The Democrats are now learning very painfully that their lack of attention to the federal courts when they controlled the Presidency and the Senate will prove to be extremely costly to us all. And lest anyone think that conservatives will be content to see Roe v. Wade overturned, a lot of those federal judges that have been appointed by the “President” are in blue states. They’ll be coming after abortion here, too.
I had to do alot of reading before deciding my lack of support for Ms. Barrett. First of all, this is the first time I've heard religion with respect to the nominee. I became cross-eyed when I read about the "People of Praise." Where is ethics? Like you said in your article,..."it is about codifying their religious beliefs and imposing them on this entire country." It has always been my thinking the Supreme Court decisions are based in ethics, not in our personal daily lives. I'm not a lawyer.This is my layman's interpretation.
I like what Abraham Lincoln said about the Supreme Court:
"[I]f the policy of the government, upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made . . . the people will have ceased, to be their own rulers, having, to that extent, practically resigned their government, into the hands of that eminent tribunal."
I then considered this is a Trump government. I sincerely believe his desire to overturn Roe vs Wade is 'I did it. People have tried to overturn it for a 100 years. I did it. Praise me...etc.,etc. In other words, it is only for Trump and his desire for domination. I assume Lindsey Graham is still head of the Judiciary which should automatically disqualify the whole confirmation. The real kicker is doing a confirmation before the election. And it's simply to win the election; politicizing the
It is much too late to get loud. Just what will getting load accomplish at this point? Do you honestly think the Republicans will listen or care? The extraordinarily successful Republican efforts to hold on to power as a minority party have allowed them to turn the judiciary into a rigidly conservative branch of government. The fact that they can nominate and confirm someone with such bizarre beliefs this close to an election should tell you all you need to know about their thinking.
I don't ever lower my principles or actions to meet my opponent-they always stay high and at the same level regardless of how strong my chances are. This may be the longest shot in history, but so was saving the ACA 4 times with a Republican majority and we did that. You should always say and do what you think is right, to put things on the record for history -regardless of whether or not it will mean you win.
Either Snopes or Politifact have written that the designations of "handmaid" and "head" are no longer used but, be that as it may, Democrats need to stay away from attacking her on *any* of her religious convictions or they will get *owned* by the right-wing media and may very well cost us votes in the upcoming election.
Democrats must deal with the fact that they're in a no-win situation and restrain themselves from grandstanding and doing *anything* that could be construed as religiously discriminatory. They must stick to critiquing her judicial record not be seen as attacking her personally.
Interesting take. All Republicans do is attack people’s belief systems. Remember President Trump attacking Barack Obama for years claiming he was a Muslim - probably still does. Remember when JFK had to convince the country he didn’t take his direction from the Pope? How can she uphold the separation of church and state when her whole life is bound to her belief system? Every decision will have Catholic doctrine in it.
I’m too sickened at the prospect this cult member is being used by a criminal enterprise to lay the final blow to our democracy. I can’t figure out HOW she was ever confirmed to her LAST bench.
I’m sick of going high. Enough of this, Nancy will have to file the impeachment charges against William Barr. THAT will effectively stop ALL of this dead in it’s tracks. There is AMPLE EVIDENCE he has abandoned his oath of office, and corrupted the entirety of the Justice Department.
Stop playing, DO something. I will be calling my representatives, but this is down to the House, it’s past time they brought the full force of their power down on this mess.
Impeaching Barr is a long, drawn out process and does not have a ton of support because it will go nowhere and he won't be removed-it will stop nothing. This is not on Pelosi or anyone else to fix for us because we only gave them a majority in the House in the last Midterm Election. We have to fix this for ourselves by voting for a Democratic majority across the board.
She was named a federal judge by Trump 3 years ago. She was a law professor prior to that. So he plucked this Handmaid from a religious university and put her on the federal bench and now the S Ct.
We really need to do so much better on educating our voters about the importance of the judiciary. We’ve dropped the ball on that and the Federalists picked it up long ago and have now exercised almost complete control. A coup of the judiciary. And they’ve made no secret of their plans and yet we have no effective strategy despite it practically writing itself.
