And so it begins.....
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osodecanelaI've been at home for the past 36 hours nursing a wicked chest cold. I feel like crap and sound even worse. I made a pot of Avgolemono last night and just had a second cup of it. I'm pumping both the Cold-eeze and the Ricola as well as observing silence. Not much of a voice to speak of, or for that matter, with.
So Scalia passed yesterday. I feel for his family, but I'm not mourning his death. Given the disastrous 5-4 decisions the court has rendered over the past few years, such as Citizens United and the gutting of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, AND the real possibility we could see the court undo things such as Roe v. Wade or the Marriage Equality decision of 2013, now more than ever the make up of the court is crucial.
Scalia is barely cold and already Republicans in the Senate are making noises that no new person should be named to the court by this President. Are you kidding me? The next president won't take office until next January, just under a year from now. There is NOTHING in the constitution that states the President will not nominate a candidate for the Supreme Court if he is in his final term. NOTHING. Even Clarence Thomas, as controversial as he was, given the Anita Hill scandal, got through the process in 100 days. Even the thumbs down on Robert Bork happened in under 4 months. That vote was not exclusively along party lines by the way; 2 Democrats voted to confirm and 6 Republicans gave a thumbs down. Bork was rejected 58-42 and the seat instead went to Anthony Kennedy, who was nominated the end on November in '87 and confirmed in early February of '88. As Sen. Rubio held no lame duck president has made a nomination to the Court in 50 years is a straight out lie, Reagan left office less than a year after Kennedy was elevated to the bench.
So to anyone reading this who is registered to vote in this country, elections matter. Are you thinking of supporting Trump or one of the other Republicans running? Who would any of these men nominate to the court? Trump, who doesn't seem to have clarity over what he would have power to do, like ban every Muslim from entering the US, is certainly not someone I would trust to put someone onto the court. Cruz? Over my dead body! Cruz, Rubia and Trump have all made noises they would appoint someone to the court they feel would over turn the marriage equality decision.
So look hard at what's coming down the pike at us. You have family that would support these clowns? Make it clear to them, if this is how they vote, they are voting directly to harm people like us.
So Scalia passed yesterday. I feel for his family, but I'm not mourning his death. Given the disastrous 5-4 decisions the court has rendered over the past few years, such as Citizens United and the gutting of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, AND the real possibility we could see the court undo things such as Roe v. Wade or the Marriage Equality decision of 2013, now more than ever the make up of the court is crucial.
Scalia is barely cold and already Republicans in the Senate are making noises that no new person should be named to the court by this President. Are you kidding me? The next president won't take office until next January, just under a year from now. There is NOTHING in the constitution that states the President will not nominate a candidate for the Supreme Court if he is in his final term. NOTHING. Even Clarence Thomas, as controversial as he was, given the Anita Hill scandal, got through the process in 100 days. Even the thumbs down on Robert Bork happened in under 4 months. That vote was not exclusively along party lines by the way; 2 Democrats voted to confirm and 6 Republicans gave a thumbs down. Bork was rejected 58-42 and the seat instead went to Anthony Kennedy, who was nominated the end on November in '87 and confirmed in early February of '88. As Sen. Rubio held no lame duck president has made a nomination to the Court in 50 years is a straight out lie, Reagan left office less than a year after Kennedy was elevated to the bench.
So to anyone reading this who is registered to vote in this country, elections matter. Are you thinking of supporting Trump or one of the other Republicans running? Who would any of these men nominate to the court? Trump, who doesn't seem to have clarity over what he would have power to do, like ban every Muslim from entering the US, is certainly not someone I would trust to put someone onto the court. Cruz? Over my dead body! Cruz, Rubia and Trump have all made noises they would appoint someone to the court they feel would over turn the marriage equality decision.
So look hard at what's coming down the pike at us. You have family that would support these clowns? Make it clear to them, if this is how they vote, they are voting directly to harm people like us.
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Date: 2016-02-15 01:06 am (UTC)Scalia: good riddance to bad garbage. Yes, I just spoke ill of the dead—he won't care; he's dead, and even if he did, I still would because he deserves much worse.
As for the Republican shenanigans, I saw them perfectly summed up thus: "Apparently, Republicans believe black presidents get only 3/5 of their term".
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Date: 2016-02-15 03:49 pm (UTC)When my husband came into the kitchen on Saturday to tell me the news I exclaimed, "yes! (oops)". I will not mourn his passing. However if Ruth Bader Ginsburg could befriend him, there had to be something redeeming about the man, not that I've been able to appreciate.