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Author Topic:   Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's dead. The maneuvering begins!
Minnemooseus
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Message 101 of 122 (780624)
03-17-2016 11:36 PM


The Merrick Garland choice
How Obama Threw A Curveball With The Safest SCOTUS Pick Imaginable - TPM – Talking Points Memo
quote:
But Garland was almost certainly not who Senate Republicans were expecting when they drew the hard line soon after Scalia’s death that no Obama nominee would be considered. Just last week, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) -- a member of the Judiciary Committee -- said he didn’t believe Obama’s assurances to him that he would nominate a moderate.
"[Obama] could easily name Merrick Garland, who is a fine man," Hatch told Newsmax. "He probably won’t do that because this appointment is about the election. So I’m pretty sure he’ll name someone the [liberal Democratic base] wants."
Garland is a 63-year-old straight, white male. He is a moderate, by most standards, with a reputation for playing by the book. His resume has the sterling pedigree one comes to expect from a Supreme Court justice: Ivy League education, clerkship for Justice William Brennan, prosecutor for the Department of Justice and the chief judge on the nation’s most influential appeals court. Even Fox News admitted he is the most conservative Supreme Court nominee put forward by a Democratic president in the modern era.
I've heard the opinion from a couple of sources (don't now have the links, one was on NPR) that having 9 Garlands would be a fine Supreme Court.
I think it is a great choice. Garland probably has at least 10 years in him. And I'm thinking Hillary going to be the next president, and is going to be making more SCOTUS appointments.
Moose

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Message 119 of 122 (798690)
02-04-2017 5:32 PM


Bump
I don't have anything ready right now, but I encountered this topic and thought it deserved a bump.
Moose

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Message 121 of 122 (798711)
02-05-2017 12:48 AM


Orrin Hatch on Merrick Garland
I thought that it was a Mitch McConnell statement, which apparently caused problems in tracking it down.
Source is Breitbart! - I think this is the only time I have ever been to that site. The article struck me as being remarkably sane considering the Brieitbart reputation.
Said Orrin Hatch:
quote:
The President told me several times he’s going to name a moderate [to fill the court vacancy], but I don’t believe him, Hatch told us.
[Obama] could easily name Merrick Garland, who is a fine man, he told us, referring to the more centrist chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia who was considered and passed over for the two previous high court vacancies.
But, Hatch quickly added, He probably won’t do that because this appointment is about the election. So I’m pretty sure he’ll name someone the [liberal Democratic base] wants.
If the ***** wanted the support of the Democrats, he too could have nominated Garland, a man Orrin Hatch holds in high esteem. But then, maybe Hatch is a RINO.
Moose
Edited by Minnemooseus, : Fix typo and spelling error.

Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment.
"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith
"Yesterday on Fox News, commentator Glenn Beck said that he believes President Obama is a racist. To be fair, every time you watch Glenn Beck, it does get a little easier to hate white people." - Conan O'Brien
"I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose

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