What I am saying is don't trust polls. Trump will have huge support that go about their business quietly, as not to do so leads to claims of being racist from clearly bigoted individuals such as yourself. Now, by your own actions, can you see the problem? ... I hope so.
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dave_blue12
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Not forgetting children being separated from their parents with no mechanism for re-uniting them.
Yeah we have all lost our minds
I'd love to know your indepth analysis on why these two highly respected legal scholars are actually "unqualified partisan hacks".
That must explain why most Americans think the President is the enemy.
Why ask me? The American Bar association, which bipartisanly rates every supreme court nominee already rated Kavanaugh as such and ACB's 2 years on the bench didn't make her highly respected by anyone.
The fact she literally broke the law in having her confirmation at a political event or the fact she refused to say she would follow the law before her religion was enough for any serious person to write her off.
I don't think you've spent any time at all looking into these 2 judges and what they stand for.
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In other words you're still living in the same house doing the same thing so nothing's changed.
Try asking the families of the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have died unnecessarily or the families of the Kurdish fighters he betrayed. What about the hundreds of kids caged near the Mexican border who will likely never see their parents again. How about all those now living under the jurisdiction of a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan, under Assad in Syria and under effective Russian rule in eastern Ukraine. Due to lack of US leadership and a united western alliance China's authoritarian regime has taken the opportunity to increase its worldwide influence and Trump's handler in Russia is doing what the fuck he wants with no pushback including launching biological warfare on English soil. His best buddy Kim Jong Un has accelerated his missile programme and Iran have effectively been given the green light to further develop their nuclear programme. He's also withdrawn from the Paris climate agreement and is intent on reversing course on trying to limit carbon emissions. Another 4 years of this chump will see a lot of those actions start to have even more serious consequences.
You mean that thing that started in 2005 and has been Government policy throughout the Bush, Obama and Trump administrations? Ok
Trevor Morley's Tache
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I see Trump finally got his wall built.
www.independent.co.uk
I wonder if Mexico paid for it?
Republican senators reach out to Biden as security officials say vote was ‘secure’
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I wonder if Mexico paid for it?
The ABA rated the two Justices are unqualified partisan hacks?
Someone better tell the ABA because here is their well qualified rating of Comey
American Bar Association: Judge Barrett is “Well-Qualified” to serve on Supreme Court | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
WASHINGTON?– The American Bar Association (ABA) has rated Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney...
www.judiciary.senate.gov
And here is their well qualified rating of Kavanaugh
Trevor Morley's Tache
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No other administration used the policy (condemned by the ONHCR and Amnesty International amongst others) of removing children from their parents solely as a deterrent.
Well that's a different claim from what he originally said and feeds into my "nothing that cant be undone quickly" idea rather well
Prestwich_Blue
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I don't agree. Of course there have been no wars or tanks on Pennsylvania Avenue. But things have changed for the worse for individual Americans in many different ways. The USA now seems to be far more polarised than it was and that won't go away by weekend.
I read a piece about the politicisation of the justice system, not just at Supreme Court level but at lower, circuit level.
https://www.houstonpress.com/news/backstory-the-fifth-circuit-wasnt-always-the-most-conservative-court-around-6715354
The whole basis of the legitimacy of the US democratic process has been called into question, either by claiming fraud or voter suppression. Foreign relations have been soured.
There have been attempts to remove or restrict healthcare to millions of less well-off Americans or those who suffer from pre-existing conditions. Over 500 migrant children have been separated from their parents and now seemingly can't be reunited because they simply don't know who they are.
Some states are denying abortion to women and some police forces seem to think they can break the law, up to and including murder, with impunity.
A lot has changed.
The ABA rated the two Justices are unqualified partisan hacks?
Someone better tell the ABA because here is their well qualified rating of Comey
American Bar Association: Judge Barrett is “Well-Qualified” to serve on Supreme Court | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
WASHINGTON?– The American Bar Association (ABA) has rated Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney...
