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shrug...George W. Bush, who lost the popular vote, appointed John Roberts and Samuel Alito. Donald Trump, who lost the popular vote, appointed Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kvanaugh, and Amy Rabbit Barrett. Obama, who won the popular vote twice, appointed Sonya Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. Court rulings, the law of the land, will be decided by Justices who do not have the support of the majority.
I won't go into how lying, treacherous McConnell refused to bring an Obama Justice candidate up for a vote because it was Obama's last year and then did exactly that in Trump's last year.
There will come a reckoning.
Perhaps your time would be better spent reading the Constitution.shrug...
You may not like it, but to answer your thread title question...Yes, this is democracy. Furthermore, everything you are wailing about is supported by the Constitution of the United States.
Perhaps your time would be better spent trying to change the Constitution, eh?
In what way does this undermine the institution? If this is what the Court will rule in June, how does the public learning of it in May undermine the Court?How about whoever leaked this draft seeking to undermine the institution?
Perhaps your time would be better spent talking about the thread topic than talking about me.Perhaps your time would be better spent reading the Constitution.
So you can tell me how to spend my time but are offended when I tell you how to spend yours. Hypocrisy is so deeply imbedded in the right they don't see it anymore.Perhaps your time would be better spent talking about the thread topic than talking about me.
You and your wailing thread are dismissed.
This is a draft of an opinion, not a ruling. This is political activism by a clerk most likely. Or, even worse, one of the justices themselves. The only reason this was leaked was to generate outrage and hopefully shift the opinion as the process unfolds.In what way does this undermine the institution? If this is what the Court will rule in June, how does the public learning of it in May undermine the Court?
George W. Bush, who lost the popular vote, appointed John Roberts and Samuel Alito. Donald Trump, who lost the popular vote, appointed Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kvanaugh, and Amy Rabbit Barrett. Obama, who won the popular vote twice, appointed Sonya Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. Court rulings, the law of the land, will be decided by Justices who do not have the support of the majority.
I won't go into how lying, treacherous McConnell refused to bring an Obama Justice candidate up for a vote because it was Obama's last year and then did exactly that in Trump's last year.
There will come a reckoning.
Bullshit. McConnell stonewalling Obama's Supreme Court nominee is NOT "supported by the Constitution".shrug...
You may not like it, but to answer your thread title question...Yes, this is democracy. Furthermore, everything you are wailing about is supported by the Constitution of the United States.
Perhaps your time would be better spent trying to change the Constitution, eh?
The electoral college isn't democracy.shrug...
You may not like it, but to answer your thread title question...Yes, this is democracy. Furthermore, everything you are wailing about is supported by the Constitution of the United States.
Perhaps your time would be better spent trying to change the Constitution, eh?
especially not when he turned around and did exactly the opposite for the next one. By his own reasoning either Goresuch or Coney/barret is illegetimimate.Bullshit. McConnell stonewalling Obama's Supreme Court nominee is NOT "supported by the Constitution".
Unrelated but your new profilepicthure is spectacular.By making the Justice a lifetime position, the constitution indicates they should be appointed gradually, over time, making way for a wide variety of opinion while promoting stability. By stacking the court with three like-minded ideologues in four years, it is inevitable that this sort if reactionary change would happen.
So you can tell me how to spend my time but are offended when I tell you how to spend yours. Hypocrisy is so deeply imbedded in the right they don't see it anymore.
You and your nonsense amuse me. Do go on.
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