-- A rather pointed statement on SCOTUS vacancy from Senator Warren --

[kpete]

https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/698885356687663104

[underpants]

1. #JudgeReinholdforSCOTUS

[6chars]

2. Nominate HER!!!

Republicans would go berserk.

[kpete]

6. I like her

right where she is


peace,
kp

[6chars]

8. is cloning a possibility?

peace back

[kpete]

12. now that is an idea

we could use several Warrens!

[bvar22]

36. ...several hundred Warrens!

*

[cui bono]

48. Brazillions!!!

* note to jury... that was not a sexist comment.

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[maddiemom]

25. Agree! We do need Warren where she is.

Except---just possibly as a VP candidate under the right circumstances (Bernie, as two women candidates would be too much to ask). McConnell's last opponent (Allison ?) made a big mistake blowing off support of Obama. Although not a native of Kentucky, I was a resident for some time and consider it a pretty sticky state in terms of politics (involved story as to why I think so). Any moderate Republicans have certainly been influenced or bullied by the tea party. Forget all the obstructionist attitudes the Republicans have honestly come right out and admitted: announcing a refusal to never consider any candidate for the Supreme Court (and I agree the lifetime thing should be reconsidered) comes close to treason. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE . It should be a no brainer.

[tblue37]

33. Precisely! I was horrified when Obama stole Sebelius from us and left Kansas to

the worst of the RW Republicans. By always going to the same small pool of already elected Democrats, our presidents leave state and congressional offices open for Republicans to take over, while also neglecting to nurture the careers of good Democrats who don't already have a national profille.

[jmowreader]

38. His stealing Janet Napolitano from Arizona was worse

The first person in Kansas' chain of gubernatorial succession was another Democrat. I don't know him; he might have been a good person, but he was rubbed out in the Nationwide Teabagger Massacre of 2010.

The first person in Arizona's chain of gubernatorial succession was Jan Brewer.

When Hillary gets elected and starts building her team, she needs to remember the most important lesson President Obama taught us: a person's replacement in the job you're taking him or her from is as important a selection factor as the person's ability to do the job.

[tblue37]

41. That Democrat was actually a Republican who had been recruited to switch parties

to run as Sebelius's lieutenant governor after her first lt. gov. (who also switched from R to D in order to run with her for her first term!) decided not to run again.

From Wikipedia:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Parkinson_(Kansas_politician)

In May 2006, Governor Kathleen Sebelius announced that Parkinson had switched parties and was her running mate for her reelection campaign, succeeding retiring lieutenant governor John E. Moore (also a former Republican who had switched parties shortly before he joined a ticket with Sebelius).[1] Parkinson's business experience and track record of working with both Republicans and Democrats were the reasons Sebelius gave for choosing him.

The Kansas Republican Party immediately labeled Parkinson a hypocrite, citing 2002 quotes where Parkinson called Sebelius a "left-wing liberal Democrat" and claimed that any Republicans who supported her were "either insincere or uninformed."[1] Parkinson responded to the criticism by saying he had doubted Sebelius four years earlier, but came to believe she provided "independent leadership" for the state. He stated: "In an age where leaders duck responsibility and dodge their mistakes let me be the first to say: I was wrong."[1] Some viewed his switch as opportunism; others felt his decision was another example of the bitter divide between moderates and conservatives in the Kansas Republican Party, and that the move encouraged more moderate Republican voters to move closer to the Democratic Party.

Kansas was a 3-party state--rather conservative Dems, somewhat moderate Republicans, and batguano insane RW Republicans. But the super RW Republicans primaried the moderate Rs out of the legislature, which is how Brownback got his rubberstamp legislature for his Koch backed agenda. The miderate Rs and the Dems used to work together in the legislature to prevent the extreme RWers from oing too much damage, but the RWers finally took over--probably with a fair amount of vote rigging, as the anomalous vote math from the last election has strongly suggested.

[jmowreader]

43. Thanks for the heads up

Real question because I'm not up on Kansas politics: Could Kathleen Sebelius have beaten Sam Brownback in 2010?

[tblue37]

44. Quite possibly, but since the integrity of the voting system has almost certainly

been compromised, that makes everything iffy. I don't think Brownback won last time, but he and his administration have been stonewlling the K-State math prof who is seeking the orginal voting records in order to check out the suspicious anomalies she has been finding.

