"Judge Barrett, will you invalidate the ACA?"
She'll just look serious and intone that every case is different, so if such a case is argued before the court, she will read all the briefs, consider all the arguments and arrive at the decision that seems to her most in alignment with the US Constitution and established precedent. If she even says that much.
"Judge Barrett, do you believe that God's law is higher than human laws? And is God's law contained in the christian Bible?"
At least this line of questioning will require her to get off autopilot.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Sunday, 27 September 2020 19:26 (three years ago) link
According to this article they won’t ask anything tough:
Senate Democrats say they want to avoid a replay of the bitter fighting that characterized Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's 2018 Senate confirmation hearings, which centrist former Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) thought cost them their reelection bids that year.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/518669-senate-democrats-want-to-avoid-kavanaugh-20
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 23:06 (three years ago) link
So no questions re why she always rules for corporations over workers
Her highest-profile business-focused actions on the federal bench have limited the enforcement of age-discrimination laws, restricted federal agencies power to punish companies that mislead consumers and reduced consumers’ rights against predatory debt collectors, according to a recent report from the Alliance for Justice.
[/i]Barrett’s August ruling in the overtime case is particularly significant: It comes as technology companies have been trying to use mandatory arbitration clauses to avoid better remunerating so-called gig workers. Those provisions often force worker disputes to be decided by private arbitrators hand-picked by the companies, rather than in an impartial court of law. [/i]
Dave Sirota website https://www.dailyposter.com/p/barrett-crushed-gig-workers-weeks
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 23:14 (three years ago) link
I think senate dems would probably be more inclined to attack her rulings if they actually disagreed with them
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Wednesday, 30 September 2020 00:25 (three years ago) link
Invalidating the ACA would at least accelerate the Single Payer debate America should’ve had 70 years ago like the rest of the industrialized world. The West Coast and New York will pass their own versions of it and then wait decades for the rest of the country to catch up
― beamish13, Wednesday, 30 September 2020 00:30 (three years ago) link
So is this 2006 open letter about Roe vs. Wade worth anything? My guess is NO.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 2 October 2020 01:20 (three years ago) link
are you surprised
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 October 2020 01:21 (three years ago) link
The West Coast and New York will pass their own versions of it and then wait decades for the rest of the country to catch up
I have bad news for you about California's actual politics...
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Friday, 2 October 2020 01:24 (three years ago) link
YO, EVERYONE. milo z has bad news for us about American politics.
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Friday, 2 October 2020 03:40 (three years ago) link
not holding my breath
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Friday, 2 October 2020 05:02 (three years ago) link
Neither is trump apparently
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 2 October 2020 05:22 (three years ago) link
Here's the only likely way she doesn't get confirmed before Election Day:
https://i.imgur.com/HzAVTWk.png
― pplains, Saturday, September 26, 2020 5:07 PM
There's two out of seven. Shaking the monkey paw for two or three more.
― pplains, Saturday, 3 October 2020 00:31 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_Q79lls1f0
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 3 October 2020 01:07 (three years ago) link
Don't you know you have to ... shake the monkey.
― pplains, Saturday, 3 October 2020 01:25 (three years ago) link
Up to THREE out of seven! Plus a bonus one not even at the event!
https://i.imgur.com/I4MRx6S.gif
― pplains, Saturday, 3 October 2020 13:20 (three years ago) link
I saw Ron Johnson. Who's the 3rd Judiciary Committee member besides Lee and Tillis?
― jaymc, Saturday, 3 October 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link
Whoops, counted Tillis twice. There's getting to be so many, it's hard to keep track!
― pplains, Saturday, 3 October 2020 13:34 (three years ago) link
McConnell preparing to argue that cardboard likenesses of Senators with walkie talkies attached count towards a quorum
― LaRusso Auto (Neanderthal), Saturday, 3 October 2020 13:55 (three years ago) link
leaked footage depicting mitch's practice runhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8oUIqrOsHs
― superdeep borehole (harbl), Saturday, 3 October 2020 14:58 (three years ago) link
No Senator who is ill will be allowed to vote. https://t.co/nsvx0Rux5A— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) October 3, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 3 October 2020 16:07 (three years ago) link
I’m betting this going to come down to one vote and Collins will switch over to vote to confirm ACB because the Democrats are being too divisive
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Sunday, 4 October 2020 18:12 (three years ago) link
In the face of Amy Barrett's nomination to fill Ruth Ginsberg's seat, one has only to recall that the seat vacated by Thurgood Marshall was filled by Clarence Thomas to realize that the Federalist Society are expert trolls.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Sunday, 4 October 2020 18:20 (three years ago) link
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Sunday, 4 October 2020 18:39 (three years ago) link
Yep -- quite possible she changes her vote as needed.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 4 October 2020 19:27 (three years ago) link
who’s Joy pic.twitter.com/uSpap5qX3O— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) October 5, 2020
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 5 October 2020 17:40 (three years ago) link
these people are so intensely creepy
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Monday, 5 October 2020 17:44 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8BaN2xlk00
― Erdős-szám 69 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 5 October 2020 18:38 (three years ago) link
I'd wish death on Clarence Thomas, but it would mean another Federalist society replacement:
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito said Monday that Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court case that mandated all states recognize same-sex marriages, is "found nowhere in the text" of the Constitution and threatens "the religious liberty of the many Americans who believe that marriage is a sacred institution between one man and one woman."
