Justice Breyer to retire

[brenthutch 444]

19 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

She will do great.  

Just like ACB

[BIGUN 1,424]

42 minutes ago, brenthutch said:

Just like ACB

Read thru some of her rulings. 

[ryoder 1,590]

This is an interesting twist:

 

[SkyDekker 1,465]

2 hours ago, wmw999 said:

She's more qualified than Kavanaugh, and she doesn't have a history of abusing people.

Wendy P.

Nor mysteriously repaid debt.

[brenthutch 444]

1 hour ago, SkyDekker said:

Nor mysteriously repaid debt

She will just replace a progressive with a progressive and have ZERO impact. ACB’s replacement of RBG resulted in a major shift to the right and neutered Roberts as a potential moderate swing vote.

Edited February 26, 2022 by brenthutch

[wmw999 2,548]

And this is where the Republicans proved that they see governing as an exercise of power, not as how they serve the country. The completely chickenshit charade around the “too fast” confirmation of Merrick Garland vs. the much faster charade around ACB indicates that shoving “beating the opposition” is more important than the service of the people. Yes, one could say that they think they’re serving better by serving up situational judgments if when something is OK and when it isn’t (kind of like the police and driving while Black), but that’s bullshit. Laws should be followed, and enforced, consistently and blindly. As in blind to who is being judged. Judge the actions, not the person.

Decide your course of action based on the current situation, but then treat it like the precedent it is, and be open to question if you diverge  

Wendy P. 

[kallend 2,108]

Cornyn, Graham and other GOP liars stretch the truth to breaking point (but that's par for the course for them):

https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/the-facts-on-judge-jacksons-defense-work-for-gitmo-detainees/

 

Edited March 23, 2022 by kallend

[GeorgiaDon 379]

Lindsey Graham made it very clear he is all for the government having the power to detain people indefinitely without trial or any access to the judicial system.

Marsha Blackburn and others (such as all three Republicans running for Michigan Attorney General) have spoken out clearly that they think Griswold vs Connecticut (the Supreme Court case that legalized birth control for married couples) was wrongly decided.

Republican Senator Mike Braun of Indiana thinks that the Supreme Court was wrong on contraception, interracial marriage, and same-sex marriage.

Ted Cruz and most Republican politicians are totally on board about censoring any expression regarding racial history or race relations.

The great majority of Republican politicians are in favor of restricting elections so that only Republicans can win.  They are also about throwing out the 2020 election and installing the loser in office.

Every time I hear or read that Republicans "love the Constitution" it makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit.

Every time I hear or read that Republicans "love America" it makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit more.

[SkyDekker 1,465]

Combine that with GOP proposing laws allowing the death penalty for women who have an abortion, laws that allow a rapist to block his victim from getting an abortion, and calling for "socialists" to be detained without any constitutional rights....explain to me again how exactly they are different from the Taliban?

[brenthutch 444]

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/22/blackburn-jackson-define-the-word-woman-00019543

The judge doesn’t even know what a woman is

Edited March 23, 2022 by brenthutch

[SkyDekker 1,465]

3 minutes ago, brenthutch said:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjixv399tz2AhXhmnIEHcuxCkEQtwJ6BAgLEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DvQMbBxsIwqc&usg=AOvVaw0cja_bqr76vEon07Yi0DXZ
 

The judge doesn’t even know what a woman is

And you fell for it hook line and sinker.

[GeorgiaDon 379]

2 hours ago, SkyDekker said:

Combine that with GOP proposing laws allowing the death penalty for women who have an abortion, laws that allow a rapist to block his victim from getting an abortion, ...

Idaho just passed a law that mandates that a woman who becomes pregnant as a result of rape must carry the pregnancy to term, and if she does manage to have an abortion her rapist's family can sue the doctor, taxi driver who brought the woman to the clinic, or anyone else who "facilitates" the abortion for $20,000.  Family values indeed!

Edited March 23, 2022 by GeorgiaDon

[Phil1111 1,149]

3 hours ago, GeorgiaDon said:

Lindsey Graham made it very clear he is all for the government having the power to detain people indefinitely without trial or any access to the judicial system....

Every time I hear or read that Republicans "love America" it makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit more.

Ah the Rule-of-law party!

[billeisele 130]

I've listened to 6 hours of the hearings. Smart, polished, with experience. She knows she will be confirmed thus no stress, all she has to do is not make a big mistake. Some of her answers are concerning. Remember that ACO was blasted over concerns about how she would vote on Obamacare issues. When an issue arose she upheld Obamacare. We'll see how Jackson performs on the court. 

Roll on, there are bigger concerns. 

[brenthutch 444]

Every time a conservative is nominated for the SC the Democrats go into hyperbolic mode.  I remember the Ds assuring us that if John Roberts were to ascend to the Chief Justice the streets would run red with the blood of women getting illegal abortions.  Rinse wash and repeat for Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett. 

