Taro T Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 America loses today. Thanks both Dems and Reps. Tenure lives in Comgress. After '13 it was pretty much inevitable once a single party held the WH & Senate. Sad day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 You bet. Schumer's view that ideology is now paramount and a justification for obstructing a nomination wins out today. From now on the Senate will no longer just rule on the candidate's legal expertise as grounds for joining the Supremes. Ideology is now most important. What a dirt bag his is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Hopefully the disgust at Trump will be so great Dems can take back Senate and Presidency and then pack the court with four more Liberal judges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Ah the Filbuster. Use it when it serves your purpose then go Nuclear Option when it doesn't The Senate voted 52-48 to repeal the rule allowing filibusters against Supreme Court nominees. Ain't America Great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Excellent choice to join Alito, Thomas, and Roberts. Need a few more of the fruitloop nutcakes replaced by real judges and you will be in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinreaper Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Ah the Filbuster. Use it when it serves your purpose then go Nuclear Option when it doesn't The Senate voted 52-48 to repeal the rule allowing filibusters against Supreme Court nominees. Ain't America Great. Do you have any sense of how this came about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TH3 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 You bet. Schumer's view that ideology is now paramount and a justification for obstructing a nomination wins out today. From now on the Senate will no longer just rule on the candidate's legal expertise as grounds for joining the Supremes. Ideology is now most important. What a dirt bag his is. Ahh ....an ideologue trying to call someone an idealogue....... Excellent choice to join Alito, Thomas, and Roberts. Need a few more of the fruitloop nutcakes replaced by real judges and you will be in business. What excellent decisions are you looking forward to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 The lack of horrible decisions going forward would be more than one could hope for. Activism isn't the lust of good judges, thank goodness Hillary was completely trounced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyDays Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Thank god tbe filibuster is gone. What a dumb idea, it has no place in our democracy. Republicans and Democrats have both used it. A simple majority should be enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 "This will be the first, and last, partisan filibuster of a Supreme Court nominee," McConnell said on the Senate floor earlier Thursday. "This is the latest escalation in the left's never-ending judicial war, the most audacious yet, and it cannot and will not stand." http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/06/democrats-block-gorsuch-supreme-court-nomination-gop-now-expected-to-take-nuclear-option.html Senate Democrats' blockade of Gorsuch on Thursday morning marked the first successful filibuster of a Supreme Court nominee in nearly five decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Franklin Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 (edited) Thank god tbe filibuster is gone. What a dumb idea, it has no place in our democracy. Republicans and Democrats have both used it. A simple majority should be enough.Stupid. 51 shouldn't subjugate 49. The filibuster's purpose was to ensure one party had to work with the other on larger decisions. That's gone. Not blaming the Dems or Reps. Blaming them both. They all suck balls. Edited April 6, 2017 by Benjamin Franklin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Stupid. 51 shouldn't subjugate 49. The filibuster's purpose was to ensure one party had to work with the other on larger decisions. That's gone. Not blaming the Dems or Reps. Blaming them both. They all suck balls. What should Republicans have done here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 (edited) Courts have always been politicised, this only confirms it. At least there was a time when shills like Mitch McConnell would vote battle axes like Ginsburg in... Yet, now he won't touch a guy like Garland. The tit for tat has to stop, but who is going to fall on the sword when the other side is always giving a parting "face wash." I have never in my life ever voted to retain a judge, no matter what ideology they espouse. The good think about Gorsuch is that he may be pro-environment, hopefully in a classic conservation way not an environmentalist way. What should Republicans have done here?Fall on sword. Garland/Gorsuch cancel out. Lead, and find a way to compromise when The Trumpster picks again. Not just rubber stamp. Edited April 6, 2017 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 (edited) @NoahCRothman 5h5 hours ago Media's take on the Senate nuclear option in 2013 vs 2017, illustrated.pic.twitter.com/DTu5sZKx9p 2013 (HEROIC) You fools, you blew it up ! Edited April 6, 2017 by B-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 America loses today. Thanks both Dems and Reps. Tenure lives in Comgress. America lost on November 21, 2013. This is less a "momentous event" than a foregone conclusion. Thanks, Harry. You had two goals: ensure the minority power was powerless, and ensure the president's agenda couldn't be interfered with. You've successfully accomplished the first. God help us if the second's ever achieved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Franklin Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 (edited) What should Republicans have done here?As I said, everyone lost today. What happened today when the sun rose was going to happen because both parties failed us in the events leading up to this. There's no way to view it any other way. There is a good guy joining the SC but even his excellence is tarnished by what happened to Garland. These people just flat suck. Edited April 6, 2017 by Benjamin Franklin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 As I said, everyone lost today. What happened today when the sun rose was going to happen because both parties failed us in the events leading up to this. There's no way to view it any other way. There is a good guy joining the SC but even his excellence is tarnished by what happened to Garland. These people just flat suck. Nothing happened to Garland. The Senate did it's duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Nothing happened to Garland. The Senate did it's duty. The same senator(s) that also voted for an ultimate liberal like Ruth Bader Ginsburg? They did their duty back then, what changed with the president in 2016 vs. 1993? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 The same senator(s) that also voted for an ultimate liberal like Ruth Bader Ginsburg? They did their duty back then, what changed with the president in 2016 vs. 1993? The well wasn't poisoned back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Nothing happened to Garland. The Senate did it's duty. But the Senate used as an excuse the bull **** reasoning of "The next President should be the one to nominate a Justice...just because." The Senate may have done its duty, to the letter of the Constitution. But what they did to Garland was still nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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