The Supreme Court of the United States Thread

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OrangeTsar said:
Well, a book approved for use at a school for which she is a board member seems to state that babies can be racist. Seems like a fair question to me.
Here is a hypothetical, let’s say a Conservative Supreme Court Nominee was a board member at a Christian school that approved a science book that stated God created the world in seven literal days and that evolution is a myth, do you REALLY believe the Democrats in the Senate wouldn’t hound the nominee with constant questions and ridicule over that?
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Props on the ultra-realistic hypothetical. To answer, I say yes, if they feel it’s a scab they could pick at they surely would. It would ultimately mean the same thing it does in this hearing, absolutely nothing.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
I can somewhat agree. However that doesn’t necessarily equate to intelligence. Steve Jobs was a college dropout. You could argue he was very intelligent. Davinci never went to college. There is no single measure of intelligence. Just like every other politician, Booker has said many insanely dumb things in his career.
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It's definitely true, that you don't have to go to college to become an intelligent person, who accomplishes extraordinary things in life. There are endless examples.

I'm just saying that the title of "Rhodes Scholar" isn't something which can be bought or inherited. That is obtained through some degree of hard work, ambition and intelligence.
 
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hog88 said:
I don't think this is what judicial review is about. Could be wrong but I don't believe states/localities could ever pass legislation violating the BORs. I think the issue with JR is that it gives SCOTUS the authority to rule on things outside of the BORs like when it overruled Trumps EO on dreamers or the when it ruled on same sex marriage. It basically made itself the supreme branch of government since it can rule any action unconstitutional.
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Courts have always ruled on interpretation of law, etc.. I don't think there's anything in the constitution that says the courts can only rule on the BOR, especially because the constitution creates the courts and the BOR are amendments that were ratified after the constitution.
 
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hog88 said:
Judicial Review is a power the supreme court magically bestowed upon itself. Roosevelt and congress should have acted immediately after the Marbury v Madison ruling and stripped this made up power from the court. It's been an albatross around our necks since.
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Roosevelt?
 
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Grand Vol said:
If anyone wants to complain about the level of questioning of any SCOTUS candidate going forward, they'll only need to look at these hearings to see how the stage was set.

Any time a high school or college yearbook is brought up, you know the level of petty went past Ludicrous Speed to Plaid.
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Americans remember Kavanaugh. Right now.
Americans are talking about that hearing. Right now.

Imagine the juxtaposition the Republicans could have put forward. And what a time this would have been to do it.
 
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evillawyer said:
Hmmm.

Stanford undergrad
Stanford MS
Oxford as a Rhodes scholar
Yale Law
Successful mayor of major US City
US senator
Presidential candidate

What in that resume says dumb?
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His real world words.
BowlBrother85 said:
It's definitely true, that you don't have to go to college to become an intelligent person, who accomplishes extraordinary things in life. There are endless examples.

I'm just saying that the title of "Rhodes Scholar" isn't something which can be bought or inherited. That is obtained through some degree of hard work, ambition and intelligence.
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completely agree on that. What Booker accomplished in his academic world cannot be diminished in any way.
 
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evillawyer said:
Hmmm.

Stanford undergrad
Stanford MS
Oxford as a Rhodes scholar
Yale Law
Successful mayor of major US City
US senator
Presidential candidate

What in that resume says dumb?
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When, as a US Senator, he claimed to be having his Spartacus moment? That is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard from a Senator.
 
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85SugarVol said:
Americans remember Kavanaugh. Right now.
Americans are talking about that hearing. Right now.

Imagine the juxtaposition the Republicans could have put forward. And what a time this would have been to do it.
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It would have been a risky but potentially rewarding political maneuver, for Senate Republicans to illuminate a contrast between themselves and Senate Democrats by conducting an intense and thorough, but still civil, examination of the nominee's credentials, focused exclusively on philosophy, judicial history and Constitutional interpretation.

Instead, Senators Graham and Cruz have taken Republicans down the familiar path of revenge and settling scores with Democrats over the unfair treatment of Kavanaugh and other conservative nominees. While there are short term gains to be made with the Republican Party base by following this approach, ultimately, it only serves to illustrate that there is no difference between the two parties. Indeed, there are no adults in the room.
 
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