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Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Lucifer on December 25, 2016, 08:23:47 PM

Title: Reshaping the Judiciary
Post by: Lucifer on December 25, 2016, 08:23:47 PM: This is sure to cause a few meltdowns

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-to-inherit-more-than-100-court-vacancies-plans-to-reshape-judiciary/2016/12/25/d190dd18-c928-11e6-85b5-76616a33048d_story.html?utm_term=.a1a021e0a73b
Title: Re: Reshaping the Judiciary
Post by: Mase on December 25, 2016, 09:45:28 PM: There will be exploding heads when he gets around to the U.S. Attorneys.
Title: Re: Reshaping the Judiciary
Post by: Anthony on December 25, 2016, 10:44:59 PM: Obama did it. He appointed two FAR LEFT, Radical SCOTUS judges. Sotomayor, and Kagan. They don't care about the Constitution, but only about activism. He also appointed leftist DOJ's and umpteen number of Federal judges on every level. Now it is Trumps turn to put in a few Scalias. Elections have consequences. Isn't that what Obama said?
Title: Re: Reshaping the Judiciary
Post by: You Only Live Twice on December 26, 2016, 09:49:14 AM: Quote from: Anthony on December 25, 2016, 10:44:59 PM
Obama did it. He appointed two FAR LEFT, Radical SCOTUS judges. Sotomayor, and Kagan. They don't care about the Constitution, but only about activism. He also appointed leftist DOJ's and umpteen number of Federal judges on every level. Now it is Trumps turn to put in a few Scalias. Elections have consequences. Isn't that what Obama said?

Fuckin'-A, Bubba.
Title: Re: Reshaping the Judiciary
Post by: asechrest on December 26, 2016, 11:46:05 AM: Quote from: Anthony on December 25, 2016, 10:44:59 PM
Obama did it. He appointed two FAR LEFT, Radical SCOTUS judges. Sotomayor, and Kagan. They don't care about the Constitution, but only about activism. He also appointed leftist DOJ's and umpteen number of Federal judges on every level. Now it is Trumps turn to put in a few Scalias. Elections have consequences. Isn't that what Obama said?

I think you're misusing the word radical.
Title: Re: Reshaping the Judiciary
Post by: Anthony on December 26, 2016, 11:48:08 AM: Quote from: asechrest on December 26, 2016, 11:46:05 AM
I think you're misusing the word radical.

I don't.
Title: Re: Reshaping the Judiciary
Post by: asechrest on December 26, 2016, 12:16:14 PM: Quote from: Anthony on December 26, 2016, 11:48:08 AM
I don't.

I figured, but you were just complaining about hyperbole in the other thread.
Title: Re: Reshaping the Judiciary
Post by: bflynn on December 26, 2016, 02:22:30 PM: Well, I don't want radical judges either to the left or to the right. I want calm, normal, centrist judges who don't make wacked out ruling.

Unfortunately the left and the right don't agree on what "wacked out" means anymore. So maybe judges who will make rulings that upset both parties? That would probably be a good sign that it's in the right place.

I think that's where Trump tends toward anyway. He also wants calm, normal judges who don't go shaking things up because a lack of predictability creates risk and risk is bad for business.