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  • #16
    Originally posted by Sava
    well it certainly follows the pattern of unqualified people...

    Roberts was a judge for 2 years and Bush makes him Chief Justice nominee...

    this one has never been a judge...



    Did you know that Rehnquist had never been a judge before joining the Supreme Court? In fact, there have been many Justices who were not judges when they were appointed to SCOTUS. It is not unprecedented!
    'There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.'"
    G'Kar - from Babylon 5 episode "Z'ha'dum"

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    • #17
      Originally posted by lord of the mark


      Chief Justice Earl Warren?
      so can I throw Warren's name out there as an example as proof I can do a job that I have no experience in?
      To us, it is the BEAST.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by The diplomat


        Did you know that Rehnquist had never been a judge before joining the Supreme Court? In fact, there have been many Justices who were not judges when they were appointed to SCOTUS. It is not unprecedented!
        yeah, and Rehnquist was an immoral ideologue who should have never been a judge (let alone a supreme court justice, let alone chief justice)
        To us, it is the BEAST.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by DinoDoc
          Considering the fact that she has contributed to Democratic candidates in the past, I should say so. Conservatives should be concerned though.
          Yeah, but the last one was in 1988. It took a while for Southerners to vote for Republicans. However, the Dems that ran there should not be confused with liberals.
          “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
          - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
            However, the Dems that ran there should not be confused with liberals.
            Al Gore?
            I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
            For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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            • #21
              Back in the 80s, Gore was painting himself as a moderate. He was a Southern Democrat and if you listen to people in Tennessee, they say the Gore they knew as their Senator was FAR different than the one that was Vice President and then Presidential nominee in the 90s.
              “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
              - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Sava
                so can I throw Warren's name out there as an example as proof I can do a job that I have no experience in?
                Yes, if youre an experienced attorney whos appointed to the Supreme Court. Otherwise, no.
                "A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin Buber

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Sava
                  yeah, and Rehnquist was an immoral ideologue who should have never been a judge (let alone a supreme court justice, let alone chief justice)
                  I think Rehnquist is pretty well respected. I don't think your opinion is shared by many.
                  'There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.'"
                  G'Kar - from Babylon 5 episode "Z'ha'dum"

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                  • #24
                    It's Sava... don't feed the troll.
                    “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                    - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                    • #25
                      I guess we should only let company presidents be presidents, eh Sava.
                      "The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Admiral
                        She's an interesting choice. By not appointing someone like Priscilla Owen, Bush demonstrates that he is worried that an ultra-conservative might not make it past a filibuster. On the other hand, Bush does have a habit of rewarding those loyal to him, and that may have taken precedence.
                        I have to agree with you though I do find it disturbing that he keeps nominating people with little to no record to review. I guess that is the point though; to send up people who can be everything to everyone.
                        Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by The diplomat

                          I think Rehnquist is pretty well respected. I don't think your opinion is shared by many.
                          Most people are daft.

                          The Supreme Court are goofs. Professional BSers. Then again, most courts are like that. I suppose it doesn't help their cause that the law is generally stupid.
                          Only feebs vote.

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                          • #28
                            Harriet Miers is an odd choice. She would not have been my pick. But I can see why Bush picked her. She's from Texas. He knows her from his days as governor and she has shown herself to be a very good lawyer. Furthermore, she was on the team to help select the next nominee. Remembering what happened with Cheney, Bush seems to like to pick the person in charge of finding a nominee to be the nominee themselves.
                            'There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.'"
                            G'Kar - from Babylon 5 episode "Z'ha'dum"

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Oerdin
                              I have to agree with you though I do find it disturbing that he keeps nominating people with little to no record to review. I guess that is the point though; to send up people who can be everything to everyone.
                              Considering the ever increasing visciousness of the confirmation hearings, this may be the best method.
                              All the other female candidates he floated have been roasted already and the Dems were licking their chops in anticipation. This will make it tougher on them. Especially if there is any truth that she has been previously discussed with them and submitted as a compromise candidate.

                              But I too worry if this sets precedence for submitting candidates without a lot of judicial experience so there's no food for the vultures.
                              It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
                              RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by The diplomat


                                I think Rehnquist is pretty well respected. I don't think your opinion is shared by many.
                                anyone who respects Rehnquist is a moron

                                I won't go into detail, but in the Rehnquist thread (a few weeks ago), I posted an article from the Chicago Tribune (a slightly conservative leaning paper... not in their stories... just their editorials), they studied Rehnquist's decisions in Free Speech cases...

                                Rehnquist could only be described as an enemy of Free Speech... his decisions always favored corporations, churches and rich political candidates... and he never once (not one time in all the first amendment cases that came before the Supreme court) supported an individual when it came to a situation involving the first amendment.


                                Agathon
                                To us, it is the BEAST.

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