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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #150 on: June 27, 2018, 09:46:25 pm »
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #151 on: June 27, 2018, 10:40:06 pm »
Fantom wrote:
"It had to be now...just in case we should loose the Senate.
Ram it through, get it done. Watch the left get even more frenzied and neo-fascist nutzi. Such all works to our advantage."

Agreed.
I'm thinking that a forceful effort by Republicans to get the nominee confirmed before the election (hopefully before the first Monday in October) will give the entire party a boost in the November elections.

Perhaps just a small boost, but ANYTHING will be welcome and needed.

If the Pubbies won't stand tall for the nominee, it's going to cost them on illikshun day!
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #152 on: June 27, 2018, 10:44:25 pm »
Bloomberg and the Los Angeles Times are both reporting that the favorite is Brett Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh, 53, is a federal appellate court judge based in Washington, D.C., who previously clerked for Kennedy. Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the appellate court took three years from his nomination in 2003 until he was confirmed by a 57-36 vote in May 2006.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/appellate-judge-d-c-circuit-seen-early-favorite-trumps-supreme-court-shortlist-203121934.html


More likely, this is wishful thinking from Bloomberg and the LA Times, though he is on the list.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #153 on: June 27, 2018, 10:46:02 pm »
Quote from: austingirl on June 27, 2018, 09:46:25 pm
Liberal tears the best!

Yep, now that the Krocodile tears over ..."Separate the Babbies" are superseded by what the leftist maggots really care 'Bout.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=10796933

To which I do a happy dance...



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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #154 on: June 27, 2018, 10:53:41 pm »
Quote from: aligncare on June 27, 2018, 06:13:23 pm
So, even if the president nominates another conservative, it’s still pretty much gonna remain 5–4.

I’ll take that – for now anyway.

On social issues Kennedy sided with the liberals.  He authord the ruling for same sex marriage. The LGBQT community are saddend by this announcement.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #155 on: June 27, 2018, 11:01:57 pm »
Quote from: NavyCanDo on June 27, 2018, 10:53:41 pm
On social issues Kennedy sided with the liberals.  He authord the ruling for same sex marriage. The LGBQT community are saddend by this announcement.

Why are they sad? They got what they wanted. They should now go off to be fruitful and multiply.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #156 on: June 27, 2018, 11:19:12 pm »
Quote from: Fishrrman on June 27, 2018, 10:40:06 pm
Fantom wrote:
"It had to be now...just in case we should loose the Senate.
Ram it through, get it done. Watch the left get even more frenzied and neo-fascist nutzi. Such all works to our advantage."

Agreed.
I'm thinking that a forceful effort by Republicans to get the nominee confirmed before the election (hopefully before the first Monday in October) will give the entire party a boost in the November elections.

Perhaps just a small boost, but ANYTHING will be welcome and needed.

If the Pubbies won't stand tall for the nominee, it's going to cost them on illikshun day!

And if the quisling sect of Senators..we all know who they are. If they stop it, then it will bring out our voters to see we have at least 58 Senators.

It is a Paton strategy... "Hold 'Em by the nose...Kick 'Em in the ass"
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #157 on: June 27, 2018, 11:32:08 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on June 27, 2018, 11:01:57 pm
Why are they sad? They got what they wanted. They should now go off to be fruitful and multiply.

Only if fudge babies count.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #158 on: June 27, 2018, 11:53:06 pm »
Quote from: mrclose on June 27, 2018, 08:39:31 pm
@Frank Cannon
Enjoy .. the tears are delicious!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142096216#post29

Think it's ugly now, you wait until Ginsburg retires or passes. If during Trumps term or terms I would not want my fishing boat under any tall bridge, because the sky could be raining Lefties.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #159 on: June 28, 2018, 12:31:18 am »
Quote from: NavyCanDo on June 27, 2018, 10:53:41 pm
On social issues Kennedy sided with the liberals.  He authord the ruling for same sex marriage. The LGBQT community are saddend by this announcement.

June 29, 1992 - Angers conservatives by coauthoring, with Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and David Souter, the opinion of the court in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, to uphold Roe v. Wade.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #160 on: June 28, 2018, 12:33:07 am »
March 1, 2005 - Writes the majority opinion for the 5-4 ruling in Roper v. Simmons stating that executing killers who were under age 18 when they committed their crimes is unconstitutional.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #161 on: June 28, 2018, 12:36:01 am »
Good he is going.

