The GOP had the Senate when Harry Reid took the nuclear option to judicial nominees? I’m shocked! The GOP had the Senate when Obama was trying to get RBG to retire in 2013 knowing that midterms were around the corner? I’m shocked again! 😊
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The GOP had the Senate when Harry Reid took the nuclear option to judicial nominees? I’m shocked! The GOP had the Senate when Obama was trying to get RBG to retire in 2013 knowing that midterms were around the corner? I’m shocked again! 😊
Reid set it up for McConnell, you are right. If we had a filibuster for judicial nominees then theoretically only moderate candidates from each side would be appointed to the Supreme Court, unless one side had a heavy majority.Now I get what you were trying to say.
Although, Reid didn’t apply the nuclear option to the Supreme Court - the GOP did.
And what could the Dems do about RBG? She was asked to retire. She didn’t.
This makes sense to me.Here's an actual analysis by one of the best conservative legal minds out there if anyone is interested in the real arguments, and how it's complete bullshit if they enact this theory - which is like the major question theory they pulled out to contradict Congress' express language allowing EPA to manage emissions - you know, textualists schmextualists.
The crazy part would be no federal courts could weigh in on federal elections, no state courts, and only state legislatures, which because of gerrymandering - something the Roberts court said can't be addressed by federal courts -- can’t be remedied by the electoral process.
This makes sense to me.
Yup. We would probably agree on many more things as we sat down to share a few beers.Did we just agree on something political? Damn son!
Yup. We would probably agree on many more things as we sat down to share a few beers.
Yup. We would probably agree on many more things as we sat down to share a few beers.
Again, NO COURT has ever agreed this “independent state legislature “ theory is legitimate.It's funny how the libs only like the parts of the constitution that they like.
Again, NO COURT has ever agreed this “independent state legislature “ theory is legitimate.
Haha. I am starting to believe you are a troll. Nobody can be this ignorant of government/civics.It's plain as day in the constitution. Legislatures have control. How to you weasel around that?
It's plain as day in the constitution. Legislatures have control. How to you weasel around that?
Pretty sure the concept of checks and balances is firmly engrained in the constitution. The idea that one branch of government is superior to the other two would completely destabilize this.
Do you know what everyone else is talking about?None of the 13 colonies trusted each other, and none of them wanted a federal government telling them what to do. During the negotiations on forming a republic, the founders determined that states would control the voting process within their own states. It's really not that hard to understand.
None of the 13 colonies trusted each other, and none of them wanted a federal government telling them what to do. During the negotiations on forming a republic, the founders determined that states would control the voting process within their own states. It's really not that hard to understand.
No point with even bothering to have an election if the legislature can choose whoever they want regardless of the vote. GOP hates American democracy.
Just stop.If the people don't like what the legislature is doing, they'll vote them out.
You have to realize that the founders also wanted a lot of bulwarks against democracy. The founders realized that the average voter is a moron, which is why they tried so hard to create a representative democracy instead of direct democracy.
And you see that constraint over and over again in the constitution.
Just stop.
You are really losing it lately.YouCan'tHandleTheTruth.gif
You are really losing it lately.
Yeah. You don’t get it. Voting out Republicans won’t be allowed to happen. Try and keep up.If the people don't like what the legislature is doing, they'll vote them out.
You have to realize that the founders also wanted a lot of bulwarks against democracy. The founders realized that the average voter is a moron, which is why they tried so hard to create a representative democracy instead of direct democracy.
And you see that constraint over and over again in the constitution.
I doubt you know what any of that means.I'm sorry you can't handle reality.
We're not a democracy. We're a democratically-elected republic.
Deal with it.
You are just a silly silly character. HR.I'm sorry you can't handle reality.
We're not a democracy. We're a democratically-elected republic.
Deal with it.
And for some reason you fail to see that the independent state legislature theory, which again, is ONLY. A THEORY, and has never been agreed to be valid by ANY court.If the people don't like what the legislature is doing, they'll vote them out.
You have to realize that the founders also wanted a lot of bulwarks against democracy. The founders realized that the average voter is a moron, which is why they tried so hard to create a representative democracy instead of direct democracy.
And you see that constraint over and over again in the constitution.