Barrett SCOTUS Hearing Day 2: First Round Of Questioning | Talking Points Memo

Hey, Amy, does the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the Constitution apply only to direct cash payments to a president or would it also apply to payments laundered through the front desks of that president’s hotels and clubs? Yes or no.

Has anyone asked that yet?

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I wish one of the Senators would speak directly to her children. Since they are being used as props why not ask a question? How do you feel about your mother taking away health care from other kids?

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I am quite certain they have all been indoctrinated into good little Stepford children.

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Unfortunately, Republicans still haven’t come up with any kind of replacement if the legislation they so detest gets dismantled and millions lose coverage.

Republicans have made their position on health care abundantly clear: you can have it if you can afford it.
If not, you’re shit out of luck.
That they won’t say it in so many words is about the popularity of their position and its impact on their electoral prospects.

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She’s going to be on the court for a long time? They will grow up and maybe the adopted ones will lead.

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Amy Covid Barrett won’t say delaying the election is unconstitutional?! Insanity to pretend one is a “strict constructionist” while ignoring actual text of the Constitution!

Amy is a bad, bad egg.

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Over the weekend we wrote our senators that we were going to vote against them if they voted to confirm Barret…oops!!! We didn’t give them a chance for that to sink in,

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Barrett said she gave no pre-commitments, nor was she asked by the executive branch to make any pre-commitments,

How about the husband? All the arrangements were done with the husband, she only gets to obey.

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That is true.

Two interesting things:

  1. I found Amy Klobuchar’s speech and was impressed. She spoke of the importance of and vulnerability of ACA.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_NXdV0ZJ0Q
  2. I don’t think Amy even spoke the name of Amy Barrett. AND a number of other Dems are making this more about ACA than about Amy Barrett. No wonder the GOP is blowing fuses because it’s airing ACA loss implications and the majority of voters want to keep ACA. Although dealt a bad hand (vote numbers) IMO the Dems are playing it as well as can be expected.
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Listening to Coney-Barratt speaking now. She’s got a really strange voice: nasal, thin, almost child-like. It seems hard to visualize her as a college lecturer.

The content of what she’s saying is, of course, irrelevant. As a “conservative” (read: reactionary), she’ll say anything it takes to seal the deal.

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What a stellar court this will be with the handmaiden and the drunk. I’ll bet they won’t get along.

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The fix is in. She intends to coronate Trump.

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I’ve said before - it sounds like she’s inhaled helium before speaking. I cannot imagine the other eight justices are looking forward to hearing THAT for the next who knows how long…

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The production quality of senators appearing remotely is atrocious - audio and video. Same problem yesterday. Is this graham at work

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Or they can go with the Originalist healthcare plan:

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Kamala’s audio was hideous yesterday. I find it hard to believe that she would have a poor Zoom set up.

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Win the Presidency, the Senate, and the House. Write the law.

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Please stop the legal questions and ask personal ones. Start with why didn’t you and your children not wear masks at the White House? Did the Trump people tell you not to? Vermonters should be more direct. Too many lawyers.

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Trump declared that her appointment to the Court will guarantee that both the ACA and Roe will be struck down. He also stated the need to fill the position quickly due to his intent to challenge the election in the S.C. Her response to the recusal question is b.s.

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I think she was in her senate office and assume senate techies set this up. Had to feed into hearing room as set up by same techies.

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