Ruth Bader Ginsburg Misses Court

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Anonymous wrote:If RBG can hold on a little longer, I think Mitch will have to wait until after the election. However, if she goes before year-end, I think we're looking at Amy Barrett.

Why would he have to wait? He controls the senate.

Apparently there are particular rules and waiting periods. If RBG lasts until June, we're good.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope Trump honors RBG with a female replacement, Amy Barret.

Nikki Haley.

Either would be an excellent and enduring choice.

Nikki Haley has a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
At the risk of sounding “elitist “, I would hope the President would nominate a SCJ candidate with a law degree and relevant work experience.

Please cite the Article and Section of the Constitution where it requires USSC Justices to have a JD.

But why would you? There are plenty of qualified candidates from the Federalist Society.

[Anonymous]

I think it would be beautiful for RBG to receive Amy Barrett for tea.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it would be beautiful for RBG to receive Amy Barrett for tea.

Will Amy bring the flu with her to the tea party?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a feeling that the next text in response to the exchange above is “she started it.”

Well, you just said it.

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Anonymous wrote:If RBG can hold on a little longer, I think Mitch will have to wait until after the election. However, if she goes before year-end, I think we're looking at Amy Barrett.

Why would he have to wait? He controls the senate.

DP. I don’t think this was pp’s point, but there’s a lot of potential peril to confirming a nominee so close to an election. First, going ahead with confirmation now when Merrill Garland was blocked might alienate some independents that can appreciate the hypocrisy in going forward. Second, if Trump nominates an extremist, it could swing moderates in favor of the Dem nominee. It would all but force Trump to nominate a true centrist or McConnell to put a halt on confirmation until after the election if Trump insisted on an extremist.

Mitch would still do it in a heartbeat. This is his legacy. Also, if Trump goes with Amy Barrett (midwest roots, mother of seven with two adoptive black children and a special needs child) and Dems get too rabid in tearing her down during a confirmation fight, that could also alienate independents.

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Anonymous wrote:If RBG can hold on a little longer, I think Mitch will have to wait until after the election. However, if she goes before year-end, I think we're looking at Amy Barrett.

Why would he have to wait? He controls the senate.

DP. I don’t think this was pp’s point, but there’s a lot of potential peril to confirming a nominee so close to an election. First, going ahead with confirmation now when Merrill Garland was blocked might alienate some independents that can appreciate the hypocrisy in going forward. Second, if Trump nominates an extremist, it could swing moderates in favor of the Dem nominee. It would all but force Trump to nominate a true centrist or McConnell to put a halt on confirmation until after the election if Trump insisted on an extremist.

Mitch would still do it in a heartbeat. This is his legacy. Also, if Trump goes with Amy Barrett (midwest roots, mother of seven with two adoptive black children and a special needs child) and Dems get too rabid in tearing her down during a confirmation fight, that could also alienate independents.

Amy CONEY Barrett was raised in a cult that her father helped run, and she continues to belong to and have her children educated in. There are mountains of opposition research on her and the People of Praise. She's a religious nutjob and would not be confirmed. Trump knows this and he won't nominate her.

[Anonymous]

RBG is fine and will likely outlive certain Republicans on the court. Indeed, the Nation is likely to see a 5-4 Dem majority.

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Anonymous wrote:If RBG can hold on a little longer, I think Mitch will have to wait until after the election. However, if she goes before year-end, I think we're looking at Amy Barrett.

Why would he have to wait? He controls the senate.

DP. I don’t think this was pp’s point, but there’s a lot of potential peril to confirming a nominee so close to an election. First, going ahead with confirmation now when Merrill Garland was blocked might alienate some independents that can appreciate the hypocrisy in going forward. Second, if Trump nominates an extremist, it could swing moderates in favor of the Dem nominee. It would all but force Trump to nominate a true centrist or McConnell to put a halt on confirmation until after the election if Trump insisted on an extremist.

Mitch would still do it in a heartbeat. This is his legacy. Also, if Trump goes with Amy Barrett (midwest roots, mother of seven with two adoptive black children and a special needs child) and Dems get too rabid in tearing her down during a confirmation fight, that could also alienate independents.

Amy CONEY Barrett was raised in a cult that her father helped run, and she continues to belong to and have her children educated in. There are mountains of opposition research on her and the People of Praise. She's a religious nutjob and would not be confirmed. Trump knows this and he won't nominate her.

No idea about any of that, but she seems intellectually unimpressive, and some of her decisions will make conservatives queasy.

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Anonymous wrote:If RBG can hold on a little longer, I think Mitch will have to wait until after the election. However, if she goes before year-end, I think we're looking at Amy Barrett.

Why would he have to wait? He controls the senate.

DP. I don’t think this was pp’s point, but there’s a lot of potential peril to confirming a nominee so close to an election. First, going ahead with confirmation now when Merrill Garland was blocked might alienate some independents that can appreciate the hypocrisy in going forward. Second, if Trump nominates an extremist, it could swing moderates in favor of the Dem nominee. It would all but force Trump to nominate a true centrist or McConnell to put a halt on confirmation until after the election if Trump insisted on an extremist.

