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FreeJoe

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63. Think about it for just a second...

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2016, 02:22 PM

Dec 2016

...you are proposing that the President ignore the law and do what he wants. Is this the sort of "law" you want to live under when Trump is about to be President? I'd much rather he be constrained by the law and that we not further the notion that the President can do whatever the hell he wants.

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If President Obama does not appoint the next Supreme court justice we will have a right winged [View all] Maraya1969 Dec 2016 OP

He won't calguy Dec 2016 #1

This election was stolen. In many ways besides actual votes. If we don't do something to Maraya1969 Dec 2016 #5

How do you figure that "the electoral college was stolen"? WillowTree Dec 2016 #6

Vote suppression, for openers. KamaAina Dec 2016 #11

Didn't you wonder why there were so many boxes of paper votes that were damaged so they couldn't Maraya1969 Dec 2016 #12

The recounts, as far as they went, tell a different story. WillowTree Dec 2016 #16

trump is already doing things that are completely unconstitutional and getting away with it! Maraya1969 Dec 2016 #37

"At some point the president can step in I would think" WillowTree Dec 2016 #40

Maybe this situation was never anticipated? Maraya1969 Dec 2016 #46

And thus, no provision giving the President any authority to do what you want. WillowTree Dec 2016 #50

So Hillary is going to be president? bowens43 Dec 2016 #85

You say that as if it is Obama's fault. It's not that he won't, he CAN'T tritsofme Dec 2016 #17

Sadly, I think we are out of luck. Too bad more people weren't focused on this critical aspect Hoyt Dec 2016 #2

Why wouldn't President Obama try to use his executive privileges? What the republicans have Maraya1969 Dec 2016 #3

Apparently the majority of voters -- mostly ignorant white wingers -- were fine with GOPers' Hoyt Dec 2016 #10

We should not have to be at the mercy of their ignorance. Maraya1969 Dec 2016 #38

He hasn't got an executive privilege to do this, that's why! Yo_Mama Dec 2016 #20

Really? What would they do if he just appointed this man to the court and swore him in? Maraya1969 Dec 2016 #39

No qualified jurist is going to accept a blatantly unconstitutional appointment onenote Dec 2016 #58

Okay, let's get serious here for a moment. The President doesn't have the power to "appoint" a SlimJimmy Dec 2016 #30

Agree 100%. Bernie or busters and Stein voters are to blame for this result. beaglelover Dec 2016 #61

Judge garlin went back to his old job yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #4

I'd rather Bernie Busters not breed, but if they do Charles Bukowski Dec 2016 #7

So how do you really feel? Sherman A1 Dec 2016 #8

There are a lot of people on this board marlakay Dec 2016 #15

"Held my nose and voted for Hillary" is not respectful ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #21

About as respectful as the post to which I responded Sherman A1 Dec 2016 #31

Why? Kuhl Dec 2016 #86

Oh I'm so sorry you had to "hold your nose" and vote for our nominee Maven Dec 2016 #34

It was Sherman A1 Dec 2016 #36

With the number of privileged, self-important voters on "our side", no, it wasn't. Maven Dec 2016 #51

I like these exchanges Sherman A1 Dec 2016 #65

It could've been different if Hillary's camp had heeded the warnings and sage advice of Bernie's staff, instead of mocking them. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #78

Agreed Sherman A1 Dec 2016 #81

Predictable as the sun rising in the east... could see this one comin a mile a way. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #83

+1 Sherman A1 Dec 2016 #84

We sure are, thanks to the Bernie or Busters and the Stein voters. Fuck them all! beaglelover Dec 2016 #62

Huh? Most of us voted for Hillary despite many of her anti-Bernie views to avoid the nightmare scenario of Pig-Excrement tRump as President. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #77

The President has the power to appoint judges "by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate". WillowTree Dec 2016 #9

The republican's advise and consent was to vacate their jobs. Thus it is up to the president Maraya1969 Dec 2016 #13

