Posted on 06/28/2018 4:44:44 AM PDT by 11th_VA
It will be nice to have one woman in the majority when the Supreme Court finally overturns Roe v. Wade.
https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/view/articles/2018-06-28/amy-coney-barrett-should-replace-kennedy-on-supreme-court
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I disagree—they want them all. Have been favoring African immigrants, including from the most problematic countries, since the ‘60s as well.
The abortion support is much more personal than you seem to realize.
Thanks, and I’ve said my peace.
I’ve seen the list of 25. I don’t think any really stand out as being activist at all. Who in your opinion is an activist judge in that list.
Bush, Nixon even REagan have put terrible people on the court. Trump will not, because he is doing the right thing.
You know something? The more you listen to Trump at rallys, and the more you see his actions, you realize what a piss poor president we had in Bush. I mean the guy was a joke.
Trump has surpassed them all, and you’d have to go back to the days of Teddy Roosevelt to find anyone like him.
That rally last night in Fargo was magnificent. He is no politician, yet he is the smartest politician of them all. He didn’t stop last night, equating Pelosi and Maxine as being the mouth piece of the democrat party.
I think Thapar would be an excellent choice.
I do believe the Second Amendment should be of utmost importance in criteria for the next justice along with the other pillars of Constitutional ORIGINALISM.
That might be true for individuals, but certainly not for a political agenda.
Planned Parenthood is a eugenics organization -- plain and simple. And funding them to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars has nothing to do with anything "personal."
The members of Congress who have been voting for decades to fund Planned Parenthood see this funding as an investment.
What you’re saying here is that Americans are much more libertarian than most people realize.
The personal is political.
Your usual Leftist voter desperately wants to be validated in his or her pro-abortion position. If he or she is a parent, the young woman “at risk” of pregnancy, or a young man “at risk” of contributing to an “unwanted” pregnancy, easy and discreet abortion access, with societal approval, is desperately wanted.
Now it is so tied up in the feminist agenda and young people grow up so propagandized, that it is seen as a great, fundamental right to be protected. In blue and purple areas it takes strong thinking to overcome that message.
It is true that it is the Law of the Land at the moment. That doesn’t mean that it is right. Polls like these are useless because of the way the question is asked. If you asked (a) is it the law? Everyone would say yes. If you also asked (b) do you agree with it? The question perhaps would be more than 50% no. Quoting polls without knowing how the questions are asked are a useless attempt to prove one’s point, not a serious conclusion.
You'll never convince me that any concern for the so-called "rights" of pregnant women is what motivates angry lesbian harridans in American political and legal institutions.
Overturning Roe v. Wade will not "end," "ban," "stop," abortions or push it into back alleys. It will simply push it back to each sovereign state to decide on its own.
While some states may choose to end or severely limit abortions, there will be many more that will continue it. We will need to change the conversation from "blood in the streets from back alley abortions" to "availability in the states that still want it." "Pro-choice" will mean choosing to live in states where abortions are still legal, or traveling to one in the event that one wants an abortion.
If we want a conservative-leaning SCOTUS but are afraid of the abortion issue blowback, then we must be rational in the argument without the appearance of endorsing abortions. Liberals will make the hardship arguments again, saying that poor urban women can't afford to travel to a state where an abortion is legal. A rational response might be that liberals seem able to organize buses to bring these women to the polls, why can't they organize monthly buses to transport women to abortion centers in nearby states where it will still be legal?
Let Hollywood celebrities pay for an abortion railroad, if you will, that will transport women from conservative states to liberal states, house them overnight for the procedure, and then bring them home the next day. There are solutions to address the inevitable liberal horror stories that will come that make overturning Roe v. Wade more acceptable.
We must recognize that overturning Roe v. Wade will not ban abortions, but it will weaken the concept of "emanations from penumbras" that led from Griswold to Roe.
That will be a "win" that can be the building block for future wins.
-PJ
Three words: Sandra Day O’Connor
As with every Presidential election after President Reagan and before President Trump, our choices have always been between the lesser of two evils.
The nicest thing I can say about former President George W. Bush is that he wasn't AlGore.
The thing I most like about President Trump is he's a fighter. Sure, sometimes he says things that make me cringe a bit and mostly because of how he says what he says, not the meaning behind it, but beyond that? I think he's been spot-on.
The fact that he fights for America and by that I mean all Americans just makes me proud.
It's pretty safe to ignore most of what Ramesh Ponnuru has to say about anything. As I recall, he was another Never Trumper wailing about "xenophobia" during the 2016 election.
“Loosen up Sandy baby” - John Riggens
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Bump!
Look at it another way, why on earth would Democrats not want as many African-American dependents/voters as possible, since that is the base of their business model?
Trump may get as many as three picks. Clarence Thomas has indicated he’d like to retire, and wants a Republican President to choose his replacement. So, potentially, we could get any combination of Judge Barrett, Judge Kavanaugh, Judge Willet and the others on the high court—for decades to come.
Equally impressive: how Trump has been restocking the federal district and appellate courts with conservatives. The federal judiciary will look vastly different when he leaves office and that legacy will outlive him by many years.
Reclaiming the judiciary is a critical step, and so far, Trump is handling it masterfully.
One person to pick the nominee so the rest of you can SHUT UP ,LOL
If you insist you want a tough white guy, then you are just as bad as those on the other side who insist on a woman. Or a “wise Latina”. Or a gay Samoan. Or whatever group they decide is underrepresented.
All I want is someone who interprets the constitution as originally written, and doesn’t think its “evolving” based on the fashion of the moment.
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