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Just got a news alert that Trump's about to announce his SCOTUS pick. I'm going to keep listening to Converge and drinking boxed wine; looking forward to reading posts here that will let me know if I'll be able to own an AR-15 in DC at the expense of my partner's reproductive rights. ~.~.~.thankzzz~.~.~
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Pittsburgh news media was reporting earlier that Hardiman had posted on his Twitter bio that he was a SCOTUS nominee. I'll try to dig up the thing in a sec.
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Feb 1, 2017 02:00
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Also don't watch the announcement. Don't give him the ratings satisfaction. It's not like it won't be 30 minutes of cockteasing anyways and be all over every news outlet the moment it is announced.
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Feb 1, 2017 02:02
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What's with applause bullshit? edit; He went with Gorsich
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Feb 1, 2017 02:04
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Oh goody, another Scalia
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Feb 1, 2017 02:08
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Dude is 49 years old.
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Feb 1, 2017 02:18
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gorsuch How many Dems are willing to die to hold this hill?
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Feb 1, 2017 02:19
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MRC48B posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gorsuch Probably the same number of people in this thread who would reenlist/recommission today.
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Feb 1, 2017 02:22
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MRC48B posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gorsuch They're not going to hold any hill because the Democratic party is packed to the gills with spineless centrists who think bipartisanship is the greatest thing ever
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Feb 1, 2017 02:23
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While I get that the sitting Supreme Court Justices on the left side of the aisle want to keep doing what they're doing for as long as they believe themselves capable, it's hard not to hate those over loving 75 for not resigning during Obama's time in office. Admin should also have raised more of a fuss about GOP-controlled Congress shirking its duty to consider the president's nominee for blatantly political reasons. At this point, I wouldn't blame the Dems for responding in kind for Trump's nomination... it would accelerate the country's descent further toward full-blown crisis, but it's difficult to see anything having a chance of being resolved without fundamental upheaval in the way our government works. With half the voting public still strong behind the GOP despite their deliberate and overt efforts to destroy our institutions, it's hard to see that upheaval being painless—nor is it a forgone conclusion the outcome will be positive. Here's hoping voters come to their senses by the midterms and flip Congress. I won't hold my breath.
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Feb 1, 2017 02:40
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For the record, I was basing my thought that Gorsuch might be better on him being more consistent in his principles and prior jurisprudence. I'm not really an expert on either him or Hardiman, though.
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Feb 1, 2017 02:43
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I don't know anything about either of them, but them being on Trump's short list tells me they're both probably poo poo.
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Feb 1, 2017 02:44
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facialimpediment posted:This video at 0:15 is very, very scary and not just because Trump's in it. Was Reagan this bad while he was in?
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Feb 1, 2017 02:48
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lol this Blumenthal guy is a democrat? https://twitter.com/thetomzone/status/826606789630316544
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Feb 1, 2017 02:49
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Block any SC nominee who isn't Merrick Garland imo.
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Feb 1, 2017 02:50
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Kuroyama posted:Was Reagan this bad while he was in? I'm old enough to remember: Towards the end, yeah he was bad/a lil worse. That being said: Reagan was not this overtly gross right off the goddamn bat.
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Feb 1, 2017 02:51
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Hot Karl Marx posted:lol this Blumenthal guy is a democrat? yeah hes from CT, and normally not a bad dude. idk wtf this is
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Feb 1, 2017 02:51
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lol you guys are so going nazi germany and i feel like poland, gently caress at least we have a giant (cold) wasteland to hide out in
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Feb 1, 2017 02:53
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ahhquote:Republicans could retaliate by using the so-called "nuclear option" to lower the threshold to break a filibuster of a Supreme Court pick from 60 to 51 and easily fill this vacancy and others to come. In 2013, Democrats used the nuclear option over the objection of Republicans when they lowered the threshold to break filibusters for executive branch appointments and all other judicial nominations except the Supreme Court. dems are scared of this and weighing fighting this battle or waiting for the next big one
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Godholio posted:I don't know anything about either of them, but them being on Trump's short list tells me they're both probably poo poo. Oh neither of them are GOOD, I'm just like, which one is likely to cause less fundamental damage to the structure of the court? Which one is more likely to be a consistent JUDGE as opposed to a blatantly partisan hack? And while I hate everything he stands for I think it's Gorsich over Hardiman in that metric.