Mitch would still do it in a heartbeat. This is his legacy. Also, if Trump goes with Amy Barrett (midwest roots, mother of seven with two adoptive black children and a special needs child) and Dems get too rabid in tearing her down during a confirmation fight, that could also alienate independents.

Amy CONEY Barrett was raised in a cult that her father helped run, and she continues to belong to and have her children educated in. There are mountains of opposition research on her and the People of Praise. She's a religious nutjob and would not be confirmed. Trump knows this and he won't nominate her.

I guess we WILL see.

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Anonymous wrote:If RBG can hold on a little longer, I think Mitch will have to wait until after the election. However, if she goes before year-end, I think we're looking at Amy Barrett.

Why would he have to wait? He controls the senate.

DP. I don’t think this was pp’s point, but there’s a lot of potential peril to confirming a nominee so close to an election. First, going ahead with confirmation now when Merrill Garland was blocked might alienate some independents that can appreciate the hypocrisy in going forward. Second, if Trump nominates an extremist, it could swing moderates in favor of the Dem nominee. It would all but force Trump to nominate a true centrist or McConnell to put a halt on confirmation until after the election if Trump insisted on an extremist.

Mitch would still do it in a heartbeat. This is his legacy. Also, if Trump goes with Amy Barrett (midwest roots, mother of seven with two adoptive black children and a special needs child) and Dems get too rabid in tearing her down during a confirmation fight, that could also alienate independents.

Amy CONEY Barrett was raised in a cult that her father helped run, and she continues to belong to and have her children educated in. There are mountains of opposition research on her and the People of Praise. She's a religious nutjob and would not be confirmed. Trump knows this and he won't nominate her.

No idea about any of that, but she seems intellectually unimpressive, and some of her decisions will make conservatives queasy.

Why? Because of her opinions or because she didn't go to Harvard or Yale?

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Anonymous wrote:If RBG can hold on a little longer, I think Mitch will have to wait until after the election. However, if she goes before year-end, I think we're looking at Amy Barrett.

Why would he have to wait? He controls the senate.

DP. I don’t think this was pp’s point, but there’s a lot of potential peril to confirming a nominee so close to an election. First, going ahead with confirmation now when Merrill Garland was blocked might alienate some independents that can appreciate the hypocrisy in going forward. Second, if Trump nominates an extremist, it could swing moderates in favor of the Dem nominee. It would all but force Trump to nominate a true centrist or McConnell to put a halt on confirmation until after the election if Trump insisted on an extremist.

Mitch would still do it in a heartbeat. This is his legacy. Also, if Trump goes with Amy Barrett (midwest roots, mother of seven with two adoptive black children and a special needs child) and Dems get too rabid in tearing her down during a confirmation fight, that could also alienate independents.

Amy CONEY Barrett was raised in a cult that her father helped run, and she continues to belong to and have her children educated in. There are mountains of opposition research on her and the People of Praise. She's a religious nutjob and would not be confirmed. Trump knows this and he won't nominate her.

No idea about any of that, but she seems intellectually unimpressive, and some of her decisions will make conservatives queasy.

Why? Because of her opinions or because she didn't go to Harvard or Yale?

Nah, that's just the standard opposition boiler plate cliche libs will lob at anyone they don't like.

Look at how they refer to Dr Ben Carson. They call him an idiot, Uncle Tom, Oreo... the guy is literally a world famous pediatric neurosurgeon - but they call him an "Oreo"....


It's all they've got. Ignore them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:RBG is fine and will likely outlive certain Republicans on the court. Indeed, the Nation is likely to see a 5-4 Dem majority.

If you mean Warren's Nation, whatever that is, perhaps.

For the rest of us, I doubt it, until 2024 at least.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think it would be beautiful for RBG to receive Amy Barrett for tea.

Will Amy bring the flu with her to the tea party?

Smallpox blankets

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If RBG can hold on a little longer, I think Mitch will have to wait until after the election. However, if she goes before year-end, I think we're looking at Amy Barrett.

Why would he have to wait? He controls the senate.

DP. I don’t think this was pp’s point, but there’s a lot of potential peril to confirming a nominee so close to an election. First, going ahead with confirmation now when Merrill Garland was blocked might alienate some independents that can appreciate the hypocrisy in going forward. Second, if Trump nominates an extremist, it could swing moderates in favor of the Dem nominee. It would all but force Trump to nominate a true centrist or McConnell to put a halt on confirmation until after the election if Trump insisted on an extremist.

Mitch would still do it in a heartbeat. This is his legacy. Also, if Trump goes with Amy Barrett (midwest roots, mother of seven with two adoptive black children and a special needs child) and Dems get too rabid in tearing her down during a confirmation fight, that could also alienate independents.

Amy CONEY Barrett was raised in a cult that her father helped run, and she continues to belong to and have her children educated in. There are mountains of opposition research on her and the People of Praise. She's a religious nutjob and would not be confirmed. Trump knows this and he won't nominate her.

I guess we WILL see.

Not necessarily.