The Supreme Court of the United States Thread

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VolStrom said:
My idea is to go back to what Trump was doing, energy independence, strong military... not a woke military, border wall, prosecute criminals not let them go. Everything your potato head has done for the last 50 years....has been wrong.
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finished your post.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
Saying up front that you’re only choosing from a pool of black women discredits her before she’s even picked. The language ahead of the pick should have been “I’m picking the best possible candidate regardless of race or gender “ then pick her if you think she’s the best.
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I'm not sure 'discredits' is correct, but it taints her in a certain way as a quota pick. I agree with you overall other than that for sure. It will be interesting to see if she is a fair justice or a partisan hack like Sotomayor


see? you and I can agree on some things.
 
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Fun coupon VOL said:
Based on what little I saw from the report yesterday, she is well spoken and appears to have excellent credentials.

I can’t say anything else about her because I don’t know her track record.
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She's black and a woman. Those were the overriding criteria.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
Saying up front that you’re only choosing from a pool of black women discredits her before she’s even picked. The language ahead of the pick should have been “I’m picking the best possible candidate regardless of race or gender “ then pick her if you think she’s the best.
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Amen. You hold it close to the sleeve and don’t mention race and simply pick an AA. This way you don’t discredit the person. Honestly, it’s belittling to her and takes away from the nomination.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
That’s the major red flag in her resume. She’s got the technical chops on paper no doubt. Of course she is far left we knew that was the entry point and changes nothing on the court. But she has been overturned a lot.
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And overturned by liberal judges on the higher court. That's the big red flag.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
Saying up front that you’re only choosing from a pool of black women discredits her before she’s even picked. The language ahead of the pick should have been “I’m picking the best possible candidate regardless of race or gender “ then pick her if you think she’s the best.
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The only times that a person of color or a female has been nominated to the Supreme Court has been when the President at the time has made it clear that he was looking for such a person. Every other time the only ones considered have been white males. It’s utterly impossible for someone to make a case that throughout history, the most qualified person has always been a white male. That has just been the narrowed down pool which they have always drawn from.

How is this different?
 
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Dr Dread said:
The only times that a person of color or a female has been nominated to the Supreme Court has been when the President at the time has made it clear that he was looking for such a person. Every other time the only ones considered have been white males. It’s utterly impossible for someone to make a case that throughout history, the most qualified person has always been a white male. That has just been the narrowed down pool which they have always drawn from.

How is this different?
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Because the optics say she is only being considered for the job because “we’re having to help her out. She doesn’t deserve to be here on her own.” That’s obviously not true but that’s the burden you place on her with that sort of announcement. It’s absolute stupidity. If you want to pick a woman……a black person…..a Jew …….or any other category that you feel is important then have at it. Just don’t tell everyone the only reason you’re doing it is that they would not be there without the mighty whitey doing the picking.
It’s racist and stupid.
I prefer the MLK method of judgment based on their content not their skin color.
 
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Dr Dread said:
The only times that a person of color or a female has been nominated to the Supreme Court has been when the President at the time has made it clear that he was looking for such a person. Every other time the only ones considered have been white males. It’s utterly impossible for someone to make a case that throughout history, the most qualified person has always been a white male. That has just been the narrowed down pool which they have always drawn from.

How is this different?
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Look at our history of segregation, discrimination in opportunities and how long members serve on the supreme court and yes it's very possible that white males have been the most qualified so far.
 
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We’ve had a freely elected (not appointed) black president and a sitting black female vp. Is there ever a destination concerning race where we can say we’ve finally arrived at a place where folks aren’t prevented from achievement due to their skin color?
 
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walkenvol said:
We’ve had a freely elected (not appointed) black president and a sitting black female vp. Is there ever a destination concerning race where we can say we’ve finally arrived at a place where folks aren’t prevented from achievement due to their skin color?
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No
 
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Dr Dread said:
The only times that a person of color or a female has been nominated to the Supreme Court has been when the President at the time has made it clear that he was looking for such a person. Every other time the only ones considered have been white males. It’s utterly impossible for someone to make a case that throughout history, the most qualified person has always been a white male. That has just been the narrowed down pool which they have always drawn from.

How is this different?
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We wouldn’t need diversity quotas and affirmative action if someone didn’t believe there was a better qualified white male. .
 
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hog88 said:
Look at our history of segregation, discrimination in opportunities and how long members serve on the supreme court and yes it's very possible that white males have been the most qualified so far.
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Considering the various differing opinions amongst the Justices throughout history, I’d be curious as to what criteria makes highly experienced person more qualified than another; and how much does life experience and perspective play a role.
When a ruling comes out from the SCOTUS, it’s called an opinion. That’s because that’s exactly what it is; various Justices giving their interpretations of what they believe the Constitution means, often formed by previously held beliefs that come from life experience.
 
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C-south said:
We wouldn’t need diversity quotas and affirmative action if someone didn’t believe there was a better qualified white male. .
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Some people ALWAYS believe that there’s a better qualified white male. That doesn’t make it true.
 
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Dr Dread said:
Considering the various differing opinions amongst the Justices throughout history, I’d be curious as to what criteria makes highly experienced person more qualified than another; and how much does life experience and perspective play a role.
When a ruling comes out from the SCOTUS, it’s called an opinion. That’s because that’s exactly what it is; various Justices giving their interpretations of what they believe the Constitution means, often formed by previously held beliefs that come from life experience.
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IDK I was just pointing out for most of the time the SCOTUS has been in existence segregation and discrimination has kept black women from the opportunity to get the qualifications. Most supremes are Ivy League alumns and it was the 40's or 50's before the first black woman ever graduated from one of those schools.
 
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