The Reward Of A Win Just Went Up

[DarkFury]

First off the Supreme Court spot CAN be held open. The court ran with six for years and has the needed rules in place to do so. The Sr. Judge simply holds the hearing and withholds his vote.

The fight is going to involve choice.
Trump has said he would like another Thomas.
Clinton has said Obama would be a good choice.
Obama has said Holder would be a good choice.

I do NOT want an islamic Supreme Court justice. Call it bigotry or whatever you want NO islamic Supreme Court justice.
I do NOT want somebody who has run guns to drug cartels in Mexico as a Supreme Court justice, once again call it whatever you want I could care less.

You know IF it was me heading into South Carolina looking for a MONSTER victory I might suggest the name Trey Gowdy. And if I was the GOP I would refuse to fill that spot until AFTER the election.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Try it, please...

"On Feb. 3, 1988, McConnell and literally every other GOP senator voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. This was during President Ronald Reagan's last year in the White House, and at a time when Democrats controlled the Senate. Kennedy was confirmed 97-0, with three Democrats -- Joe Biden, Al Gore and Paul Simon -- not voting at all because, presumably, they were busy running for president that year."
Mitch McConnell Voted To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice In Reagan's Final Year

REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT
By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Special to the New York Times
Published: November 12, 1987
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11— President Reagan, stung by the failure of two nominations to the Supreme Court in the last three weeks, today nominated Judge Anthony M. Kennedy and expressed the hope that he could be confirmed quickly in a spirit of bipartisan cooperation"
REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT

 

[PaintMyHouse]

The Reward Of A Win Just Went Up

Big fucking time, the election of a generation, and Obama might get two spots if Ginsburg decides to retire now.

 

[NYcarbineer]

I already said, fine, let the Court operate with one less conservative on it.

That means any conservative interests appealing a lower court rejection are pretty much fucked.

 

[DarkFury]

Try it, please...

"On Feb. 3, 1988, McConnell and literally every other GOP senator voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. This was during President Ronald Reagan's last year in the White House, and at a time when Democrats controlled the Senate. Kennedy was confirmed 97-0, with three Democrats -- Joe Biden, Al Gore and Paul Simon -- not voting at all because, presumably, they were busy running for president that year."
Mitch McConnell Voted To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice In Reagan's Final Year

REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT
By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Special to the New York Times
Published: November 12, 1987
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11— President Reagan, stung by the failure of two nominations to the Supreme Court in the last three weeks, today nominated Judge Anthony M. Kennedy and expressed the hope that he could be confirmed quickly in a spirit of bipartisan cooperation"
REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT

What the hell does your comment have to do with NOT even having the meetings? Oh yeah, NOT a damn thing. You are talking about Bork who was nominated AND had hearings you toothless idiot.

All you do is get the ruling party to NOT schedule hearings.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Try it, please...

"On Feb. 3, 1988, McConnell and literally every other GOP senator voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. This was during President Ronald Reagan's last year in the White House, and at a time when Democrats controlled the Senate. Kennedy was confirmed 97-0, with three Democrats -- Joe Biden, Al Gore and Paul Simon -- not voting at all because, presumably, they were busy running for president that year."
Mitch McConnell Voted To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice In Reagan's Final Year

REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT
By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Special to the New York Times
Published: November 12, 1987
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11— President Reagan, stung by the failure of two nominations to the Supreme Court in the last three weeks, today nominated Judge Anthony M. Kennedy and expressed the hope that he could be confirmed quickly in a spirit of bipartisan cooperation"
REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT

What the hell does your comment have to do with NOT even having the meetings? Oh yeah, NOT a damn thing. You are talking about Bork who was nominated AND had hearings you toothless idiot.

All you do is get the ruling party to NOT schedule hearings.

We want the GOP to do what the Dems didn't do to Reagan. What part of that do you not understand? Go for it, so we can use it against you.

Americans love paying for nothing, like a deadlocked court and a do-nothing Senate. They will remind you of that at the polls.

 

[DarkFury]

Try it, please...

"On Feb. 3, 1988, McConnell and literally every other GOP senator voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. This was during President Ronald Reagan's last year in the White House, and at a time when Democrats controlled the Senate. Kennedy was confirmed 97-0, with three Democrats -- Joe Biden, Al Gore and Paul Simon -- not voting at all because, presumably, they were busy running for president that year."
Mitch McConnell Voted To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice In Reagan's Final Year

REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT
By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Special to the New York Times
Published: November 12, 1987
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11— President Reagan, stung by the failure of two nominations to the Supreme Court in the last three weeks, today nominated Judge Anthony M. Kennedy and expressed the hope that he could be confirmed quickly in a spirit of bipartisan cooperation"
REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT

What the hell does your comment have to do with NOT even having the meetings? Oh yeah, NOT a damn thing. You are talking about Bork who was nominated AND had hearings you toothless idiot.

