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Post by sooner98 on Jun 27, 2018 22:08:11 GMT -6
BWAHAHAHA, suck it, Chucky! The left's response to today's news has been nothing short of heaven on earth.
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Post by thievingmagpie on Jun 27, 2018 22:17:14 GMT -6
Guess she just forgot to include Native American rights, since they're such a vital part of her heritage.
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Post by kcrufnek on Jun 28, 2018 0:40:45 GMT -6
Watched about half of Maddow. I need a shower. The abortion drum has been worn out. Today has been declared a "pull the fire alarm moment".
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 28, 2018 5:22:22 GMT -6
Lindsey Graham ✔ @lindseygrahamsc As soon as we get a name we’ll go to work to get the person confirmed. The Hill ✔ @thehill Graham: Senate Judiciary Committee is "ready to go" once Trump names SCOTUS pick hill.cm/Ax9GPcI View image on Twitter 7:56 PM - Jun 27, 2018 7,795 4,435 people are talking about this
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 28, 2018 5:31:01 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2018/06/27/napolitano-kennedy-waiting-for-republicans/Judge Andrew Napolitano told Fox News host Dana Perino on Wednesday that there was no coincidence in the timing of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement. Recalling a conversation with the late Justice Antonin Scalia, Napolitano claimed that Kennedy had been intentionally waiting until there was Republican control of both the White House and the Senate. “Let me tell you an interesting little tidbit from a private conversation that I can reveal because the person is dead,” Napolitano began. “Justice Scalia — yes, rest in peace, before he passed away, told me that Justice Kennedy told him that as soon as there was a Republican president and a Republican majority in the Senate, he was ready to retire.” (RELATED: Kennedy Calls It Quits: Longtime Swing Justice Hands Trump The Biggest Gift Of His Presidency) Kennedy was long considered to be the Supreme Court’s “swing vote” — but Napolitano argued that President Donald Trump would not be looking to replace that. “Donald Trump is not going to be looking for a swing vote. He is going to be looking for a reliable traditionalist with libertarian leanings, just like he got in Neil Gorsuch.”
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Post by Boots on Jun 28, 2018 5:39:07 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2018/06/27/napolitano-kennedy-waiting-for-republicans/Judge Andrew Napolitano told Fox News host Dana Perino on Wednesday that there was no coincidence in the timing of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement. Recalling a conversation with the late Justice Antonin Scalia, Napolitano claimed that Kennedy had been intentionally waiting until there was Republican control of both the White House and the Senate. “Let me tell you an interesting little tidbit from a private conversation that I can reveal because the person is dead,” Napolitano began. “Justice Scalia — yes, rest in peace, before he passed away, told me that Justice Kennedy told him that as soon as there was a Republican president and a Republican majority in the Senate, he was ready to retire.” (RELATED: Kennedy Calls It Quits: Longtime Swing Justice Hands Trump The Biggest Gift Of His Presidency) Kennedy was long considered to be the Supreme Court’s “swing vote” — but Napolitano argued that President Donald Trump would not be looking to replace that. “Donald Trump is not going to be looking for a swing vote. He is going to be looking for a reliable traditionalist with libertarian leanings, just like he got in Neil Gorsuch.” Shouldn't surpise anyone. Kennedy owes his 9th Circuit and SCOTUS appointments to Reagan
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 28, 2018 5:47:14 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2018/06/27/napolitano-kennedy-waiting-for-republicans/Judge Andrew Napolitano told Fox News host Dana Perino on Wednesday that there was no coincidence in the timing of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement. Recalling a conversation with the late Justice Antonin Scalia, Napolitano claimed that Kennedy had been intentionally waiting until there was Republican control of both the White House and the Senate. “Let me tell you an interesting little tidbit from a private conversation that I can reveal because the person is dead,” Napolitano began. “Justice Scalia — yes, rest in peace, before he passed away, told me that Justice Kennedy told him that as soon as there was a Republican president and a Republican majority in the Senate, he was ready to retire.” (RELATED: Kennedy Calls It Quits: Longtime Swing Justice Hands Trump The Biggest Gift Of His Presidency) Kennedy was long considered to be the Supreme Court’s “swing vote” — but Napolitano argued that President Donald Trump would not be looking to replace that. “Donald Trump is not going to be looking for a swing vote. He is going to be looking for a reliable traditionalist with libertarian leanings, just like he got in Neil Gorsuch.” Shouldn't surpise anyone. Kennedy owes his 9th Circuit and SCOTUS appointments to Reagan Agree.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 28, 2018 5:49:35 GMT -6
