BS: Replacing Justice Stevens (US Supreme Court)

Subject: RE: BS: Replacing Stevens
From: Riginslinger
Date: 11 Apr 10 - 09:00 AM

I hadn't considered physical positioning, Sanity.

I was making the point that since Stevens is the last Male, White, Protestant, Obama should nominate someone with the same credentials, in the spirit of keeping balance on the court.

Subject: RE: BS: Replacing Stevens
From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity
Date: 11 Apr 10 - 01:15 AM

Rigs: "Yes, that surprised me as well, Art. Though I think it went over Greg's head."
Depending where his head is?????
Are you saying his wits and balls went head over heels??...or that his head is so far up his ass, that if he did a somersault he'd disappear???

Rolls eyes(couldn't resist that one)!
Grinning,
GfS

Subject: RE: BS: Replacing Stevens
From: Riginslinger
Date: 11 Apr 10 - 01:06 AM

Bobert, I agree the whole idea that Stevens was appointed by Gerald Ford and considered to be conservative at the time is kind of sobering.

                Thinking back, though, Gerald Ford seems to me like a pretty good guy compared to what came later. He'll always be degraded by folks who thought he shouldn't have pardoned Nixon, but I think he had to do that for the good of the country.

                Recent presidents seem to act in there own self interest. What is good for the country is a secondary consideration.

Subject: RE: BS: Replacing Stevens
From: Bobert
Date: 10 Apr 10 - 09:32 PM

Well, Rigs... In these dire times when even the Repubs have Michael Steele as RNC chairman Redneck Nation has had to reach out... Actually, it is a misnomer that rednecks a Southern Baptists... Most that I know ain't church goin' folks... Cuts into their watching NASCAR's 24/7 programmin' on cable... No, really they ain't into church... But not to fear... I came accross this memo from one of the local churches with some ideas on how to get the rednecks into church and, well, it surprised me... Yup, they thinkin' of puttin' TV screens on the backs of the pews and then charging Billy Bob and Betty Joe for the headphones... I donno??? Seems a little sacreligous to me but, hey, I'm kinda an old fashioned church goer... You know, the kind who always has the program stuffed in the hymnal for the next hymn...

But, hey, I think it would do Redneck Nation a world of good to at least have to kick the beer cans outta the doorway of the double-wide on Sunday mornin' and head down to the local church...

"Let's got back to church
Yeah, let's got back to church
It's been so damned long
Let's go back to church"   (A3)

Now as for Steven's replacement??? All jokin' aside, it's a sad commentary on the direction of the country when the current court leftie was once considered a moderate conservative... And he swears he hasn't changed... Everything around him has... Our court is so way out of step that it is a joke... A very bad joke...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Replacing Stevens
From: Riginslinger
Date: 10 Apr 10 - 09:06 PM

Here's what I didn't realize until Stevens made his announcement, and why the redneck analogy might not work. To the best of my knowlege, "Rednecks" are pretty much Southern Baptists, or that's what I've always been led to believe. But the right wing of the Supreme Court are Catholics.

            I knew the obvious ones were Catholic, the ones with Italian names, but Thomas and Roberts are Catholic too. I guess I'd just not thought about it.

Subject: RE: BS: Replacing Stevens
From: Bobert
Date: 10 Apr 10 - 08:17 PM

Well, someone from then White House left a message on my answering machine about the job and I called back and told them that if I wanted to fight with rednecks I had plenty right here in rural Virginiaq to fight with... Good luck to anyone who gets the job 'cause they are going to come into a court that is about a million miles futher right on issues than the American people and so whoever gets the job had better bring either a good sense of humor or some ear plugs because getting lectured by 5 redneck Supremes can be purdy discouraging...

b~

Subject: RE: BS: Replacing Stevens
From: Bill D
Date: 10 Apr 10 - 02:35 PM

Sadly, age and circumstances are on the side of the conservatives, as all Obama is likely to be able to do is barely maintain the status quo.

We can look forward to many other decisions like the recent one giving corporations unlimited freedom to fund political campaigns.....

Subject: RE: BS: Replacing Stevens
From: Bill D
Date: 10 Apr 10 - 02:32 PM

The Republicans are already demanding someone with no 'leftist' agenda, and some are threatening to derail any attempts...
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presumably so that Roberts and Scalia and Thomas and Alito will have an easier time pushing their 'rightest' agenda.

Subject: RE: BS: Replacing Stevens
From: mousethief
Date: 10 Apr 10 - 02:24 PM

Can we discard the whole lot and draw 7 new cards, like in poker?

Subject: RE: BS: Replacing Stevens
From: Riginslinger
Date: 10 Apr 10 - 02:20 PM

Yes, that surprised me as well, Art. Though I think it went over Greg's head.

Subject: RE: BS: Replacing Stevens
From: artbrooks
Date: 10 Apr 10 - 02:02 PM

I find it amazing that Justice Stevens was the Republican nominee of a Republican president, and that he is now generally considered the most liberal (whatever "liberal" means) person on the Court. Either he has shifted way left over the past 30 years or the center point on the Court has moved way right. I'm very afraid it is the latter, and I hope that the president's next nominee, like Justice Sotomayor, will help it shift back toward the center. We need a Court that is in the center, that can make decisions based on what the law says and means, not one that is either on the right or left and decides based upon personal bias.

Subject: RE: BS: Replacing Stevens
From: Greg F.
Date: 10 Apr 10 - 01:58 PM

"Actually, he should select someone qualified & capable of doing the job."

Could you at least try occasionally, Rig, not to act like a puerile asshole?

Subject: RE: BS: Replacing Stevens
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 10 Apr 10 - 01:09 PM

Someone who tosses coins that always land on edge.

Subject: RE: BS: Replacing Stevens
From: Riginslinger
Date: 10 Apr 10 - 12:44 PM

"Actually, he should select someone qualified & capable of doing the job."


               Not do what he did last time, then, I suspect.

Subject: RE: BS: Replacing Stevens
From: pdq
Date: 10 Apr 10 - 11:24 AM

The last time that being a justice of the Supreme Court was "non-partisan" was 1932.

Subject: RE: BS: Replacing Stevens
From: EBarnacle
Date: 10 Apr 10 - 09:38 AM

I looked through the short list on line. I suspect that the sitting governors will not make the cut, no matter how good they are. Why risk a favorable state to fill a "non-partisan" job.

Subject: RE: BS: Replacing Stevens
From: artbrooks
Date: 10 Apr 10 - 09:33 AM

He should be sure to nominate a WW2 vet, because Stevens is the last and only one.

Subject: RE: BS: Replacing Stevens
From: Greg F.
Date: 10 Apr 10 - 09:20 AM

Actually, he should select someone qualified & capable of doing the job.

Or is this the start of an anti-Jewish, anti-Catholic, misogynist screed?

Subject: BS: Replacing Stevens
From: Riginslinger
Date: 10 Apr 10 - 07:37 AM

Obama should select a white, male, Protestant to replace Justice Stevens, because Stevens is the last and only one.