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Supreme humiliation: Justices Brown-Jackson and Sotomayor disgrace the Court
notthebee.com ^ | 11/15/2024 | Peter Heck

Posted on 12/09/2024 12:51:49 PM PST by airdalechief

I know it sounds crazy to say in our modern era, but the federal judiciary was little more than an afterthought to the Founding Fathers who designed our constitutional system.

Thomas Jefferson, the same guy who penned a fairly scorching list of grievances against unaccountable, tyrannical government, entitled the Declaration of Independence, called the federal judiciary the "least dangerous" branch.

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Well, Thomas Jefferson never met Ketanji Brown Jackson or Sonia Sotomayor.

I'm assured that if he had, the third president might rethink his comfort level with unelected, black-robed lawyers, being able to operate as an oligarchy, legislating, vetoing, and dictating from the bench.

As dangerous as unaccountable judicial tyranny is in any era, there has at least always persisted the reassuring belief that those seated on the "highest court in the land" were intellectual, informed, and sensible. Obviously there have been questionable characters in the history of Supreme Court justices, but even those maintained a semblance of sagacity.

One can't identify a woman. The other believes treating children like a Mr. or Mrs. Potato Head is good practice. I can't say this any other way. These are not competent minds. These are not serious people.

For her part, Justice Elena Kagan will likely vote along with Brown-Jackson and Sotomayor, having sworn allegiance to the progressive faith and all the macabre child mutilating fruit it produces. But credit Kagan for at least having the wherewithal to keep her mouth largely shut during oral arguments. She, unlike her liberal cohorts, knows how out of the mainstream her position is. She has likely read enough of the research literature to know that the whole transgender agenda is a self-conflicting, self-contradictory morass of gimmicky pseudoscience. It's one thing to vote for it. It's another to open your mouth and put yourself on the record saying incredibly ignorant things.

But that's where we are now thanks to Presidents Obama and Biden.

Just imagine if either had been presented with opportunities to fill additional vacancies on the Supreme Court.

1 posted on 12/09/2024 12:51:49 PM PST by airdalechief
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To: airdalechief

Thomas Jefferson, the same guy who penned a fairly scorching list of grievances against unaccountable, tyrannical government, entitled the Declaration of Independence, called the federal judiciary the “least dangerous” branch.”

Ouch. This is a zinger. Author should have taken the two minutes to google.

That quote is from Federalist 78. Written by Hamilton.

With regards to Hamilton’s authorship of the Federalist and his relationship with Jefferson, I’d encourage the author to watch the musical....


2 posted on 12/09/2024 12:55:33 PM PST by ConservativeDude
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To: ConservativeDude

In the same vein....the composers of the Constitution noted that the USSC had no check...


3 posted on 12/09/2024 12:58:22 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: airdalechief

They’re both despicable and shockingly ugly!


4 posted on 12/09/2024 12:59:08 PM PST by ABStrauss (I miss Rush!)
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To: ConservativeDude

They hated each other.

I’m sure Jefferson recognized Hamilton for the danger he presented to the republic with his penchant for centralized banking, deficit spending and all the rest.

My understanding of that period of history is that he met Aaron Burr on the field of honor about 10 years too late to prevent the progressive disease Hamilton was spreading from infecting both chambers of government as well as the judiciary.


5 posted on 12/09/2024 12:59:41 PM PST by normbal (normbal. somewhere in socialist occupied America ‘tween MD and TN)
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To: airdalechief

How many USSC vacancies will Presdent Trump fill this term? 2? Could it even be 3?


6 posted on 12/09/2024 1:01:30 PM PST by desertsolitaire ( Lee Harvey Oswald and the Bands final performance)
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To: airdalechief

Again, I say,there should be no more than 2 women on the Supreme Court.


7 posted on 12/09/2024 1:01:43 PM PST by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: airdalechief

Actually, the “Wise Latina” was appointed by BJ Clinton.


8 posted on 12/09/2024 1:06:51 PM PST by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: ConservativeDude

Yes the same pubbies who may vote against some of Trump’s nominees voted to confirm these morons, go figure


9 posted on 12/09/2024 1:07:16 PM PST by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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To: airdalechief

Obama, Obama and Biden. What can you expect? Birds of a feather of course. All fools. All women. Never mind the EEO candidate status. DEI post turtles, at least two out of three.


10 posted on 12/09/2024 1:09:33 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Donald John Trump. First man to be Elected to the Presidency THREE times since FDR.)
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To: airdalechief

What a woman “is” is now debated at the highest level of our judiciary!


11 posted on 12/09/2024 1:09:42 PM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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What a woman “is” is now debated at the highest level of our judiciary!

It depends upon what the meaning of the word "is" is.

12 posted on 12/09/2024 1:12:44 PM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: airdalechief

Those two compete for stupidest jurist ever. But I think Jackson still wins. It is close though.


13 posted on 12/09/2024 1:27:44 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: wjcsux

No. Betty Obama did it.


14 posted on 12/09/2024 1:30:30 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: packrat35
“ Again, I say, there should be no more than 2 women on the Supreme Court.”

needed a slight correction.

15 posted on 12/09/2024 1:35:41 PM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: airdalechief

I can only imagine what Justice Thomas and Alito think about their colleagues.


16 posted on 12/09/2024 1:39:15 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: airdalechief

Most of the court is an embarrassment. Thomas and Alito are pretty solid.


17 posted on 12/09/2024 1:42:19 PM PST by BigFreakinToad (All she is, is cackles in the wind.)
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To: ConservativeDude
If anyone is interested in the Federalist papers, I have some pages in the history section of one of my websites. I picked up a copy of the original Minutes and got interested in the topic because a couple of my uncles were involved.

New York Ratifies the Federal Constitution

The Debate


18 posted on 12/09/2024 1:46:44 PM PST by mairdie (GreenwichVillage ArmyPoet: https://www.iment.com/maida/family/father/oldsoldiersdrums/frontcover.htm)
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To: ConservativeDude

T. Jefferson, the same guy who was royally phissed when Aaron Burr was found not guilty of treason? The same guy who verbally shat on Chief Justice Marshall?


19 posted on 12/09/2024 1:51:55 PM PST by Bookshelf
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To: Tell It Right
It depends upon what the meaning of the word "is" is.

Well, it ain't "ain't."

20 posted on 12/09/2024 1:53:25 PM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (Hail to Pitt!)
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