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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:50 PM Original message |
Obama should have his AG draft a bill to expand the Supreme Court |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. He most definitely should not |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. One can dream. |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yeah, FDR would probably advise against it, based on personal experience. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Not to mention SCOTUS being way too politicised as it stands.. (nt) |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. I agree with that. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. There's no guarantee that the judges a president appoints will behave the way the preident expected. |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. That's true, but how often does that happen? |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Let's see Brennan suprised Eisenhower, too, Byron White surprised JFK, |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. A man that was elected under such dubious circumstances as George W Bush ... |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. David Souter is a more recent example. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. That's because John Sununu was a gullible idiot |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. If I could change ONE thing about the Supreme Court - it's that a new Chief Justice is picked.... |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. abso-fucking-lutely NOT |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. It sets a bad precedent. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. These ones go to eleven! |
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Max_powers94 (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. The captain and number one is very displease with your post |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Why? I say fuck it |
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iceman66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. A better idea might be . . . |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. LIke it or not, Bush was 'elected' in 2004 |
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iceman66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. If it could be PROVEN that Diebold threw the '04 election to Bush |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. it would no more spark an outcry to remove them than any of the 100s of other judges |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
18. Awful idea |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Couldn't agree more this is not a fight that Obama needs to start his presidency with |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. By the end of O's second term, SCOTUS should be 6-3 in our favor |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
19. FDR at the peak of his popularity tried this with the same arguement and |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
23. You want Obama to repeat one of the two biggest mistakes that FDR ever made. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Give it another week or two. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. We tried that once. It was a terrible idea. Let's not repeat the mistakes of the past. nt |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. NO!! This is a horrible idea |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
29. Wow - some here sure like to give ammunition to Limpballs & company |
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