How is the Supreme Court confirmation going to go?
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Anonymous
Yes, agree. She's not impressive. |
Anonymous
| Well Durbin certainly put her on the ropes with right to bear arms v. right to vote. She came across as fool on that one. |
Anonymous
| She's not handling this well. Lee will now try to rehabilitate her. |
Anonymous
People are saying "go ACB" and "look at her schooling the Senators with no notes on the details of cases!" if you, PP, fall into this category, you can't have it both ways. if she is going to talk about her legal reasoning and her opinions, we get to comment on it. I listened to her and Grassley discussing a dissent she wrote about a statute that involved the meaning of "sentence" or "sentencing" and there was just no there there. |
Anonymous
Compare her answers with the substance of RBG's in her hearings. The contrast is beyond depressing. RBG not only possessed a brilliant legal mind, but her substantive experience clearly informed her thoughtful and precise answers. ACB is such a lightweight compared to her. Nothing wrong with mommy tracking to an academic position with a very light publication record until she gets a few years on the federal bench but let's not pretend she's in the same league. https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-confirmation-hearing-transcript-1993 |
Anonymous
It’s not having it both ways. This is about her prowess in this confirmation game. Legal mumbo jumbo is just the medium, not the craft itself. Don’t get it confused. This is political theatre, not a good faith exercise in jurisprudential exchange. There are far greater legal minds who might not perform as well in a confirmation hearing. |
Anonymous
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Her non-answer on the question of if a president can delay an election shows her lack of knowledge and her political kowtowing.
Pathetic. |
Anonymous
These hearing are far more politicized than they were then, duh. More landmines. |
Anonymous
| Senator Lee realizes she's not very good at this so he's not letting her talk. LOL |
Anonymous
| Is this the conformation hearing of Mike Lee? To what has he ben nominated? |
Anonymous
Of course after Mitch "I make the rules up as I go along" Turble Palpatine. |
Anonymous
Lol, that’s pretty funny and I like Amy. Goodness, Lee won’t shut up. |
Anonymous
https://www.democracydocket.com/2020/03/no-trump-cannot-move-the-general-election/ the Constitution gives states the power to set the “times, places and manner” of elections, subject to Congress’s ultimate authority to “make or alter” state regulations. This means that while states have the power to enact rules around how elections for federal office are run, ultimately Congress can overrule the states. Congress has used this power in a number of ways including requiring states to ensure that military and overseas voters receive mail ballots in time for them to be able to vote. Most importantly, more than 100 years ago, Congress set, by federal statute, the date on which congressional elections are to be held as the Tuesday following the first Monday in November. Neither the president nor a state can alter or postpone that date and only once has a court done so. Pretty open and shut. I wonder why she deflected? |
Anonymous
It does exist! She rolled her eyes yesterday at Roe v Wade. Saw it live with my own damn eyes. |