Compared with Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation, do the Dems have leverage and power to effectively oppose Trump's pick for Supreme Court Justice? Will there be the confirmation battle again? — Number2018
As Maw rightly suggests the "confirmation" is a fait accompli.Will there be the confirmation battle again? — Number2018
The Democrats had leverage against Kavanaugh because there was a credible sexual assault charge against him — Maw
Assuming Amy Coney Barrett hasn't murdered someone she will quickly be confirmed by the senate (although they'd probably confirm her regardless). — Maw
She's apparently had remarkably little judicial experience (all of it in appeals court), and practiced law for a scant three years. She's an academic who spent sometime clerking before being appointed to the 7th Circuit in 2017. I prefer that Supreme Court Justices have more experience of how the law actually works, and it's impact on actual people. — Ciceronianus the White
She's apparently had remarkably little judicial experience (all of it in appeals court), and practiced law for a scant three years. She's an academic who spent sometime clerking before being appointed to the 7th Circuit in 2017. I prefer that Supreme Court Justices have more experience of how the law actually works, and it's impact on actual people. — Ciceronianus the White
Let's not kid ourselves that Republicans care about much other than ideological loyalty. — Baden
For anyone who seriously wants to look into this topic in depth (law as ideology) there are some superb Marxist resources on it. — JerseyFlight
Could you expand your apprehention of law as ideology? — Number2018
argued a case before the 7th Circuit a few years ago. Them Judges ain't so smart. — Ciceronianus the White
"Just weeks before President Donald Trump reportedly selected her to fill the new Supreme Court vacancy, Judge Amy Coney Barrett delivered a ruling that could help corporations evade long-standing laws requiring them to provide overtime pay to their workers.
That ruling was one of a number of cases in which Barrett helped corporate interests prevail over workers. Her highest-profile business-focused actions on the federal bench have limited the enforcement of age-discrimination laws, restricted federal agencies’ power to punish companies that mislead consumers, and reduced consumers’ rights against predatory debt collectors, according to a recent report from the Alliance for Justice."
A corporate rat. — StreetlightX
Question: if RBG knew she could affect the make up of the court by retiring earlier, why didn't she? Was it because she didn't want to play politics? The notion that it was because of arrogance makes no sense. — frank
Weirdest of all, the vast majority of Trump supporters are working class and cheer at her nomination. — praxis
I'm just saying that if manipulating the system for political reasons was a high priority for her, she would have retired when Obama had a chance to replace her with a liberal. She was intelligent. She knew her course of action would allow the American electorate have a say regarding her replacement. That's the way it's supposed to work (ideally). — frank
That is to say, you seem results oriented, less concerned about the legal analysis than in whether your political ideology is advanced. Is that how nominees are to be judged, as to whether their rulings help those you wish to help, instead of whether they are legally accurate? — Hanover
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