Welcome to an eight member Court Edit: scotus 2022: in a 6-2 decision
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 18:07 |
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# ? Apr 18, 2024 02:02 |
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Let's see if Biden actually gets to seat someone.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 18:10 |
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Crows Turn Off posted:Let's see if Biden actually gets to seat someone. Can’t wait for Sinema to vote no for no reason at all. Or for Manchin to vote no because of lack of bipartisan support for the nominee.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 18:16 |
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morothar posted:Can’t wait for Sinema to vote no for no reason at all. The question isn't "will one of them do it" it's "which rear end in a top hat will be first to say no."
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 18:18 |
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Saw elsewhere on this site rather than from any official source, so take it with a grain of salt, that he's planning to retire at the end of the court term which would be late summer, which if true means that the confirmation process would happen during the peak of midterm season.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 18:20 |
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morothar posted:Can’t wait for Sinema to vote no for no reason at all. oh my god can't wait for the takes "nominating judges on a party line vote is Trumpian, they go low, we go high"
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 18:21 |
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Maybe they'll compromise on a "moderate", in the spirit of bipartisanship to try and get some GOP votes. Say hello to Justice Rudy Giuliani!
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 18:33 |
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Are you ready for the fun part? Because here comes the fun part!
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 18:34 |
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Congrats to Justice Kamala Harris
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 18:40 |
Wait a minute aw gently caress What senate seats are up this time? Goddamnit we are gonna get hosed again
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 18:45 |
Chaos option: he appoints kamala then can't get a replacement vp past congress
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 18:45 |
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mdemone posted:Wait a minute aw gently caress News says end of term, so he should be replaced before midterms unless Sinema/Manchin fucks it up https://twitter.com/Ed_Demaria/status/1486382608116293634
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 18:56 |
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Piell posted:unless Sinema/Manchin fucks it up Well....we're screwed.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 18:58 |
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Is there any way that the appointment isn't Ketanji Brown Jackson? I guess if Manchin/Sinema refuse to vote for her?
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 19:00 |
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Capped posted:Is there any way that the appointment isn't Ketanji Brown Jackson? I guess if Manchin/Sinema refuse to vote for her? The other name floated in this article is Leondra Kruger https://twitter.com/nprpolitics/status/1486392267313225728
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 19:01 |
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It needs to be someone who can be on the court for 30 years.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 19:03 |
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Crows Turn Off posted:It needs to be someone who can be on the court for 30 years. Jackson is 51 and Kruger is 45
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 19:05 |
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I don’t know why this fills me with dread. The die was cast long ago and we’re just careening through the first serious consequences that have been determined by those earlier events.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 19:16 |
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You'll have been screaming for him to retire since Jan 20th of last year. Don't complain now that you've got your wish. Personally, I wish him a long and happy retirement.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 19:19 |
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haveblue posted:The other name floated in this article is Leondra Kruger Jackson clerked for Breyer, its almost certainly her
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 19:20 |
ilkhan posted:You'll have been screaming for him to retire since Jan 20th of last year. Don't complain now that you've got your wish. I mean, yes, but also, yikes
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 19:21 |
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The die was cast when Turtlefuck denied Obama and got his conservative majority 5v4 for the next 20+ years. Even if Biden can seat someone (unlikely) it will still be a 6v3 for 30+ years on anything that matters. This kind of is why this thread is pretty doom and gloom as of the last year.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 19:24 |
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ilkhan posted:You'll have been screaming for him to retire since Jan 20th of last year. Don't complain now that you've got your wish.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 19:30 |
VitalSigns posted:Speak for yourself, I've been screaming at him to retire since 1996 quote:Prior to 2006,[5] Breyers was known for producing ice cream with a small number of all-natural ingredients.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 19:37 |