[beltanefauve]

45. I am so

with you on this.

[greiner3]

62. Treasury Secretary!

[saltpoint]

3. Senator Warren rocks. That is all. eom

[djean111]

4. Aaaaand she can drop the mic.

Damn, she is good.

[spanone]

5. had the democrats started talking up a liberal appointee yesterday.....

they would have been excoriated by republicans and media alike.

yet the republicans started talking obstructing Obama immediately.

[spooky3]

13. And the lame media are calling it merely "a partisan clash"

As if both sides have equal merit.

[kairos12]

7. The Reich Wing are for the Constitution except for when it benefits Democrats. Then, not so much.

[Hortensis]

20. Actually, ultraconservative are committed to destroying the Constitution

as we know it. Some years ago they mostly abandoned the amendment route as too difficult and decided to concentrate on getting control of the courts, especially SCOTUS, to cement their anti-government (controls on them) ideology into law by REINTERPRETING constitutional law. That unlimited money poured into elections could be a form of free speech never entered the minds of those who wrote and voted for the Constitution, but the thinking on that was recently changed, and not on its own by natural processes.

BTW, by far most of their money does not go directly to electing candidates, but instead works in different ways to subvert our democracy through activities of tax-exempt "charitable" foundations. There are now hundreds of these doing things like endowing departments at universities staffed with people they approve, sending in operatives to defeat local bills that would raise taxes or protect the environment, etc.

[LibDemAlways]

9. Republicans have fingers firmly

crossed behind their backs when they promise to uphold the Constitution. If they have a copy of the document at all, it's only because they use it as toilet paper.

[monicaangela]

65. Their copy..

is more like the Jefferson Bible, things they don't like or agree with are cut from the document.

[lark]

10. Whoohoo, Warren draws a line in the sand.

Sue the Repugs for failing their constitutional duty. That would be so sweet! Of course I'm reading into this, but that seems to be the direction she's heading. If nothing else, this is a series of hard hitting advertisements against all Repugs in congress.

[kryptoniandawn]

39. Rejection of SCOTUS nominees isn't treason

Partisan, oh yes. Disgusting, certainly. But it is completely legal and following the letter of the Constitution to reject every single liberal nominee. As long as Congress and the president are different parties, get ready for some anarchy, because we effectively have no SCOTUS - quite possibly for the next decade.

[SusanaMontana41]

50. Unfortunately, others who hold constitutional offices have failed their duties, too.

But that's for another thread.

I've always thought another American revolution was nigh.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. Republicans don't consider Democrats to be "The American People".

[kairos12]

31. Yep. That is unfortunately a correct statement.

[jalan48]

14. It saddens me that Senator Warren

is not the woman currently running for US President to the Democratic side.

[mgmaggiemg]

15. super

[mdbl]

16. The repugs in our government make up their own rules as they go

They really are lawbreakers.

[Augiedog]

17. Republicans have not been constitutionally competent since Ronald 'Raygun' Reagan was elected.

They didn't care about it when George 'who me?' Bush lied to congress and the American people about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. They didn't care about the constitution even when the Supreme Court installed 'WhoMe?' As president in what can only be described as a coup via judicial extremism. They don't care about it when black lives are taken via police terrorism, nor do they care when voters are disenfranchised due to their lack of whiteness. DO NOT EVER expect respect for the United States constitution from republicans. It takes intellect and moral will to to be a advocate for what the constitution represents and republicans simply have neither.

[brett_jv]

37. 1000x THIS

That is all ...

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

18. Remember what GW said about the Constitution.

"It's just a goddamned piece of paper."

Never let them forget that Quote.

[kpete]

21. grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Uncle Joe]

19. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[Raster]

22. Republicans love this country and its Constitution like a rapist loves their victims.

[Enthusiast]

23. Kicked and recommended!

[Omaha Steve]

24. Donate to DU for Elizabeth Warren MA US Senate here

https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/duforwarren-ma

[randys1]

26. Jesus, she is showing more and more true grit. Nominate her maybe.

[annabanana]

27. The republican party is all flim-flam men..

swindlers, con men, mountebanks, four-flushers, charlatans, bunco artists,

There isn't an honorable bone in their bodies.

[kiri]

28. nominate Ted Cruz to replace Scalia

Obama should nominate Ted Cruz. Cruz would love to be a SC justice and is vain enough to accept the nomination. But it will cause consternation and
commotion.