The statement was written by Thomas and joined by Alito about the case of Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk who said she would not give same-sex couples marriage licenses. The two justices said they agreed with the consensus of the court that it should not take Davis' case, but only because it did not "cleanly present" the "important questions about the scope of our decision in Obergefell."
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Thomas said Obergefell forced Davis to choose "between her religious beliefs and her job. When she chose to follow her faith, and without any statutory protection of her religious beliefs, she was sued almost immediately for violating the constitutional rights of same-sex couples."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 October 2020 19:54 (three years ago) link
“follow her faith” doing all the heavy lifting in that graf
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 5 October 2020 21:51 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95gP3m-uBHA
― Erdős-szám 69 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 5 October 2020 22:14 (three years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/amy-coney-barrett-people-of-praise/2020/10/06/5f497d8c-0781-11eb-859b-f9c27abe638d_story.html
More details on Coney Barrett--
In 2010, Barrett was one of three handmaids in the South Bend branch’s northwest area, according to the directory obtained by The Post. She and 10 other area handmaids were overseen by the branch’s principal handmaid.
Barrett’s position was in keeping with her family’s prior service in the community. Her mother, Linda Coney, served in the New Orleans branch as a handmaid, the Associated Press previously reported, and her father, Michael Coney, led that branch as principal coordinator and sat on the national group’s all-male board of governors.
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the group replaced the title of handmaids with “women leaders” in 2017.
Connolly said in a 2018 statement that the title was dropped out of a recognition that its meaning had “shifted dramatically in our culture in recent years.” The phrase took on a particular meaning in popular culture after Margaret Atwood’s dystopian 1985 novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” was adapted for television in 2017. Atwood said in a tweet last month that she was inspired by “a different but similar” group.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 04:58 (three years ago) link
the thing no one is supposed to say is, barrett's beliefs and background aren't different from mainstream christian beliefs. the man is the head of the head of the household; women are to defer to men. she's a good pick because if you criticize her on these grounds, you're also against pence and any one of millions of fucked up christians, many of which are your boss or friends. we're all supposed to ignore the bible verses that explicitly advise this kind of thinking
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 07:47 (three years ago) link
i dreamed that i woke up and before checking my phone somehow was aware that trump, hepped up on goofballs and in a fit of pique, had tweeted out a withdrawal of her nomination. not true sadly :(
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 10:57 (three years ago) link
karl otm
― Nhex, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 12:45 (three years ago) link
is anyone else watching the hearings?
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Monday, 12 October 2020 17:20 (three years ago) link
kennedy apologizes to barrett on behalf of the people who called her a racist (? i didn't know about this yet), and says that being called a racist is "one of the worst things you can call someone", says it must have been really hard for barrett.
also says that the kavanaugh hearings were a FREAK SHOW!!!!! (emphasis very much kennedy's) that looked like the cantina scene from star wars.
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Monday, 12 October 2020 17:22 (three years ago) link
Kennedy is every Looney Tunes cartoon about the Solid South in one gibbering Crisco-fried package.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 October 2020 17:42 (three years ago) link
Sheldon Whitehouse is killing it, laying out how the John Roberts and the Furious Five has dismantled democracy.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 17:14 (three years ago) link
but republicans don't care about democracy as an ideal or as a goal. on the whole they seem to despise it.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 18:33 (three years ago) link
well yeah
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 18:36 (three years ago) link
"we're a republic, not a demo-CRAZY amirite" - republicans
even amy klobuchar made an aside today about how she wishes she were a queen, sometimes, because she would be "benevolent" and it would be "easier to get things done"
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 18:38 (three years ago) link
but she has no problems hurling pencil sharpeners at her slaves staff.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
Senator Susan Collins says she will vote against Judge Amy Coney-Barrett being elected to the Supreme Court.
“It’s not a comment on her,” Collins said. “It is a comment on the process of rushing through a nomination in such a short time before a presidential election.”
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski also said she will be a no vote for the same reason.
Mindy Moderate must have looked at terrifying internal polls.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 18:52 (three years ago) link
does that knock this to 50 votes or is this all just pointless posturing?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
Romney must be on his prayer mat in the cloakroom.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
Two more Republicans would have to vote no beyond Collins and Murkowski, until that happens their votes are pure theater
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:02 (three years ago) link
(and that's assuming that fuckwit Manchin isn't a yes vote)
Doubt it. ACA's too important in West Virginia.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:05 (three years ago) link