Posted on 02/29/2016 8:51:16 AM PST by Kaslin
Good article. Ken Blackwell appears to be resisting infection with Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Even a truly Conservative President will not be able to get much done if Chuck Schumer is Senate Majority Leader.
The Republicans (RINOs and all) need to hold onto the Senate for at least the next two years. The President and the Congress would then have two years to undo the last 8 years of Obamanation. Any RINOs that refuse to support the President and help roll over the Democrats would be at the top of the list for replacement in the 2018 and 2012 primaries.
Yep, we all know *everything* passed by Congress is just hunky-dory. Maybe, even ‘blesses’ by SCOTUS as legal...
/s - just in case.
Has there ever NOT been a clarion call to the voting booth? If it’s not the ‘end times’ in one fashion or the other: SCOTUS, roll-back of XYZ, or...
Course, I’ve not seen anything BUT a continual shift to the Socialist Left in my 25yrs of voting age, so I’m not exactly sure where, let alone IF, those brakes will kick-in.
If we can get past this election and hang on to the Senate, the numbers will favor us moving forward. But this year, 24 of the 34 seats up are held by Republicans, so we're incredibly vulnerable.
A newly elected Senate is not bound by any rules of the prior Senate. They can make up whatever rules they want, including no filibusters, reducing the number necessary for a quorum, etc..
In other worlds, if the Democrats win the Senate this November, you can expect to see them hold incredibly expedited hearings on Obama's Supreme Court nominee, and fam through that confirmation before the new President is inaugurated. Totally legal/Constitutional.
Which means we could lose the Supreme Court before the new President even takes office, even if the current Senate GOP hold firm.
No it’s not “all about SCOTUS”.
SCOTUS always has the same importance as a vacancy can open on any given day.
Other issues rise and fall in importance, but SCOTUS is a constant.
This is one of the many reasons why I believe that all the ‘conservatives’ who are claiming that they won’t support Trump will eventually come around to vote for him. There is simply too much at stake.
Before the Fed came into being, JP Morgan and other big New York money center bankers performed the backstop function that the Fed is tasked with doing.
Morgan and his fellow bankers did it out of necessity and what they were doing was in a gray area legally. After the Panic of 1907 they knew that the US economy had grown too big for them to backstop and they pushed for the creation of a central bank to free themselves from having to try to bail out the US banking system.
The Fed was created to be a consortium of private banks with some government oversight.
I used to.
Ted has so jumped the shark with me, I don’t want him anywhere near decision making on my behalf.
The McConnell-led majority would much rather confirm the Obama nominee than Ted Cruz. The last thing they want is a Justice who actually knows and supports the constitution.
Probably so.
I’m not for that either.
Appreciate the info.
So, the idea was to give a BIGGER group of (independent) foreign interests/people this ‘backstop’ authority; over a system that couldn’t be controlled prior, backed by the taxpayer. Gotcha. ‘Gray area’, indeed.
I still seem to be missing that Central Planning Amendment that must have been passed some time ago. I’m sure I’m missing something.
A Democrat controlled Senate is not bound by any rules.
The only reason that Harry Reid did not abolish the Supreme Court filibuster when he unilaterally abolished the filibuster of all other presidential appointments is because there were no Supreme Court vacancies at the time. If Scalia had died while the Democrats still controlled the Senate there is no doubt whatsoever that Reid would have unilaterally abolished the filibuster for Supreme Court appointments as well.
So you are absolutely correct that this is yet another reason why the Republicans (RINOs and all) need to hold on to the Senate this election. If not, then in January you can count on every single judicial vacancy (from Supreme Court down to the district courts) being filled by Obama and Schumer before the next President is sworn in.
In your opinion, how has he jumped the shark?
If that doesn't tell you all you needed to know about Ted and his dedication to getting our borders under control, nothing will.
There are two powers above Scotus.
God Himself.
We the People.
It is way past time to trim the wings of a morally twisted Scotus. Article V is right in front of our noses.
Didn’t John Roberts’ betrayal on Obamacare destroy the argument that we need a GOPe president for SCOTUS appointments.
If you don’t know by now that there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the Rats and the GOPe, you are either part of the GOPe scumbags or you’re just plain stupid.
“So, the idea was to give a BIGGER group of (independent) foreign interests/people this ‘backstop’ authority; over a system that couldn’t be controlled prior, backed by the taxpayer. Gotcha. ‘Gray area’, indeed.”
No foreign interests involved.
“’backstop’ authority”- Banks require a lender of last resort.
” over a system that couldn’t be controlled prior, backed by the taxpayer. “ Taxpayers are not involved.
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