I believe Thomas Hardiman will be the nominee, although I was kind of hoping for Neil Gorsuch. As long as it is one of those two and not Pryor, I'll be satisfied. Hardiman is 51, so assuming he is as good as advertised, he should be an outstanding justice in the mold of Alito or Roberts.

(01-30-2017 10:01 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  It's going to be a stalemate from here on out (whenever possible, that is). He's pushed so much through in such a short time and has offered nothing to the other side of the aisle. Every single Democrat in office will dedicate their remaining time to filibustering and delaying every single new piece of legislation.

Trump will soon need an executive order barring/weakening the filibuster - unless he just plans to sign a bunch of 4 year long executive orders.

Democrats and liberals are the enemies of America. Anything for them is a defeat for the country.

(01-31-2017 12:20 AM)HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 10:01 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  It's going to be a stalemate from here on out (whenever possible, that is). He's pushed so much through in such a short time and has offered nothing to the other side of the aisle. Every single Democrat in office will dedicate their remaining time to filibustering and delaying every single new piece of legislation.

Trump will soon need an executive order barring/weakening the filibuster - unless he just plans to sign a bunch of 4 year long executive orders.

Democrats and liberals are the enemies of America. Anything for them is a defeat for the country.

That's one of the most dangerous and disturbing things I've ever read.

ISIS (insert radical Islamic terror group here) and North Korea are the enemies of America.

Liberals (ones not corrupted by outside interests - I'm not talking about Clinton here) are people that have different methods than you of defeating this enemies.

Liberals can be stupid. Liberals can be misguided. They are NOT enemies to the Constitution and American values. There is a BIG freakin' divide there.

Dissent is not antagonism.

(01-31-2017 12:32 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(01-31-2017 12:20 AM)HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 10:01 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  It's going to be a stalemate from here on out (whenever possible, that is). He's pushed so much through in such a short time and has offered nothing to the other side of the aisle. Every single Democrat in office will dedicate their remaining time to filibustering and delaying every single new piece of legislation.

Trump will soon need an executive order barring/weakening the filibuster - unless he just plans to sign a bunch of 4 year long executive orders.

Democrats and liberals are the enemies of America. Anything for them is a defeat for the country.

That's one of the most dangerous and disturbing things I've ever read.

ISIS (insert radical Islamic terror group here) and North Korea are the enemies of America.

Liberals (ones not corrupted by outside interests - I'm not talking about Clinton here) are people that have different methods than you of defeating this enemies.

Liberals can be stupid. Liberals can be misguided. They are NOT enemies to the Constitution and American values. There is a BIG freakin' divide there.

Dissent is not antagonism.

You actually took that seriously?!!

(01-31-2017 12:33 AM)HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine Wrote:  

(01-31-2017 12:32 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(01-31-2017 12:20 AM)HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 10:01 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  It's going to be a stalemate from here on out (whenever possible, that is). He's pushed so much through in such a short time and has offered nothing to the other side of the aisle. Every single Democrat in office will dedicate their remaining time to filibustering and delaying every single new piece of legislation.

Trump will soon need an executive order barring/weakening the filibuster - unless he just plans to sign a bunch of 4 year long executive orders.

Democrats and liberals are the enemies of America. Anything for them is a defeat for the country.

That's one of the most dangerous and disturbing things I've ever read.

ISIS (insert radical Islamic terror group here) and North Korea are the enemies of America.

Liberals (ones not corrupted by outside interests - I'm not talking about Clinton here) are people that have different methods than you of defeating this enemies.

Liberals can be stupid. Liberals can be misguided. They are NOT enemies to the Constitution and American values. There is a BIG freakin' divide there.

Dissent is not antagonism.

You actually took that seriously?!!

LOL. OK, I'm actually glad you trolled me. :D

Look, I've read too many fricked up things in the last two weeks. I can't tell if people are being lighthearted or not. I don't know you well enough.

People have said that SERIOUSLY around me. I'm not joking.

(01-31-2017 12:34 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(01-31-2017 12:33 AM)HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine Wrote:  

(01-31-2017 12:32 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(01-31-2017 12:20 AM)HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 10:01 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  It's going to be a stalemate from here on out (whenever possible, that is). He's pushed so much through in such a short time and has offered nothing to the other side of the aisle. Every single Democrat in office will dedicate their remaining time to filibustering and delaying every single new piece of legislation.

Trump will soon need an executive order barring/weakening the filibuster - unless he just plans to sign a bunch of 4 year long executive orders.

Democrats and liberals are the enemies of America. Anything for them is a defeat for the country.

That's one of the most dangerous and disturbing things I've ever read.

ISIS (insert radical Islamic terror group here) and North Korea are the enemies of America.

Liberals (ones not corrupted by outside interests - I'm not talking about Clinton here) are people that have different methods than you of defeating this enemies.

