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Presidents Should NOT Be Appointing SCOTUS Judges.

Gateman_Wen said:
The president should be picking SCOTUS judges, and not the federalist society.
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The Federalist society didn't have anything to do with the quota choice that Biden recently nominated
 
Bodhisattva said:
This idea is ALSO STUPID.

THE PEOPLE should be voting who is a Judge or not based off of the Decisions they have made that are TRANSPARENT for all to read.
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We kinda elect the President and Congress to do that.

President to propose, congress to confirm.

Or reject.

So, a step or two removed, we DO vote for the judges.
 
The Mark said:
We kinda elect the President and Congress to do that.

President to propose, congress to confirm.

Or reject.

So, a step or two removed, we DO vote for the judges.
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We vote for a myriad of things in a President... taxes, infrastructure, etc. Not if they are going to stack the court to specifically remove our freedoms on one specific issue or not.
 
Bodhisattva said:
We vote for a myriad of things in a President... taxes, infrastructure, etc. Not if they are going to stack the court to specifically remove our freedoms on one specific issue or not.
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That is quite literally one of the reasons Trump got elected though.
It's why the evangelical voter turnout was so high in 2016
 
The Mark said:
That is quite literally one of the reasons Trump got elected though.
It's why the evangelical voter turnout was so high in 2016
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You read the OP right? That is why I am saying that Presidents should not be appointing SCOTUS.
 
Bodhisattva said:
You read the OP right? That is why I am saying that Presidents should not be appointing SCOTUS.
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The way I look at it, the issue isn't how they're appointed, but who we elect to appoint them.

The current election system can be abused more than I'd like, what would prevent it from being abused in a SCOTUS or other circuit election?
 
The Mark said:
The way I look at it, the issue isn't how they're appointed, but who we elect to appoint them.

The current election system can be abused more than I'd like, what would prevent it from being abused in a SCOTUS or other circuit election?
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Nothing. But in that case it would be directly our fault for voting poorly for that Judge... not voting poorly for a President that then does things for any number of reasons other than what we elected them for.
 
Bodhisattva said:
This idea is ALSO STUPID.

THE PEOPLE should be voting who is a Judge or not based off of the Decisions they have made that are TRANSPARENT for all to read.
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LOL if we went that route then Trump would have been a SCJ a long time ago. :LOL:
 
Bodhisattva said:
This idea is ALSO STUPID.

THE PEOPLE should be voting who is a Judge or not based off of the Decisions they have made that are TRANSPARENT for all to read.
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Point of order:

Presidents don't appoint judges. They nominate them and the senate appoints them.
 
trouble13 said:
Point of order:

Presidents don't appoint judges. They nominate them and the senate appoints them.
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True, and good point, but if all the Senate gets is Conservative after Conservative that wants to overthrow RvW they can only deny so many,
 
Bodhisattva said:
True, and good point, but if all the Senate gets is Conservative after Conservative that wants to overthrow RvW they can only deny so many,
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Is there actually a time limit or could they just keep denying?
 
Gateman_Wen said:
The president should be picking SCOTUS judges, and not the federalist society.
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LOL a president can pick any judge he wants, including those endorsed by the federalist society 😂
 
DarkWizard12 said:
LOL a president can pick any judge he wants, including those endorsed by the federalist society 😂
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Organizations bent on the destruction of our society should be prohibited from advising government.
 
Gateman_Wen said:
Organizations bent on the destruction of our society should be prohibited from advising government.
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Well, good for you! The federalists seek to strengthen society, so we're all on the same page!
 
The Mark said:
We kinda elect the President and Congress to do that.

President to propose, congress to confirm.

Or reject.

So, a step or two removed, we DO vote for the judges.
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If we vote for a politician, or a local judge and they turn out to be incompetent, we can vote them out at the next election

Local judges face regular elections, why not SC justices ?
 
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