Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – RIP

George Rebane

Justice Ginsburg was a great lady and a great jurist.  Her record speaks for itself.  The paeans to her accomplished career have already started, and deservedly so.  As most readers know, I did not share her social and political orientation.  Nevertheless, I can say that she was from the age when Democrats and Republicans still believed whoever the American electorate voted into office, that they were then the legitimate holders of that office and deserved to serve without the other party launching a campaign of subterfuge to sabotage their term and malign their character.

So with 46 days until the election, now starts a whole new political battle over her successor.  The choice and timely empanelment of the new appointee to fill Justice Ginsburg’s seat will be a critical requirement, since it is almost certain that SCOTUS will have a hand in determining November’s outcome at more than one level.  And for those rulings we need a full court that cannot be irresolute.

My own preference is that President Trump immediately puts forth an appropriately vetted and qualified conservative jurist, and that Majority Leader McConnell gets the Senate to hold hearings and give its imprimatur to the new justice with all prudent haste.  

Comments

[Gregory]

If the seat isn't filled before the election, there will be a record turnout of Democrats.
If the seat is filled before the election, there will not be a record tunout of Democrats. Dems may collapse.

Now go do that voodoo that you do so well!

[Bill Tozer]

Well, if nothing else, Joe Biden will catch another break. All the attention will be on arguing about wait or not, have Scotus hearings in the Senate or not to have hearings, old quotes from Biden himself.....while Joe escapes the attention and spotlight. Man, it’s that guy lucky or not? He dodged another bullet. And that’s no malarkey.

Did find Chucky Schumer’s tweet somewhat puzzling. No vote until we have a new President? But, but, but I don’t think our nation can hold off until 2024. We need a fully seated Supreme Court. It’s one of the three branches of government Punchy told us and I can’t imagine our country going 4 more years without a full court. It would hurt trust in our institutions.

[scenes]

Is Amy Coney Barrett the leading contendah? It's not the sort of thing I keep track of.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Coney_Barrett

Not bad at all. I like this 'originalist' word of which they speak.

[scenes]

ooh. lots of wikipedia edits today for Judge Barrett. It's starting.

[Bill Tozer]

“It’s starting.” Not much for them to do. Trump, unlike Biden, has put out his list of candidates for public consumption many many moons ago. Every one on the list or not on the list but rumored to be under consideration already has had mega megabucks negative research on each one of them. The Dossiers have been completed years ago, (with the occasional updates) and all they need to do now is to blow some dust off the files— exactly like the Obama Administration did as soon as soon as they heard that Manafort might be considered for the volunteer unpaid Trump Campaign Manager.....but I digress.

If they can turn Brett Kavanaugh into some monster heartless teen age rapist ring leader in high school, just imagine what we can expect next. I believe it will be blatantly transparent. Wonder who the next Great White Hope Michael Avenatti will be? Bet he or she gets featured over 110 times on CNN within a 60 day timespan. Then we will know.

But it’s those wild stories that I live for.. ‘Children, please leave the room’ warnings wild.
Wonder what those Hollywood script writers will come up with next. Only limited by one’s imagination. Wasn’t Ben Rhodes a Hollywood script writer before he jumped straight over to Team Obama? Go directly to WH, do not pass Go. By Golly, he was. From Hollywood to top aide. Peddled some real good ones over in the White House.
Did like how Rhodes told NY Mag that the press today doesn’t know anything about the world around them, believe everything you tell them, airheads. He basically said the Press he met are just a bunch of young college kids about 26 who recently had followed some campaign and that’s all the journalism experience they have. Now they are covering WH Policy, lol. Yum, yum.

The Steele Dossier script (with obvious name and place corrections to reflex current times) can be found as written peddled in 2008 to Hillary Clinton to go after Obama....by one Glen Simpson. Great script. Hillary said she didn’t need it against Barrack, being the Chosen One and all.

Lay those good ear twitching stories on me.

[Barry Pruett]

“ Harry Reid will go down in history for having handed the court to conservatives when he took the first step toward eliminating the 60 vote requirement for confirmation.” #truenews

[Gregory]

The Ugliness Started With Bork, Thanks To Joe Biden (who has taken all the credit)

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/22/opinion/nocera-the-ugliness-all-started-with-bork.html

[scenes]

It'll all be extra exciting if you get the following.

