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liberalitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:13 PM Original message |
Justices Stevens and Ginsberg will probably retire..... |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's fine |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Unless Roberts gets terminal disease of some sort he'll be around for awhile |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Is meanness a terminal disease? |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. one that makes him step down in 8.5 years |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Shouldn't it, though? |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Roberts' father just died today. He was 80. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Condolences to the family. nt |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. It is possible that he will be around when a person not even born yet becomes President. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Roberts isn't going anywhere for a long time |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't think Hillary Clinton would be happy on the SC. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. If we give Hillary a lifetime appointment, we'll never have to deal with her campaigning again. n/t |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Chelsea might run |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Chelsea's cool. n/t |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. Whatever happened to appointing Constitutional scholars with judicial experience? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. I agree, and posted the same thing at the same time, but then there's Earl Warren. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. If we are ever to have Judges that can win arguments with the Federalist Society/Opus Dei plants |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Gordian knot. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yes, I'm agreeing with you. Just pointing out that a Conservative-Court backing the Culture War |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. He was never a judge, but he did have his law degree and spent |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. It is much more important for a nominee to have a history of |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Commanding legal scholarship can be manifest in either decisions or scholarly papers |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. There are a lot of qualified judges and legal scholars who built their lives |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. highly unlikely that obama would appoint a senator to the SCOTUS |
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blueraven95 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. personally, I hope they are replaced by people |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. That's what I want: Five under Fifty. |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. Since Ginsburg's is the Jewish woman's seat now |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. She would just blow it. n/t |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. I am just so glad Obama and not McCain will be picking the next justices |
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