thefederalist.com/2018/06/28/democrats-blame-oiling-path-trumps-second-scotus-pick/Democrats Only Have Themselves To Blame For Oiling The Path For Trump’s Second SCOTUS Pick JUNE 28, 2018 By Joseph A. Wulfsohn The political world was rocked Tuesday when Justice Anthony Kennedy announced that he’ll retire at the end of July. This announcement was Christmas for conservatives and Doomsday for liberals since President Donald Trump now has the power to establish a conservative Supreme Court for an entire generation. There really isn’t anything Senate Democrats can do to prevent Trump’s SCOTUS nominee from being confirmed since now the Senate only needs a simple majority. How did the battle over the highest court in the land get so bitter? Let’s take a stroll down selective memory lane. It was in 2013 when then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) established the infamous “nuclear option,” which allows a simple majority in the Senate to approve all judicial nominees with the exception of Supreme Court appointees. At the time, then-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) actually warned his Democratic colleagues, saying “You’ll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think.” Well, Reid and the vast majority of Senate Democrats passed the nuclear option in a 52-48 vote. It’s worth noting that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is the only sitting Democrat who voted against the nuclear option. Fast-forward to February 2016 when Justice Antonin Scalia passed away. Several days later, President Barack Obama announced that he had chosen Circuit Court Judge Merrick Garland to fill the vacant seat. However, as Senate majority leader by then, McConnell halted the confirmation process by invoking the “Biden Rule.” That was a 1992 suggestion from Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) that the Senate should not approve Supreme Court nominees during a presidential election year and allow voters to decide. It was the definition of dirty politics, but McConnell keeping the vacant SCOTUS seat arguably paved the way for Trump to win the presidency since conservatives knew what was at stake even if they weren’t thrilled with the candidate. Then in January 2017, just days after Trump’s inauguration, he nominated Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill Scalia’s seat. Obviously, Democrats were still bitter (and frankly still are to this day) about the McConnell derailing Garland’s confirmation. So they were going to do everything they can to prevent Gorsuch from being confirmed despite his qualifications. At the time, the nuclear option did not include SCOTUS nominees, and McConnell warned them he’d be willing to change the rule if Democrats didn’t play ball. They didn’t. So they forced McConnell’s hand and he changed the rule and by April, Gorsuch was confirmed. Back to the present, Trump now gets to choose another appointee from his list of 25 perfectly qualified conservative candidates, and the left is in complete freak-out mode. What’s hilarious is that Democrats are trying to use McConnell’s 2016 political maneuvering against him, saying that the Senate should halt the nomination process until after the election. But even the Washington Post had to call out their BS since McConnell stressed the Senate shouldn’t approve nominees during a presidential election and not during midterm elections. Plus, Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) have conveniently forgotten that the Senate confirmed President Obama’s SCOTUS nominee Elena Kagan in August 2010, just months before those midterms. However, it was certainly hypocritical on McConnell’s part when he said “it’s imperative that the president’s nominee be treated fairly” regarding Trump’s pending appointee after McConnell had single-handedly blocked Garland’s confirmation. So where do we go from here? Well, Trump will nominate someone and with the simple majority of the Senate, Republicans will confirm that nominee. And there’s really nothing Democrats can do about it… at least in the short term. Perhaps Democrats will take Supreme Court vacancies more seriously in 2020. But today, Senate Democrats in states that Trump won handily are in a tough situation. Folks like Joe Manchin (D-VW), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Claire McKaskill (D-MO) and Jon Tester (D-MT) will either irritate Trump voters in their states by voting against his nominee or irritate the Democratic base by voting in favor of the nominee. No matter what happens, the politics surrounding SCOTUS going forward will get ugly.
