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if you think about itall 3 of dumpts SC picks were stolen from the populace (Original Post) demtenjeep Sep 2020 OP
I Agree, Sir --- Not One Of Them Sits Legitimately On the Bench The Magistrate Sep 2020 #1
not sure of that has been mentioned in the media or anyone has thought about it demtenjeep Sep 2020 #2
I think I heard it mentioned on Lawrence O'Donnell's show. n/t rzemanfl Sep 2020 #12
ma'am ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #6
Yes, They Stole Three SC Seats montanacowboy Sep 2020 #3
You have that backwards moose65 Sep 2020 #4
Woops montanacowboy Sep 2020 #11
Since Breyer has been mentioned: Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2020 #18
they best impeach beer boy. ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #7
Try to be more positive, it doesn't help when we are all doom and gloom secondwind Sep 2020 #8
Except for Garland, they had the votes to confirm. Maybe next time Hoyt Sep 2020 #5
And if the truth and evidence was released to the American People about the 2016 Election... WyattKansas Sep 2020 #19
That's past, unfortunately, unless you have some simple proof Hoyt Sep 2020 #20
Win the White House, Senate, and House of Reps in 2020 and throw down on tRUMP & Republicans. WyattKansas Sep 2020 #22
I hate to keep saying this over and over Ohiogal Sep 2020 #9
I completely agree pandr32 Sep 2020 #10
I half heard someone on CNN today saying that DiFi is part of the problem. Grasswire2 Sep 2020 #13
when is she up? demtenjeep Sep 2020 #14
Republicans do not schedule questioners by seniority, as Dems do. Grasswire2 Sep 2020 #15
She won re-election in 2018 moose65 Sep 2020 #16
Yes Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2020 #17
There is an intellectual depth missing dlk Sep 2020 #21
 

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)
2. not sure of that has been mentioned in the media or anyone has thought about it
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 07:37 PM
Sep 2020

NONE of the last 3 should be there



montanacowboy

(6,079 posts)
3. Yes, They Stole Three SC Seats
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 07:42 PM
Sep 2020

just think about that - 3 SC seats and they just rickrolled us on them

They bought off Bryer's seat and had him retire, thus Gorsuch

They stopped Merrick Garland by any and all means corrupt, thus the beer drinking dick

And now look what they are doing - the handmaid's tale comes to SCOTUS

And we are powerless to stop this train that is coming down the tracks to destroy everything we have achieved

Young women of America - what are you going to do when you can no longer purchase birth control pills?

And this is for the rest of most of our lives.

moose65

(3,166 posts)
4. You have that backwards
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 07:48 PM
Sep 2020

Breyer is still on the court. Gorsuch filled Scalia’s seat - that’s the one that was stolen from Obama. Kavanaugh filled Kennedy’s seat when he was bribed (?) to retire.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,392 posts)
18. Since Breyer has been mentioned:
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 09:40 PM
Sep 2020

He's another reason to vote out Trump in November because he will probably be looking to retire or will probably have to work himself to death during the next 4 years to try to avoid having his seat filled with ANOTHER right-winger!

And if everybody wants or needs another reason for 4-8 years of Biden/Harris, Thomas' seat could *potentially* come up as well during that time, which could help shift the balance of the court back towards the center. While Thomas would probably not purposefully resign under Biden, he may still get sick and be forced to retire and/or pass away since he *is* getting up there in years. If Trump wins, he would likely retire and Trump would get yet another pick.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
5. Except for Garland, they had the votes to confirm. Maybe next time
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 07:48 PM
Sep 2020

we won’t have a group that votes against good Democrats.

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
19. And if the truth and evidence was released to the American People about the 2016 Election...
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 09:45 PM
Sep 2020

Showing that the Russian/tRUMP fraud also helped get Republican Senators elected, then should they have even been confirmed?

The Republican Party has been getting by with their continued frauds for years, because they have not been cracked down on for their behavior. We all clearly see that the Republican Party has no problem with their self appointed Dictator and doesn't care if there is a civil war to get what they want. Yet when the Democratic Party gets in the White House, everything is supposed to just be overlooked? The Republicans only keep escalating their dirty deeds further and are now willing to work with adversaries, who have sworn they are the 'enemy' of the United States, to keep their power to impose their will even after the voters have their say. Maybe elections shouldn't have had the consequences Moscow Mitch boasted about and consequences should happen to them.

In a country that stands for the Rule of Law, it is okay to keep what has been gained by fraud?

