Discussion for article #245995
“My feelings and opinions are as important as your facts.”
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We have a 200+ year precedence of Stare Decisis, yet Alberta Rafael wants the Suprme Court to overturn Roe.
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Dickerson interrupted and reminded him that Justice Kennedy was actually confirmed in 1988. Cruz interjected that it was 1987.
“That’s the question, is it appointing or confirming?” Dickerson said.
"In this case it’s both. If I could finish–" Cruz said.
On November 30, 1987, Kennedy was nominated to the Supreme Court seat that had been vacated by Lewis F. Powell, Jr… His nomination came after Reagan’s failed nominations of Robert Bork, who was rejected by the Senate, and Douglas Ginsburg
The United States Senate confirmed him on February 3, 1988, by a vote of 97 to 0, Kennedy received his commission on February 11, 1988.
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Teddy has never been one to let reality undermine his fact-devoid rhetoric, and anyone with the temerity to challenge him is clearly an unpatriotic heretic.
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Pesky questions from pesky moderator got in the way of a perfect good infomercial
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Cruz repeated Grassley’s line and got burned (or should seriously get burned). Grassley was mistaken (given Kennedy) and misleading, since it was not so much consensus as happenstance. Fortas would have been voted on during an election year but for the implosion of his nomination (assuming no filibuster). Justices were careful to try not to retire during election years (this was explicitly advised by Byron White), so it didn’t much come up. By contrast, there is a “sense of the Senate” resolution against recess appointments.
Scalia retired in a really big way. I asked him to leave the Court, not Earth. Oh, well.
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Obama should nominate someone first thing Monday morning, then use executive action to deny the Senate their salary if they obstruct. What are they going to do? Take the case to the Supreme Court?
Just kidding. First, he probably couldn’t do this. Plus the PR benefits of having a nominee twist in the wind for partisan political purposes would be devastating to the Republicans-not only for the Presidency, but also for holding the Senate.
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We are Republican voters! WE DO NOT COTTON TO FACTS!!! BOOOOOO!!!
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I’m not getting who the audience was booing. Cruz for being an ass again or Dickerson for holding Cruz feet to the fire?
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Dickerson seems to be making a habit of this. He might be a closet journalist!
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Roberts mentioned Stare Decisis multiple times during his confirmation hearing. Then quickly forgot what it meant once on the bench.
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Why aren’t justices careful not to die during election years?
These Republican audiences don’t want these candidates to work off any objective reality or established facts. They like the fiction they’ve created in their own minds so much more. They also want someone they can cheer and boo whenever the mood suits them, and if that means their candidate lies, well then, all the better as far as their concerned. Its like one big tRump and Cruz rally combined…more like a Crump rally . Honestly, Republican audiences as a whole are as rude, immature and peevish as their candidates. Demonstrating respect for the process has never been big in Republican debates for some time now.
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That’s some creative thinking there. I like the way you came up with that. There may be some things he can get done now along those lines come to think about it, that can only be challenged by taking a case to the Supreme Court. That would be awesome to see that happen…or not happen as the case may be, as a result of Republican intransigency.
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Silly Moderator! Facts are for Dems.
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Facts schmacts. We don’t need none of your fancy book lernin’
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FIFY
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Boooooooooooo!
(Just keeping alive the Republican response to facts.)
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