Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 02-14-2016, 08:03 AM
 
30,065 posts, read 18,670,668 times
Reputation: 20884

Advertisements

The dems have a rich tradition of rejecting/delaying Supreme Court nominees. I guess payback is fair play.

8 Rejected Supreme Court Nominees | Mental Floss

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL31171.pdf

We should celebrate and honor this democrat tradition and oppose any nominee by Obama.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 02-14-2016, 08:12 AM
mm4
 
5,711 posts, read 3,979,590 times
Reputation: 1941
Quote:
Originally Posted by hawkeye2009 View Post
The dems have a rich tradition of rejecting/delaying Supreme Court nominees. I guess payback is fair play.

8 Rejected Supreme Court Nominees | Mental Floss

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL31171.pdf

We should celebrate and honor this democrat tradition and oppose any nominee by Obama.
The vital Scalia, who championed the Bill of Rights and national-border definition, must have been a constant irritant to the Obama administration and upper mgmt.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-14-2016, 08:16 AM
 
4,120 posts, read 6,610,204 times
Reputation: 2290
Quote:
Originally Posted by hawkeye2009 View Post
The dems have a rich tradition of rejecting/delaying Supreme Court nominees. I guess payback is fair play.

8 Rejected Supreme Court Nominees | Mental Floss

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL31171.pdf

We should celebrate and honor this democrat tradition and oppose any nominee by Obama.
You know the only one of the list that is relevant is Bork. Obama will not nominate someone that far to the left, it will be a left leaning centrist.

Also if you delay long enough that when Clinton or Sanders is president then you may get Obama on the court.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-14-2016, 08:19 AM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
1,988 posts, read 2,224,583 times
Reputation: 1536
Harriet Miers, LOL. Even Republicans thought she was a joke of a nominee. Bush was such a clown.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-14-2016, 08:43 AM
 
Location: Where the mountains touch the sky
6,756 posts, read 8,582,712 times
Reputation: 14969
Obama does not have a track record of nominating people due to their qualifications, but instead he nominates based on their political ideology, gender, race, or sexual preferences.

If he were to actually nominate a qualified jurist, then yes they should receive a fair look from the senate and confirmation if they meet the standard.

His obsessive hatred of liberty and the Second Amendment, and as this is his last chance to stack the court to further erode the constitution, means he will pick someone that is a political activist based on their politics and hatred of American freedom.

If that is the case, then the nominee should not be confirmed, period, no matter who is the next occupant of the white house.

A justice should be nominated because of their qualifications, not ideology, but since franklin Roosevelt, the dem side has always used the court to put in law that couldn't be passed by congress because there was no popular support. Abortion an homosexual "marriage" are just 2 examples.

All that has stood in the way of a socialist takeover of this country for many years has been the supreme court, now the opportunity exists to destroy that last defense.

Obama will nominate a political hack. The senate should give them a fair hearing, and if shown to be an unqualified political hack, they should be denied.

The dems aren't great about doing things for the benefit of the country, so I highly doubt we can expect anything more from obama with this last chance to hurt the country for many more years to come and deepen the divisions he's created between classes and race in his obsessive attempts to destroy this country from within just as Kruscheve said they would do.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-14-2016, 09:08 AM
 
30,065 posts, read 18,670,668 times
Reputation: 20884
Quote:
Originally Posted by MTSilvertip View Post
Obama does not have a track record of nominating people due to their qualifications, but instead he nominates based on their political ideology, gender, race, or sexual preferences.

If he were to actually nominate a qualified jurist, then yes they should receive a fair look from the senate and confirmation if they meet the standard.

His obsessive hatred of liberty and the Second Amendment, and as this is his last chance to stack the court to further erode the constitution, means he will pick someone that is a political activist based on their politics and hatred of American freedom.

If that is the case, then the nominee should not be confirmed, period, no matter who is the next occupant of the white house.

