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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 11:54 PM Original message |
Scalia is now 75 as is Kennedy & Ginsburg is 78.Ave retirement age of Supreme Court justices is 80. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe they should retire now... |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. Scalia is also overweight, smokes and drinks a lot and eats a lot of bad food |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Yeah, but he'll never voluntarily retire. |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. THIS is why any Democrat who doesn't vote or votes for a third party |
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shotten99 (478 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 04:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. +100000000000000 |
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libinnyandia (526 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. 2000 |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Exactly. That's why the mention of Nader or when Moore (who pushed this crap against Gore which |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Bingo! This is what it is about |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. Ginsburg has said in the past that |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 04:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. At this point... |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
37. EXACTLY. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. I fear, for the first time ever, we may have long term vacancies on the USSC. |
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sandyshoes17 (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 12:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. This is why we can't have a repub |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 01:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Also retention of the Senate |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
8. After listening to Thom Hartmann for a long time I decided that the USSC undermines our democracy. |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 09:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. A republican congress ... |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. the simple fact is that without SCOTUS we have tyranny of the majority |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. It'd be easy to say "change the majority" as in voting out the homophobes |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
9. We should impeach Justice Roberts. |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Congress is in charge of that. People who want to support causes but then don't want to bother with |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. I read what you said 3 times. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I think the first one should be Clarence Thomas, just my opinion. n/t |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Nah, just Roberts. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. No he alone makes no decisions whatsoever on cases the SC takes. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I didn't say he alone picks the cases they will review. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Just not true. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I don't think you understand how the system works. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. I don't think the liberal judges will be replaced by liberals |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'll probably be flamed for saying this but |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. McConnell and the other Republitards would never agree to let a liberal replace her. |
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MFrohike (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
22. And? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. focusing on what law school a justice attended is pretty silly |
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great white snark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. +1 |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. It's either Vote Dem or Die....... |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 10:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. It's pretty much been that way ever since 1974. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
33. And more than one Justice has served past their 90th birthday. |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
35. Scalia will have to have his cold dead fingers pried away from his desk |
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