Dial-a-Dog posted:

redneck nazgul posted:

I too am worried about the damage that <insert caliber of firearm Trump's tiny hands can hold> will do to a grown adult.

redneck nazgul posted:

I do want to see whatever DoJ attorney they have up there trying to argue the case, though.

It's like the one moment that I wish Scalia was still alive just because of how that oral argument would proceed.

No Safe Word posted:

It's almost always the Solicitor General I think, right?

Which doesn't exist right now I don't think

redneck nazgul posted:

Rumors are saying that Kellyanne Conway's husband might get the nod.

Deathy McDeath posted:

YES! Get ready to lose a supreme court challenge within your first year, Donnie

Hillary Clintons Thong posted:

Maybe I'm tripping but that tweet just like got even bigger font, but I don't know twitter very well

TBeats posted:

Oh my god I don't know if this is Michael Bay or Shakespeare.

quote:

Ex-Baylor president Ken Starr reportedly a front-runner for Trump administration position

2 hrs ago

(Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune Herald)
Ken Starr, the former Baylor University president who was ousted last year amid the school's sexual assault scandal and is best known for investigating the sexual activities of President Bill Clinton, is reportedly being considered to lead the Office of International Religious Freedom in the Trump administration.

Foreign Policy reported Thursday that Starr is on the short list for ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, a job in the State Department that promotes freedom of religion and monitors religious persecution around the world.

"It's my understanding that it's his job if he wants it," an individual familiar with the process told the magazine.

It was unclear what interest Starr had in emerging from his forced retirement, which he has been using to write a book about his time at Baylor. Starr has called religious liberty, an issue he tried to tackle while at Baylor, one of his "abiding passions."

Starr did not immediately respond to an email request for comment from The Dallas Morning News on Thursday.

Other candidates could include Johnnie Moore Jr., the former faith adviser to Ben Carson, and Nina Shea, a human rights lawyer at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank, according to Foreign Policy.

Starr served as Baylor's university president from 2010 to 2016, when he was demoted by school regents for mishandling a sexual assault crisis on campus. He later parted ways with the school altogether.

Baylor hired a law firm to investigate its handling of sexual assault in 2015, after two football players were convicted of sexual assault. The law firm, Pepper Hamilton, found widespread problems with how the university responded to sexual violence on campus, including a failure to properly investigate complaints and actions that "could be perceived as victim-blaming."

In addition to Starr, former Baylor football coach Art Briles lost his job and former athletic director Ian McCaw, who now works at Liberty University in Virginia, resigned.

Baylor has said it is reviewing 125 reports of sexual assault or harassment from 2011 to 2015.

School regents estimated last year that 19 football players had been accused of sexual or physical assault since 2011, but a new lawsuit recently alleged that the tally was actually far higher. The suit, based on investigation by lawyers, claimed that 31 football players committed at least 52 "acts of rape" between 2011 and 2014.

Those numbers could not be independently verified, but school officials have said that the Pepper Hamilton investigation was not comprehensive.

Starr, a former judge, appellate lawyer and solicitor general, is a fifth-generation Texan and conservative Christian. He earned a reputation as an aggressive and polarizing figure after his prosecution of Clinton led to the president's impeachment in 1998.

In October, after a "mutually agreed separation" from Baylor, Starr told the student newspaper, The Baylor Lariat, that he was using his free time to focus on his "abiding passions" of education and religious freedom.

"I'm working very hard around the globe on issues of religious liberty for all persons," he said.

redneck nazgul posted:

Hell, I'd be willing to say that Thomas joins the majority out of respect for checks and balances.

Roberts might also join the majority because he has a thing for the legacy of the Court, and being the guy in charge of the Supreme Court that let the executive branch completely nullify the judiciary is probably not on his bucket list.

TBeats posted:

https://twitter.com/dallasnews/status/829828792868823041

I'm 100% absolutely without a doubt the opposite of surprised.

E: for those who have paywall problems:

orange juche posted:

Office of International Religious Freedom...

Seriously what the gently caress business does the US government have sticking its nose into religious business

We are gearing up for the holy war and end times now for sure

Stultus Maximus posted:

Freedom of religion is a basic human right and a fundamental principle of democracy as America defines it. We have as much business as we do in promoting voting rights, gay rights, or women's rights.

redneck nazgul posted:

I too am worried about the damage that <insert caliber of firearm Trump's tiny hands can hold> will do to a grown adult.

"Meanwhile in Idaho posted:

Stoker said in court that he could have sentenced Cody D Herrera to life in prison for raping the 14-year-old girl in 2015. Instead, he sent the 20-year-old to a treatment program run by the Idaho prison system. If Herrera completes the program within a year, he will be placed on probation.

But if he violates the conditions of his probation, Stoker said, he will be sentenced to as much as 15 years in prison.

In handing down his striking judgement last month, Stoker imposed the additional condition of celibacy outside of marriage, and also railed against what he suggested was today’s hook-up culture. He questioned Herrera’s level of remorse and noted the young man’s proclivities – a taste for pornography, an astounding number of partners, and fantasies of sex with a 13-year-old girl.

Stultus Maximus posted:

Freedom of religion is a basic human right and a fundamental principle of democracy as America defines it. We have as much business as we do in promoting voting rights, gay rights, or women's rights.

Hot Karl Marx posted:

I'm getting a grim feeling that even if trump's America doesn't decline into fascism that there will be a lot of violence anyways.

Hillary Clintons Thong posted:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/829836231802515457

A Handed Missus posted:

this could be a line delivered by a president in an 80's action movie

Basically my favorite Trumpy tweet so far.

facialimpediment posted:

https://twitter.com/mviser/status/829839695110668292

LingcodKilla posted:

Starr, for a guy who was very passionate about the president getting a BJ, doesn't think rape is so bad.

Perfect for working with Trump.

orange juche posted:

See, one of these things was in the bible, noone got their dick sucked in the Good Book.

orange juche posted:

See, one of these things was in the bible, noone got their dick sucked in the Good Book.

mlmp08 posted:

It is technically possible that he was referring to the states of Washington and Minnesota.

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

I made this for shits and giggles

orange juche posted:

See, one of these things was in the bible, noone got their dick sucked in the Good Book.

quote:

"Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I took great delight and sat down, and his fruit was sweet to my taste."

quote:

Awake, O north wind, and come, wind of the south; make my garden breathe out fragrance. Let its spices be wafted abroad. May my beloved come into his garden and eat its choice fruits!"

joat mon posted:

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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/829846842150096896