. (D) 'investigating' team proves Russian prostitutes were enjoyed by (let's say) Barrett in an exotic fashion. All on Putin's VISA.
. Paul and all the strong powerful women let their freak flag fly
. 4 (R) Senators vote agin' the candidate (I think this is the right number)
. Pence votes for
. Presidential election is contested resulting in some sort of Supreme court decision.
. Flammable things burn throughout the land. Fire is the Left's new method of voting.

All perfectly legal, but the Blue Mob has thrown law aside as a mere nicety.

[scenes]

The Democrats speak:

https://twitter.com/JoshLekach/status/1307200251787313152

[Bill Tozer]

Scenes @ 9:17 am

Lol. That white gal on your post is all upset that RBG died and she is now blaming Justice Ginsberg for not holding on longer and kicking the bucket before the election. Well, wack job lady, take Ruth to court and sue her for dying, you lefty screaming bag of grunt sandwiches.

RIP Justice Ginsberg.
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The pragmatist in me says it’s too close to the election to even think about appointing a replacement for Justice Ginsberg, not to mention going through the quite ugly nomination process. Salem Witch Trails, Year Zero edition. But, then again, there is always that awful bull in the China Shop with a Twitter machine that may see things differently.

‘Trump isn’t likely to shrink from Supreme Court fight in election year: Goodwin’

https://nypost.com/2020/09/18/trump-not-likely-to-shrink-from-supreme-court-fight-in-election-year-goodwin/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd85ozj0p8o

[Barry Pruett]

https://www.foxnews.com/media/ginsburg-death-burn-it-down-threats

Democrats are simply domestic terrorists.

[Gregory]

Toes 934am

McConnell just needs the short-short version
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5X4HYA-lB-U

[Walt]

Still no picks from Joementia? Gotta elect him to find out who they are?

[Don Bessee]

That's right -

https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2020/09/19/marsha-blackburn-there-precedent-short-confirmation-process/

;-)

[scenes]

If they fire up some judge confirmation hoohaw, we should have a pool for when the Democratic Senators all fire up their Segways and roll out. You know there's bound to be some sort of made-for-TV deal similar to that, probably already in the plan. It'll be like a high school student council making some sort of silly political statement.

[Barry Pruett]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/package-poison-ricin-addressed-to-trump-intercepted/index.html

Democrats are domestic terrorists

[scenes]

"But, then again, there is always that awful bull in the China Shop with a Twitter machine that may see things differently."

. IF YOU HAVE A NOMINATION WE'LL BURN DOWN YOUR HOME
. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A NOMINATION, well, WE'LL BURN DOWN YOUR HOME

We'll have to look to our local news team for guidance on this. Maybe there's some way forward where we can save the garage or something.

Now they're even going after dogs.

"Philadelphia: #Antifa black bloc militants smash up a car that has a dog in the back. Far-left rioters gathered today to oppose a right-wing event at Clark Park. "
https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1307397954655776769

Truth is, it was probably a right-wing dog. (hint: they all are)

[Don Bessee]

Discussing Ruth Bader Ginsburg's replacement doesn't 'dishonor' her, Brit Hume says

https://www.foxnews.com/media/brit-hume-ginsburg-replacement-dying-wish

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Here is why -

Graham, who posted his comments to Twitter on Saturday afternoon, said that his decision to back President Trump was driven by two factors — former Sen. Harry Reid’s (D-NV) judicial confirmation rule changes and the Democrats’ ultimately unsuccessful attempt to derail Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanugh’s nomination to the high court.

“The two biggest changes regarding the Senate and judicial confirmations that have occurred in the last decade have come from Democrats,” Graham wrote. “In light of these two events, I will support President @realDonaldTrump in any effort to move forward regarding the recent vacancy created by the passing of Justice Ginsburg.”

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/19/lindsey-graham-says-he-backs-trump-in-any-effort-to-move-forward-on-rbg-vacancy/

;-)

[paul emery]

Well at least Lindsey Graham won't support a appointing a new Justice til the election is over. He can't be more specific than this:

"I want you to use my words against me. If there's a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say Lindsey Graham said let's let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination,"

https://www.businessinsider.com/lindsey-graham-2016-vacancies-should-not-be-filled-election-years-2020-9

And here:

"I'll tell you this – this may make you feel better, but I really don't care – if an opening comes in the last year of President Trump's term, and the primary process has started, we'll wait until the next election," Graham said during a forum with The Atlantic. His comments came at the tail end of the confirmation process for Trump's most recent Supreme Court pick, Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2020-09-18/lindsey-graham-in-2018-senate-wont-vote-on-scotus-pick-in-last-year-of-trump-term

And here:

[Don Bessee]

Uh you seemed to have overlooked @147 oh great pony tail of ignorance.