[JoeWeber 2,839]

1 hour ago, billeisele said:

I've listened to 6 hours of the hearings. Smart, polished, with experience. She knows she will be confirmed thus no stress, all she has to do is not make a big mistake. Some of her answers are concerning. Remember that ACO was blasted over concerns about how she would vote on Obamacare issues. When an issue arose she upheld Obamacare. We'll see how Jackson performs on the court. 

Roll on, there are bigger concerns. 

Indeed. Of course when you have two votes to one life's a crunchy pickle. 

[JoeWeber 2,839]

1 hour ago, brenthutch said:

Every time a conservative is nominated for the SC the Democrats go into hyperbolic mode.  I remember the Ds assuring us that if John Roberts were to ascend to the Chief Justice the streets would run red with the blood of women getting illegal abortions.  Rinse wash and repeat for Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett. 

Now in all fairness President Obama, and by extension the Democratic Party, were snaked by McConnell refusing to allow a hearing on Garland and then fast tracking Barrett. Gorsuch sits in a stolen seat. He deserved to be skewered. But he wasn't. Really he came off as a thin skinned baby. Screw him. And then, son-of-a-bitch, if they didn't nominate an actual thin skinned baby in Kavanaugh. Barrett, unless you are republican caliber giddy to make a mockery of stare decisis is a freakin' cultist nutter. Maybe you are thrilled to have a justice who believes her husband has the final word (a possible reasonable balance to team Thomas/Ginni) but it makes me uncomfortable. No matter, you currently hold court.

[headoverheels 333]

6 hours ago, JoeWeber said:

Barrett, unless you are republican caliber giddy to make a mockery of stare decisis is a freakin' cultist nutter. 

Well, Biden says he wants the court to look more like America.   Barrett looks like a lot of American nutters I see, so there is that.

[billeisele 130]

8 hours ago, JoeWeber said:

Now in all fairness President Obama, and by extension the Democratic Party, were snaked by McConnell refusing to allow a hearing on Garland and then fast tracking Barrett. Gorsuch sits in a stolen seat. He deserved to be skewered. But he wasn't. Really he came off as a thin skinned baby. Screw him. And then, son-of-a-bitch, if they didn't nominate an actual thin skinned baby in Kavanaugh. Barrett, unless you are republican caliber giddy to make a mockery of stare decisis is a freakin' cultist nutter. Maybe you are thrilled to have a justice who believes her husband has the final word (a possible reasonable balance to team Thomas/Ginni) but it makes me uncomfortable. No matter, you currently hold court.

Always a good read first thing in the morning. Luv the entertaining language - "freakin' cultist nutter" and "crunchy pickle." I thought pickles were supposed to be a little crunchy.?.

IMO What McConnel did was legal but wrong. It only served to increase the animosity between political parties. Both parties have idiots.

On Jackson. Are you concerned about her willingness (at least in one case, and this may be the only one) to ignore the law and rule in a way that she believes is correct? That's what occurred in the Make the Road NY vs. McElween (sp?), case on expedited removal. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals firmly struck down her ruling. They wrote, "There could hardly be a more definitive expression of Congressional intent ...." The issue being discussed is activism from the bench. I want judges to follow the law. In this case she choose to ignore the law. That's concerning.

 

 

[Phil1111 1,149]

43 minutes ago, billeisele said:

Always a good read first thing in the morning..... I want judges to follow the law. In this case she choose to ignore the law. That's concerning....

The law is a horse's ass.

In the last few years there has been a flood of laws emanating from mostly republican states. Anti-gay, anti-abortion, pro-gun rights, etc. All with the sole intent to throw red meat to the base.

In case after case courts have struck them down.

Thats concerning.

[wmw999 2,548]

The overturning was 2-1, so that indicates that one of the appellate judges thought it should stand. That a ruling was overruled doesn’t disqualify a judge, especially if it wasn’t unanimous

Wendy P. 

[brenthutch 444]

4 minutes ago, Phil1111 said:

The law is a horse's ass.

In the last few years there has been a flood of laws emanating from mostly republican states. Anti-gay, anti-abortion, pro-gun rights, etc. All with the sole intent to throw red meat to the base.

In case after case courts have struck them down.

Thats concerning.

It’s concerning you think the rule of law is concerning.  

[BIGUN 1,424]

54 minutes ago, billeisele said:

The issue being discussed is activism from the bench. I want judges to follow the law.

Then how do you feel about her rulings against the democratic side on immigration?

 

 

[brenthutch 444]

https://babylonbee.com/news/do-you-know-more-about-basic-human-biology-than-bidens-scotus-nominee-take-the-simple-one-question-quiz
 

Quiz time!

[brenthutch 444]

12 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

Then how do you feel about her rulings against the democratic side on immigration?

 

 

The Democrat side is not the law