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jeeves posted:The die was cast when Turtlefuck denied Obama and got his conservative majority 5v4 for the next 20+ years. Howeverrrr, McConnell has absolutely politicized the Court, and it will likely become the norm for justices 75+ (or having a history of health issues) to retire once their party is in the White House to be replaced by a 40-year-old, so optimistically we might have a 4-5 split at some point.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 19:44 |
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I mean, yes, but also, yikes It’s Ilkhan. Pants Donkey posted:Thomas is 73 and Alito is 71; Scalia died in his late 70s so 30+ years might be a bit overstating it. Getting a remotely sane appointment ever again will require simultaneous control of the White House and senate. 4-5 requires that AND an unexpected conservative vacancy, extremely unlikely anytime in the near or medium future. Stickman fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Jan 26, 2022 |
# ? Jan 26, 2022 19:46 |
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Pants Donkey posted:Thomas is 73 and Alito is 71; Scalia died in his late 70s so 30+ years might be a bit overstating it. It's also become the norm to use procedural fuckery to prevent the other party from executing nominations. And when you combine that with the projected balance of the Senate for the next 30+ years, that 6-3 majority looks pretty stable
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 19:48 |
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Plus they have the best non-billionaire healthcare in the country until the actually country collapses.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 19:49 |
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I see Breyer's replacement making it through the senate 50+Harris, whether Manchin/Sinema/Murky/Romney helps or not.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 21:11 |
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I don’t see why the stops have to come out for a Breyer replacement. 6-3 is still 6-3 and a nice quiet appointment takes the heat off of the conservatives while they continue Leo Leonard’s policy agenda.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 21:14 |
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Is there a writeup anywhere of the likely choices? I know somebody has done one.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 21:15 |
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Proust Malone posted:I don’t see why the stops have to come out for a Breyer replacement. 6-3 is still 6-3 and a nice quiet appointment takes the heat off of the conservatives while they continue Leo Leonard’s policy agenda. Because 6-3 is not 7-2. Which could then become 8-1 and ultimately 9-0. If you think McConnell wouldn't pull the trigger himself to ensure a 9-0 conservative SCOTUS you haven't been paying attention.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 21:29 |
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Just a reminder that it’s absolute political malpractice to appoint someone over the age of 30 if you are Joe Biden.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 21:35 |
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SCOTUS 2022: Rejoice, No More SGB Health Scares
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 21:36 |
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Evil Fluffy posted:Because 6-3 is not 7-2. Which could then become 8-1 and ultimately 9-0. If you think McConnell wouldn't pull the trigger himself to ensure a 9-0 conservative SCOTUS you haven't been paying attention. That is true of McConnell, but Collins and Romney and the like, let alone Manchin or Sinema, are not gonna stick their necks out to oppose a reasonable Biden pick when they've already solidly won the court.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 21:36 |
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I know this was semi-off topic, but thanks for posting it. Breyers was my favorite ice cream for years, but I went for about a decade-and-a-half without it, had some the other day and went WTF this tastes like Hood. This explains it. On topic, what's the Vegas over-under on Biden getting a nominee seated?
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 21:36 |
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Papercut posted:That is true of McConnell, but Collins and Romney and the like, let alone Manchin or Sinema, are not gonna stick their necks out to oppose a reasonable Biden pick when they've already solidly won the court. Especially if seating Breyer's replacement is the only move the Democrats plan to make. Knowing them, it probably will be because Democrats will think it's not "fair" to push any further.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 21:39 |
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Proust Malone posted:I don’t see why the stops have to come out for a Breyer replacement. 6-3 is still 6-3 and a nice quiet appointment takes the heat off of the conservatives while they continue Leo Leonard’s policy agenda. It’s just another front in the endless culture war where reactionaries gain victory by owning the libs.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 21:40 |
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Functionally 6-3 isn’t much different than 7-2 but I’m glad that Breyer finally gave into the cyber bullying campaign
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 21:42 |
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# ? Apr 18, 2024 02:02 |
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Stickman posted:It’s Ilkhan.
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# ? Jan 26, 2022 22:21 |