[jedrider]

Welcome to the science-deniers of America:

Amy Coney Barrett, Liar and Climate Denier, Disqualifies Herself for Any Position Involving Factual Evaluation
https://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2020/10/amy-coney-barrett-liar-and-denier.html

But that makes her 'super' qualified to be on our Supreme Court, I suppose.

[Newfie]

Huh,

Some place worsen than Zero Hedge.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jedrider', '[')b]Amy Coney Barrett .... Climate Denier

[jedrider]

A climate denier is about to join the Supreme Court. Barrett belongs to the Federalist Society, a right-wing legal network with ties to climate deniers and polluting interests like Koch Industries and ExxonMobil. She used to work at a firm representing Exxon and Shell. Fossil fuel money wins again.
https://www.desmogblog.com/2020/10/14/amy-coney-barrett-not-scientist-climate-denier-supreme-court-federalist-society

I don't need to read the blog or thread in order to uncertain just what Amy is all about. It is clear to me and to you, too, I suspect.

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jedrider', '[')b]A climate denier is about to join the Supreme Court. Barrett belongs to the Federalist Society, a right-wing legal network with ties to climate deniers and polluting interests like Koch Industries and ExxonMobil. She used to work at a firm representing Exxon and Shell. Fossil fuel money wins again.
https://www.desmogblog.com/2020/10/14/amy-coney-barrett-not-scientist-climate-denier-supreme-court-federalist-society

I don't need to read the blog or thread in order to uncertain just what Amy is all about. It is clear to me and to you, too, I suspect.

[Tanada]

Linky

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b] Senate Judiciary Committee to hold vote on Amy Coney Barrett on Oct. 22

Senate Republicans scheduled a vote in the Judiciary Committee next week on Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett, overcoming Democrats’ attempts to scuttle the quick pace to confirmation.
The committee voted 12-10 on Thursday to lock in a vote for 1 p.m. on Oct. 22. If Judge Barrett clears that hurdle — and it’s virtually certain she will — then she’ll move to the Senate floor for a full vote in the last week of October.
Republicans beat back Democrats’ motion to adjourn the committee to stall Judge Barrett, and Chairman Lindsey Graham also ignored Democrats’ attempts to deny the committee a quorum.

He said he’s prepared for more tactics ahead of next week’s final vote.
Thursday marked the fourth and final day of the confirmation hearing on Judge Barrett, with outsiders invited to give their thoughts.

The American Bar Association, which rated her “well qualified” for the high court, testified, as did four supporters, picked by Republicans, and four opponents, picked by Democrats.
Two of those Democratic witnesses honed in on Obamacare, bolstering Judge Barrett’s opponents who say she will be a key vote in a looming case that could gut the 2010 health law.

[vtsnowedin]

I agree with those that feel the ACA is actually unconstitutional in spite of the Chief justice Roberts opinion that it is a tax law.
If a six to three court did throw it out the next (probably majority Democratic) congress will surely start work on a new better bill that will pass muster and perhaps people will actually get to read the bill before it is passed.
ACA being overturned will not be the end of the world and might actually create progress much faster then letting it stand.

[evilgenius]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jedrider', '[')b]A climate denier is about to join the Supreme Court. Barrett belongs to the Federalist Society, a right-wing legal network with ties to climate deniers and polluting interests like Koch Industries and ExxonMobil. She used to work at a firm representing Exxon and Shell. Fossil fuel money wins again.
https://www.desmogblog.com/2020/10/14/amy-coney-barrett-not-scientist-climate-denier-supreme-court-federalist-society

I don't need to read the blog or thread in order to uncertain just what Amy is all about. It is clear to me and to you, too, I suspect.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('evilgenius', '
')It makes you wonder if the ideology reflected on the right does have a control mechanism? Would Amy Barrett simply rattle off decisions like a Q fanatic? I don't think so.

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jedrider', '[')b]A climate denier is about to join the Supreme Court. Barrett belongs to the Federalist Society, a right-wing legal network with ties to climate deniers and polluting interests like Koch Industries and ExxonMobil. She used to work at a firm representing Exxon and Shell. Fossil fuel money wins again.
https://www.desmogblog.com/2020/10/14/amy-coney-barrett-not-scientist-climate-denier-supreme-court-federalist-society

I don't need to read the blog or thread in order to uncertain just what Amy is all about. It is clear to me and to you, too, I suspect.

[Outcast_Searcher]

It's kind of ironic, in that SUPPOSEDLY what the dems are most concerned about re a pre-election vote, is the years long unsubstantiated screeching claim that Trump will try to illegally remain president if he loses.

If only the dems could be trusted to be reasonable, they could hold the final confirmation vote after the election results are settled, say in late November or so.

But just as the dems have kept up the nonstop tirade against Trump on every issue (whether warranted or not), and they want to control the SCOTUS no matter what, they can't be trusted to be reasonable after the election.

So the GOP is going to go ahead and force the SCOTUS senate vote before the election, to ensure their win is safely in the bag.

Of course, Biden will almost assuredly win easily (polls still have meaning, even if imperfect), so there will be no issue where Trump has some claim requiring a mustache twisting evil interference by the SCOTUS. So in a month or two, we'll be in the same situation regardless.

Of course, the dems can constantly whine that ACB isn't a "valid" member of the SCOTUS, just as they falsely frequently STILL whine that Gore won the 2000 POTUS race.

Ironically, if the GOP were making a similar false claim for their side, there would be NO END of outrage and editorials denouncing it from the likes of the NYT.

The dems don't know it, but endless empty screeching about issues they lose isn't helping their credibility in the center on issues it's important that are won -- like dealing with the reality of well established scientific facts, re policy decisions.