Not to mention that Mitch McConnell and the Senate will be flummoxed.

This is low risk--the Dems will filibuster to prevent Cruz from being confiirmed. The political hysteria will be best in many years.

Cruz for SCOTUS is my motto.

[floppyboo]

42. spittin my coffee! Brilliant!

[avaistheone1]

29. Elizabeth Warren is the best

[Uponthegears]

30. This is a defining moment

If Obama appoints a moderate like Sri just to get through the Senate, an exceedingly rare opportunity to change history will give way to fear of a numbskull like Trump and/or conspiracy theories. The remote risk that we will not win in November and a republican will be appointing a conservative to replace Ginsburg is no reason to compromise now. It is less significant because the status quo is, with rare exceptions like gay marriage, a 5-4 majority destroying this country. A 6-3 majority is the same. It is in no way shape or form as important as the nomination of a liberal to replace Scalia.

This is the time to return this country to its ideals.

This is the time for an unapologetic liberal as a SCt nominee just as it is the time for an unapologetic liberal as President.

This is Obama's legacy.

[tblue37]

32. K&R. She is such a treasure! nt

[Octafish]

34. Sen. Elizabeth Warren would make an excellent President of the United States.

Brains. Backbone. Patriotic. Integrity. And a whole world of good more.

[TeamPooka]

35. It's why McConnell was so determined to keep Obama from getting a 2nd term.

Mitch failed there too.
Nominate away Mr. President.

[Paper Roses]

40. Three stars for Senator Warren. Now, if Senator Sanders will ask her to be his running mate:

We could all rest easy. She is one of the best voices we have heard in years. We need her voice and we need to know that someone will be at our back if need be.

[Califonz]

46. Kirsten Gillibrand ?

She's a current US Senator, only 49 years old, and has a law degree from UCLA.

Why continue pack the SCOTUS with Ivy League graduates? As Bernie might say, "You can't have it all!"

[justiceischeap]

54. I'd rather have her available to run for President in future

Besides, why suggest taking away some of our hardest working Senators when there are plenty of great judicial options available?

[cui bono]

47. Bam! Drop the mic.

I hope she will be our first female president. She certainly deserves it.

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[Delphinus]

49. Love!!!

[merrily]

51. Excellent. Call them out on their damned hypocrisy and lack of concern for leaving the SCOTUS tied

for a year, not to mention the lack of concern for the litigants involved in Supreme Court cases. Fsck 'em.

How much they love the Constitution was also proven when they made a show of reading it when Boehner took the gavel from Pelosi and a page was missing. No one noticed. The document itself is quite short, btw. It's only that we usually see it after a lot of explanation and history is interwoven with the clauses. I have a counterpart that is a one page scroll with "writing" on both sides of the page.

[Dont call me Shirley]

52. K & R x a million.

[DallasNE]

53. More Empty Talk

I love how the Republican candidates all touted Scalia's "originalism" views then claim that in the last 80 years, falsely, that no justice had been confirmed in a election year. To be consistent would not an originalism person then look at the first 80 years? In those years we had Samuel Clarke confirmed on 2/4/1796, Oliver Ellsworth confirmed 3/8/1796, Alfred Moore confirmed on 4/21/1800 and Philip Pendleton Barbour confirmed on 5/12/1836. Outside that window, we had George Shiras confirmed on 10/10/1892 and John Hessinclarke confirmed on 10/9/1916. Both of these were confirmed less than 1 month before the election. The Republicans are standing in quicksand here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_Justices_by_time_in_office

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

55. Please Dog, make it be Sanders/Warren 2016!

[rhett o rick]

59. Sen Warren is too valuable a Senator to make a VP. nm

[NewJeffCT]

56. are we looking at another recess appointment?

a la William Brennan in October of 1956 - one month before the presidential election?

[rhett o rick]

58. The Senate doesn't take "recesses" any more. nm

[blackspade]

57. Drop the mic!

[warrprayer]

60. Sanders/Warren 2016 n/t

[Gothmog]

61. Great statement from Sen. Warren

[Feeling the Bern]

63. #WarrenforSCOTUS

[monicaangela]

64. YES!

That's my girl, oh how I wish she had run for President, she is really someone I would love to see in that office.

[panader0]

66. Recommended