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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:13 AM Original message |
E-Mails to my Senators: DEFEAT ELENA KAGAN. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. I take it that you have no understanding of how the Supreme Court works? |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I guess not... can you explain it for us? |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. "Stare decisis" means, in essence, that precedent should be left to stand... |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Sorry... I guess I should have used the sarcasm tag |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Then you should realize that respecting precedent doesn't change future decisions. |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. And you should realize that there's a BIG difference between "respecting precedent" |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. "Stare Decisis?" |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Do you have ANY idea what stare decisis means? |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Thanks, Wraith; keep up the good work on this. I've gotta go. |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. So you're saying that a wrongly decided Supreme Court case |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. No one is saying that, and ESPECIALLY not Kagan. |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. Then she's supporting it. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. It would be a gaffe of historic and monumental proportions |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. So either she DOESN'T support CU, and is lying |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. As SG, and a nominee to the Court, she HAS to support CU |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 02:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Well said... |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
56. No, not at all. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. Okay I get this but don't know how you call Lautenberg a DINO |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Bought and paid for by investment houses and banks. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Yawn. |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
38. Lautenberg lost my support |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Which Senator from New Jersey would you have had introduce Alito to the Committee? |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Neither.; |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:49 PM Original message |
Be resonable. It is tradition. |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. agree |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Better an admitted teabagger to a stealth teabagger. |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. better a Democrat than a teabagger |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. even if the teabagger |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Are you including Ben Nelson? |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. K&R |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Thank you |
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Frances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. I am not from New Jersey |
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northoftheborder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. I think you misunderstand her comments. |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. As I said below |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. If she had said that she would have dissented with the majority opinion, |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. No. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Then you simply don't understand the point/precedent/reality of Judicial Confirmation Hearings |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. She herself mocked the way those hearings take place. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. But she still has to play the game. You may think that she doesn't belong on the Court |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. I fear you may be right |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
12. Good luck with that. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. Invisible rec. Btw, Thom had Governor Siegelman on today. nt |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. And here we have, in one post, an illustration of why the "left" will never win... |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Anyone who will not come out and say that CU was a BAD decision |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. I get bad vibes from her. The kind of vibes I get from someone unable to think outside the box. (nt) |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. consider eating less spicy food, might solve those vibes :) and yes i'm joking |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. What an absurd post! |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
37. Yes, voting with EVERY OTHER DEMOCRATIC SENATOR |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Other actions of theirs make them DINO's. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
41. FUG this SHIT...GOPesque prop |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
42. Deleted message |
MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
43. I'll send an Email to my same Senators Combatting your Email |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. You're welcome to. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Dont worry, I'll never look at you for any reason...ever |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
52. This is a perfect illustration of the old proverb... |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
54. hmmm... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
55. Uhm, the ACLU supports Citizens United |
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