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Feb 1, 2017 02:57
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:yeah hes from CT, and normally not a bad dude. idk wtf this is edit: This is what I was hoping for with the Senate confirmations. Warren et al voted for Carson maybe with the thought they would get someone to cross the aisle against DeVos but lol nope shyduck fucked around with this message at 03:07 on Feb 1, 2017 |
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Feb 1, 2017 03:00
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I hope the nuclear option actually involves nukes
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Feb 1, 2017 03:01
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shyduck posted:I hope the nuclear option actually involves nukes It's really what we deserve as a species.
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Redeye Flight posted:Oh neither of them are GOOD, I'm just like, which one is likely to cause less fundamental damage to the structure of the court? Which one is more likely to be a consistent JUDGE as opposed to a blatantly partisan hack? And while I hate everything he stands for I think it's Gorsich over Hardiman in that metric. I think Gorsuch will be more ideologically consistent, which is bad. Hardiman grew up blue collar, is married to an active dem and travels in both circles. On the other hand, Gorsuch doesn't like EOs or deferring to federal agencies - which would be helpful now, IF he could be ideologically neutral about it.
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Feb 1, 2017 03:11
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Scalia hated expanding federal authority unless it was for his pet cause, too
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Feb 1, 2017 03:15
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oh for gently caress's sake Jerry Falwell Jr. Says He Will Lead Federal Task Force on Higher-Ed Policy  Edit: oh I was beaten, welp! Beeb fucked around with this message at 03:32 on Feb 1, 2017 |
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Feb 1, 2017 03:23
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https://twitter.com/RepMarkTakano/status/826600879432282112 This is some quality snark
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Feb 1, 2017 03:24
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First death directly caused by the muslim ban? http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/232856168-story
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Feb 1, 2017 03:31
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shyduck posted:This is some quality snark My favorite: https://twitter.com/GuyEndoreKaiser/status/826602570995032064
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Feb 1, 2017 03:31
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SperginMcBadposter posted:First death directly caused by the muslim ban? I can't wait to go to work tomorrow.
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Feb 1, 2017 03:33
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Gottammit!
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Feb 1, 2017 03:40
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What really worries me is that he's 49 years old. We're looking at 40+ years of him being on the SC. At this point though I'm glad he didn't nominate a literal loving nazi.
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SperginMcBadposter posted:First death directly caused by the muslim ban?  There's a Muslim girl in the class I'm taking and I flagged her down after class and said that no matter what happens I have her back. She looked like she was about to burst into tears, said thank you and gave me a hug 
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Reverand maynard posted:What really worries me is that he's 49 years old. We're looking at 40+ years of him being on the SC. I think the Dems need to get over themselves being butthurt about Merrick and okay this guy. He's probably heads and shoulders above the next guy Trumpf will toss in, and I smell the judge-genes of Anthony Kennedy and.... Whizzer White ffs? How old was Gorsuch when he clerked for that guy? 5? I thought he retired decades ago...
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Feb 1, 2017 04:07
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Can someone give me a real quick pros/cons and stance issue on the SC nominee? The first con is that he is a Trump Choice.
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Feb 1, 2017 04:10
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Apparently there was a protest at school today in support of the 10 affected students from out campus. I'd probably have gone had I known.
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Feb 1, 2017 04:10
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MRC48B posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gorsuch quote:In 2002, Gorsuch penned an op-ed criticizing the Senate for delaying the nomination of Merrick Garland to the DC Court of Appeals, writing that "the most impressive judicial nominees are grossly mistreated".
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bulletsponge13 posted:Can someone give me a real quick pros/cons and stance issue on the SC nominee? Dude lives in Boulder. Home of killer weed and every gender studies major in Colorado. Secret Liberal?
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lmao http://www.ksla.com/story/34384941/neighbors-concerned-by-hanging-trump-effigy bulletsponge13 posted:Can someone give me a real quick pros/cons and stance issue on the SC nominee? pros
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How about some news from Afghanistan! https://twitter.com/nytpolitics/status/826592168399745025 quote:KABUL, Afghanistan — American airstrikes hit Taliban positions in an embattled district of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday after the militants tunneled under an army post and set off explosives, causing heavy casualties, Afghan officials said.
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