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Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: ellis4538 on April 04, 2010, 07:14:56 AM
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Just heard that O'bummer will get another pick for Justice of the US Supreme Court. Didn't hear who is retiring but that he gets to stack the deck against us! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news today of all days.
Richard
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It's Stevens. No big change there.
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And there's always the chance the 'lib' he appoints pulls a Souter.
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Unfortunately, Fatman I have never seen a lib change its stripes. At most they pass themselves off as center left and then show their true colors after getting the job.
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Haven't heard the timing yet, has he picked a date?
It would be interesting if the 112th Congress goes back to the right! All the committee chairs have to switch to the majority...
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Unfortunately, Fatman I have never seen a lib change its stripes. At most they pass themselves off as center left and then show their true colors after getting the job.
Good observation Haz. Seems as though there are some liars in the Supreme Court.
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http://www.startribune.com/nation/89836827.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiacyKUUr (http://www.startribune.com/nation/89836827.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiacyKUUr)
http://www.startribune.com/nation/89865447.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ (http://www.startribune.com/nation/89865447.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ)
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Yahoo News is reporting that it will be this year or next, but definitely during Obummer's term.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100404/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_stevens
WASHINGTON – A leading Democratic senator hopes Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens doesn't decide to retire this year.
The 89-year-old Stevens says he "will surely" step down during Barack Obama's presidency, and will decide soon whether it's this year or next.
Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., worries that a nomination fight this year would mean gridlock in the partisan Senate. Specter thinks there's a better chance for consensus next year.
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Sen. Kyl Fires First Shot in Battle Over Next Supreme Court Nominee
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/04/sen-kyl-fires-shot-battle-supreme-court-nominee/ (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/04/sen-kyl-fires-shot-battle-supreme-court-nominee/)
The battle over the next Supreme Court justice is already under way, as the No. 2 Republican in the Senate on Sunday would not rule out blocking a successor to Justice John Paul Stevens -- who said in interviews published this weekend his retirement is on the horizon.
Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., speaking on "Fox News Sunday," warned President Obama not to try nominating anyone "overly ideological" to replace Stevens, who is known as the leader of the liberal wing of the court.
He suggested the party did not want anyone so outspoken as Sonia Sotomayor, who was picked to replace former Justice David Souter last year, and said the decision on whether the GOP will filibuster will "all depend" on who the next nominee is.
"I think the president will nominate a qualified person. I hope, however, he does not nominate an overly ideological person. That will be the test," Kyl said. "And if he doesn't nominate someone who is overly ideological, I don't think -- you may see Republicans voting against the nominee, but I don't think you'll see them engage in a filibuster."
He said Republicans would only filibuster under "extraordinary circumstances," the standard agreed to after a series of clashes in Congress over judicial nominees under former President George W. Bush.
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At least one Democrat is taking Kyl's threats seriously.
Stevens told The Washington Post he "will surely" retire while Obama is still president. But Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., told "Fox News Sunday" he hopes Stevens will wait until next year to do it, when the politics in Congress would potentially be a bit less toxic.
"I think the gridlock in the Senate might well produce a filibuster, which would tie up the Senate on a Supreme Court nominee," Specter said. "I think if a year passes there's a much better chance we can come to a consensus."
Specter, who said he doesn't want to see any more Circuit Court judges elevated to the high court -- at least not this time -- said he has a nominee in mind for whom he will lobby Obama on Monday.
Specter said he wants a nominee who is "tough" on executive power. But Kyl said that's exactly the kind of pick his party wants to avoid.
"I want a judge who will read the law and declare it in each case that comes before him or her as it should be," Kyl said, adding that "preconceived attitudes" have no place on the bench.
"We've had too much of that," he said, in what appeared to be a veiled reference to the last nominee, Sotomayor.
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It would be good for the liberal to step down and there be gridlock. The court would have to decide with one less liberal and what is bad about that?
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Yahoo News is reporting that it will be this year or next, but definitely during Obummer's term.
Of course it will be during ObaMao's term. A flaming liberal like Stevens isn't going to wait and gamble that the post turtle in chief gets a second term, and he DAMN sure ain't gonna go when there's a President in the WH who MIGHT nominate a (gasp) CONSERVATIVE to the high court.
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Stevens and Ginsberg might leave. I know where this is going.
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Guarantee's 3 Liberal seats on the Court.
Unless he leaves and is replaced before Jan 2011 Rep. will have both houses, they could LOSE 2 seats. ;D
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There were some earlier indications of Stevens' pending retirement--he only hired 1 law clerk instead of the usual 4. He is 89 or 90 and that's plenty of time to have proven his career. And, Odamna is in the WH so it's a lock that his liberal perspective will be replaced by another liberal perspective. The questions now are who gets the nomination and when? Doing something this year will potentially impact the coming elections stimulating even more anti-left backlash. Waiting until after the elections may put Odamna in a very weakened position (please God) to try for a radical appointment. Either way, we will have to keep a close eye on 2A issues in the future. It's not going to get any easier for patriotic Americans.
Crusader