Liberals can be stupid. Liberals can be misguided. They are NOT enemies to the Constitution and American values. There is a BIG freakin' divide there.

Dissent is not antagonism.

You actually took that seriously?!!

LOL. OK, I'm actually glad you trolled me. :D

Look, I've read too many fricked up things in the last two weeks. I can't tell if people are being lighthearted or not. I don't know you well enough.

People have said that SERIOUSLY around me. I'm not joking.

It is all good, man! Just having some fun after a weekend of food poisoning.

Text loses all the context. That is the drawback.

That is not good at all. I am a conservative, but most of my friends are liberals. I disagree with their political beliefs but it is coming from a sense of help.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-tr...-hardiman/

Hardiman would fit the theme of what Trump is going for

Pryor is the best man for the job.

(01-31-2017 12:17 AM)Zombiewoof Wrote:  I believe Thomas Hardiman will be the nominee, although I was kind of hoping for Neil Gorsuch. As long as it is one of those two and not Pryor, I'll be satisfied. Hardiman is 51, so assuming he is as good as advertised, he should be an outstanding justice in the mold of Alito or Roberts.

Apparently Pryor is out.

He was probably not a good choice for this spot. Did have a lot of controversy attached and might not have gotten libertarian leaning Republicans.

(01-31-2017 12:32 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(01-31-2017 12:20 AM)HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine Wrote:  

(01-30-2017 10:01 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  It's going to be a stalemate from here on out (whenever possible, that is). He's pushed so much through in such a short time and has offered nothing to the other side of the aisle. Every single Democrat in office will dedicate their remaining time to filibustering and delaying every single new piece of legislation.

Trump will soon need an executive order barring/weakening the filibuster - unless he just plans to sign a bunch of 4 year long executive orders.

Democrats and liberals are the enemies of America. Anything for them is a defeat for the country.

That's one of the most dangerous and disturbing things I've ever read.

ISIS (insert radical Islamic terror group here) and North Korea are the enemies of America.

Liberals (ones not corrupted by outside interests - I'm not talking about Clinton here) are people that have different methods than you of defeating this enemies.

Liberals can be stupid. Liberals can be misguided. They are NOT enemies to the Constitution and American values. There is a BIG freakin' divide there.

Dissent is not antagonism.

Some liberals are enemies of the country. Probably put Harry Reid in that category. Maybe Hillary Clinton (or just an incompetent unknowing accomplice of our enemies) . Chuck Shumer is simply misguided.

I wish he would pick Richard Posner.

(01-31-2017 11:39 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-31-2017 12:17 AM)Zombiewoof Wrote:  I believe Thomas Hardiman will be the nominee, although I was kind of hoping for Neil Gorsuch. As long as it is one of those two and not Pryor, I'll be satisfied. Hardiman is 51, so assuming he is as good as advertised, he should be an outstanding justice in the mold of Alito or Roberts.

Apparently Pryor is out.

He was probably not a good choice for this spot. Did have a lot of controversy attached and might not have gotten libertarian leaning Republicans.

Hardiman has little to nothing in terms of rulings on abortion. I wonder if pro life groups will be ok with that. They have been burned before

CNN is saying Gorsuch has been told he will be the nominee.

That means it will probably be Hardiman!

(01-31-2017 01:19 PM)bullet Wrote:  CNN is saying Gorsuch has been told he will be the nominee.

That means it will probably be Hardiman!

There is some (unsubstantiated) speculation that that's what will happen -- AMK retirement from SCOTUS, dual nomination.
-- @DavidLat

PSYCH

It's going to be great when Ginsburg leaves, which is almost certainly to be in the next 8 years.

She miscalculated badly, but then again that's sort of what she does.

(01-31-2017 01:31 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  It's going to be great when Ginsburg leaves, which is almost certainly to be in the next 8 years.

She miscalculated badly, but then again that's sort of what she does.

serve til death or incapacitation ...
what's your beef with rbg ...

NOTORIOUS

I'm definitely against life time terms for SC. It does no one any good. 10 year terms at least with each justice separated from those ten years by a space of two
That way a political party can have their own justice just by waiting. If a party is there for a long time then that's to their advantage and it plays both ways.

(01-31-2017 01:49 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  I'm definitely against life time terms for SC. It does no one any good. 10 year terms at least with each justice separated from those ten years by a space of two
That way a political party can have their own justice just by waiting. If a party is there for a long time then that's to their advantage and it plays both ways.

I'd go for 15 years.

The justices just get out of touch with the real world.

With district justices, they often get power hungry and arrogant.

Vince McMahon for SCOTUS

(01-31-2017 11:42 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I wish he would pick Richard Posner.

That would be an interesting pick. I can get behind some legal pragmatism (to a degree) and law and economics. It'll never happen, though.