Posted on 06/27/2018 12:23:00 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Wednesday lamented the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy as a disaster for We the People.
The 81-year-old Kennedy, an appointee of former President Ronald Reagan's, who has long been considered a swing vote on the court, announced his retirement on Wednesday.
This is a disaster for everyone who believes in the 'We the People' vision of the Constitution, Merkley tweeted.
In a follow-up tweet, Merkley noted that he was worried about the standing of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
Kennedys retirement opens the door for President Trump to nominate a second conservative justice to the Supreme Court. Anti-abortion advocates are expected to pursue more cases if the court leans right.
Emboldened by the Trump administration, anti-abortion advocates have been gearing up to potentially move to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Trump said he will immediately begin his search for Kennedy's replacement.
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Yes he did. How prophetic!
This is how John McStain gets sweet little Cindy into that sweet little Senate seat and vote with the Dems
BEST. ELECTION. EVER.
LOL, I have never seen the movie, but I know the quote...and was chagrined to see it was Conan The Barbarian!
I thought it would be Ghengis Khan or something...
That DU link was awesome! Thxs....winning is fun!
Winning! Perhaps it’s the payback for the murder of Scalia.
Reality comes to the DU.
They are just now blaming Susan Saranden and Uncle Bernie.
Those people are messed up.
Even crying they’re cute!
The assertion is beyond absurd. Who the frak is Jeff MerkleyIdiot actually asserting this for cause it definitely is not something I concur with.......!
So refreshing.
No, because your idea of ‘We the People’ is not at all what the Founders had in mind.
They expected folks to keep a vital connection to the U. S. Constitution.
None of this Leftist horse stuff will fly.
So the ‘We the People’ reject you trying to turn our people in communists, anarchists, and fascists.
Those ARE NOT we the people.
When you use workarounds like court decisions instead of passing actual laws, you run the risk of the workaround being worked around.
Sweet, sweet Justice!
OMG
The Lefties Heads are exploding.
It might as be November 2016 all over again.
Lovin it !!!
Dims and “We the People”
How laughable. They’d try to cram their far left extremist crap down everyone’s throat if we didn’t resist.
I have to SMFH when I read of Dims/Hollyweirders using terms like “democracy” and “we the people”
Liars, every one of them
Hey Merkley, relax........ President Trump will likely replace two more before his second term is over. Have great fun.
Dearest jeff: Good. Your “vision” is a sick anti-American one. Get lost, you loser. Try reading the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, you fool.
Suicide is Painless....
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141. Oh, I am going to exit alright.
I just thought it wouldn’t be until I had a terminal illness. Thanking God I have the means and know-how for painless self-deliverance.
Maybe President will nominate Sen Cruz for the position. Doubt it will happen but I would LOVE to see the liberal heads explode.
We need Cruz to win the Senate Seat in November.
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