Question for you and everyone else. Do you actually believe there would be this much hand wringing if HRC was in office and she had another SCOTUS to nominate ? Fuck no, they'd be falling over them self shouting from the top of the mount how sensible her choice[s] for SCOTUS were
For the record, I'm not questioning why people voted for Trump.
Forget? Some actually believe he's a conservative .
Trump's a moron. BUT...................................
He's not hillary and i picked him specifically for his 1 pick for a scotus appointment. Now it may well end up 3 total before 2020.
Question for you and everyone else. Do you actually believe there would be this much hand wringing if HRC was in office and she had another SCOTUS to nominate ? Fuck no, they'd be falling over them self shouting from the top of the mount how sensible her choice[s] for SCOTUS were
If HRC had won we'd have whole lot more to worry about than the Supreme Court.
In reality we shouldn't have Libs or Conservatives on the court. We should have strict Constitutionalists. Men and women who read the law, interpret it's letter, and create consistent precedents independent of political ideology.
Those are now known as Conservatives because Libs swayed the court from a principled body of jurists to policy makers, moving America to the left when the Legislative Branch wouldn't. And the policy precedents are decided by their Lib values (greater good, ends justify means, etc...). Many recent decisions written by Libs on the court don't even address the law (Janus dissenting is a great example).
To win at this game, we have to re-take the institutions or we lose. Big.
Trump moved the needle in the right direction.
That major USSC decision I'm whining about may now be decided by more Constitutionalists on the court who read the words of 2A and understand them.
Zundfolge
06-29-2018, 13:53
Since when did voting for a guy, being glad he won, reveling in his victories on our behalf (and thus fulfilling some of the promises he made that got us to vote for him in the first place) and enjoying him pissing off the left become "riding his dick"? Sheesh.
Since Trump won and people treat him like some hero and refuse to acknowledge the constant stream of stupid things that he does.
Name another time in history where people wore clothes related to the president outside of a political rally. It was pretty common during the Obama presidency, and it was always done by dick riders that couldn't objectively view their guy and just wanted to virtue signal.
Taken from another thread. I don't particularly agree with this statement, but if you do, then this is what it looks/feels like and it should be embraced.
Of course they would. The difference is in the evidence we see every day. You don't see people from the right doing and saying the same kinds of things that come from the left. On the (far less often) occasion it does, it's quickly condemned by the right. The complete and irrational hatred of Trump is unlike anything I've ever seen. And the comparisons made by the left of Trump to Hitler or Nazi Germany? Seriously? Have these people ever read a book? It's just insane. And it's coming from educated people, many in the leftist media.
I'm with AS. Every time I think the left has reached the maximum heights of hypocrisy and hatred, someone adds another rung on the ladder. I'm almost speechless with the some of the things we're seeing today. Foremost among them is the complete and total erosion of an objective and unbiased media. The bias has been bad and clearly evident since the Reagan presidency. But they at least made some attempts at hiding it. All that changed after Bush II won, it seems. The left and the leftist media are completely unhinged from reality.
To be fair, I've heard a pretty fair number of democrats speak out against some of the recent goings on from the likes of Auntie Maxine and a few others. But I don't think the "outcry" (I know...that's a stretch) is genuine. I believe any democrat speaking out against the leftist loons is simply trying to CYA ahead of the midterms. After that, you won't hear a peep until the next election cycle.
I'm just astounded by what passes for normal leftist belief and behavior these days. They're completely off the rails. There is no far left fringe in the democrat party any longer. The fringe is now the center.
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