Trump needs to find another Bork so we can get what we should have gotten 30 years ago, but didn't cause the fat Kennedy slob.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #162 on: June 28, 2018, 12:37:25 am »
June 26, 2015 - Kennedy writes the landmark majority opinion of the court in Obergefell v. Hodges, making same-sex marriage legal in all 50 US states.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #163 on: June 28, 2018, 12:37:52 am »
Quote from: aligncare on June 27, 2018, 06:13:23 pm
So, even if the president nominates another conservative, it’s still pretty much gonna remain 5–4.

I’ll take that – for now anyway.
Where have you been?  Kennedy has been a disaster for years, as he 'swings' to and fro.

There is no way we do not get an improvement here.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #164 on: June 28, 2018, 12:38:54 am »
June 23, 2016 - Kennedy writes the majority opinion in Fisher v. University of Texas, upholding the right of universities to consider race as one factor in admissions.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #165 on: June 28, 2018, 12:50:29 am »
I predict somebody similar to Kennedy. That way, rulings won’t change drastically and it will give RBG a false sense of security. She retires and BOOM, Trump replaces her with a strict constructionist.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #166 on: June 28, 2018, 01:02:03 am »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on June 28, 2018, 12:37:52 am
Where have you been?  Kennedy has been a disaster for years, as he 'swings' to and fro.

There is no way we do not get an improvement here.

Word.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #167 on: June 28, 2018, 01:03:52 am »
Quote from: goodwithagun on June 28, 2018, 12:50:29 am
I predict somebody similar to Kennedy. That way, rulings won’t change drastically and it will give RBG a false sense of security. She retires and BOOM, Trump replaces her with a strict constructionist.

Nein, Nyet...f'cing no.

You strike when the iron is hot.

No quarter, no prisoners...they do not give us that.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #168 on: June 28, 2018, 01:04:59 am »
Trump: Kennedy retired now because he’s ‘confident in me to make the right choice’ to replace him

By Justin Wise - 06/27/18 08:49 PM EDT

President Trump on Wednesday said that Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court because he knew Trump would pick the right replacement to "carry on his great legacy."

"I’m very honored that he chose to do it during my term in office," Trump said during a rally in Fargo, N.D. "Because he felt confident in me to make the right choice and carry on his great legacy. That’s why he did it."

Trump added that his nominee to fill the Supreme Court's vacancy will be on the bench for 40 to 45 years. Kennedy served 30 years on the high court.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/394543-trump-justice-kennedy-retired-during-my-term-because-i-can-carry-out-his-legacy
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #169 on: June 28, 2018, 01:07:01 am »
Quote from: goodwithagun on June 27, 2018, 08:20:49 pm
He should nominate Hillary so that she could be investigated via her Senate vetting.

Best. Idea. Ever.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #170 on: June 28, 2018, 01:07:20 am »
Quote from: mrclose on June 28, 2018, 12:37:25 am
June 26, 2015 - Kennedy writes the landmark majority opinion of the court in Obergefell v. Hodges, making same-sex marriage legal in all 50 US states.

Obergefell is as bad or even worse than Roe.  It usurps rights Constitutionally reserved for the States.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #171 on: June 28, 2018, 01:07:50 am »
Quote from: Fantom on June 28, 2018, 01:03:52 am
Nein, Nyet...f'cing no.

You strike when the iron is hot.

No quarter, no prisoners...they do not give us that.

 :amen:  :amen: and  :amen:
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #172 on: June 28, 2018, 01:08:50 am »
Aside from being a swing vote, people have to remember Kennedy was a third in line give up choice, after Bork was rejected and Ginsburg withdrew at 4:20PM.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #173 on: June 28, 2018, 01:08:58 am »
Quote from: Fantom on June 28, 2018, 01:03:52 am
Nein, Nyet...f'cing no.

You strike when the iron is hot.

No quarter, no prisoners...they do not give us that.

I agree, I was just posting what Trump fans would consider 73rd dimensional chess.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #174 on: June 28, 2018, 01:09:20 am »
Quote from: Fantom on June 28, 2018, 01:03:52 am
Nein, Nyet...f'cing no.

You strike when the iron is hot.

No quarter, no prisoners...they do not give us that.
You are exactly right.

Gingsberg, Kagan, Sotomayor, all women, all the worst liberals ever on the court.

NO more women nominees.  O'Connor was just like Kennedy, a swing vote.
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