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Justice Stephen Breyer to retire
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Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
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Originally posted by Stoic View PostYou've got 'T' in there twice.
The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Gondwanaland View Post
Looks a bit like Breyer and dems aren't confident in winning the next election, and don't want to chance a repeat of RBG's death during a Republican president
I'm not going to say that the Democrats currently being in power plays no absolutely no part. Breyer and everyone else is aware of the fact that if he were to be replaced right now, his replacement would far more often rule the way he would than a replacement by a Republican president/senate would. But I do think that his primary motivation for retiring is just that he's getting pretty old and is less interested in doing the job.
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Originally posted by Terraceth View PostIf that was the reason he was doing this, Breyer would've retired earlier, when they knew they had a Democratic majority. Or would be retiring right now. Instead the announcement is he plans to retire at the end of the term, which of course runs the risk of some Democratic Senator resigning or dying and getting replaced by a Republican in the intervening period.
I'm not going to say that the Democrats currently being in power plays no absolutely no part. Breyer and everyone else is aware of the fact that if he were to be replaced right now, his replacement would far more often rule the way he would than a replacement by a Republican president/senate would. But I do think that his primary motivation for retiring is just that he's getting pretty old and is less interested in doing the job.
https://apnews.com/article/stephen-b...1fe84f138a9bf8
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/26/polit...ent/index.html
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Right now, PredictIt (a betting site) indicates people are overwhelmingly betting on K. Brown Jackson (Ketanji Brown Jackson):
https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/7718
For reference (it will obviously change over time) what it currently says is:
K. Brown Jackson: 62¢
Leondra Kruger: 25¢
J. Michelle Childs: 15¢
C. Jackson-Akiwuni: 2¢
Kamala Harris: 2¢
Then several more than are only 1¢. The way that site works is you can buy as many "shares" as you want for any of the possibilities (in this case, the candidate) and then if you're right, you get $1 for every share you bought. So the higher it costs to buy it for an option, the more likely it is perceived to be that they're the right answer.
The above seems to fit with this SCOTUS Blog article that says Ketanji Brown Jackson and Leondra Kruger are the likely frontrunners:
https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/01/h...court-nominee/
Of course, stuff can easily change between now and June, when Breyer retires.
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Master Swamp-rat Cocaine Mitch may have a swampy way of derailing the nominee.
Also, Turley (WSJ article seems to be paywalled) opines that by explicitly stating he will nominate a black woman, Brandon is technically violating the Constitution as interpreted by SCOTUS itself for decades.Geislerminian Antinomian Kenotic Charispneumaticostal Gender Mutualist-Egalitarian.
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Originally posted by Terraceth View PostRight now, PredictIt (a betting site) indicates people are overwhelmingly betting on K. Brown Jackson (Ketanji Brown Jackson):
https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/7718
For reference (it will obviously change over time) what it currently says is:
K. Brown Jackson: 62¢
Leondra Kruger: 25¢
J. Michelle Childs: 15¢
C. Jackson-Akiwuni: 2¢
Kamala Harris: 2¢
Then several more than are only 1¢. The way that site works is you can buy as many "shares" as you want for any of the possibilities (in this case, the candidate) and then if you're right, you get $1 for every share you bought. So the higher it costs to buy it for an option, the more likely it is perceived to be that they're the right answer.
The above seems to fit with this SCOTUS Blog article that says Ketanji Brown Jackson and Leondra Kruger are the likely frontrunners:
https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/01/h...court-nominee/
Of course, stuff can easily change between now and June, when Breyer retires.
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Originally posted by NorrinRadd View PostMaster Swamp-rat Cocaine Mitch may have a swampy way of derailing the nominee.
Also, Turley (WSJ article seems to be paywalled) opines that by explicitly stating he will nominate a black woman, Brandon is technically violating the Constitution as interpreted by SCOTUS itself for decades.
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"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
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Originally posted by seanD View Post
The theory among some Fox News pundits was that Dems are looking for a way to reboot the Biden admin political disaster, and appointing Harris to scotus and replacing her with someone like say Buttigieg was a way to do it, so that .2 cents might be a good buy.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Post
So a quota selection?
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostTo be fair Trump did something similar. He promised in advance to replace RBG with another woman -- and did.That's what
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