Rococo4 wrote:I voted for Trump, I'm glad I did, and it was for this moment. I don't care what else happens if he is able to replace Scalia and Kennedy with two, young, solid conservatives. Bonus if he replaces Thomas next summer.

Of course Kennedy was going to retire. You could see it in his rulings this year. He is a Republican, generally conservative, his family are Republicans, and was appointed by a Republican president. He'll never have a better chance to be replaced by a similar, not opposite, replacement. And he is 81.

I hope blowing up the 60 vote rule for judges by Reid et al to pack the DC Circuit was worth it. It was for me.

JUburton wrote:lmao at the notion that mcconnell wouldn't have gotten rid of the appellate court filibuster the INSTANT judicial nominees were being held up.

CalvinBall wrote:both sides have basically left a supreme court vacancy open for a year?

Rococo4 wrote:

JUburton wrote:lmao at the notion that mcconnell wouldn't have gotten rid of the appellate court filibuster the INSTANT judicial nominees were being held up.

or to think that had the situation been on the other foot in 2016, the Democrats wouldnt have done the exact same thing to leave a vacant liberal seat open. It's all politics and power. Both sides have done it, basically since Bork nomination in 1987.

JUburton wrote:Scuttled is a great word and should be used more often than for nominations.

JUburton wrote:

Rococo4 wrote:

JUburton wrote:lmao at the notion that mcconnell wouldn't have gotten rid of the appellate court filibuster the INSTANT judicial nominees were being held up.

or to think that had the situation been on the other foot in 2016, the Democrats wouldnt have done the exact same thing to leave a vacant liberal seat open. It's all politics and power. Both sides have done it, basically since Bork nomination in 1987.

Bork was scuttled because it went from a swing vote to a hard right and the democrats had the senate. The Senate approved Kennedy 97-0. BOTH SIDES

JUburton wrote:The newsroom of The Capital, an Annapolis newspaper was shot up today. Reports of multiple dead, dozens wounded. I'm sure it wasn't a far right nut job egged on by the president of the united states. Definitely not.

CFP wrote:

JUburton wrote:The newsroom of The Capital, an Annapolis newspaper was shot up today. Reports of multiple dead, dozens wounded. I'm sure it wasn't a far right nut job egged on by the president of the united states. Definitely not.

Probably not the president this time, just Milo

A White House spokeswoman said President Donald Trump was briefed on the shooting. Lindsay Walters, the spokeswoman, said “our thoughts and prayers are with all that are affected.”

CFP wrote:

JUburton wrote:The newsroom of The Capital, an Annapolis newspaper was shot up today. Reports of multiple dead, dozens wounded. I'm sure it wasn't a far right nut job egged on by the president of the united states. Definitely not.

Probably not the president this time, just Milo

“The suspect though has been apprehended, according to the sheriff. And we’ll continue to follow that story. It’s so sad that there are so many sick, demented, and evil people in this world. It really is sad,” Hannity said.

But he soon pivoted to talking about Waters, who is facing the wrath of Republicans and some Democrats for telling protesters in Los Angeles to “push back on” members of the Trump administration.

“I’ve been saying now for days that something horrible was going to happen because of the rhetoric. Really, Maxine?”