Minorities go ballistic when their representation on city councils does not equate to their numbers in the general population. And even though a majority of Americans are non-Catholic Christians, we have no voice on the Supreme Court.

Just another reason to not take anything seriously that comes out of Washington, DC.

(06-26-2015 07:50 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  Minorities go ballistic when their representation on city councils does not equate to their numbers in the general population. And even though a majority of Americans are non-Catholic Christians, we have no voice on the Supreme Court.

Just another reason to not take anything seriously that comes out of Washington, DC.

Isn't Kennedy Episcopal (or Presbyterian)? I've seen a site claiming he is Catholic, but I've seen different elsewhere. But after over a century with no Catholics or Jews, the Supreme Court is 5 Catholics, 3 Jews and at most, 1 liberal protestant.

All 9 of the Supreme Court Justices attended Harvard or Yale Law School (Ginsburg later transferred to Princeton).

4 of the justices were born in NY, 2 in NJ, 2 in CA and 1 in GA.

6 of the 9 spent nearly all their careers in Boston, New York or DC. 2 others coupled their northeast time with some time in Chicago. Kennedy is the only one who spent substantial time elsewhere (California).

(06-26-2015 08:01 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(06-26-2015 07:50 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  Minorities go ballistic when their representation on city councils does not equate to their numbers in the general population. And even though a majority of Americans are non-Catholic Christians, we have no voice on the Supreme Court.

Just another reason to not take anything seriously that comes out of Washington, DC.

Isn't Kennedy Episcopal (or Presbyterian)? I've seen a site claiming he is Catholic, but I've seen different elsewhere. But after over a century with no Catholics or Jews, the Supreme Court is 5 Catholics, 3 Jews and at most, 1 liberal protestant.

All 9 of the Supreme Court Justices attended Harvard or Yale Law School (Ginsburg later transferred to Princeton).

4 of the justices were born in NY, 2 in NJ, 2 in CA and 1 in GA.

6 of the 9 spent nearly all their careers in Boston, New York or DC. 2 others coupled their northeast time with some time in Chicago. Kennedy is the only one who spent substantial time elsewhere (California).

Not very "diverse".

(06-26-2015 08:04 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  

(06-26-2015 08:01 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(06-26-2015 07:50 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  Minorities go ballistic when their representation on city councils does not equate to their numbers in the general population. And even though a majority of Americans are non-Catholic Christians, we have no voice on the Supreme Court.

Just another reason to not take anything seriously that comes out of Washington, DC.

Isn't Kennedy Episcopal (or Presbyterian)? I've seen a site claiming he is Catholic, but I've seen different elsewhere. But after over a century with no Catholics or Jews, the Supreme Court is 5 Catholics, 3 Jews and at most, 1 liberal protestant.

All 9 of the Supreme Court Justices attended Harvard or Yale Law School (Ginsburg later transferred to Princeton).

4 of the justices were born in NY, 2 in NJ, 2 in CA and 1 in GA.

6 of the 9 spent nearly all their careers in Boston, New York or DC. 2 others coupled their northeast time with some time in Chicago. Kennedy is the only one who spent substantial time elsewhere (California).

Not very "diverse".

Yes, its something that's concerned me for a while. Regardless of their gender or skin color, they're a lot alike.

WSJ had an article a few years back bemoaning the loss of Sandra Day O'Connor. She was from the west. With the vast public lands, there are just issues people in the east can't comprehend (kind of like the northerners who think everyone who likes a rebel flag is racist).

And there are different perspectives and ways of approaching things.

(06-26-2015 08:01 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(06-26-2015 07:50 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  Minorities go ballistic when their representation on city councils does not equate to their numbers in the general population. And even though a majority of Americans are non-Catholic Christians, we have no voice on the Supreme Court.

Just another reason to not take anything seriously that comes out of Washington, DC.

Isn't Kennedy Episcopal (or Presbyterian)? I've seen a site claiming he is Catholic, but I've seen different elsewhere. But after over a century with no Catholics or Jews, the Supreme Court is 5 Catholics, 3 Jews and at most, 1 liberal protestant.

All 9 of the Supreme Court Justices attended Harvard or Yale Law School (Ginsburg later transferred to Princeton).

4 of the justices were born in NY, 2 in NJ, 2 in CA and 1 in GA.

