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On February 8, The Supreme Court will hear Trump’s appeal of Colorado’s ruling barring him from the primary ballot. Discuss.
And it will end up being a five plus one to three decision. (Or maybe a four plus two to three split. That’s if Alito and Thomas go to town on the Colorado Supreme Court and show their true colors while the three Trump appointees show some modicum of restraint and thereby entice John Roberts to go with them.)
Once again, thank you, Ralph Nader, Jill Stein, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
And a big thanks to Leonard Leo, the Federalist Society, Mitch McConnell, the thankfully-dead Nino "the world is 6000 years-old" Scalia and Ronald Reagan, among other right-wing kakistocrats. Would be a good time to curb much federal court jurisdiction, including SCOTUS's.
Yes, let's not forget those other assholes, too!
A special thank you to Obama and the Dems for letting Garland's appointment lapse without a fight
What sort of "fight" would have been worthwhile, in your view?
And do you have ANY experience on either side of an executive/legislative relationship at a state or federal level to guide your judgment?
An appeal to authority? Really?
The only thing Obama could have tried – and he probably should have but it would have only been a short-term solution – was a recess appointment.
But once Trump won the 2016 election, he would have gotten to select a permanent replacement for Scalia.
What Ginsberg did in not stepping down in 2013 was unforegiveable. Did ashe really believe – with multiple cancer diagnoses – that she was immortal?
RBG’s ego was inexcusable and costly.
Obama’s mistakes were indeed procedural in terms of declining to do a recess appointment; which was one of numerous dumb or disappointing political decisions from the admin from start to end with that process.
Check your congressional calendars. The Senate doesn't "recess" anymore, and certainly doesn't when the majority is the opposite party as the President. SCOTUSblog put it this way:
The bottom line is Obama and his apologists got busy telling the rest of the nation what they couldn’t do and wouldn’t do. And they basically did nothing. This is the opposite of fighting, and is an intensely weird take on how to do politics.
Still haven't said what the alt-Obama could have done to "fight" …
While the Republican House desperately seeks evidence with which to impeach Biden, they gleefully turn a blind eye to the other case staring them in the face. As we all know IOKIYAR.
Here's the cartoon I posted earlier. However, editing a comment with an embedded image causes it to become corrupted. Something with the editor, it seems.
Welp so much for McCorkle in CD 4
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/colorado/news/colorado-democratic-candidate-ike-mcccorkle-arrested-protection-order-violation/
That's disappointing. It does explain why "The Last Word", hosted by Jonathan Capehart, interviewed some unknown Democrat instead of McCorkle, in their feature on Boebert's opponent in CD3.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/boebert-s-carpetbagging-is-opportunistic-disingenuous-says-dem-challenger-201463365718
pretty innocuous "violation." Stupid that he didn't go through an attorney or mediator.
Yup.
People save up stupidity all year long, just to spend it on New Year’s Eve, before it expires.
This may actually help him in the general election. Remember, there are a lot of angry older, white, male, presumptively heterosexual, non-college educated voters in CD 4 who will hear the term "protection order" and think that this guy is getting fucked over by the Woke Deep State.
did I hear right, that boobs boebert beat up her X hubby? yep…family values…
https://www.thedailybeast.com/lauren-boeberts-ex-husband-jayson-called-the-cops-after-physical-fight-in-public#:~:text=the%20aide%20relayed.-,As%20Lauren%20Boebert%20described%20it%2C%20the%20aide%20said%2C%20she%20tried,punches%20on%20her%20ex's%20nose.
Or if that link does not work for you: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12935823/Lauren-Boebert-cops-FIGHTING-restaurant.html
better link
https://www.thedailybeast.com/lauren-boeberts-ex-husband-jayson-called-the-cops-after-physical-fight-in-public
when you post a link, please remove the unnecessary crap
Got it. My bad. Thanks Dave.
I am of a mind to think Fox News and it's denizens should be held accountable for lying to Americans as a policy. Republicans, in massive numbers, believe totally false and easily debunked information. Fox, Newsmax, and every media outlet that repeats the lies of the Christian right are culpable in the spreading of subversive information.
The " Insurrection Media" is no less guilty of sedition than Trump himself.