All you do is get the ruling party to NOT schedule hearings.

We want the GOP to do what the Dems didn't do to Reagan. What part of that do you not understand? Go for it, so we can use it against you.

Americans love paying for nothing, like a deadlocked court and a do-nothing Senate. They will remind you of that at the polls.

No you can't because the number of people in this country who trust you to make an honest pick simply is not high enough.

 

[Moonglow]

Try it, please...

"On Feb. 3, 1988, McConnell and literally every other GOP senator voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. This was during President Ronald Reagan's last year in the White House, and at a time when Democrats controlled the Senate. Kennedy was confirmed 97-0, with three Democrats -- Joe Biden, Al Gore and Paul Simon -- not voting at all because, presumably, they were busy running for president that year."
Mitch McConnell Voted To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice In Reagan's Final Year

REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT
By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Special to the New York Times
Published: November 12, 1987
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11— President Reagan, stung by the failure of two nominations to the Supreme Court in the last three weeks, today nominated Judge Anthony M. Kennedy and expressed the hope that he could be confirmed quickly in a spirit of bipartisan cooperation"
REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT

What the hell does your comment have to do with NOT even having the meetings? Oh yeah, NOT a damn thing. You are talking about Bork who was nominated AND had hearings you toothless idiot.

All you do is get the ruling party to NOT schedule hearings.

We want the GOP to do what the Dems didn't do to Reagan. What part of that do you not understand? Go for it, so we can use it against you.

Americans love paying for nothing, like a deadlocked court and a do-nothing Senate. They will remind you of that at the polls.

If they don't do anything, then they can't be blamed for anything...

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Try it, please...

"On Feb. 3, 1988, McConnell and literally every other GOP senator voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. This was during President Ronald Reagan's last year in the White House, and at a time when Democrats controlled the Senate. Kennedy was confirmed 97-0, with three Democrats -- Joe Biden, Al Gore and Paul Simon -- not voting at all because, presumably, they were busy running for president that year."
Mitch McConnell Voted To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice In Reagan's Final Year

REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT
By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Special to the New York Times
Published: November 12, 1987
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11— President Reagan, stung by the failure of two nominations to the Supreme Court in the last three weeks, today nominated Judge Anthony M. Kennedy and expressed the hope that he could be confirmed quickly in a spirit of bipartisan cooperation"
REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT

What the hell does your comment have to do with NOT even having the meetings? Oh yeah, NOT a damn thing. You are talking about Bork who was nominated AND had hearings you toothless idiot.

All you do is get the ruling party to NOT schedule hearings.

We want the GOP to do what the Dems didn't do to Reagan. What part of that do you not understand? Go for it, so we can use it against you.

Americans love paying for nothing, like a deadlocked court and a do-nothing Senate. They will remind you of that at the polls.

If they don't do anything, then they can't be blamed for anything...

They will be blamed for the fact that the Supreme Court goes off to play golf for 16 months instead of doing their jobs.

 

[Auld Phart]

They'll still be doing their jobs.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

They'll still be doing their jobs.

Only if they vote, not if they don't, and that is what they are promising to do, not vote.

 

[Moonglow]

Try it, please...

"On Feb. 3, 1988, McConnell and literally every other GOP senator voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. This was during President Ronald Reagan's last year in the White House, and at a time when Democrats controlled the Senate. Kennedy was confirmed 97-0, with three Democrats -- Joe Biden, Al Gore and Paul Simon -- not voting at all because, presumably, they were busy running for president that year."
Mitch McConnell Voted To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice In Reagan's Final Year

REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT
By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Special to the New York Times
Published: November 12, 1987
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11— President Reagan, stung by the failure of two nominations to the Supreme Court in the last three weeks, today nominated Judge Anthony M. Kennedy and expressed the hope that he could be confirmed quickly in a spirit of bipartisan cooperation"
REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT

What the hell does your comment have to do with NOT even having the meetings? Oh yeah, NOT a damn thing. You are talking about Bork who was nominated AND had hearings you toothless idiot.

All you do is get the ruling party to NOT schedule hearings.

We want the GOP to do what the Dems didn't do to Reagan. What part of that do you not understand? Go for it, so we can use it against you.

Americans love paying for nothing, like a deadlocked court and a do-nothing Senate. They will remind you of that at the polls.

If they don't do anything, then they can't be blamed for anything...

They will be blamed for the fact that the Supreme Court goes off to play golf for 16 months instead of doing their jobs.

They have been playing Tiddly-Winks whilst waiting...

 

[Auld Phart]

They'll still be doing their jobs.

Only if they vote, not if they don't, and that is what they are promising to do, not vote.

Did you NOT read the OP?