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
22. Win the White House, Senate, and House of Reps in 2020 and throw down on tRUMP & Republicans.
Sun Sep 27, 2020, 02:18 PM
Sep 2020

By releasing all evidence of what the hell they have been doing for the past four years and God knows how long, since it was discussed between Republicans in the House prior to 2016, including the election help they have been getting to prop themselves up as victors. The reason no real investigation can happen now or then, including with the House, is that the White House and Republicans just ignore any attempts to get at the truth and quickly quash any attempt. No more making nice for the sake of the country after winning elections and destroy the Republicans with the truth, otherwise they will keep escalating their abuse of power.

Isn't it just a little strange that the Republican Party is perfectly fine with the Russians helping tRUMP get elected and they try to hide it, when it should be tripping major alarms in them? Nope nothing to see here, move along and don't look how big the help has been. Even more alarming and incriminating is the way they are in lockstep with tRUMP, whom they know is corrupt and a security risk, to keep their grip on their authoritarian rule even if Russia helps them do it to radically change the United States. That is the reason why tRUMP and Republicans will stop at NOTHING to seize power even if they lose the election, because NONE of them want the truth about their activities to be known by the American People... It also explains their willingness to impose authoritarian rule over the United States to control the population. How many spoke up when tRUMP sent troops on citizens?

Oh no, after the election and the Democratic Party takes control again, there had damn well better be some heads served on a platter this time for everything tRUMP and the Republicans have been doing against the country and the People. And severe consequences for all illegal activity needs to happen, not making nice to avoid upsetting them. Bill Barr is one player that had his wrist slapped decades ago and tRUMP's dirty trickster was Nixon's, yet they reappeared in the U.S. Government to work again. Once the American People see the Supreme Court was packed with ill gotten (fraud) gains, they will insist on a reconciliation and resignations of those ill gotten gains... Or the Supreme Court loses it's credibility and honor by creating their own Constitutional Crisis with only one way out to redeem itself. There are records and evidence embedded in government files everywhere for the last four years, because tRUMP is sloppy and stupid and Republicans have gotten lazy with Putin's Useful Idiot they call Dear Leader. Rip off the damn curtain and turn up the heat on Republicans and their ill gotten (fraud) gains, because the reckoning is required even after an overwhelming victory for the White House, Senate, and House to reconcile fraudulent gains defrauded from the will of the voters. Otherwise, everything made into law will be checked by the strict Authoritarian Conservative/Republican Ideology for decades.

Grasswire2

(13,565 posts)
13. I half heard someone on CNN today saying that DiFi is part of the problem.
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 08:49 PM
Sep 2020

Ranking member of Senate Judiciary, almost ninety years old, the comment was that her questioning was weak.

We know that it was DiFi who got snookered into "gentleman's agreement" regarding Kavanaugh.

I wish we could do something about this problem.

 

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)
14. when is she up?
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 08:54 PM
Sep 2020

nothing ever came from that intell meeting with Difi and Grassley where they looked white as a ghost and scared as hell

moose65

(3,166 posts)
16. She won re-election in 2018
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 09:14 PM
Sep 2020

So she won’t be up til 2024, if she lasts that long. She just turned 87 this summer.

I don’t understand these people. Do they all plan to work till they drop dead in their offices?

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,392 posts)
17. Yes
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 09:36 PM
Sep 2020

All three of them are tainted:

Gorsuch: This was supposed to be President Obama's pick- Garland or somebody else. But McConnell and other Republicans invoked a non-existent rule (now referred to as the "McConnell Rule&quot and used their power to prevent hearings or a vote for 8-9 months before the 2016 Election, ostensibly to prevent Democrats from appointing a moderate/liberal replacement for Scalia.

Kavanaugh: Who paid his debts off? Why did Kennedy suddenly decide to resign? WHAT in the world was that reaction to Trump that was caught on tape. And Kavanaugh was credibly accused of sexual assault and had a meltdown at his own confirmation hearing. Totally UNFIT for the job but he got it anyway- because Republicans wanted it and Collins decided to straddle both sides of the fence on the sexual assault allegations presented by Blasey-Ford. Hopefully, she pays for it with her seat this year.

Barrett: In a naked and bald-faced reversal of their 2016 "McConnell Rule", Republicans are now literally tripping over themselves right now to replace Ginsburg, a liberal member of SCOTUS, with a hardcore right-winger to tip the scales of the court even further in a conservative/right-wing direction for generations to come a mere 40 or so days until the 2020 Election. They are trying to gussy up their hypocrisy with a bunch of caveats and excuses but nothing can talk them out of their hypocrisy.

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