6 of the 9 spent nearly all their careers in Boston, New York or DC. 2 others coupled their northeast time with some time in Chicago. Kennedy is the only one who spent substantial time elsewhere (California).

Wnen are we going to get a justice from The Brooklyn Academy of Law?



Seriously, isn't this elitist BS that liberals rail against? Can't someone be a SCOTUS justice without and IVY League education?

They rejected Harriet Miers (Bush nominee) who was a Dallasite who went to SMU Law School (good school) and who had experience in a law firm with substantial corporate work.
Now she was rejected by both Republicans and Democrats.

(06-26-2015 08:01 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(06-26-2015 07:50 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  Minorities go ballistic when their representation on city councils does not equate to their numbers in the general population. And even though a majority of Americans are non-Catholic Christians, we have no voice on the Supreme Court.

Just another reason to not take anything seriously that comes out of Washington, DC.

Isn't Kennedy Episcopal (or Presbyterian)? I've seen a site claiming he is Catholic, but I've seen different elsewhere. But after over a century with no Catholics or Jews, the Supreme Court is 5 Catholics, 3 Jews and at most, 1 liberal protestant.

All 9 of the Supreme Court Justices attended Harvard or Yale Law School (Ginsburg later transferred to Princeton).

4 of the justices were born in NY, 2 in NJ, 2 in CA and 1 in GA.

6 of the 9 spent nearly all their careers in Boston, New York or DC. 2 others coupled their northeast time with some time in Chicago. Kennedy is the only one who spent substantial time elsewhere (California).

Mr. Smith: Mr. Jones, are you a religious man?
Mr. Jones: I certainly am NOT!.......I'm an Episcopalian.

Perhaps we should co-opt something from Tennessee and require a regional distribution of justices:

Region I - AK, HI, CA, WA, OR, NV, ID, UT, AZ, MT, GU
Region II - WY, CO, NM, TX, OK, KS, NE, SD, ND, LA
Region III - MN, IA, MO, AR, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH, KY
Region IV - MS, AL, FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, WV, TN, PR, DC, MD
Region V - PA, NJ, DE, NY, VT, NH, ME, CT, RI, MA

Each region has a minimum of one and maximum of two justices.

Anddddd, we all know that those pinnacles of learning are so right leaning, don't we? NOT.

(06-27-2015 02:52 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  Perhaps we should co-opt something from Tennessee and require a regional distribution of justices:

Region I - AK, HI, CA, WA, OR, NV, ID, UT, AZ, MT, GU
Region II - WY, CO, NM, TX, OK, KS, NE, SD, ND, LA
Region III - MN, IA, MO, AR, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH, KY
Region IV - MS, AL, FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, WV, TN, PR, DC, MD
Region V - PA, NJ, DE, NY, VT, NH, ME, CT, RI, MA

Each region has a minimum of one and maximum of two justices.

They could debate each other and hsve a judge playoff system

No protestors against christianity.

Quote:Isn't Kennedy Episcopal (or Presbyterian)?

Nope, he's Catholic, which means that there are 6 Catholics and 3 Jews on the Court.

Based on what some folks on here regularly post, they would conclude that there are no Christians on the Court.

(06-27-2015 02:52 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  Perhaps we should co-opt something from Tennessee and require a regional distribution of justices:

Region I - AK, HI, CA, WA, OR, NV, ID, UT, AZ, MT, GU
Region II - WY, CO, NM, TX, OK, KS, NE, SD, ND, LA
Region III - MN, IA, MO, AR, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH, KY
Region IV - MS, AL, FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, WV, TN, PR, DC, MD
Region V - PA, NJ, DE, NY, VT, NH, ME, CT, RI, MA

Each region has a minimum of one and maximum of two justices.

Nobody from UA-Tuscaloosa Law. They've populated the legislature for a hundred years and we lead the nation in college football and children smokers.

And there are no atheists. And there are no trannies. And there are no autistic. And there are no veterans. And there are no disabled. And there are no Buddist. And there are no Daoist. And...... and...... and.........


I get your point ... but the argument to go with here isn't complaining that some other group isn't represented .... it is to point out how petty, inane, and stupid it is to demand what is an impossibility even if you think it is worthy of merit (which it isn't): represent the entire population in 7 people.

