Kennedy Leaving SCOTUS

[Arnie]

You lefties are full of shit. Iran? Really? This is why you will lose in Nov.
Take it to the bank, a new justice will be seated before the first Monday this Oct.

Look at that list and tell me which of those judges have ruled against individual freedom.
Bunch of fucking drama queens.

 

[UsualName]

You lefties are full of shit. Iran? Really? This is why you will lose in Nov.
Take it to the bank, a new justice will be seated before the first Monday this Oct.

Look at that list and tell me which of those judges have ruled against individual freedom.
Bunch of fucking drama queens.

Really.

 

[destriero]

You lefties are full of shit. Iran? Really? This is why you will lose in Nov.
Take it to the bank, a new justice will be seated before the first Monday this Oct.

Look at that list and tell me which of those judges have ruled against individual freedom.
Bunch of fucking drama queens.

Bet?

Perception. Gerrymandering won't amount to a hill of dicks (easy boys). It's timed perfectly to guarantee participation.

 

[Arnie]

$100 friendly bet

 

[destriero]

$100 friendly bet

You're on.

 

[Arnie]

Done. If I lose I will forward to Baron and vice versa

 

[destriero]

Done. If I lose I will forward to Baron and visa versa

Got it.

 

[Arnie]

Now, back to the rumble!!

 

[jem]

I just saw this typo... I hope no one ripped yet...

tenets not tenants...

1. Theocracy is the opposite of conservatism / classical liberalism.
theocracy, communism, nazism... are all around the bend and meet up with each other... after big controlling govt. (and i note in most cases after taking away guns.)

Conservatism is about small central govt and keeping more power locally.

You are conflating ideas of conservatism and theocracy in a very disturbing and disingenuous manner.
if pence were for a theocracy I would be against pence as I am against all big powerful govt telling people what to do.

2. yeah you wrote that on another thread... and it was wrong then as it is now.
Contrary to your statement, the ideas of Classical Liberalism were not developed after the founding of the U.S. The ideas started with people like Locke and Rousseau. You might argue that the term classical liberal should be applied starting in the 1800s... but you can not argue the ideas of classical liberalism were not developed well before 1800 by men like Locke, Rousseau, Hume and others. And everyone knows those men influenced Jefferson and our founders.

Seriously... no educated person would make the claim you just made. It is preposterous.





Our founders were informed by Locke and Rousseau...

For instance the social contract.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Contract

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



3. So if you wish to continue to make this argument...
let me know what you think the tenants of classical liberalism are.

 

[TreeFrogTrader]

, religious intolerance and discrimination. A conservative in Kennedy’s swing seat would fundamentally change this country to an intolerant theocracy. .

Yeh sure. NOT!

You caution the forum about the need to have tolerance and guard against discrimination.

Meanwhile we already have Ginsburg, Sotomeyer and Kagan on the court. If we added one more of your ilk, we might as well rename the Court to The Red Hen Society.



Here's the scoop for all you worrywarts and sky-is-falling types:

Trump is going to nominate a justice and within four months of that we will have one of his nominees on the bench. He has a long list. If one goes down, there are many more right behind that one. Kennedy himself was Reagan's third choice. First one was Bork who went down hard and rough. Second pick was some guy who withdrew because someone exposed the fact that he had smoked marijuana once or maybe even more than once. Shit happens, they gang up on you. Move on. The court nominee process is one of the -or maybe the only- areas where Trump is not shooting from the hip. He has list. It has been extensively pre-vetted so that he does not nominate Joe Arpaio or something- so just start nominating and let the chips fall where they may. In any conflict, you take casualties but there is ZERO CHANCE that one of his first three nominees will not prevail....the first one will take the biggest hit though.

The final nominee will be a reasonably conservative type but the lefties will brand him as KKK and Nazi. That cannot be stopped and no one should waste any time trying to stop it. Some Dem Senators are running for president. Kamela Harris and Corey Booker for example. They already know what they are going to say and are already prepared to be outraged regardless of who is nominated. I can tell you with pinpoint accuracy what they will say regardless of who is nominated. Fine, they are on the campaign trail and as dems they get paid to be offended and to tell you that your private parts will fall off if so-and-so is confirmed.

Oh, and after this next nominee is seated. We need to prepare for another.