And here is their well qualified rating of Kavanaugh
The ABA dropped Kavanaughs rating and put it under review before he was confirmed.
I am interested in why you think these 2 will do no damage. Have you read Kavanaughs concurrence in the Wisconsin voting case? Have you read ACB's views on Abortion and contraception?
Also, what about the other 9 federal judges deemed "Not qualified" by the ABA, will they do no long term damage in their lifelong appointments?
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The ABA focuses on a person's "professional qualifications" and does not take into consideration their "philosophy, political affiliation or ideology" when making its determinations.The ABA rated the two Justices are unqualified partisan hacks?
Someone better tell the ABA because here is their well qualified rating of Comey
American Bar Association: Judge Barrett is “Well-Qualified” to serve on Supreme Court | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
WASHINGTON?– The American Bar Association (ABA) has rated Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney...
And here is their well qualified rating of Kavanaugh
In other words she's got the appropriate certificates.
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I don't agree. Of course there have been no wars or tanks on Pennsylvania Avenue. But things have changed for the worse for individual Americans in many different ways. The USA now seems to be far more polarised than it was and that won't go away by weekend.
I read a piece about the politicisation of the justice system, not just at Supreme Court level but at lower, circuit level.
Backstory: The Fifth Circuit Wasn't Always the Most Conservative Court Around
These days the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals can generally be counted on for issuing decisions that are so far right they're practically left. They've...www.houstonpress.com
The whole basis of the legitimacy of the US democratic process has been called into question, either by claiming fraud or voter suppression. Foreign relations have been soured.
There have been attempts to remove or restrict healthcare to millions of less well-off Americans or those who suffer from pre-existing conditions. Over 500 migrant children have been separated from their parents and now seemingly can't be reunited because they simply don't know who they are.
Some states are denying abortion to women and some police forces seem to think they can break the law, up to and including murder, with impunity.
A lot has changed.
Well, no tanks yet, but it has become a militarised zone...
The White House Has Become a Militarized Island in Downtown DC - Washingtonian
Last week, I walked around the White House twice. The first time, when I merely had to navigate the barriers that went up after the protests following the George Floyd killing, it took me a little more than a half-hour. By the time I came back for a second lap a few days later, a
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Polarisation by its very nature requires two sides. To suggest that the US left have been trying to be conciliatory and Trump is the reason for the state now, rather than the natural progression of a country that was becoming increasingly more polarised since about the 1960s is a stretch
Bush vs Gore?
Policies that can be changed rather quickly (and I'd argue that healthcare "reform" is pretty much a standard Republican policy rather than Trump specifically) and predated Trump.
Which they've been doing for at least 80 years.
Actually my point was that legislatively not a lot has changed. Not to suggest that the Trump Presidency hasn't changed culture in some way because every single thing in the mainstream changes culture in some way; but my general point about how in 2016 and onwards there has been a constant "end of the world" narrative around his Presidency which never materialised is pretty sound.
It was his definition, not mine. And I'm fairly sure that the meaning of the word "qualification" here doesn't mean "she's got a law degree" but looks at their actual work too
Bigga
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Journalistic integrity disappeared years ago.
There's no investigations as to why certain politicians have become wealthy since becoming politicians! There's no investigations as to why companies get a pass and why they don't pay taxes etc., because the news cycle is part of the problem. They have their interests as that involves profits and therefore favorability/ deaf ears.
It's much much easier to shape agendas that way and people tend to to look too closely because they're told what they're told.
It's much easier to focus on the vile president rather than the years before generation changing challenger.
I lost interest in the media in its current format and trust it less now that Bezos is looking to acquire CNN!!
This place is an echo chamber in its worst offering and don't (or won't) understand the shadings of difference between the Dem and GOP establishments.
His environmental policies are pretty end gamey.
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Fun fact:
Kavanaugh and Coney Barrett are the second and third SCOTUS judges appointed by Republicans who also acted for the Republican Party in the Bush v's Gore court battles. Joining Roberts. So 3 of the 9 Justices have a background in working for the GOP in contesting elections.
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