(06-26-2015 08:15 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  

(06-26-2015 08:01 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(06-26-2015 07:50 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  Minorities go ballistic when their representation on city councils does not equate to their numbers in the general population. And even though a majority of Americans are non-Catholic Christians, we have no voice on the Supreme Court.

Just another reason to not take anything seriously that comes out of Washington, DC.

Isn't Kennedy Episcopal (or Presbyterian)? I've seen a site claiming he is Catholic, but I've seen different elsewhere. But after over a century with no Catholics or Jews, the Supreme Court is 5 Catholics, 3 Jews and at most, 1 liberal protestant.

All 9 of the Supreme Court Justices attended Harvard or Yale Law School (Ginsburg later transferred to Princeton).

4 of the justices were born in NY, 2 in NJ, 2 in CA and 1 in GA.

6 of the 9 spent nearly all their careers in Boston, New York or DC. 2 others coupled their northeast time with some time in Chicago. Kennedy is the only one who spent substantial time elsewhere (California).

Wnen are we going to get a justice from The Brooklyn Academy of Law?



Seriously, isn't this elitist BS that liberals rail against? Can't someone be a SCOTUS justice without and IVY League education?

You can be a justice with no Ivy League education, but there would have to be a quick and large showing of negative public sentiment to avoid it.

It would seem to me that a reasonable approach would be to have 11 judges with a requirement that one comes from each of the 11 federal judicial districts. The problem would be transition, not the least issue being that no democrats are going to allow an R president to appoint 2 incremental justices, and vice versa for a D president. Maybe let each party appoint one in transition. The other problem is that obviously the justices don't come from there now, so you'd maybe have to do something like designate each one as notionally representing a particular district and then when that justice retires the replacement must come from that district.

There are technically 13 districts, the 11 nominal ones plus the DC Circuit and and the Federal Circuit. Geographically, DC is within the 4th Circuit, so you could just assign those courts to that circuit.

(06-28-2015 06:27 PM)Smaug Wrote:  

(06-27-2015 02:52 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  Perhaps we should co-opt something from Tennessee and require a regional distribution of justices:

Region I - AK, HI, CA, WA, OR, NV, ID, UT, AZ, MT, GU
Region II - WY, CO, NM, TX, OK, KS, NE, SD, ND, LA
Region III - MN, IA, MO, AR, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH, KY
Region IV - MS, AL, FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, WV, TN, PR, DC, MD
Region V - PA, NJ, DE, NY, VT, NH, ME, CT, RI, MA

Each region has a minimum of one and maximum of two justices.

Nobody from UA-Tuscaloosa Law. They've populated the legislature for a hundred years and we lead the nation in college football and children smokers.

Alabama would be in the same region as the District of Columbia (Georgetown) and Virginia (UVa). I don't think you would have anything to worry about.

(06-28-2015 08:27 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  And there are no atheists. And there are no trannies. And there are no autistic. And there are no veterans. And there are no disabled. And there are no Buddist. And there are no Daoist. And...... and...... and.........


I get your point ... but the argument to go with here isn't complaining that some other group isn't represented .... it is to point out how petty, inane, and stupid it is to demand what is an impossibility even if you think it is worthy of merit (which it isn't): represent the entire population in 7 people.

That was my point. I'd like to have half the court Protestant; the country is at least 50% Protestant and to have none on the court seems absurd. That's still not a big deal to me. But you know if we didn't have a black, Jew, Hispanic, or woman on the court there would be hell to pay.

People are so petty.

(06-28-2015 09:42 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  

(06-28-2015 08:27 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  And there are no atheists. And there are no trannies. And there are no autistic. And there are no veterans. And there are no disabled. And there are no Buddist. And there are no Daoist. And...... and...... and.........


I get your point ... but the argument to go with here isn't complaining that some other group isn't represented .... it is to point out how petty, inane, and stupid it is to demand what is an impossibility even if you think it is worthy of merit (which it isn't): represent the entire population in 7 people.

That was my point. I'd like to have half the court Protestant; the country is at least 50% Protestant and to have none on the court seems absurd. That's still not a big deal to me. But you know if we didn't have a black, Jew, Hispanic, or woman on the court there would be hell to pay.

People are so petty.

Is C Thomas Jewish or Catholic?