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Scrub-Niggurath posted:So are 4-4 decisions just never resolved? the ruling of the lower court holds as nonbinding precedent as i understand it
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Tommah posted:the ruling of the lower court holds as nonbinding precedent as i understand it I guess the biggest danger would be when various lower courts are issuing conflicting rulings on a contentious issue. Edit: AP says US Marshall's confirms his death.
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Feb 13, 2016 23:38
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Time taken from nomination by president to confirmation: Kagan: 3 months Sotomayor: 2 months Alito: 2 Months Roberts: 2 months (well, two attempts at one month each) Breyer: 2 months Ginsburg: 2 months Thomas: 3 months https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nominations_to_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States From some guy on the internet
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Feb 13, 2016 23:43
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When was the last time a justice was nominated in an election year?
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Feb 13, 2016 23:44
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PerniciousKnid posted:Until RBG dies and President Trump nominates Ted Cruz. https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/698634625246195712 It has already begun.
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Feb 13, 2016 23:45
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I have a rule to never speak ill of the dead, this is the hardest it's ever been to hold myself to that.
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Feb 13, 2016 23:46
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Feb 13, 2016 23:47
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SeANMcBAY posted:He died peacefully in his sleep after a nice day of quail hunting. That takes the edge off it a little. Still, it's not all about the journey.
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alnilam posted:When was the last time a justice was nominated in an election year? 1940, at the end of FDR's third term. Frank Murphy was nominated on January 4, 1940 and confirmed January 16, 1940. Before that, Benjamin N. Cardozo was nominated and confirmed in 1932. Also by FDR. Before that, John Hessin Clarke was nominated and confirmed in July of 1916 at the end of Woodrow Wilson's 2nd term. Ashrik fucked around with this message at 23:52 on Feb 13, 2016 |
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Ashrik posted:Time taken from nomination by president to confirmation: Apparently 125 days is the longest ever. Obama has 342 days left.
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Feb 13, 2016 23:49
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TheAngryDrunk posted:Apparently 125 days is the longest ever. Obama has 342 days left. C'mon, Cruz. gently caress something up and let the vote through. 
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Feb 13, 2016 23:51
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Wow, 40 posts suddenly? I didn't think there was any big case being handled right now so wh...Trevor Hale posted:You guys!!!!!  No loving way. It's the headline on Drudge and everywhere else and I still can't believe it's true. Of all the justices the one constantly joked about as a nigh-immortal lich is dead and the SCOTUS has just swung from a conservative majority to a tie at worst, with the potential for Obama to nominate someone else like Kagan or Sotomayor? Congress is going to be a mad house. How likely is it we see the GOP outright refuse to let an Obama replacement be voted on? They could stall for a year, couldn't they? I can't imagine the GOP wants to even consider letting Obama appoint yet another justice to the SCOTUS unless it's a right wing If/when the GOP stonewalls OBama on a replacement it's going to make the stakes of this election even more significant as two branches of government will be decided. Maybe 2.5 if the Dems can manage a GOTV big enough to grab/split the senate. If a Democrat gets elected as POTUS and the Dems manage 50+ senators I wonder if Paul Ryan will refuse to run for the Speaker position next year. It sucks he died but I'd be lying if I claimed I wasn't happy that the SCOTUS is down a conservative. Kalman posted:Probably, yes. They just have to play a delaying game by saying "SCOTUS nominations are important, we can't rush into these things!"  if you think the GOP is going to let Congress go in to recess while Obama's still in office after he tried that stuff already. Any planned recess between now and the end of the year is about to be cancelled.SeANMcBAY posted:He died peacefully in his sleep after a nice day of quail hunting. I have to imagine that dying in your sleep is one of the more pleasant/less painful ways to go. 
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alnilam posted:When was the last time a justice was nominated in an election year? Kennedy was nominated with about a month left in 1987 if that counts The senate voted 97-0
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I would pay good money for a live stream of members of the GOP establishment right now. How deep into a bottle of bourbon is Mitch McConnell?