;-)

[Gregory]

Regarding RBG's desire to not be replaced by the current President... I'm surprised that she'd make that request known to her granddaughter, who is also a lawyer. RBG had every opportunity to resign during the Obama years when she could have been replaced by a 'friendly'... and she took a risk that Trump would beat Hillary C. in 2016. Who knows, after her bench buddy Antonin passed away, she might have been able to swing a deal to get Garland a hearing if she'd resign then, but she didn't, preferring to roll the die and hope to live until Jan 2021.

That didn't work out. Oh well, lesson learned. It won't help RBG secure a legacy more to her liking, but maybe Justice Thomas will take heed...

[scenes]

"I'm surprised that she'd make that request known to her granddaughter, who is also a lawyer."

I expect that it's a bit of a fib, but it doesn't really matter.

This is her, no?

https://www.equaljusticeworks.org/fellows/clara-spera/

All of these people are partisan up to their eyebrows.

[Bill Tozer]

Let’s see how our friends on the Dark Side are taking the news of RBG’s passing. I assume they are in deep mourning, probably feeling down. That’s normal. My condolences. I assume our friends are handling the loss in a dignified adult manner in this hour of sorrow.

Darn it. Never assume.

‘You Killed RBG’: Leftists Attack Couple Who Had Supreme Court Justice Officiate Their August Wedding

https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-killed-rbg-leftists-attack-couple-who-had-supreme-court-justice-officiate-their-august-wedding
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Standing in solidarity with Scenes’s 9:17 am this morn, I feel a wee pit of piling on might lift my spirits as I am bummed out and in the first of three long long days of mourning. There goes my weekend plans. Bet Trump has the cure for RBG’s cancer, but is holding off for some late October Surprise to steal the election. Bastard. Trump puts politics before people’s lives! He couldn’t wait until her body was cold!! Or maybe not.

Nothing that Scenes from Year Zero has not already posted. Even a mention of the twitter freak out white woman driver video. The early bird catches the worm.

THE DEMOCRATIC SUPREME COURT FREAKOUT

“A real portrait in self-control. Just imagine her reaction if Trump is re-elected. Let the memes commence!”

“P.S. Yes—it has occurred to me that the shrieking woman in the video is fake—a right-wing performance artist. I suspect we’ll find out that it is genuine and not a fake, and the problem with faking something like this is, how could you tell? You can find crazy shrieking like this in videos from just about every “peaceful” protest of the last few months, usually white women screaming at black police officers, because racism or something.”

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/09/the-democratic-supreme-court-freakout.php

[Don Bessee]

Now that's interesting -

“a substantial majority” of respondents, or 67 percent, believe the Senate should proceed with confirmation hearings this year if a vacancy occurred. Most notably, the survey found that the majority view does not tend to vary by party affiliation.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/19/majority-said-senate-should-hold-confirmation-hearings-this-year-fill-scotus-vacancy/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Will they follow this advice from RBG? -

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/19/ruth-bader-ginsberg-denounced-democrat-push-to-stack-supreme-court/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Someone has to be the adult in the room -

Penny Nance: After Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death conservative women are ready to fight for Trump's nominee

Senators, like parents, must ignore the tantrums from the left after Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ruth-bader-ginsburg-death-trumps-nominee-penny-nance

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

Thanks for letting us know who is behind the riots, lol.

'Media Figures Threaten Riots If GOP Tries To Fill SCOTUS Seat: Burn It All Down'

https://www.dailywire.com/news/media-figures-threaten-riots-if-gop-tries-to-fill-scotus-seat-burn-it-all-down?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dwbrand

They don't call him the Grim Reaper for nothing. Or Cocaine Mitch or Moscow Mitch.

[Bill Tozer]

@BuckSexton

"Would seem almost impossible for the Democrat base to be more psycho and destructive than they’ve been so far this year-

But everyone knows that they will 100% find a way to reach new heights of lunacy over this SCOTUS vacancy.

Be like injecting meth into a rabid squirrel"

https://mobile.twitter.com/BuckSexton/status/1307396146780950528

[Walt]

Nadler is about to strangle himself with his own belt.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/19/democrats-pack-supreme-court-trump-nominates-ruth-ginsburg-seat/
"Prominent Democrats are threatening to expand the size of the Supreme Court to cancel out President Donald Trump’s court picks if Republicans vote on late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement this year."

Just think. Trump wins anyway,(without seating a replacement)
The mary band of lunatic LIBS will demand "the next President" have the honors.