"The republican's advise and consent was to vacate their jobs". What does that mean? WillowTree Dec 2016 #14

That is simply not true, you are engaging in fantasy. tritsofme Dec 2016 #18

Is it possible that this poster believes that the Senate has the duty to consent to any Yo_Mama Dec 2016 #24

There were some nonsense articles circulating that made the argument President Obama could declare tritsofme Dec 2016 #26

NO. You are not thinking out of the box here! Everyone is being rote here. Maraya1969 Dec 2016 #44

The Constitution does form a box. Are you claiming that Obama should create a Yo_Mama Dec 2016 #47

"and withheld its consent." - indeed silence is not consent. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2016 #28

It is not dissent either n/t Maraya1969 Dec 2016 #42

The Constitution requires "consent" not lack of dissent. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2016 #48

They did not fail to confirm anyone. They did nothing. You cannot say that means consent or denial Maraya1969 Dec 2016 #43

The Constitution does not require them to deny. Yo_Mama Dec 2016 #49

There are consitutional scholars arguing about this now. Do you think your pat answer is the only Maraya1969 Dec 2016 #69

There are NO reputable constitutional scholars arguing about this. Yo_Mama Dec 2016 #71

The Senate fails to act on nominees to various offices all the time. tritsofme Dec 2016 #64

WP - Obama can appoint Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court if the Senate does nothing Maraya1969 Dec 2016 #66

This is the sort of the throughly debunked nonsense article tritsofme Dec 2016 #67

Sure. And the black and white thinking of the rest of you all has allowed the narcissist man child Maraya1969 Dec 2016 #68

Again this is magical thinking. It is not a matter of wanting it hard enough and making it so tritsofme Dec 2016 #70

Read the whole constitution... LisiFFXV Dec 2016 #82

No, it is not. When the Constitution mandates a certain procedure, the Yo_Mama Dec 2016 #22

Point well taken... I think a recess appointment is well within bounds. DO IT President Obama!! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #79

The republicans are not following the constitution zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #53

"Is there anywhere in the conus where it says that they don't have to vote? " WillowTree Dec 2016 #56

It's implied zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #72

I "understood" no such thing. WillowTree Dec 2016 #73

Yes, it's obvious zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #75

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The president has no executive power to appoint Supreme Court justices barring a recess appt. Yo_Mama Dec 2016 #19

People are misunderstanding presidential powers. ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #23

Well, mocking Trump is going to fall flat when the other side wants to use the Yo_Mama Dec 2016 #25

"I am sick of Democrats always following the rules." Tarheel_Dem Dec 2016 #27

No I am not sure. But boy do people feel the need to inform me about the constitution repeatedly Maraya1969 Dec 2016 #45

look what the repugs did in NC zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #74

The "rules" are that the legislature makes new law, not the executive branch. The executive branch.. Tarheel_Dem Dec 2016 #87

Wait a minute. It would be a replacement for Scalia. no_hypocrisy Dec 2016 #29

Or if we can get one in now we won't have to worry about the next one! Maraya1969 Dec 2016 #41

Apart from tearing up the Constitution onenote Dec 2016 #32

Sure, he can use his Executive Orders dems_rightnow Dec 2016 #33

Now your talkin!! Oh, and while he's at it, Obama should just refuse to leave office. (If only!) InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #80

Poe's law strikes again... Kuhl Dec 2016 #88

Look there is only one way to get it accomplished moda253 Dec 2016 #35

"The sad truth is that we don't care about our democracy anymore." CrispyQ Dec 2016 #52

There's a large portion of the population who thinks Trump won the popular vote comfortably. Drunken Irishman Dec 2016 #59

I am sick of Democrats surrendering when the KGOPB *doesn't* follow the rules. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #54

No qualified jurist who respects the Constitution (something we should want) would accept onenote Dec 2016 #57

I am talking about the suppression...the threats...the calls to "monitor" voters LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #60

Think about it for just a second... FreeJoe Dec 2016 #63