A justice should be nominated because of their qualifications, not ideology, but since franklin Roosevelt, the dem side has always used the court to put in law that couldn't be passed by congress because there was no popular support. Abortion an homosexual "marriage" are just 2 examples.

All that has stood in the way of a socialist takeover of this country for many years has been the supreme court, now the opportunity exists to destroy that last defense.

Obama will nominate a political hack. The senate should give them a fair hearing, and if shown to be an unqualified political hack, they should be denied.

The dems aren't great about doing things for the benefit of the country, so I highly doubt we can expect anything more from obama with this last chance to hurt the country for many more years to come and deepen the divisions he's created between classes and race in his obsessive attempts to destroy this country from within just as Kruscheve said they would do.
That is correct.

Obama's two other nominees (and appointments) are blatantly partisan and sacrifice judicial objectivity for advancement of liberal ideology.

Perhaps if Obama had fufilled his Constitutional obligation to appoint objective justices, there would not be a problem. The Senate can simply exercise its constitutional right to evaluate and approve or disapprove of any nomination. Keep in mind, two of Reagan's nominees were defeated before the appointment of Kennedy.

Obama is to blame for a proposed fight/delay in the Senate. After all, it was Obama who said that elections have consequences.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-14-2016, 09:16 AM
 
12,270 posts, read 11,331,859 times
Reputation: 8066
Quote:
Originally Posted by MTSilvertip View Post
Obama does not have a track record of nominating people due to their qualifications, but instead he nominates based on their political ideology, gender, race, or sexual preferences.

If he were to actually nominate a qualified jurist, then yes they should receive a fair look from the senate and confirmation if they meet the standard.
.
I suspect he'll try to influence the next election by nominating someone the GOP will be obliged to block but the Democrats will use to rile up their base. Watch MSNBC for a hint of things to come, just this morning the talking heads were foaming at the mouth bashing Republicans.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-14-2016, 10:11 AM
 
59,063 posts, read 27,318,346 times
Reputation: 14285
Quote:
Originally Posted by bellhead View Post
You know the only one of the list that is relevant is Bork. Obama will not nominate someone that far to the left, it will be a left leaning centrist.

Also if you delay long enough that when Clinton or Sanders is president then you may get Obama on the court.
" Obama will not nominate someone that far to the left,"

I guess you think Sotamayor is NOT far left!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-14-2016, 10:23 AM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
28,226 posts, read 36,883,248 times
Reputation: 28563
Quote:
Originally Posted by MTSilvertip View Post
Obama does not have a track record of nominating people due to their qualifications, but instead he nominates based on their political ideology, gender, race, or sexual preferences.

If he were to actually nominate a qualified jurist, then yes they should receive a fair look from the senate and confirmation if they meet the standard.

His obsessive hatred of liberty and the Second Amendment, and as this is his last chance to stack the court to further erode the constitution, means he will pick someone that is a political activist based on their politics and hatred of American freedom.

If that is the case, then the nominee should not be confirmed, period, no matter who is the next occupant of the white house.

A justice should be nominated because of their qualifications, not ideology, but since franklin Roosevelt, the dem side has always used the court to put in law that couldn't be passed by congress because there was no popular support. Abortion an homosexual "marriage" are just 2 examples.

All that has stood in the way of a socialist takeover of this country for many years has been the supreme court, now the opportunity exists to destroy that last defense.

Obama will nominate a political hack. The senate should give them a fair hearing, and if shown to be an unqualified political hack, they should be denied.

The dems aren't great about doing things for the benefit of the country, so I highly doubt we can expect anything more from obama with this last chance to hurt the country for many more years to come and deepen the divisions he's created between classes and race in his obsessive attempts to destroy this country from within just as Kruscheve said they would do.
And what would those "qualifications" be.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-14-2016, 10:26 AM
 
2,643 posts, read 2,624,641 times
Reputation: 1722
I believe there were two...and it was for the same seat.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top