[scenes]

Paul Emery: "Well at least Lindsey Graham won't support a appointing a new Justice til the election is over. He can't be more specific than this:"

I wouldn't work too hard to find clips of Republicans calling for waiting for choosing a Justice. It works both ways old son.

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"Just dug up this clip of Obama in 2016:

"When there is a vacancy on the SCOTUS, the President is to nominate someone, the Senate is to consider that nomination... There's no unwritten law that says that it can only be done on off-years. That's not in the Constitution text.""

https://twitter.com/CalebJHull/status/1307325966314864651

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"@JoeBiden in 2016:

“I would go forward with a confirmation process as chairman, even a few months before a presidential election, if the nominee were chosen with the advice, and not merely the consent, of the Senate, just as the Constitution requires.”"

https://twitter.com/dcexaminer/status/1307349593710120966

[Barry Pruett]

Attacking Amy Coney Barrett over the fact that she believes in God and is a devout Catholic is not going to go over well in a nation where nearly 90% of the citizens believe in God as well. Her nomination will expose Progressive democrats for what they are - atheists who don’t share the most common beliefs held by the vast majority of Americans.

Also Barbara Lagoa is a Cuban-American. Politically her nomination puts race-baiting Democrats in a box. How do they oppose a Latina when they need such voting block?

I say go for it. Let’s have the debate. #filltheseat

[Larry Wirth]

Maybe Republicans should pre-empt and enlarge the Court themselves, packing it with enough conservatives the Dims can't undo it for a century...

How about it, Keach, Rx, evil twins? If it's good idea when you do it, it must be a good idea, right?

[George Rebane]

LarryW 1023am - What a concept Lar. Doubt it could be done before January, but if Repubs keep the WH and Senate, it should at least receive serious considerations given the Democrats' stated intent.

[D]

RBG Matters!

[D]

Collins and Murkowski come out with a "no on SCOTUS vote" prior to the election.

[D]

Lindsay Graham already said in 2016 he was against that idea,

"I want you to use my words against me. If there's a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say Lindsey Graham said let's let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination," he said four years ago when arguing against then-President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland."

[D]

Barry, religion is a non-issue to all but the most wackydoodle. SCOTUS needs a Muslim jurist, or two.

[George Rebane]

D 1103am - Another sample of liberal logic - why would SCOTUS "need a Muslim jurist, or two" if "religion is a non-issue"?

[Scott O]

Duh 11:03 "Barry, religion is a non-issue to all but the most wackydoodle."
Yep - those ecologists are a bunch of wackydoodles!

scenes 7:46 - "It works both ways old son."
Ah - but Republican hypocrisy is BAD hypocrisy, and Dem hypocrisy is GOOD hypocrisy.
It's the same thing as when the Dems lie. That's GOOD lying.

[Don Bessee]

Where is your list creepy grampa joe -

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-condemns-push-to-fast-track-ginsburg-replacement-as-exercise-in-raw-political-power

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

Can you say dumber than a sack of hammers?

“Barry, religion is a non-issue to all but the most wackydoodle. SCOTUS needs a Muslim jurist, or two.”

Of contraire, my good fellow/madam with no noticeable matter between the ears. I have been following the rumored Amy pic for least 26 months. Senator Harris and the Dem Senators have steady grilled the shit out of any Catholic or religious person Trump has appointed to the circuit courts. Not just judges, any high ranking Cabinet member nominee. And not just on abortion.which the Catholic Church believes is cold bloodied murder. Kind of the old JKF Catholic Test...or Mitt Romney. It’s he going to follow the Pope or the Grand Mormon leader or the law??

It now has gotten sooo bad on the Dem side (the children of the Father of lies and darkness) that somebody on the R side had to pull out the US Constitution a year or two ago and read to all the most WACKKYDODDLES that it is unconstitutional to require a religious test for office/position.

And now Duh, the fence post with a face painted on it says, says that we need a Mooslum jurist or two. Stupid is as stupid does. No religious test allowed. Period. My apologies to disparaging a fence post...and a sack of hammers.

[Don Bessee]

In her own words -

Flashback: In 2016, Ginsburg said Senate should hold SCOTUS confirmation hearing during election year
Ginsburg remarked in 2016 that 'nothing in the Constitution' precludes 11th hour nomination.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flashback-in-2016-ginsburg-senate-election-year-vacancy

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

WHAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO
“In the coming weeks, as the struggle to confirm a Supreme Court nominee fires up, we will be inundated with facts about past confirmation timetables and other “precedents.” Advocates will try to elevate past practices to matters of principle, and maybe even to matters of morality.