First off the Supreme Court spot CAN be held open. The court ran with six for years and has the needed rules in place to do so. The Sr. Judge simply holds the hearing and withholds his vote.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

They'll still be doing their jobs.

Only if they vote, not if they don't, and that is what they are promising to do, not vote.

Did you NOT read the OP?

First off the Supreme Court spot CAN be held open. The court ran with six for years and has the needed rules in place to do so. The Sr. Judge simply holds the hearing and withholds his vote.

I read the OP, and it matters not a damn. If Obama nominates, and he will, and the GOP refuses to do their job, and they will, the American public will hear about it day in and day until they do. They dislike paying for bullshit political games of chicken.

 

[Skull Pilot]

I already said, fine, let the Court operate with one less conservative on it.

That means any conservative interests appealing a lower court rejection are pretty much fucked.

And vice versa

 

[Auld Phart]

They'll still be doing their jobs.

Only if they vote, not if they don't, and that is what they are promising to do, not vote.

Did you NOT read the OP?

First off the Supreme Court spot CAN be held open. The court ran with six for years and has the needed rules in place to do so. The Sr. Judge simply holds the hearing and withholds his vote.

I read the OP, and it matters not a damn. If Obama nominates, and he will, and the GOP refuses to do their job, and they will, the American public will hear about it day in and day until they do. They dislike paying for bullshit political games of chicken.

Lets talk history

There's Precedent For Rejecting Supreme Court Nominees

"President John Tyler had a particularly difficult time filling vacancies. Smith Thompson died in office December 18, 1943. His replacement, Samuel Nelson, was in office starting February 14, 1845. That’s a vacancy of 424 days. Henry Baldwin died in office April 21, 1844. His replacement, Robert Cooper, was in office starting August 4, 1846. This vacancy lasted 835 days because Tyler could not get the Senate to work with him. During Tyler’s presidency, the Senate rejected nine separate Supreme Court nominations!"

also: "Decisions that are tied with a 4-4 vote have no binding precedent and the decision of the lower court is upheld"

 

[PaintMyHouse]

They'll still be doing their jobs.

Only if they vote, not if they don't, and that is what they are promising to do, not vote.

Did you NOT read the OP?

First off the Supreme Court spot CAN be held open. The court ran with six for years and has the needed rules in place to do so. The Sr. Judge simply holds the hearing and withholds his vote.

I read the OP, and it matters not a damn. If Obama nominates, and he will, and the GOP refuses to do their job, and they will, the American public will hear about it day in and day until they do. They dislike paying for bullshit political games of chicken.

Lets talk history

There's Precedent For Rejecting Supreme Court Nominees

"President John Tyler had a particularly difficult time filling vacancies. Smith Thompson died in office December 18, 1943. His replacement, Samuel Nelson, was in office starting February 14, 1845. That’s a vacancy of 424 days. Henry Baldwin died in office April 21, 1844. His replacement, Robert Cooper, was in office starting August 4, 1846. This vacancy lasted 835 days because Tyler could not get the Senate to work with him. During Tyler’s presidency, the Senate rejected nine separate Supreme Court nominations!"

also: "Decisions that are tied with a 4-4 vote have no binding precedent and the decision of the lower court is upheld"

Let's use modern history:

"On Feb. 3, 1988, McConnell and literally every other GOP senator voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. This was during President Ronald Reagan's last year in the White House, and at a time when Democrats controlled the Senate. Kennedy was confirmed 97-0, with three Democrats -- Joe Biden, Al Gore and Paul Simon -- not voting at all because, presumably, they were busy running for president that year."
Mitch McConnell Voted To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice In Reagan's Final Year

REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT
By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Special to the New York Times
Published: November 12, 1987
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11— President Reagan, stung by the failure of two nominations to the Supreme Court in the last three weeks, today nominated Judge Anthony M. Kennedy and expressed the hope that he could be confirmed quickly in a spirit of bipartisan cooperation"
REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT

 

[Auld Phart]

They'll still be doing their jobs.

Only if they vote, not if they don't, and that is what they are promising to do, not vote.

Did you NOT read the OP?

First off the Supreme Court spot CAN be held open. The court ran with six for years and has the needed rules in place to do so. The Sr. Judge simply holds the hearing and withholds his vote.

I read the OP, and it matters not a damn. If Obama nominates, and he will, and the GOP refuses to do their job, and they will, the American public will hear about it day in and day until they do. They dislike paying for bullshit political games of chicken.

