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Originally Posted by tuebor
This post goes out to thoughtful conservatives who don't want to vote for Trump but who are concerned about the future of the Supreme Court. I myself am a Sanders supporter. I don't want to vote for Clinton either, but we have to come together to defeat Trump.
How about this: Confirm Merrick Garland, but at the same time, enact term limits for Supreme Court Justices. If Clinton wins, she will probably be a 1-term president. But she may get to choose a couple of justices during that time, which is why it behooves conservatives to confirm Garland and enact term limits for justices.
Merrick Garland is clearly qualified for the job, and is just about the best candidate the GOP could hope to get from a Democratic president. Holding up his nomination and keeping the seat vacant for almost a year or however long it has been is bad governance and sets a terrible precedent. Those who have participated in this disgraceful action are violating their oaths of office. A less disgraceful course of action would be to confirm Garland with a string attached, namely term limits for justices.
Term limits for justices is an idea whose time has come anyway. People live longer than they did when the Constitution was drafted, yet society also changes more rapidly from generation to generation. Term limits probably should have been enacted a century ago -- then maybe it wouldn't have taken so long to get child labor laws passed. This is an idea that has been endorsed by people from different points on the ideological spectrum.
But what about abortion? Well, just overturning Roe v. Wade isn't going to make abortion go away. It would still be legal in many states, and in the states that would ban it, it is already very difficult to get an abortion. It would probably become even more entrenched in those states where it would remain legal. If you are serious about saving the lives of the unborn (and not just using the issue to win elections for GOP candidates) then you must recognize that you have to change the minds of ordinary people. What happens at the Supreme Court won't matter if we do not address the cultural and economic factors that predispose certain women to abort unwanted pregnancies. A top-down approach won't work. Do you really want to put the presidency in the hands of Donald Trump for this?
Better to have 4 more years of gridlock than the damage that Trump would do. Let the GOP get its house in order, find a serious candidate, and let's a have serious contest in 2020. |
As a Conservative I do NOT agree with your premise and will NOT go along with, IMO opinion, your loony ideas.
" I myself am a Sanders supporter."
You certainly are NOT a Conservative, so why are you trying to get conservatives on your side?
"Term limits for justices is an idea whose time has come anyway"
It is no wonder you are a Sanders supporter.
Are you this naive to believe that an amendment to the Constitution will pass for term limits of SC judges?
How old are you?
Ain't gonna happen.
"Merrick Garland is clearly qualified for the job,"
B.S. Any judge who is AGAINST the 2nd Amendment should NOT be judge in the first place, much less the SC.
Our ONLY hope is to ELECT Trump.
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