I think all of these arguments should be ignored. The only rule that applies, and it’s a reasonable one, is that Supreme Court nominees get confirmed when the president’s party has secured enough support from the electorate to muster the 50 Senate votes needed to confirm.

Voters didn’t give Democrats enough Senate votes to confirm Merrick Garland (or to get him the waste of time a hearing would have amounted to). That’s all there was to that story.”

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/09/what-it-all-comes-down-to.php

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9434BoGkNQ

Spoon pounding, food throwing, high chair temper tantrum time. What are they going to do? Hold their breathes until they are blue (mob) in the face? Grab their dolls and run away from home? Lots of anger issues amidst our Enlightened Betters...our moral superiors, aka, the white liberal Supremacists.

[Don Bessee]

At least there is that -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pelosi-says-she-will-not-leverage-government-shutdown-to-avoid-senate-vote-on-supreme-court-seat/ar-BB19edPE?ocid=msedgdhp

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

GregGutfeld
@greggutfeld

seeing the unstable, flabby few threatening violence if the WH fills a vacancy says to me, that it's time to call them on it. I'm honestly tired of being extorted by douchebags who couldn't punch their way out of saran wrap.ttps://mobile.twitter.com/greggutfeld/status/1307481373939302400

[Bill Tozer]

Lol. He just wants people to like him.

'Jeff Flake: Republicans Should Not Fill SCOTUS Seat Until Election'

https://www.dailywire.com/news/jeff-flake-republicans-should-not-fill-scotus-seat-until-election

[Barry Pruett]

CNN is back on the COVID rants. As the protagonist of Trump, they must think the Supreme Court is a losing issue for them.

[Bill Tozer]

@LindseyGrahamSC
US Senate candidate, SC

“Being lectured by Democrats about how to handle judicial nominations is like an arsonist advising the Fire Department”

[paul emery]

How low can Trump go??? Here's a new threshold of scum from our Liar in Chief'

"Just days before Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death last Friday, she dictated a note to her granddaughter saying her “most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.” Several Republicans, eager to fill her now-vacant seat, dismissed Ginsburg’s request the same night as her death, and on Monday President Donald Trump was trying to allege that the justice never made the request at all.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-spreads-disinformation-about-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburgs-dying-wish_n_5f68c341c5b6480e8972af1f

During a Fox News interview Monday morning, Trump baselessly claimed Ginsburg’s request, first reported by NPR, was actually written by Democratic politicians. In reality, Ginsburg herself relayed the statement to her granddaughter, Clara Spera, NPR reported.

“I don’t know that she said that. Or was that written out by Adam Schiff, and Schumer, and Pelosi?” Trump asked. “That came out of the wind. It sounds so beautiful but that sounds like a Schumer deal,” he added. There is no evidence to support Trump’s accusation that California Rep. Adam Schiff, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer or House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were involved in ghostwriting a posthumous plea from a deceased Supreme Court justice.

[Todd Juvinall]

paul emery | 21 September 2020 at 09:29 AM

RGB never siad that and you know it. All fabricated by partisan liberals. Hey, I have this bridge in Arizona so get your money ready.

[scenes]

Nancy Pelosi speaks:

https://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1307827830403690498?s=20

[Walt]

Emery will believe anything anti Trump.
Sorry Emery, RBG has no say in this. If she didn't want Trump to pick her successor, she should not have died.

Back to
"trump lied" again? But Biden LIED.. Funny you give the lies a pass at every turn. The ponytail of hypocrisy rides off again on his little rackle..." HIGH HOE Gaunga!!! AWAY!!(up until the extension cord snaps.)

[scenes]

ToddJ: "RGB never siad that and you know it."

I tend to agree with that.

Here's the non-partisan supposed source..

https://www.equaljusticeworks.org/fellows/clara-spera/

the story is probably bullshit.

In any case, I can't say that it's for a judge to choose their successor, although you know they try. It's just that it's bad form.

I suppose we can all agree that the following people said that you can nominate and appoint a Supreme Court justice near the end of a Presidential term....

Ginsburg, Biden, Obama

The following people said that they wouldn't vote for a judge near the end of a Presidential term.

McConnell, Graham

There's video of all of this. People are going to persist in re-posting it over and over of course as if it's something new.

Paul should probably work on convincing Trump that pushing a judge through will hurt his own prospects. If Trump doesn't do it, will Paul vote for him?

