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6. Appointing a centrist to the SCOUTS to replace Scalia would move the court to the left.

Reply to Scalded Nun (Reply #5)

Fri Feb 19, 2016, 05:44 PM

Feb 2016

Another Souter would be great

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Biden hints at centrist Supreme Court pick [View all] brooklynite Feb 2016 OP

Says the supporter of Clarence Thomas villager Feb 2016 #1

Sadly agree. navarth Feb 2016 #15

Quick, get Roe v. Wade overturned so HRC doesn't have to. nt TheBlackAdder Feb 2016 #28

Oh dear. ananda Feb 2016 #2

What's a centrist? Someone who steals your wallet and gives you back half the money in it. nt Xipe Totec Feb 2016 #3

Steals your wallet and helps you look for it. kairos12 Feb 2016 #8

Steals your wallet, finds it for you... but all of the money is missing. TheBlackAdder Feb 2016 #30

"Someone with an open mind..." CincyDem Feb 2016 #4

Someone talking sense who would have thunk it. iandhr Feb 2016 #13

Democrats owe the Republicans one here houston16revival Feb 2016 #42

Maybe I just don't get it Scalded Nun Feb 2016 #5

Appointing a centrist to the SCOUTS to replace Scalia would move the court to the left. iandhr Feb 2016 #6

Appointing Hermann Goering to SCROTUS would move it to the left MillennialDem Feb 2016 #9

Ooohh. Stryder Feb 2016 #60

lol n/t lordsummerisle Feb 2016 #73

Appointing Uponthegears Feb 2016 #55

With the current composition of the Senate that's not doable iandhr Feb 2016 #59

Ah Uponthegears Feb 2016 #66

Thats why the Indian-American guy looks good. 7962 Feb 2016 #68

Indeed you are right. iandhr Feb 2016 #70

Well, you can blame all the people who didn't vote in the last two off cycle elections Calista241 Feb 2016 #10

Indeed iandhr Feb 2016 #12

Can you? Stryst Feb 2016 #29

We have to start paying a lot more sharp_stick Feb 2016 #34

And they buy this privilige for pennies on the dollar Stryst Feb 2016 #38

It's cause you were in the Air Force. I'm an Army vet and registered to vote when I got my FL 24601 Feb 2016 #46

You can get a free veterans ID from the VA yeoman6987 Feb 2016 #57

I'm on 10% disability from the VA Stryst Feb 2016 #67

Damn it! I am sorry to hear that. Ugh!!!!! yeoman6987 Feb 2016 #71

Why can't you Get an ID? former9thward Feb 2016 #78

Seriously, it's time to put the boot on the conservatives' necks. Efilroft Sul Feb 2016 #16

That's some big talk. Now tell us how to accomplish your plan. onenote Feb 2016 #51

The Republicans are going to put themselves down. We just have to apply the shoe leather to them. Efilroft Sul Feb 2016 #64

Neither will being radical Wibly Feb 2016 #36

Well, there's a fucking surprise. Fuddnik Feb 2016 #7

I have raised this fear from the beginning DefenseLawyer Feb 2016 #11

they're talking about moderates, not federalist society wingnuts nt geek tragedy Feb 2016 #23

I know what they're talking about DefenseLawyer Feb 2016 #31

it comes down to how much of a gamble one is willing to make. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #49

Ian Millhiser said it best in his book....................... turbinetree Feb 2016 #14

This is an example of why conservaDems are so dangerous. BillZBubb Feb 2016 #17

David Souter was nominated by a Republican President iandhr Feb 2016 #19

the senate is not going to approve a liberal justice. Nominating a liberal justice geek tragedy Feb 2016 #22

This is actually a good strategy. iandhr Feb 2016 #18

I kind of agree with that Red Knight Feb 2016 #27

I'm wondering the same thing. And the length of vacancy might be a consideration too. Gregorian Feb 2016 #32

I don't think houston16revival Feb 2016 #41

there are three scenarios, none of them involve getting a liberal on the court geek tragedy Feb 2016 #20

Scenario 4 and 5 Justice Feb 2016 #26

if Democrats retake the Senate, they're almost certainly winning the WH geek tragedy Feb 2016 #43

Hillary Will Not Appoint a Liberal elljay Feb 2016 #50

I had no idea Ginsburg and Breyer were such "centrists." onenote Feb 2016 #52

So, you consider Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan to be centrists? nt geek tragedy Feb 2016 #61

Ginsburg Yes elljay Feb 2016 #75

Another example of an unwillingness to fight for the left SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #21

Yes; That is a geat idea! Chasstev365 Feb 2016 #24

No, this is not why we need Bernie Sanders, it's why we need 51 Democrats in the Senate. nt geek tragedy Feb 2016 #47

Let me launch the excuse making, apologist, ass-covering party. "We couldn't get a real liberal on GoneFishin Feb 2016 #25

it is not a character defect to account for reality and math when making decisions geek tragedy Feb 2016 #44

A moderate really is the only option Wibly Feb 2016 #33

The center between reasonable and batshit crazy? Warren Stupidity Feb 2016 #35

That is why Democrats lose Roy Rolling Feb 2016 #37

Care to opine how to get a avowedly "liberal" justice confirmed by bat shit crazy right wingers? onenote Feb 2016 #39

You have it exactly backwards. Democrats can't replace Scalia with a left progressive because they geek tragedy Feb 2016 #45

DLC Written All Over It houston16revival Feb 2016 #40

Capitulationist BS. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #48

I keep asking what the plan is to get the RW controlled Senate to confirm an avowedly onenote Feb 2016 #53

it's called doing math (54 is greater than 46) nt geek tragedy Feb 2016 #62

Though I know some believe that the President should nominate the most progressive person, there is still_one Feb 2016 #54

That certainly puts Srinivasan very much in the mix BeyondGeography Feb 2016 #56

What else is new warrprayer Feb 2016 #58

he can f*** himself Skittles Feb 2016 #63

Exactly! Owl Feb 2016 #72

if true, maybe the Republicans are right--wait until the next president. yurbud Feb 2016 #65

I don't have a problem with this. WhoWoodaKnew Feb 2016 #69

Centrist lost our last 3 elections 4dsc Feb 2016 #74

We must not have the continuation of this administration! californiabernin Feb 2016 #76

With a Republican Senate, if Scalia himself were ressurrected and submitted, they would say no. Agnosticsherbet Feb 2016 #77

What happened to the legal issues? aspirant Feb 2016 #79

How about we wait and see before getting all exercised? malthaussen Feb 2016 #80