@flwino posted:Totally unqualified! Court packing the donald style.
Unqualified! Oh ok...genius. I'll post about wine and give up the other COVID issue as long as you don't post about another Tater!
@flwino posted:Totally unqualified! Court packing the donald style.
She was not picked because of her brilliant legal acumen or noted scholarly decisions. She was picked because she gave a few lectures years ago that fit into the ultra-right's viewpoint. If she is somehow able to acknowledge that truth, then shame on her for accepting the nomination. She will always be a lesser justice because of it. Just look at Justice Kavanaugh as a prime example. They are both solidly in the pocket of Trump, should any of his cases reach them. God forbid the election results reach the SCOTUS.
Kavanaugh - like him or not and his shady past and insanely conservative judicial philosophy - was far more qualified. Two Circuit court clerkships, lengthy careert where he actually did legal work (even if a lot of it was BS for Ken Starr), thirteen or 14 years as a judge. I do not like him but in terms of experience, at least he had some meaningful experience
what about her ruling on Kanter vs Barr? The law says felons don't get to own guns, she interprets that as, noooo that's not necessarily true, only the type of violent felons I think shouldn't get to own guns. I'd hate her to consider a misdemeanor like domestic violence as not violent enough to ban these folks from owning guns considering the stats are overwhelming that domestic violence abusers are one of the worst offenders of gun crime.
Makes me wonder if she'd rule the same way when it comes to felons and their right to vote. Sadly, I don't think so.
For the lawyers here.
Should she vote on any case where she did not sit in on the pleadings? If so it would appear that she did not catch all the issues, nuansiances [sp??] etc. of the case. seems a bit unfair to both parties in the case.
Corbyn suspended (likely to be expelled) from Labour. 2020 has now produced exactly one piece of good news. Let’s hope we get another soon...
"...we're getting your husbands back to work."
What is this, the 50s?
Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend. But do I really have to turn back my clock for an additional hour of this crappy year?
Thank goodness I live on the East Coast. The Year 2020 will end three hours earlier for me than you West Coast hippies.
spookiest thing for Halloween, is the year itself. Have never seen a year like this
For a Halloween costume, I should go as a calendar.
@flwino posted:For the lawyers here.
Should she vote on any case where she did not sit in on the pleadings? If so it would appear that she did not catch all the issues, nuansiances [sp??] etc. of the case. seems a bit unfair to both parties in the case.
You mean if she doesn’t sit in on the arguments. She probably won’t but we will see her participating shortly In matters that she has the same exposure to as the others
@irwin posted:You mean if she doesn’t sit in on the arguments. She probably won’t but we will see her participating shortly In matters that she has the same exposure to as the others
On appeals, it is far less important anyway - they have the briefs, the arguments can be listened to - of course, she is outcome driven rather than principled - so it is largely irrelevant.
Originalists are only originalist when it supports their position - they are happy to ignore that when it does not suit their purposes. Otherwise Bush v. Gore would never happened because that decision was (and remains) a farce And yes I worked on the matter and am still peeved 20 years later.
Oral arguments actually don’t usually persuade any appellate judge.
@irwin posted:Oral arguments actually don’t usually persuade any appellate judge.
Usually not never . . .
@irwin posted:Oral arguments actually don’t usually persuade any appellate judge.
Unlike online arguments of course ;-)
"There will be no heating in the winter, no air conditioning in the summer, and no electricity" -- Trump on a Biden win. Can you say unhinged?
Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
Egon Spengler: 40 years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes!
Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave!
Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!
keep claiming deaths so the doctors get paid more. Even the jerk Jack Nicklas said that in paper this morning. what a fool
That Florida man's in the news again:
"Florida man was mauled by a leopard after paying $150 for a 'full-contact experience'"
@flwino posted:keep claiming deaths so the doctors get paid more. Even the jerk Jack Nicklas said that in paper this morning. what a fool
I thought you were a golfer? Probably not very good! And you dislike Jack. A huge ego for sure but an all around wonderful man.
Am I the only one who saw that video of the Trump supporters surrounding the Biden bus in Texas and thought it looked exactly like the end of The Road Warrior?
@Rothko posted:Am I the only one who saw that video of the Trump supporters surrounding the Biden bus in Texas and thought it looked exactly like the end of The Road Warrior?
I did not watch it but it is a very ominous warning.
@Rothko posted:Am I the only one who saw that video of the Trump supporters surrounding the Biden bus in Texas and thought it looked exactly like the end of The Road Warrior?
You know, you could do a Biden bus version of Wylie E. Coyote's "Free Birdseed" sign, and then drop a boulder on them all.
@mneeley490 posted:You know, you could do a Biden bus version of Wylie E. Coyote's "Free Birdseed" sign, and then drop a boulder on them all.
Nothing like stopping free speech and voter suppression
@flwino posted:Nothing like stopping free speech and voter suppression
certainly, a lack of law and order
@flwino posted:keep claiming deaths so the doctors get paid more. Even the jerk Jack Nicklas said that in paper this morning. what a fool
As an Ohioan the Nicklaus thing hurt deeply, as he has been a long time sports hero. Now he's just another rich white guy that values money over people.
@patespo1 posted:As an Ohioan the Nicklaus thing hurt deeply, as he has been a long time sports hero. Now he's just another rich white guy that values money over people.
Imagine how it feels being the biggest Bruins fan on earth after Bobby Orr took out a full page ad in support of Trump. I met Orr a few times. He was one of my childhood heroes. And to think he was born and raised Canadian! He isn't very Canadian any more, it seems.....
I really dislike our garden hose which tangles all the time.
@Crapulence posted:I really dislike our garden hose which tangles all the time.
I do not fear for myself, because I am in the last quarter of my life. But I fear for my daughter who is still in her first quarter.
Good thing we know a lot of good realtors
@jcocktosten posted:Good thing we know a lot of good realtors
And a Canadian immigration consultant. 😉
Anyone else a little groggy today from staying up too late?
Fascism 101:
"This is a fraud on the American public. This is an embarrassment to our country. We were getting ready to win this election, frankly we did win this election. We did win this election. So our goal now is to ensure the integrity for the good of this nation, this is a very big moment. This is a major fraud on our nation. We want the law to be used in the proper manner.
“So we will be going to the U.S. Supreme Court. We want all voting to stop. We don’t want them to find any ballots at 4 o’clock in the morning and add them to the list. OK? It’s a very sad, it’s a very sad moment. To me, this is a very sad moment, and we will win this, and as far as I’m concerned, we already have won it.”
Oregon became the first state to decriminalize small amounts of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs. They should be so proud.
@arsenal4ever posted:Oregon became the first state to decriminalize small amounts of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs. They should be so proud.
Half of our country voted for a monster. We have bigger issues to deal with.
Oregon also legalized magic mushrooms. Half of CA will be moving there tomorrow.