Posted on 06/27/2021 1:46:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
“Six conservative justices” is BS. There are only two bona fide conservatives. That’s it. TWO.
Lot of blame for that to go around. But, a big chunk of it should be laid at the feet of the Federalist Society, which should probably more appropriately be named, ‘The Big Corporate Society.’
Uh, there’s only about 2.5 Conservative Justices on the Court.
That would make the court 3-1-2.5-2.5 or more properly 3-1-2-1-2..
Remember that most justices “mature” to the Left the longer they sit on their bums there.
Keeping my long-time vow is getting harder all the time. Long ago I decided I would not worry about SCOTUS or wish for anything from them. They are the final word in their field and that’s the way it is.
Upon seeing this article I had to grab my affirmation list and read this one 20 times:
“Like a mirror I reflect what comes into my life without judgment or opinion.”
I have two pages of affirmations and this one is by far the hardest to approach.
it’s the NWO Society
>> Barrett and Kavanaugh
Two capitulating jackasses.
Are you counting Barrett or Roberts as the .5?
Yes, it’s when we see the GOP in power is when we see there are different factions that all consider themselves right wing. On the court there are four streams.
*Elitism - deference to executive power and big corporations (Kavanaugh)
*Status Quo Conservatism - changing as little as possible with the court making vey narrow decisions (Roberts)
*Originalism - Interpreting the constitution as the founders saw it, but sometimes in a manner that will make conservatives unhappy (Gorsuch)
*Activist Conservatism - defaulting to the interpretation of a law that matches conservative principles (Alito)
“Conservative” voters have most of the blame.
Six conservative judges ?
Lot of blame for that to go around. But, a big chunk of it should be laid at the feet of the Federalist Society, which should probably more appropriately be named, ‘The Big Corporate Society.’
Now you are over the target. The way to influence these so-called conservative SCOTUS judges is to hit their benefactors. If that means conservatives not voting for Chamber of Chinese Commerce candidates so be it. Their voting will improve if they feel it is harming Corporate Anti America.
I’m grouping from left to right....
Alito gets overlooked but he has been an excellent judge.
I don’t think they are capituating. They aren’t anything different than advertised. They were Kennedy clerks, who were always going to be like Kennedy, and a little further to the left. They will probably be adjusting to the left over time.
Good categories. It’s probably too early to say where Barrett is, but I’m afraid she’s either in, or someplace in-between, the first and/or second category.
The California ban on ‘assault weapons’ will be an excellent gauge where she is....if the Roberts Court takes that case, which I’m sorry to say is FAR from certain.
Or 3-2-2-2
(Sotomayor, Kagan, Breyer) - (Gorsuch, Kavanaugh) - (Roberts, Coney Barrett) - (Alito, Thomas
Roberts tends to side with the left on big decisions, but is more like the conservatives he used to be before he reached the high court on smaller decisions.
In reality, it's probably unfair to judge Amy Coney Barret after half a year in the court. She did clerk for Scalia.
Gorsuch clerked for Kennedy, and they wer eon the court together for over a year, and Gorsuch was significantly to the left of Kennedy during that time.
Voters voted for these terrible judges. The Federalist Society shouldn’t have followed along with them, but they couldn’t have stopped it.
I am sure he truly misses Scalia.
Thanks. I also left Thomas out. With his years of experience he picks from the best of all the categories.
As an example, while I agree with Alito ideologically on everything, he is very willing to legislate from the bench. Thomas is more careful in believing that it is not their place to make new laws.
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