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Gorsuch to be on the Supreme Court by midnight Friday

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  • oregonblitzkrieg
    oregonblitzkrieg Member Posts: 15,288
    Good if true. Then the travel ban will be enacted and those little activist judges will be rendered impotent.
  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    I'm actually pleasantly surprised the democrats grew a spine and put up a resistance.

    Good to hear Lindsey graham and john McCain are cool with nuclear after whining about the senate traditions for 8 years.
  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913
    Helps Gorsuch.
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,715 Founders Club
    The democrats played checkers, the GOP chess. They need the nuke option for the next two. By acting like retards the democrats can be painted as against everyone anyway so who cares if we nuke the filibuster.

    Lots of supremes get less than 60 votes.
  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    edited April 2017

    The democrats played checkers, the GOP chess. They need the nuke option for the next two. By acting like retards the democrats can be painted as against everyone anyway so who cares if we nuke the filibuster.

    Lots of supremes get less than 60 votes.

    there's some projection right there.

    Agree. it's time for the democrats and republicans to not be on two different playing fields. this was a decent start
  • priapism
    priapism Member Posts: 2,295
    Get your abortions by Thurs night.
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,715 Founders Club
    Thank you Cher

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  • greenblood
    greenblood Member Posts: 14,559
    edited April 2017

    The democrats played checkers, the GOP chess. They need the nuke option for the next two. By acting like retards the democrats can be painted as against everyone anyway so who cares if we nuke the filibuster.

    Lots of supremes get less than 60 votes.

    It's more like the republicans are playing checkers and the democrats are eating paste.

    It got the republicans what they wanted right now. But now the democrats can do the same thing when they're in power. It's short sighted. If you put up a different conservative judge and then play the 'they're not going to confirm anyone we have to do this" card I think the dems would have folded.
    The timing of this really hurts democrats, because the balance of power isn't going to change for another 20 years. That is unless they Scalia a couple of conservative supreme court justices in the next few years...
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,715 Founders Club

    The democrats played checkers, the GOP chess. They need the nuke option for the next two. By acting like retards the democrats can be painted as against everyone anyway so who cares if we nuke the filibuster.

    Lots of supremes get less than 60 votes.

    It's more like the republicans are playing checkers and the democrats are eating paste.

    It got the republicans what they wanted right now. But now the democrats can do the same thing when they're in power. It's short sighted. If you put up a different conservative judge and then play the 'they're not going to confirm anyone we have to do this" card I think the dems would have folded.
    Up vote for eating paste

    I would have agreed more but I heard today that Ruth Ginsburg got 97 votes despite being much further left than Gorusch is right. The GOP thought the president should get his nominee despite not liking her.

    I think Gorusch is a good hill to die on for the GOP. The opposition to him was retarded. Its good cover.

    From now on there is no filibuster and 51 votes and your in. Clarence Thomas got 52. I can live with out the filibuster.
  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326

    Enticing the GOP to go nuclear just gave the GOP a "golden ticket" for the next nominee. It seems like the democrats are hedging their bet that Ginsburg is alive in 3 1/2 years. Considering she's 84, I'm thinking the law of averages will probably hit her sooner than that. The GOP in essence will control the supreme court for the next 20 years.

    el oh el.

    the GOP would have happily done this the second time around. believing otherwise is democraticpartyfs
  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,662
    I can't imagine the amount of liberal crying.
  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326

    The democrats played checkers, the GOP chess. They need the nuke option for the next two. By acting like retards the democrats can be painted as against everyone anyway so who cares if we nuke the filibuster.

    Lots of supremes get less than 60 votes.

    It's more like the republicans are playing checkers and the democrats are eating paste.

    It got the republicans what they wanted right now. But now the democrats can do the same thing when they're in power. It's short sighted. If you put up a different conservative judge and then play the 'they're not going to confirm anyone we have to do this" card I think the dems would have folded.
    Up vote for eating paste

    I would have agreed more but I heard today that Ruth Ginsburg got 97 votes despite being much further left than Gorusch is right. The GOP thought the president should get his nominee despite not liking her.

    I think Gorusch is a good hill to die on for the GOP. The opposition to him was retarded. Its good cover.

    From now on there is no filibuster and 51 votes and your in. Clarence Thomas got 52. I can live with out the filibuster.
    that is crazy
  • LebamDawg
    LebamDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,782 Swaye's Wigwam
    With a justice nominee only needing 51 votes and not the 60, asses and elephants do not need to agree anymore (like they do now?). A life time assignment with 51 votes will shorten the life span of the 9 members. Every 4 years or 8 years we could have a new court. #blackrobedlivesmatter
  • allpurpleallgold
    allpurpleallgold Member Posts: 8,771

    Enticing the GOP to go nuclear just gave the GOP a "golden ticket" for the next nominee. It seems like the democrats are hedging their bet that Ginsburg is alive in 3 1/2 years. Considering she's 84, I'm thinking the law of averages will probably hit her sooner than that. The GOP in essence will control the supreme court for the next 20 years.

    This a great point. I think both sides are gambling on this. If she goes the year before the next presidential election the democrats would have actually been in a great position with the filibuster and it would have been a really bad look right before an election for republicans to get rid of it then. Maybe they are playing chess.
  • Intersectional_Dawg
    Intersectional_Dawg Member Posts: 524

    Good if true. Then the travel ban will be enacted and those little activist judges will be rendered impotent.

    I expect you'll say out the other end that this isn't about partisanship.
  • Intersectional_Dawg
    Intersectional_Dawg Member Posts: 524
    The court was broken even before the Republicans broke precedent and didn't give Garland a hearing.

    It's time for direct, non-partisan elections to the bench.
  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326

    Good if true. Then the travel ban will be enacted and those little activist judges will be rendered impotent.

    those conservative judges who broke our democracy by throwing out the voting rights act and 100 years of campaign finance law are in no way "activist"
  • 2001400ex
    2001400ex Member Posts: 29,457
    Shouldn't judges be non partisan and rule by the Constitution rather than by politics?
  • oregonblitzkrieg
    oregonblitzkrieg Member Posts: 15,288
    Ginsburg is revolting, the sooner she croaks the better. I won't be flying any flags at half mast for that bitch.
  • dflea
    dflea Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,287 Swaye's Wigwam

    Ginsburg is revolting, the sooner she croaks the better. I won't be flying any flags at half mast for that bitch.

    lol

    Ironic.
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,715 Founders Club
    AZDuck said:

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    Winners win