The Democrats are now learning very painfully that their lack of attention to the federal courts when they controlled the Presidency and the Senate will prove to be extremely costly to us all. And lest anyone think that conservatives will be content to see Roe v. Wade overturned, a lot of those federal judges that have been appointed by the “President” are in blue states. They’ll be coming after abortion here, too.
I had to do alot of reading before deciding my lack of support for Ms. Barrett. First of all, this is the first time I've heard religion with respect to the nominee. I became cross-eyed when I read about the "People of Praise." Where is ethics? Like you said in your article,..."it is about codifying their religious beliefs and imposing them on this entire country." It has always been my thinking the Supreme Court decisions are based in ethics, not in our personal daily lives. I'm not a lawyer.This is my layman's interpretation.
I like what Abraham Lincoln said about the Supreme Court:
"[I]f the policy of the government, upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made . . . the people will have ceased, to be their own rulers, having, to that extent, practically resigned their government, into the hands of that eminent tribunal."
I then considered this is a Trump government. I sincerely believe his desire to overturn Roe vs Wade is 'I did it. People have tried to overturn it for a 100 years. I did it. Praise me...etc.,etc. In other words, it is only for Trump and his desire for domination. I assume Lindsey Graham is still head of the Judiciary which should automatically disqualify the whole confirmation. The real kicker is doing a confirmation before the election. And it's simply to win the election; politicizing the
SCOTUS confirmation.
Couldn’t agree more Amee, it’s just one of the many reasons I left the Church
It is much too late to get loud. Just what will getting load accomplish at this point? Do you honestly think the Republicans will listen or care? The extraordinarily successful Republican efforts to hold on to power as a minority party have allowed them to turn the judiciary into a rigidly conservative branch of government. The fact that they can nominate and confirm someone with such bizarre beliefs this close to an election should tell you all you need to know about their thinking.
I don't ever lower my principles or actions to meet my opponent-they always stay high and at the same level regardless of how strong my chances are. This may be the longest shot in history, but so was saving the ACA 4 times with a Republican majority and we did that. You should always say and do what you think is right, to put things on the record for history -regardless of whether or not it will mean you win.
Either Snopes or Politifact have written that the designations of "handmaid" and "head" are no longer used but, be that as it may, Democrats need to stay away from attacking her on *any* of her religious convictions or they will get *owned* by the right-wing media and may very well cost us votes in the upcoming election.
Democrats must deal with the fact that they're in a no-win situation and restrain themselves from grandstanding and doing *anything* that could be construed as religiously discriminatory. They must stick to critiquing her judicial record not be seen as attacking her personally.
Clearly you didn’t read this article, because I discuss that.
You're right. I did not read enough of it. My apologies
Interesting take. All Republicans do is attack people’s belief systems. Remember President Trump attacking Barack Obama for years claiming he was a Muslim - probably still does. Remember when JFK had to convince the country he didn’t take his direction from the Pope? How can she uphold the separation of church and state when her whole life is bound to her belief system? Every decision will have Catholic doctrine in it.
I’m too sickened at the prospect this cult member is being used by a criminal enterprise to lay the final blow to our democracy. I can’t figure out HOW she was ever confirmed to her LAST bench.
I’m sick of going high. Enough of this, Nancy will have to file the impeachment charges against William Barr. THAT will effectively stop ALL of this dead in it’s tracks. There is AMPLE EVIDENCE he has abandoned his oath of office, and corrupted the entirety of the Justice Department.
Stop playing, DO something. I will be calling my representatives, but this is down to the House, it’s past time they brought the full force of their power down on this mess.
Impeaching Barr is a long, drawn out process and does not have a ton of support because it will go nowhere and he won't be removed-it will stop nothing. This is not on Pelosi or anyone else to fix for us because we only gave them a majority in the House in the last Midterm Election. We have to fix this for ourselves by voting for a Democratic majority across the board.
She was named a federal judge by Trump 3 years ago. She was a law professor prior to that. So he plucked this Handmaid from a religious university and put her on the federal bench and now the S Ct.
We really need to do so much better on educating our voters about the importance of the judiciary. We’ve dropped the ball on that and the Federalists picked it up long ago and have now exercised almost complete control. A coup of the judiciary. And they’ve made no secret of their plans and yet we have no effective strategy despite it practically writing itself.