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Potato Salad posted:Appearance of impropriety basically forbids it, no? No, though it would likely result in him recusing himself from a fair number of cases.
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I think the GOP is too petty to allow Garland through in the lame duck. If they wait Hillary will have to appoint him again and he probably won't get confirmed until February or so with a Dem senate (or never with a GOP held one). Are there any important cases coming up between November and February that the GOP really don't want going 5-4?
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Feldegast42 posted:I think the GOP is too petty to allow Garland through in the lame duck. If they wait Hillary will have to appoint him again and he probably won't get confirmed until February or so with a Dem senate (or never with a GOP held one). Are there any important cases coming up between November and February that the GOP really don't want going 5-4? Immigration, EPA regulations? Edit: Little Sisters of the Poor against contraceptives? Torrannor fucked around with this message at 20:25 on Oct 19, 2016 |
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Oct 19, 2016 20:17
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NinjaDebugger posted:No, though it would likely result in him recusing himself from a fair number of cases. Yeah, with lawsuits being filed against basically every breath he takes during his terms Obama's kind of going to be in a longer Kagan-style time out until all those cases get decided and even then he'd be out whenever someone funds a novel argument against something like the ACA.
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Prism posted:There is no way that would happen. Wait until there's a second vacancy, appoint them both.
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Ron Jeremy posted:Wait until there's a second vacancy, appoint them both. Nah, then Michelle can't run in 2024.
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Main Paineframe posted:Now that Trump's defeat is clear, he's hijacking the "vote Trump to prevent Hillary from appointing liberal SC judges" line and using a slightly modified version of it to try to motivate GOP voters to show up to the polls anyway and support downballot Republicans by saying that even if Hillary wins, Republicans can still control SC appointments as long as they hold the Senate. He probably didn't intend to be making any promises on SC nominees, which is why he walked it back so quickly - he was just trying to repurpose and retarget existing rhetoric to drive voter enthusiasm among the hardcore conservatives, and somehow managed to gently caress it up really badly While in probably the hardest reelection of his career and not in a position where he can afford to gently caress up that badly and give his opponent such a gift. I hope to god McCain loses because gently caress him and his awful views. Dirk the Average posted:Nah, then Michelle can't run in 2024. Says who?
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Diane Reamed posted:So you're saying there's still a chance of Supreme Court Justice Barack Obama I want this to happen just so I can laugh at all the right wing idiots who would scream UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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Oct 19, 2016 22:59
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Alternative fantasy appointment: Michelle Obama to the 7th Circuit.
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1337JiveTurkey posted:Alternative fantasy appointment: Michelle Obama to the 7th Circuit. I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy.
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Michelle has never been a judge. You want someone with trial experience optimally.
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Platystemon posted:I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. True, but it's about the only way you're going to get an Obama appointed to a federal court which is what all the hypothetical Barack Obama for SCOTUS posts are looking for.
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Potato Salad posted:Appearance of impropriety basically forbids it, no? Taft was appointed to the court after being President.
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Charlz Guybon posted:Taft was appointed to the court after being President. Eight years after his administration ended. FAUXTON fucked around with this message at 01:03 on Oct 20, 2016 |
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Charlz Guybon posted:Taft was appointed to the court after being President. Likewise, Earl Warren was Governor of California and his appointment was nakedly political.
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RBG gets a new job.quote:On November 12th, and for one night only, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will portray the Duchess of Krakenthorp in the Washington National Opera's production of "The Daughter of the Regiment."
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Of course she's an accomplished opera singer. Why wouldn't she be?
