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Trump says he will move ‘without delay’ to fill Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat

Discussion in 'Current Events' started by Talon, Sep 19, 2020.

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  1. Distraff

    Distraff Well-Known Member

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    I don't actually mind the Supreme Court being controlled by conservatives because liberals and moderate are sure to be dominating American politics in the next few decades thanks to demographic shifts.

    Back in 2016 McConnell and Trump claimed that if a Justice needs to be appointed on election year, that the people decide the president who will do this. Now they don't believe this anymore when the tables have turned?

    So basically this was a lie and the GOP just didn't want anybody nominated by a democratic president.

    This is a dangerous precedent and will result in the senate outright refusing the nominate Supreme Court justices half the time. Also we might even see the democrats add a couple Supreme Court justices to balance things out.
     
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    Distraff, Sep 19, 2020
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  2. HTownMarine

    HTownMarine Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Make it a woman or a black dude, wait for Democrats to go insane and drag said person through the mud...

    Turn it into a political ad.

    Win/win.
     
    HTownMarine, Sep 19, 2020
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  3. AmericanNationalist

    AmericanNationalist Well-Known Member

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    Or a black female conservative justice. That would really spin heads.
     
    AmericanNationalist, Sep 20, 2020
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    modernpaladin Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    What is a 'moderate' in the context of interpretting the Constitution?

    I hope he nominates a literalist.
     
    modernpaladin, Sep 20, 2020
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    Takes Republican Senate 2 months to even look at drafting a bill for the American people but 2 hours to get ready to fill a supreme court vacancy.... Tells you everything you need to know
     
    TurnerAshby, Sep 20, 2020
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    the president will nominate the best person for the job and she’ll get it
     
    struth, Sep 20, 2020
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    God bless President Trump..
     
    ButterBalls, Sep 20, 2020
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    Hahaha! Trump gets another SCOTUS pick......ah, the winning!
     
    doombug, Sep 20, 2020
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    Yeah that's a good call. I guess the justice would get through but it would a tough 4 yrs for Trump. We will know in just over 6 wks
     
    mdrobster, Sep 20, 2020
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  10. Vote4Future

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    in 2016, when a lame-duck President Obama tabbed Merrick Garland to replace the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, Democratic leaders had no problem with the move. And neither did Ginsburg.

    "There's nothing in the Constitution that says the president stops being the president in his last year," Ginsburg said in a 2016 New York Times interview in which she called for Garland to receive a confirmation vote in the Senate.

    As for whether the Senate should take up a vote on Garland, Ginsburg said at the time, "That's their job."
     
    Vote4Future, Sep 20, 2020
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  11. Talon

    Talon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Indeed, Obama did submit a nominee - as he was entitled to do - and Senator Schumer (Hypocrite-NY) demanded a vote on Garland's nomination.

    Evidently, Schumer supports judicial chaos in 2020 after he opposed it in 2016.
     
    Talon, Sep 21, 2020
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    Talon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Talon, Sep 21, 2020
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    He did nominate a moderate . . . named Kavenaugh . . . and look what the Left did to him.
     
    Gatewood, Sep 21, 2020
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