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Post by oilsooner on Jun 28, 2018 5:57:21 GMT -6
Cryin’ Chuck Schumer thinks he can invoke the Biden rule because the Dems were dumb enough to fall for that trick under Obama (Thanks Trump!).
We’re gonna get a pick moving, then use the Dems stall tactics and votes against otherwise good candidates to rip on the them during the mid terms.
And, we’ll STILL get a good conservative Justice in there to replace Kennedy...
Man, what a timeline!!
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 28, 2018 6:01:26 GMT -6
BWAHAHAHA, suck it, Chucky! The left's response to today's news has been nothing short of heaven on earth. To pour salt into the wound, the WaPo had to call out their bs: www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/27/democrats-bogus-argument-about-what-the-gop-said-about-supreme-court-nominees-in-an-election-year/?utm_term=.1142fad57da1..... Also, this: Byron York ✔ @byronyork Lots of clever talk that McConnell blocked Garland during an election year, and so now... Approve or not, point was, it a *presidential* election year, and McConnell said so at the time. From Fox News 6/1/16: 3:14 PM - Jun 27, 2018 1,010 617 people are talking about this
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 28, 2018 6:04:35 GMT -6
Cryin’ Chuck Schumer thinks he can invoke the Biden rule because the Dems were dumb enough to fall for that trick under Obama (Thanks Trump!). We’re gonna get a pick moving, then use the Dems stall tactics and votes against otherwise good candidates to rip on the them during the mid terms. And, we’ll STILL get a good conservative Justice in there to replace Kennedy... Man, what a timeline!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Exactly. They were warned about the nuclear option and still voted it in. Now, they are kicking and screaming that it’s being used against them. They have only themselves to blame.
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Post by soonerbounce13 on Jun 28, 2018 6:13:56 GMT -6
I would give the conservative members of the SCOTUS extra security going forward
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 28, 2018 6:20:28 GMT -6
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Post by kcrufnek on Jun 28, 2018 6:20:46 GMT -6
Cryin’ Chuck Schumer thinks he can invoke the Biden rule because the Dems were dumb enough to fall for that trick under Obama (Thanks Trump!). We’re gonna get a pick moving, then use the Dems stall tactics and votes against otherwise good candidates to rip on the them during the mid terms. And, we’ll STILL get a good conservative Justice in there to replace Kennedy... Man, what a timeline!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk And it was always applied to presidential election years and not mid terms. Listen to all the cries of "let the people decide". Well that's not how it works. Much like bush on 2000 2016 was as much about the SCOTUS as anything else.
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Post by politicalmexininja on Jun 28, 2018 6:21:57 GMT -6
Will McCain vote for Trump's pick or stick with his liberalism??? Does it matter?
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 28, 2018 6:23:34 GMT -6
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Post by kcrufnek on Jun 28, 2018 6:23:35 GMT -6
Will McCain vote for Trump's pick or stick with his liberalism??? Does it matter? Hasn't Juan been not voting? Madcow did a whole speal on this. "We only need ONE"!!!!