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Mors Rattus posted:Of course she's an accomplished opera singer. Why wouldn't she be? It's a non-singing (but speaking!) role 
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duz posted:RBG gets a new job. This is the first time I've actually been upset about Scalia's death. I may have hated his jurisprudence, but I think he would have enjoyed seeing his friend in the opera. vvvv Did not know that. I'm glad they got to share it. Capt. Sticl fucked around with this message at 14:28 on Oct 22, 2016 |
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Capt. Sticl posted:This is the first time I've actually been upset about Scalias death. I may have hated his jurisprudence, but I think he would have enjoyed seeing his friend in the opera. they had a cameo together in 2009
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Capt. Sticl posted:This is the first time I've actually been upset about Scalia's death. I may have hated his jurisprudence, but I think he would have enjoyed seeing his friend in the opera. please don't' humanize fascists.
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Goatman Sacks posted:please don't' humanize fascists. He was a shitbag but I am
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This article on Samuel "Concerned Alumnus" Alito seems like something readers of this thread would appreciate
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Rygar201 posted:This article on Samuel "Concerned Alumnus" Alito seems like something readers of this thread would appreciate It is an interesting read.
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Hasn't the senate held a 40 second session every 3 days for a while to avoid ever being in recess? Or is that a story liberal twitter is spreading sound?
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Jealous Cow posted:Hasn't the senate held a 40 second session every 3 days for a while to avoid ever being in recess? This has been done by both parties for a decade ever since W appointed Bolton to be UN Ambassador in recess.
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Jealous Cow posted:Hasn't the senate held a 40 second session every 3 days for a while to avoid ever being in recess? I don’t know the specific time periods, but that’s the basic idea behind pro forma sessions, and yes, they happen all the time.
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Jealous Cow posted:Hasn't the senate held a 40 second session every 3 days for a while to avoid ever being in recess? NRLB v. Canning yes, the skinny of it is that the President does not have the power to declare the Congress in recess, and they are in charge of setting those rules (with the exception of the constitutionally mandated break in sessions at the end of the year) OJ MIST 2 THE DICK fucked around with this message at 15:32 on Oct 28, 2016 |
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Oct 28, 2016 15:28
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NLRB v Canning was bad. This has been my hot take.
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Rygar201 posted:NLRB v Canning was bad. I'm not a law-ologist, but as a layperson Obama really seemed to overstep his bounds with those appointments. Sure GOP obstruction on the issue was bullshit, but it seemed like he was in a clearly defined constitutional corner on the issue.
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Rygar201 posted:NLRB v Canning was bad. It was a 9‐0. Obstructionism is really dumb, but maybe Congress is in the right here, legally speaking.
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Platystemon posted:It was a 9‐0. Yeah, the issue is the Constitution doesn't really have a remedy for "acting in bad faith." Well I guess you could impeach people but iirc, only the Legislature can do impeachment so you'd have to have it impeach itself.
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When did recess appointments become unconstitutional? Teddy Roosevelt once appointed an official while the Senate was at lunch. Personally, I think the court should have punted on political question. The Congress has remedies for such executive over reach.
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Rygar201 posted:When did recess appointments become unconstitutional? When the black guy tried to do it. But seriously congress should not be "in session" when they do not have a quorum, imo, excepting weekends and holidays during a regular or special session. Just keeping one person in the building to turn the lights on shouldn't count.
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Rygar201 posted:When did recess appointments become unconstitutional? Teddy Roosevelt once appointed an official while the Senate was at lunch. Personally, I think the court should have punted on political question. The Congress has remedies for such executive over reach. They're not. Declaring the Senate in recess on your own apparently is.
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Rygar201 posted:When did recess appointments become unconstitutional? Teddy Roosevelt once appointed an official while the Senate was at lunch. Personally, I think the court should have punted on political question. The Congress has remedies for such executive over reach. Roosevelt did it during lunch, but it was a lunch that took place after the Congress gaveled out a special session he called, and before they gaveled in a new session they were starting.
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Packingham v. North Carolina has got to be the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen, and it's an election year.
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Should have asked here first. So what's the forecast on the transgender case?
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SCOTUS just stayed an execution (Arkansas) -- isn't that super rare? What happened this time?
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