[evilgenius]

You can see how long it took to get a confirmation. It's almost election day. I was not in favor of holding the confirmation proceedings immediately. I heard about RBG's death after being away for the weekend. Right away, when I got back, there was a candidate for her place. Her body was not even cold. Society has always had rules about moving too fast on these things. Taboos exist for reasons. I think there are very good reasons for this sort of taboo. I believe, mostly, they protect us from our own haste, when we have single vision. So much about what we do as humans is emotional. When it comes to how we may overstep from time to time, we probably do that more in the emotional realm towards each other than otherwise. That being said, I don't know that they have anything to say about the actual candidate proposed. ACB got grilled in ways I have never heard any candidate get grilled. She did not get softballs, and held up pretty well.

My worries, now that ACB is confirmed, are not about her. They are for the role ideology may play during the short-term. Now, would be the wrong time for her vote to be the deciding vote in a tough presidential race that came down to that. It would be so because of the emotional reasons. Not because I would feel it that hard, but because the country would. Those are things you can't take back. Things you can't take back sometimes come back to haunt you.

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('evilgenius', 'Y')ou can see how long it took to get a confirmation. It's almost election day. I was not in favor of holding the confirmation proceedings immediately. I heard about RBG's death after being away for the weekend. Right away, when I got back, there was a candidate for her place. Her body was not even cold. Society has always had rules about moving too fast on these things. Taboos exist for reasons. I think there are very good reasons for this sort of taboo. I believe, mostly, they protect us from our own haste, when we have single vision. So much about what we do as humans is emotional. When it comes to how we may overstep from time to time, we probably do that more in the emotional realm towards each other than otherwise. That being said, I don't know that they have anything to say about the actual candidate proposed. ACB got grilled in ways I have never heard any candidate get grilled. She did not get softballs, and held up pretty well.

My worries, now that ACB is confirmed, are not about her. They are for the role ideology may play during the short-term. Now, would be the wrong time for her vote to be the deciding vote in a tough presidential race that came down to that. It would be so because of the emotional reasons. Not because I would feel it that hard, but because the country would. Those are things you can't take back. Things you can't take back sometimes come back to haunt you.

[jedrider]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('evilgenius', 'Y')ou can see how long it took to get a confirmation. It's almost election day. I was not in favor of holding the confirmation proceedings immediately. I heard about RBG's death after being away for the weekend. Right away, when I got back, there was a candidate for her place. Her body was not even cold. Society has always had rules about moving too fast on these things. Taboos exist for reasons. I think there are very good reasons for this sort of taboo. I believe, mostly, they protect us from our own haste, when we have single vision. So much about what we do as humans is emotional. When it comes to how we may overstep from time to time, we probably do that more in the emotional realm towards each other than otherwise. That being said, I don't know that they have anything to say about the actual candidate proposed. ACB got grilled in ways I have never heard any candidate get grilled. She did not get softballs, and held up pretty well.

My worries, now that ACB is confirmed, are not about her. They are for the role ideology may play during the short-term. Now, would be the wrong time for her vote to be the deciding vote in a tough presidential race that came down to that. It would be so because of the emotional reasons. Not because I would feel it that hard, but because the country would. Those are things you can't take back. Things you can't take back sometimes come back to haunt you.

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jedrider', ' ')The era of bipartisanship is clearly over.

[evilgenius]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('evilgenius', 'Y')ou can see how long it took to get a confirmation. It's almost election day. I was not in favor of holding the confirmation proceedings immediately. I heard about RBG's death after being away for the weekend. Right away, when I got back, there was a candidate for her place. Her body was not even cold. Society has always had rules about moving too fast on these things. Taboos exist for reasons. I think there are very good reasons for this sort of taboo. I believe, mostly, they protect us from our own haste, when we have single vision. So much about what we do as humans is emotional. When it comes to how we may overstep from time to time, we probably do that more in the emotional realm towards each other than otherwise. That being said, I don't know that they have anything to say about the actual candidate proposed. ACB got grilled in ways I have never heard any candidate get grilled. She did not get softballs, and held up pretty well.

My worries, now that ACB is confirmed, are not about her. They are for the role ideology may play during the short-term. Now, would be the wrong time for her vote to be the deciding vote in a tough presidential race that came down to that. It would be so because of the emotional reasons. Not because I would feel it that hard, but because the country would. Those are things you can't take back. Things you can't take back sometimes come back to haunt you.

[vtsnowedin]

The idea that a conservative six to three court would install a candidate that had obviously lost the electoral college is ludicrous.
They might bring an end to the debate as they did with Gore Vs. Bush but they would always come down on the side of the candidate that had carried the most electoral college votes.
They are conservative. They do not change the rules. They go by them.

[evilgenius]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vtsnowedin', 'T')he idea that a conservative six to three court would install a candidate that had obviously lost the electoral college is ludicrous.
They might bring an end to the debate as they did with Gore Vs. Bush but they would always come down on the side of the candidate that had carried the most electoral college votes.
They are conservative. They do not change the rules. They go by them.

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('evilgenius', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vtsnowedin', 'T')he idea that a conservative six to three court would install a candidate that had obviously lost the electoral college is ludicrous.
They might bring an end to the debate as they did with Gore Vs. Bush but they would always come down on the side of the candidate that had carried the most electoral college votes.
They are conservative. They do not change the rules. They go by them.

[evilgenius]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vtsnowedin', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('evilgenius', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vtsnowedin', 'T')he idea that a conservative six to three court would install a candidate that had obviously lost the electoral college is ludicrous.
They might bring an end to the debate as they did with Gore Vs. Bush but they would always come down on the side of the candidate that had carried the most electoral college votes.
They are conservative. They do not change the rules. They go by them.