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Feb 13, 2016 23:54
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Ashrik posted:1940, at the end of FDR's third term. Frank Murphy was nominated on January 4, 1940 and confirmed January 16, 1940. Brennan was an election year October recess appointment.
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Feb 13, 2016 23:54
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Oh man, it's a good day for the right-wing conspiracy machine. I can't imagine the boner Alex Jones has right now.
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Feb 13, 2016 23:57
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TinTower posted:https://twitter.com/MrAWFULsuits/status/698628959517413376 I was about to ask if the "Scalia was clearly murder by Obama/Clinton" insanity had started yet but I figured it was immediate. Glad(?) to see I was right. e: Tonight's presidential debate is going to be crazy as hell because Scalia's death has to come up during it. There's just no way it won't.
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Feb 13, 2016 23:58
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/698634625246195712 It's completely obvious why he says that, but what could be the "non-political" justification for that? Obama is still the president until next year, the country doesn't stop. I could maybe see it if this was after the election--then I could see someone making a case for the recently elected president getting to appoint someone to a lifetime position, and not the dude on his way out the door. But it's only February
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Feb 13, 2016 23:59
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Evil Fluffy posted:
Article II Section 3 of the Constitution posted:He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States. 
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Feb 13, 2016 23:59
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Fansy posted:Is there any way we'll get a decent replacement with this congress? Senate is currently in recess, 
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/698634625246195712
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Feb 14, 2016 00:00
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I'm so relieved by this that I could almost cry.
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Feb 14, 2016 00:01
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Zeroisanumber posted:I'm so relieved by this that I could almost cry. Yeah, I'd figured him for another ten or twelve years, at least. Pretty good day.
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TinTower posted:https://twitter.com/MrAWFULsuits/status/698628959517413376 this blows the private email server and Benghazi out of the water now, right guys ... right? 
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Feb 14, 2016 00:02
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Can't wait to see who President Bloomberg nominates.
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TheAngryDrunk posted:Can't wait to see who President Bloomberg nominates. Judge Whitey from Futurama. 
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Feb 14, 2016 00:05
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I feel somewhat bad saying I was going to throw a party when he died... However it's weird since it's almost definitely a net good that he isn't making rulings anymore and the way SCOTUS works that means the most probably way that's happening is if he had died. EDIT: Scratch that we are definitely better off with him dead. Eggplant Squire fucked around with this message at 00:08 on Feb 14, 2016 |
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Feb 14, 2016 00:06
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SeANMcBAY posted:A fat 79 year old man dying in his sleep? MURDER. Yeah. And from outside observations, a pretty unhealthy one at that. Clearly murder. Not gonna lie, if I were going to murder a right-wing justice, I would pick Alito or Roberts based on life expectancy alone. It would be like taking out Ginsburg instead of Kagan. What's the point when nature is about to do the job for you. Still, kind of amazed Stevens outlived him. And O'Connor. If what I've read is true, she didn't like him very much. But it's a fun little contrast to the old canard that you die as soon as you retire.
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Evil Fluffy posted:I was about to ask if the "Scalia was clearly murder by Obama/Clinton" insanity had started yet but I figured it was immediate. Glad(?) to see I was right. Please, its gonna be a 2 hour blowjob of his best hits
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Feb 14, 2016 00:14
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The Glumslinger posted:Please, its gonna be a 2 hour blowjob of his best hits *GOP baffled as they lose another Presidential election*
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Feb 14, 2016 00:18
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So what he got so excited like a kid on Christmas he got him killed before he could be appointed?
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Beautiful. RagnarokAngel posted:I have a rule to never speak ill of the dead, this is the hardest it's ever been to hold myself to that. I do not have this rule, but I definitely felt bad about myself when I saw the news and yelled "OH MY GOD YES" with relief and gratitude. Though I suppose that I'm less happy that he's dead and more thankful that we can move on from the period in history when Antonin Scalia was a Justice of the Supreme Court.
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The American people elected Obama twice. I think they had their say, Mitch.
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