Trump appoints federal judges

[ottomobeale]

Originally Posted by Buckeye77

Glad to see that President Trump continues to MAGA. Covfefe and all that.

Make
America
Gilded
Age

Wait until fast food places get to make grunts sign non-compete clauses and work for a low salary.

[Dbones]

Originally Posted by ottomobeale

Make
America
Gilded
Age

Wait until fast food places get to make grunts sign non-compete clauses and work for a low salary.

You're usually pretty level headed, but your last sentence is something a true nut would say. Are you happy with Liberal judges thinking they can make law from the bench and overturn just about anything they want? THAT is the real problem in the courts these days, these judges don't follow the US Constitution one bit. They throw tantrums because they aren't getting their way and try to make law like they are something special. It gets overturned time after time and they still don't learn. Constitutional judges are the answer not the problem and you are going to find more Constitutional judges on the Conservative side.

[ottomobeale]

Originally Posted by Dbones

You're usually pretty level headed, but your last sentence is something a true nut would say. Are you happy with Liberal judges thinking they can make law from the bench and overturn just about anything they want? THAT is the real problem in the courts these days, these judges don't follow the US Constitution one bit. They throw tantrums because they aren't getting their way and try to make law like they are something special. It gets overturned time after time and they still don't learn. Constitutional judges are the answer not the problem and you are going to find more Constitutional judges on the Conservative side.

Actually...
non compete. Two different types.
https://consumerist.com/2016/06/22/j...yee-contracts/
https://www.foodandwine.com/news/fas...eement-inquiry

Low pay salary
Federal Standards. Currently, according to the FLSA, the federal overtime salary threshold is $23,660 annually, calculating to $455 per week.
This equals about 11 something an hour. There is quite a fight when Obama wanted to raise it. A long long time ago in a galaxy far far away, I was a temp at a plating factory where everyone was a "manager" of an area. They had no direct reports and the salary was just barely above the equivalent minimum wage but OT was expected. I remember doing some mental math and noting it could have been sub minimum wage (with 1.5x OT) It was very very close.

Do not doubt many corporatist types would love to implement these things.

I understand concern of liberal activist judges. It seems with too many of either type of judge, we get some sound rulings and other rulings not so much.

I dont hear much about them. Everyone concentrates on Citizens United

To me, the following are terrible conservative decisions

Leegin decision. allows companies to set minimum store price
Autodesk decision. allows software companies to kill right of first sale
etc etc
Then there are mixed bag decisions like Epic. Yes some employees sue at the drop of the hat. OTOH if you believe arbitrators do not favor employers... On this one, I do not know the answer quite frankly. It is, however in a string of corporatist decisions.

[TEPLimey]

Originally Posted by Dbones

You're usually pretty level headed, but your last sentence is something a true nut would say. Are you happy with Liberal judges thinking they can make law from the bench and overturn just about anything they want? THAT is the real problem in the courts these days, these judges don't follow the US Constitution one bit. They throw tantrums because they aren't getting their way and try to make law like they are something special. It gets overturned time after time and they still don't learn. Constitutional judges are the answer not the problem and you are going to find more Constitutional judges on the Conservative side.

What is a "Constitutional" judge? All judges on the Supreme Court interpret the meaning of the Constitution as they believe it to be. Your interpretation of which school of thought isn't more "Constitutional" than another.

Generally speaking, judges aren't legislating from the bench. This is particularly true at the Federal level. That's just a sound-bite used to galvanize many low-income voters into thinking that voting against their judicial self-interest will somehow retard social change.

If you like money in politics and bestowing individual rights on fictional State-created entities originally designed merely to encourage commerce, then judges advanced by big-corporation-funded Federalist Society masquerading as protectors of "conservative" principles are for you. I would know. I was a member of The Federalist Society for many years.

[T-310]

Originally Posted by bmccormick71

And that’s all that matters right?

Nope. But it helps.