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Harry Hope (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 09:22 PM Original message |
Sotomayor, Kagan shift Supreme Court debates to the left |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. K&R |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Absolutely! We need SEVERAL someones to offset scalia. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. retire? SCALIA??? |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Well, I can dream, can't I? |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 10:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Scalia is a few boxes of doughnuts from retirement. |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. I'm just glad it is Scalia... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. Yep. DU forgets that Obama appointed a solidly liberal judge |
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MindandSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
42. I heard arsenic tastes and looks a lot like powdered sugar!!! (just kidding. . .of course! |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Possibility increases the longer Obama is President. |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure Scalia will be there til he is dead. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 07:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. "til he is dead" ... and then some ... |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
49. Yes. Right wing judges NEVER retire under a D president. |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Remember what Sandra Day O'Connor said when Florida was called for Gore? |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I'll never forget her. She is responsible for those 8 years and she knows it. |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. Scalia isn't as big a problem as Roberts and Alito to a lesser extent |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
52. Disagree with you in part |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. I thought Sotomayor and Kagan were center-right corporatists |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Truly amazing. Maybe President Obama need to dung gold bricks for some. nt. :-( |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. BIG mistake! |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. "I thought Sotomayor and Kagan were center-right corporatists..." |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. He..he.. |
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MindandSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. I guess Obama KNEW better! LOL! |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. thanking Obama |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. But the decisions stay to the Right and will be there for decades. nt |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. how do you know that.? |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. The GOP has a solid five on this court. Obama will only get to replace 'liberals.' |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Unless Scalia and the Other Wingnuts Go Hunting Often With Dick Cheney |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Scalia is in bad health. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Scalia will stick it out until 2016 when President Rubio takes office. |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
51. I had heard a rumor he was seriously considering retiring. |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's Obama's fault.... |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Yes. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. Goodness. I hope those uppity women don't give Scalia an apoplexy. |
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MindandSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. Really? . . .I was hoping they would! LOL! |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
21. Good to hear this. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. What's interesting is that both women |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. "More questions than Thomas" is an understatement. |
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NHDemProg (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. Towards the left... |
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lillypaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
24. This should be reason alone |
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Harry Hope (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 07:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. You left out my favorite...Clarence "pubic hair" Thomas |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
27. Question: |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. exactly the "judicial temperament" that is required to deal with RW activists |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
29. Yet there was criticism of both from the Left: that SOTOMAYOR was an unknown quantity and KAGAN |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Yet there was criticism of both from the Left |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Let's see, since when does "lock step" equate with "being right"?!1 |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. After being quite disappointed in Obama, |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
36. This is one of the matters that Obama hit the proverbial home run with |
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MindandSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. Good news, and badly needed. . .Could we get one more in, please!!! |
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scribble (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
45. Nonsense, nonsense ... |
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DaveinJapan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Justice Sotomayor voted with the minority, Kagan was not yet on the bench |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
46. As cynical as any here might be...this is one diamond hard reason to VOTE |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
47. Whenever I am at my rope's end with Obama, it's these two appointments |
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ProgressOnTheMove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
50. They were the perfect selections and as Hartmann always highlights the supreme court is everything i... |
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hansberrym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
53. If Kelo or Raich were reheard today, would the outcome be any different? |
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