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 28, 2018 7:44:46 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2018/06/28/morning-joe-blames-hillary-kennedy/MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough blamed Hillary Clinton for President Trump’s ability to now appoint a second justice to the Supreme Court on Thursday morning. “When you elect presidents, this is what happens,” Scarborough stated. “When Hillary Clinton didn’t visit Wisconsin and didn’t visit Michigan enough, and when we saw a young woman yesterday with a campaign message that was more inspiring in three minutes than what Hillary Clinton gave us in two years.” “The fact is, Hillary never had a message. She ran a horrible campaign, and this is the consequence of it,” he added. Scarborough’s comments came in regard to Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, which was announced on Wednesday. Him stepping down provides President Trump the rare opportunity to appoint a second Supreme Court justice to the bench. (RELATED: KENNEDY CALLS IT QUITS: LONGTIME SWING JUSTICE HANDS TRUMP THE BIGGEST GIFT OF HIS PRESIDENCY) Had Hillary Clinton won, as Scarborough indicated, she would be the one appointing justices, but President Trump now holds that power. “What Donald Trump did yesterday is what presidents do!” the morning host concluded.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 28, 2018 7:49:27 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 28, 2018 7:50:17 GMT -6
Matthews calling for vengeance:
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Post by sooner98 on Jun 28, 2018 7:53:27 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 28, 2018 7:59:39 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 28, 2018 8:02:19 GMT -6
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Post by sheepdog on Jun 28, 2018 8:03:49 GMT -6
And they talk about Trump having mental issues. It says it all when a person's "go to" word is 'if'.
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Post by sooner98 on Jun 28, 2018 8:07:45 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 28, 2018 8:23:10 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2018/06/28/new-york-daily-news-kennedy-retirement-fked/The New York Daily News’s front page featured a caricature of President Trump as a judge with the headline “we are f*#%’d,” referring to the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy on Thursday morning. Conversation New York Daily News New York Daily News @nydailynews Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced his retirement, giving President Trump the chance to appoint a second judge. (link: nydn.us/2Mwjh8L) nydn.us/2Mwjh8L An early look at Thursday's front...
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 28, 2018 8:28:31 GMT -6
If the left are this ticked about 81 year old Justice Kennedy retiring, imagine the outrage when RBG finally hangs it up,(or some others choose to retire).
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Post by sheepdog on Jun 28, 2018 8:36:43 GMT -6
If the left are this ticked about 81 year old Justice Kennedy retiring, imagine the outrage when RBG finally hangs it up,(or some others choose to retire). They're going to make sure she eats as healthy as possible, doesn't overexert herself, stays out of direct sunlight, go to the bathroom for her, and force her to hang out with the likes of Rosie O'donnell and her ilk. Heck, they'll sew Walt Disney's head on to her to prevent her from expiring.
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 28, 2018 9:15:28 GMT -6
amp.dailycaller.com/2018/06/28/trump-predicted-filibuster-bite-democrats/A series of tweets fired off by then-citizen Donald Trump have once again proven to be prophetic. Trump predicted, in 2013, that Nevada Senator Harry Reid’s filibuster reform would come back to bite Democrats when they no longer had the majority in the Senate. Donald J. Trump ✔ @realdonaldtrump Thomas Jefferson wrote the Senate filibuster rule. Harry Reid & Obama killed it yesterday. Rule was in effect for over 200 years. 1:56 PM - Nov 22, 2013 911 2,018 people are talking about this Trump suggested that Republicans should make use of the fact that the Democrats had used their power to enact a rule that could certainly backfire under the right circumstances. Donald J. Trump ✔ @realdonaldtrump Since the Democrats decided to kill the filibuster, they now own it.Republicans should keep the new rule when they're in the majority. 1:40 PM - Nov 22, 2013 243 254 people are talking about this He even took a swing at former President Obama, pointing out the fact that, Obama had opposed filibuster reform as a junior senator from Illinois. Donald J. Trump ✔ @realdonaldtrump Hypocrite. Watch Senator Obama defend "democratic debate' of Senate filibuster rules in 2005 bit.ly/IkaCor 1:16 PM - Nov 22, 2013 Obama in 2005: If Republicans Kill Filibuster, 'Gridlock Will Only Get Worse' In 2005, when Democrats were scrambling to halt Republicans in Congress from amending the rules of the filibuster to prevent the minority party from blocking President George W. Bush’s judicial... mediaite.com 123 249 people are talking about this
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Post by soonernvolved on Jun 28, 2018 9:16:20 GMT -6
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