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Victor on point here. If you only lived in this forum you'd think US Democrats were crazy left when they're pretty much just right of center at their core

very true

there is a reason joe biden won the nomination -- and it's definitely not because he is far left

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09-22-2020 , 11:11 PM

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You seem sane and rational but not everyone is that way. I know someone who was way into Words with Friends a few years ago. They always hated Alec Baldwin for political reasons. When they found out he liked the game too (when he got kicked off that plane), they stopped playing and deleted the app.

What % of people do you think are that way?

Not wanting to play scrabble because someone you don't like also likes scrabble still has be an incredibly uncommon mental illness - even for compulsive internet addicts.

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09-23-2020 , 12:14 AM

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I have no idea. I'd imagine its pretty small, at least I hope it is.

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09-23-2020 , 12:32 AM

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Seeing a lot of this:

But seems like a misread of ACB, who wrote a law review article saying a devout judge should recuse if her faith conflicted.

Of course, every originalist Judge believes Roe is wrongly decided because the word “abortion” isn’t in or suggested by anything in the Constitutional text. But almost all of them still wouldn’t touch Roe. ACB probably wouldn’t even sit for a case on Roe.

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09-23-2020 , 12:36 AM

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Rightwing Twitter actually hates ACB, too, for her COVID-19 rulings. Lol.

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09-23-2020 , 03:51 AM

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If he thinks Trump is dangerous enough to warrant removal from office via impeachment, there’s no way he should be approving Trump’s SCOTUS picks.

Well, it's probably been a long time since US federal judges where actually picked by a president in anything other than name, so it is likely best to view the president as a glorified pen holder in this regard. It's my understanding that these processes are largely steered by private interest organizations like the Federalist Society, which now holds 5 of its former members on SCOTUS.

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09-23-2020 , 07:03 AM

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Seeing a lot of this:

Social conservatives migrate to textualism and originalism in part because it is a reliable intellectual framework for reaching outcomes that align with social conservatism.

The chances that ACB would recuse herself on an abortion case for the reason you offer are approximately 1 in 10,000.

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09-23-2020 , 07:08 AM

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If he thinks Trump is dangerous enough to warrant removal from office via impeachment, there’s no way he should be approving Trump’s SCOTUS picks.

Romney should be opposing the confirmation of ACB (or anyone else) as a matter of process until a new president is elected.

But if Trump were reelected, and he nominated exactly the sort of person that Romney would have nominated if he had been president, I don't think it would make much sense to say that Romney should vote no on the appointment because he voted yes on impeachment.

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09-23-2020 , 01:34 PM

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Romney is a conservative who believes judges should rule by the constitution, not legislate. Romney is a pro-life conservative who supports conservative judges, yet you are saying he shoudlnt like ACB .. because she a nutcase.

makes sense

Trump's picks are stone cold locks to legislate from the bench, but you won't complain, because they'll legislate in ways you like.

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09-23-2020 , 01:56 PM

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Trump's picks are stone cold locks to legislate from the bench, but you won't complain, because they'll legislate in ways you like.

false on all accounts

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09-23-2020 , 02:09 PM

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in fact I have been extremely happy to see Kavanaugh dissent from the "right wing" majority numerous times already, regardless of whether i agreed or not; that let's me know that he reads the case and looks at the law and makes a decision, instead of just going with what the "conservative lawmakers would want" as you think i would want any judge to do; hint

i wouldn't

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09-23-2020 , 02:11 PM

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trolly and the left thinks this makes you dumb and him dumb

if you voted to impeach trump, you should obstruct everything he does, even the things you support!!

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09-23-2020 , 02:11 PM

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false on all accounts

What are your thoughts on Antonin Scalia?

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09-23-2020 , 03:48 PM

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Gotta love Trump being too dumb to avoid saying the quiet part out loud. "I need SCOTUS to give me the election, and having John Roberts as the fifth conservative vote is too risky"

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09-23-2020 , 04:12 PM

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What do you think they should do that they will not?

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09-23-2020 , 04:36 PM

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The Compromise of 1877 averted a Constitutional Crisis in which Democrats, who claimed Tilden had been cheated, were prepared to form an army and march on Washington D.C., which Grant heavily reinforced with military units. Those were the two possible outcomes.

I’ll support Romney if he decides to throw down.

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09-23-2020 , 04:46 PM

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Ending Reconstruction turned out to be pretty bad for a lot of people. Good for racists who wanted to exercise total control over the South though. Not quite sure what Shuffle's post is actually suggesting in relation to the present day.

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09-23-2020 , 04:58 PM

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09-23-2020 , 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by metsandfinsfan

very true

there is a reason joe biden won the nomination -- and it's definitely not because he is far left

It's because the DNC elites get lots of the monies to prop up the puppet who won't shoot the conductor. (of the Gravy Train)

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09-23-2020 , 05:05 PM

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We let the south off way too easy.

We are now reaping the bad harvest of our laziness.

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09-23-2020 , 05:17 PM

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We let the south off way too easy.

We are now reaping the bad harvest of our laziness.

What would you have proposed?

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09-23-2020 , 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by RFlushDiamonds

It's because the DNC elites get lots of the monies to prop up the puppet who won't shoot the conductor. (of the Gravy Train)

it is still the humanoids that vote

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09-23-2020 , 05:28 PM

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What would you have proposed?

Interesting, huh?

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09-23-2020 , 06:36 PM

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What would you have proposed?

they should have been treated like the Nazis. minus all the gov positions and running the entire post war army.

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09-23-2020 , 06:43 PM

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What would you have proposed?

It's hard to say but things like not allowing a southerner to become president before the slave issue was settled would be easy.

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