It seems to me that if Trump is 100% sure to lose, as the KVMR action news team persists in posting, that putting in a justice is exactly the thing to do. Maybe we could hold off the end of the world by a year or two.

[scenes]

As Paul breathlessly quotes a thing we've all heard repeatedly:

"“most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.” "

Notice the word 'new'. So I guess they were supposed to wait until Jan 2021 or Jan 2025 depending on whether Trump wins or loses.

Paul, isn't 4.5 years a bit too long for this?

[paul emery]

So Todd you claim He Granddaughter lied ?

Ginsburg herself was aware about the coming tempest; she dictated this statement to granddaughter Clara Spera in the days before her death: "My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed."

https://www.npr.org/sections/death-of-ruth-bader-ginsburg/2020/09/18/914643289/granddaughter-presages-battle-royale-when-will-new-justice-be-confirmed

[scenes]

"So Todd you claim the Granddaughter lied ?"

I think there's a decent chance of that, or that she milked a statement out of a dying woman. Whatever it takes, after all.

In any case, please explain how Trump is worse off for installing a new Justice. We've love to know.

[Barry Pruett]

Paul. Who cares?

[Walt]

Give us proof she didn't Emery.😂
Just where the hell you get this idea a LIB won't lie?
Your full of shit on a daily basis.

[Paul Emery]

Barry

So you don't care if Trump falsely accuses Ginsberg's Granddaughter of lying? As an attorney don't you place a value on truth?

[Don Bessee]

That 'last wish' is at odds with Ginsbergs documented statement -

In her own words -

Flashback: In 2016, Ginsburg said Senate should hold SCOTUS confirmation hearing during election year
Ginsburg remarked in 2016 that 'nothing in the Constitution' precludes 11th hour nomination.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flashback-in-2016-ginsburg-senate-election-year-vacancy

;-)

Posted by: Don Bessee | 20 September 2020 at 03:06 PM

[Bill Tozer]

Oh, so we have to follow RBG’s wishes? Until when? Are you nuts?
WTF, that statement is ridiculous. RBG acted like she owns the SCOTUS seat, not rented and appointed to her by the electorate. RBG has no say in the matter. Whether it [her statements] is reflects her wishes or not, they have zero bearing on the process. The American electorate put in place a majority of Republican Senators to confirm or deny the President’s nominees for SCOTUS. Blame the American voter for turning the US Senate red, not blue. “We the people” have spoken by choosing senators in each of the 50 states. It’s not ‘We the RBG Wishes’.

RBG’s wish was to make it to and through to Jan 2017 by saving “her seat”. Didn’t wish and plan didn’t work out either.

[Barry Pruett]

“So you don't care if Trump falsely accuses Ginsberg's Granddaughter of lying? As an attorney don't you place a value on truth?” I do value the truth. In fact, I practice trust and probate litigation. And for the most part in death situations, if it’s not in writing, it didn’t happen. That’s the truth.

[Paul Emery]

Barry

So you support Trumps statement that

“I don’t know that she said that. Or was that written out by Adam Schiff, and Schumer, and Pelosi?” Trump asked. “That came out of the wind. It sounds so beautiful but that sounds like a Schumer deal,”

[Don Bessee]

He has that right -

CNN's Jeffery Toobin: Democrats 'wimps,' might not have 'guts' to battle GOP over Supreme Court vacancy

'There is a difference to how Democrats and Republicans go about these fights,' Toobin said

“Democrats are great about talking big, but we’ll see if he has the... if he and the other Democrats have the guts to do anything,” Toobin said, indicating he’s skeptical Democrats would expand the court if needed. “If they retake control of the Senate, will they really add the two seats on the Supreme Court?”

CNN’s Alisyn Camerota chimed in, “Why wouldn’t they?”

“Because they’re weak,” Tobin said. “And they’re wimps and they're afraid.”

https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-jeffery-toobin-democrats-wimps-weak-suprme-court

;-)

[walt]

Tough shit Emery. Libs lie.Thats what you do.

[walt]

Come to think of it, how many lies did you push with the rest of your LIB tribe during the Kavinaugh hearings?
Dare go there Emery? Or will you just open the cricket cage?

[Todd Juvinall]

paul emery | 21 September 2020 at 09:53 AM
Yes, she lied and your sources are all untrustworthy. I recall that you were breathless in defending the Trump niece in her crapass book on Trump. Turns out it was lies. So it appears you are not a good judge of character and of those that lie.