Lets talk history

There's Precedent For Rejecting Supreme Court Nominees

"President John Tyler had a particularly difficult time filling vacancies. Smith Thompson died in office December 18, 1943. His replacement, Samuel Nelson, was in office starting February 14, 1845. That’s a vacancy of 424 days. Henry Baldwin died in office April 21, 1844. His replacement, Robert Cooper, was in office starting August 4, 1846. This vacancy lasted 835 days because Tyler could not get the Senate to work with him. During Tyler’s presidency, the Senate rejected nine separate Supreme Court nominations!"

also: "Decisions that are tied with a 4-4 vote have no binding precedent and the decision of the lower court is upheld"

Let's use modern history:

"On Feb. 3, 1988, McConnell and literally every other GOP senator voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. This was during President Ronald Reagan's last year in the White House, and at a time when Democrats controlled the Senate. Kennedy was confirmed 97-0, with three Democrats -- Joe Biden, Al Gore and Paul Simon -- not voting at all because, presumably, they were busy running for president that year."
Mitch McConnell Voted To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice In Reagan's Final Year

REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT
By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Special to the New York Times
Published: November 12, 1987
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11— President Reagan, stung by the failure of two nominations to the Supreme Court in the last three weeks, today nominated Judge Anthony M. Kennedy and expressed the hope that he could be confirmed quickly in a spirit of bipartisan cooperation"
REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT

1987
Which was NOT an election year.

Or didn't you know that?

Reagan also nominated Bork, and Douglas Ginsburg, before getting Kennedy passed.

Does this sound familiar?

"Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell was a moderate, and even before his expected retirement on June 27, 1987, Senate Democrats had asked liberal leaders to form "a solid phalanx" to oppose whomever President Ronald Reagan nominated to replace him, assuming it would tilt the court rightward; Democrats warned Reagan there would be a fight"

Ronald Reagan Supreme Court candidates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[DarkFury]

They'll still be doing their jobs.

Only if they vote, not if they don't, and that is what they are promising to do, not vote.

Did you NOT read the OP?

First off the Supreme Court spot CAN be held open. The court ran with six for years and has the needed rules in place to do so. The Sr. Judge simply holds the hearing and withholds his vote.

I read the OP, and it matters not a damn. If Obama nominates, and he will, and the GOP refuses to do their job, and they will, the American public will hear about it day in and day until they do. They dislike paying for bullshit political games of chicken.

1, The court was not always nine you retard. It WAS expanded from six. And you will NOT have a tie vote because under the RULES of having a possible tie with 8, the lead judge does NOT vote.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Only if they vote, not if they don't, and that is what they are promising to do, not vote.

Did you NOT read the OP?

First off the Supreme Court spot CAN be held open. The court ran with six for years and has the needed rules in place to do so. The Sr. Judge simply holds the hearing and withholds his vote.

I read the OP, and it matters not a damn. If Obama nominates, and he will, and the GOP refuses to do their job, and they will, the American public will hear about it day in and day until they do. They dislike paying for bullshit political games of chicken.

Lets talk history

There's Precedent For Rejecting Supreme Court Nominees

"President John Tyler had a particularly difficult time filling vacancies. Smith Thompson died in office December 18, 1943. His replacement, Samuel Nelson, was in office starting February 14, 1845. That’s a vacancy of 424 days. Henry Baldwin died in office April 21, 1844. His replacement, Robert Cooper, was in office starting August 4, 1846. This vacancy lasted 835 days because Tyler could not get the Senate to work with him. During Tyler’s presidency, the Senate rejected nine separate Supreme Court nominations!"

also: "Decisions that are tied with a 4-4 vote have no binding precedent and the decision of the lower court is upheld"

Let's use modern history:

"On Feb. 3, 1988, McConnell and literally every other GOP senator voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. This was during President Ronald Reagan's last year in the White House, and at a time when Democrats controlled the Senate. Kennedy was confirmed 97-0, with three Democrats -- Joe Biden, Al Gore and Paul Simon -- not voting at all because, presumably, they were busy running for president that year."
Mitch McConnell Voted To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice In Reagan's Final Year

REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT
By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Special to the New York Times
Published: November 12, 1987
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11— President Reagan, stung by the failure of two nominations to the Supreme Court in the last three weeks, today nominated Judge Anthony M. Kennedy and expressed the hope that he could be confirmed quickly in a spirit of bipartisan cooperation"
REAGAN NOMINATES ANTHONY KENNEDY TO SUPREME COURT

1987
Which was NOT an election year.

Or didn't you know that?

Reagan also nominated Bork, and Douglas Ginsburg, before getting Kennedy passed.

Does this sound familiar?

"Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell was a moderate, and even before his expected retirement on June 27, 1987, Senate Democrats had asked liberal leaders to form "a solid phalanx" to oppose whomever President Ronald Reagan nominated to replace him, assuming it would tilt the court rightward; Democrats warned Reagan there would be a fight"

Ronald Reagan Supreme Court candidates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You're grasping, big time. Six weeks makes no difference. They still confirmed in the final year.

Obama should nominate a week from Wednesday.