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tgnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 10:59 AM
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Miers makes sense if you consider that pretty soon
some major league indictments/convictions could be coming down the pike. Some stuff about the jurisdiction of certain state (cough - Texas) courts over certain federal election issues, or maybe the immunity of the executive branch from prosecution over matters of intelligence personel. Stuff that could well make its way to the Supreme Court in the not distant future. Stuff you'd want your ace homegirl to have a say in.

Know what I'm sayin'?
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 11:01 AM
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1. She'd have to recuse on that stuff.
Although Scalia didn't, the incompetent, treasonous pig.
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 11:04 AM
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2. there's no "have to recuse" on the supreme court.
there's "sure as hell OUGHT to recuse", but no "have to recuse".

basically, each justice decides for themselves when to recuse and they answer to no one, short of impeachment by congress. however, impeachment of federal judges is rare enough, and unheard of for supremos.
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 11:38 AM
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16. according to this link, samuel p. chase was impeached (1804) but acquitted
he is the only supremo ever to be impeached.

http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/410/supremecourt.htm
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 11:38 AM
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 11:04 AM
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3. Talk about FRIENDS ON THE COURT....Bush is packin um in there
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kostya Donating Member (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 11:06 AM
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5. .. and there is plenty of time left for a couple more appointments
and this time replacements for judges that lean left (e.g. Ginsberg).
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 11:07 AM
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6. Gee! I guess that he IS like FDR after all!
:rofl:

FDR got 'No' on that stunt by his own party. Will the Republicans be as strong to do the same?
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 11:07 AM
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7. Why would she "have to" recuse herself?
As you pointed out, Fat Tony didn't recuse himself, and I'm not sure that there's a procedure to affidavit a Supreme Court Justice off of a case if that Justice doesn't want to recuse himself or herself voluntarily.
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 11:23 AM
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13. I don't think she would either
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StellaBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 11:05 AM
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4. Do you think
A SINGLE senator will have the backbone to bring this up in hearings?

NOOOOOOOOOOO
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 11:08 AM
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8. Oh. My. God!
Ding ding ding! You get the gold star!

Yick. Is there anything these people won't do? Such a NAKED power grab. So corrupt, so cronyist.
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 11:16 AM
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9. Actually, the appointment smacks of panic....
pResident Fucko rushed it out at 8 am to try and head off news about possible indictments...and it seems like he just grabbed the nearest stooge he could find.
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spooked911 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 11:19 AM
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11. yes, but it is not a random stooge-- it is one of his cronies
who undoubtedly will stick up for him when charges are brought against him.
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 11:33 AM
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15. It's a random stooge...
"who undoubtedly will stick up for him when charges are brought against him."
Well, duh...she's his personal lawyer.

Do you have any idea how politics works?
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 11:22 AM
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12. right, when much of
the west coast was still in bed. :eyes:
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 11:32 AM
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14. It smells more like panic than judgement...
and it's a big plus that some Republicans are pissing and moaning about her because she's not crazier...
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spooked911 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 11:17 AM
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10. EXACTLY what I am thinking
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stevietheman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 12:31 PM
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18. My theory is that Bush just doesn't care as much as he used to...
about the politics... he doesn't have to run again, and he's just making choices he personally feels comfortable with. I have a notion that he feels he has done about all he can get away with, already greatly enriching his friends beyond the dreams of avarice, so he can relax now. He probably now has a "fuck 'em all" attitude.
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