[Don Bessee]

Remember this -

https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2020/09/21/flashback-ginsburg-kaepernick-protests-i-think-its-dumb-disrespectful/

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

Let’s take a moment to go back to the future with Lyndsey Graham. John McCain would have been more furious.

https://streamable.com/owzwf2

This is the ghost of Christmas future. Last Christmas was impeachment.

[Barry Pruett]

If it was so important to RBG that her replacement not be made until after the presidential election, and being not only a lawyer but one of the preeminent lawyers in the entire country, don’t you think she would’ve had a written down her wishes somewhere? Lol. Your assertions, Paul, do not pass the smell test.

[Gregory]

And RBG should have known that once dead, her ability to negotiate terms would end.

If it was so important to her to not be the cause of a 6-3 slant towards conservatives on the court, she should have resigned when there was a Democrat president.

[Todd Juvinall]

Only two requirements in the Constitution dealing with a vacancy. Only two. One, President nominates, Two, Senate advises and consent/vote. That's all folks. So how silly do the demoncrats look when telling th country Trump is doing something unconstitutional? Cracks me up. And John Paul Stevens was confirmed in 19 days. RGB in 42!

[George Rebane]

ToddJ 423pm - For the Democrats to tell the country that installing RBG's successor before the election is unconsitutional vies for the biggest Big Lie they have told this year, and given the Big Lies already in the archive, this is a real big one because it fools the mentally disabled who are more prone to believe the Dems imitation of authority.

[Walt]

Todd and George.. But Emery takes the bait and thinks it's gospel.

[Don Bessee]

I will bet a nickel that good ol Mit will tow the line because if he blew a massive chance of a young conservative jurist it would be his head in Utah.

They will tell him not to let his TDS screw up this epic strategic win opportunity. -

Romney faces another crossroads on Trump's Supreme Court push
He was the sole GOP senator to vote to oust the president. Now he must decide whether to stand with his party on an explosive fight for the high court.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/21/romney-scotus-rbg-419696

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Here we go! -

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/21/cory-gardner-signals-support-for-filling-scotus-vacancy/

;-)

[scenes]

re: [email protected]:07PM

That plus some other stuff I read makes the votes sound like a lock.

Add this in:

https://twitter.com/WDRBNews/status/1308129517035282434

and you'll see some excitement.

[scenes]

If nothing else....

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1308215101917401089

Yee haw, hang on.

[Barry Pruett]

Hey Paul. Where is Biden’s list of future Supreme Court nominees? Instead of demanding from trump anything, maybe Slow Joe should tell us who’d he nominate?

[scenes]

There we go.

https://twitter.com/SenatorRomney/status/1308403638897958914

All that remains are the crazy distortions, lies, and outright nonsense that the Blue Senators cook up in the hearing. Let 'er rip. All hands on deck for the character assassination.

Anyone who makes it through that deserves the gig. Expect thousands of articles on the 'People of Praise' as long as Barrett is in the running. Can't be havin' any Christians on the court after all.

[scenes]

lol. Nice. It must be the kuru kicking in.

"Former CNN Host Who Once Ate Human Brains: 'If They Even TRY to Replace RBG We Burn the Entire F-cking Thing Down'"

https://twitter.com/CassandraRules/status/1307133437183131649

[Don Bessee]

Locked that vote in -

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/22/romney-supports-holding-a-vote-on-next-supreme-court-nominee-419898

;-)

[scenes]

Gregory: "If it was so important to her to not be the cause of a 6-3 slant towards conservatives on the court, she should have resigned when there was a Democrat president. "

Well, that might make sense. Of course you wouldn't get the fun of her granddaughter the hyperliberal lawyer getting to be on TV. Anything for a million hits on that post after all.

The funny thing about all the fuss is that you'd think that the Supreme Court is where you'd actually want the conservatives, assuming that they be given a voice at all. The House can make up a nutty law that violates the Constitution, the Supremes can reel it in. The country staggers along to the next 'emergency', accreting an ever-larger rule set bit by bit.

Of course we are living in crazy times. The US Democratic party has been taken over by mentally ill college students, thrown away the working class, is in bed with the part of large business that doesn't actually make things of value. Until that bunch worms it's way down the alimentary tract of the political class and pops out the other end, all bets are off

[Scott O]

An excellent essay on RGB's behavior as a SCOTUS judge and the proper role of a SCOTUS judge.
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-tuesday/ruth-bader-ginsburg-didnt-understand-her-job/
He absolutely nails the problem with some judges. Sometimes even conservative ones.

