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There definitely is a high horse to be riding here. It's for people who dont give a #### whether its a republican or democratic congress doing it and think it's a horse####, baby move no matter what party is doing it.
Actually it is. We are talking about control over an important branch of government which could take decades to change. Why should one side play by rules which you know the other side would not abide by. Reid recently used the so-called nuclear option to pack the circuit courts. It would be the epitome of stupid not to fight this with every legal tool available.
Except the Dems have never not allowed a Republican president to eventually pass a nominee.
Might have had to do with the situation. He went today to pay his respects, to a guy that was never on his side but well respected anyway. Obama Administration generally overthinks everything but having him front and center at the SCOTUS Judge most far to the right, was not a good idea in any way. Scalia deserves to RIP without the
which he never really appreciated. POTUS got this one right.
Just ran this through the English translator because I don't understand gutter English. Here is what it came back with:
It tells me that middle aged white guys on a fantasy football forum lean left. Not surprising at all.
Applesauce. This is the equivalent of saying I just know you would screw my wife so I am just going to screw yours first because you are such a *******. There is literally nothing the rebublicans can do that you wouldn't roll out false equivalencies. This is unprecedented behavior and one more instance of conservatives destroying democratic institutions.
Someone really should be an originalist on the Supreme Court because the Constitution was a designed document, and whenever you change something that was designed you at least need to understand the original designers intent. As an example, you can't make changes to a 1960s nuclear power plant based on your gut feeling and emotions and current design practices, you really need to understand the original designers intent first, otherwise you might overlook something important. Once you understand original designers intent, then you can make your decision. Maybe you can decide contrary to original designers intent and it doesn't matter due to the passage of time but you should be able to explain that. Unfortunately, the article has it all wrong about Scalia failing to convert his colleages, Supreme Court justices don't debate or try to persuade each other, their egos are too big, so whether one guy is an originalist really doesn't matter, he can be the smartest guy with complete knowledge of the issue at hand and a Supreme Court lefty wont care whether his points are valid or not, the lefty judge can nullify his vote based on gut feel.Maurile Tremblay said:
He said he wanted to remove politics from the court. But, you know, if you look at what he actually did it suggests he wanted no such thing. He was as openly partisan as a judge could be.Maurile Tremblay said:
This is correct, but is an argument against originalism (not for it).
Traditionally I would think that middle aged white football fans leaned way to the right. It is a little surprising to me that we lean left now.
Except wasn't there a poll recently that asked forum members where they stood politically and the numbers showed that the board does lean somewhat right IIRC, to the point that liberals here only represented no more than a 1/3rd participants at best - even though the absurd claim is we dominate the discussion and represent the majority of posters in all political threads.
Poll you linked was from 2008. There was one in the last 3-6 months that showed the board leaning to the right IIRC, but I couldn't find it in the search function.
I can't seem to view the poll results. It shows 0 votes in every category - a result of the board "upgrade"?
Except that is a 2008 poll. Not really that relevant to the makeup of the board in recent years IMO, which is what people are referring to when talking about which way the board leans.
Uh, noDoctor Detroit said:Might have had to do with the situation. He went today to pay his respects, to a guy that was never on his side but well respected anyway. Obama Administration generally overthinks everything but having him front and center at the SCOTUS Judge most far to the right, was not a good idea in any way. Scalia deserves to RIP without the
You see logic?
You see logic?
If you died and Kayne West came to your funeral and no one paid any attention to the guy who died, how would you like that? Obama went yesterday to pay his respects and there were 40 cameras on him. It's about Scalia, not about the Prez. He absolutely did the right thing in not going.
Doesn't appear to be enough votes to really come to any determination...what percentage of total users is that?
I hope Yeezy comes to my funeral.You see logic?
If you died and Kayne West came to your funeral and no one paid any attention to the guy who died, how would you like that? Obama went yesterday to pay his respects and there were 40 cameras on him. It's about Scalia, not about the Prez. He absolutely did the right thing in not going.
I don't think I'd care because I'd be dead. My youngest daughter would love it though, she's a big fan.You see logic?
If you died and Kayne West came to your funeral and no one paid any attention to the guy who died, how would you like that? Obama went yesterday to pay his respects and there were 40 cameras on him. It's about Scalia, not about the Prez. He absolutely did the right thing in not going.
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If by "accurately," you mean their "true feelings," then it's an interesting question. Not everyone will answer every poll question here honestly, there are class clowns everywhere on the internet. Heck, I do it myself in some of the sports polls. But I don't think there are enough people doing that to skew the results of polls with lots of respondents.