[Don Bessee]

She was right about that -

https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/09/22/ginsburg-in-2016-presidents-power-to-fill-scotus-for-four-years-not-three-years/

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

Mitt Romney's statement:

My decision regarding a Supreme Court nomination is not the result of a subjective test of ‘fairness’ which, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. It is based on the immutable fairness of following the law, which in this case is the Constitution and precedent. The historical precedent of election year nominations is that the Senate generally does not confirm an opposing party’s nominee but does confirm a nominee of its own.

The Constitution gives the President the power to nominate and the Senate the authority to provide advice and consent on Supreme Court nominees. Accordingly, I intend to follow the Constitution and precedent in considering the President’s nominee. If the nominee reaches the Senate floor, I intend to vote based upon their qualifications.

[Scott O]

BT 10:02 - Does anyone realize how sad it is for a sitting senator to rationalize his actions with an entire paragraph that has nothing more to say than - "I'll just do what the Constitution says we should do"?
Does Romney telephone the Utah State Patrol to let them know he intends to drive down the highway at the posted speed limit?
He is signalling that the left calls the shots and we conservatives need to constantly justify our actions to them.
What a gutless weenie.
I'd tell anyone who challenges my actions to prove in court what I'm doing is illegal, immoral or unethical.
Barring that - shove it up your jumper.

[scenes]

Stop the presses, important news.

"Bombshell Regarding Donald Trump's Supreme Court Nominee! "

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Nht7EMd2U&feature=youtu.be

[scenes]

That didn't go as expected.

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1308301867600891905

[George Rebane]

re scenes 325pm - Leftwing thesis: an impeached president should not pick new SCOTUS justices. Well, President Clinton did, even though he was impeached after his pick of RGB. The point is that in the interval between his pick and impeachment, his character did not degrade while in office. He was already a sleazebag from the gitgo, and it just took a bit longer to nail him.

[scenes]

re: [email protected]:36PM

..and the Democrats find themselves more ruthless than ever.

[Bill Tozer]

Good pun, Scenes

More Ruth-less than ever.

[Don Bessee]

The trend is clear -

Murkowski loosens stance on Supreme Court nominee, says she may vote for Trump's pick

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/murkowski-supreme-court-nominee-may-vote-trumps-pick

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

Murkowski will listen to what the nominee has to say. Fair enough.

Romney on board to hear the nominee after Mitt was flooded with “a precedent” containing various examples to choose from. He wanted the Constitution (rule of law) and a precedent. He found both:

“It [my decision] is based on the immutable fairness of following the law, which in this case is the Constitution and precedent. The historical precedent of election year nominations is that the Senate generally does not confirm an opposing party’s nominee BUT DOES CONFIRM a nominee of its own.

The Constitution gives the President the power to nominate and the Senate the authority to provide advice and consent on Supreme Court nominees. Accordingly, I intend to follow the Constitution and precedent in considering the President’s nominee. If the nominee reaches the Senate floor, I intend to vote based upon their qualifications.“.

Pretty cut and dry. The Constitution lays it out. Precedent lays it out. One of the two worse decisions IKE’ made as President, according the the man himself, was filing the vacancy on the court with a recess appointment. Judge William Brennan. Became Chief Justice.

Exit Question. Do we even have a nominee yet? I hope she is a hottie!

Minkowski on board to hear the nominee.

[Bill Tozer]

Exit Question #2
Long long until they put Jeff Flake in front of the cameras again? They are running out of Republicans in the Senate willing to trash Trump.
———
Nancy was wrong about having arrows in her quiver. First, she has no say in the Senate or the Senate rules. I believe Face Slide Crazy Nancy is a member of the House of Representatives last I looked. Second, we have clear instructions from the Constitution as well as precedent if you must

On this one issue of appointing nominees and confirming them, Nancy has no arrows in her quiver.
——-
Ruth dies and that savage dictator Trump is already shredding the Constitution. Do something Nancy! Impeach the bastard!

‘President Trump Announces ‘Born Alive’ Executive Order Guaranteeing Medical Treatment To Infants That Survive Abortion’

https://www.dailywire.com/news/president-trump-signs-born-alive-executive-order-guaranteeing-medical-treatment-to-infants-that-survive-abortion?

Exit Question #3
Why is anti-Semitism a growing problem in the Democrat Party that keeps getting bigger and bigger?

[Bill Tozer]

SCHUMER SPOILS BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO HONOR RUTH BADER GINSBURG

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/09/schumer-spoils-bipartisan-effort-to-honor-ruth-bader-ginsburg.php

Man, why are the Dems always such a glum lot?