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Why do we not require SC justices
« on: December 09, 2018, 09:51:00 PM »
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Why do we not require SC justices

 
to receive approval from 2/3 of the Senate in order to be confirmed? They are just as important as any treaty. This would force any nominee to be middle of the road and non-controversial

non-controversial is DUmbese for shit we don't agree with/following established law.

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5. I understand this, my real question is

Why do we not change the Constitution to require a 2/3 vote? This will end the trend of the selection of justices becoming politicalized and based on a strong ideology.

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15. Since the Constitution does not state how many vote are needed

Could we pass a law that required a 2/3 vote to confirm a SC justice? Since it is only a law it could be changed back, however, it would be subject to a filibuster. Or we could change it to 60 votes, the same as a filibuster and what it had been in the past. But it would no longer be just a Senate rule, subject to the whim of the majority leader.

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8. It's ridiculous that we still have the Electoral College.

The president should be elected by the people in this day and age.

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6. At some point, we need to amend to set some SCOTUS rules

- 9 justices
- President appoints; Senate has 90 days to hold an up or down vote. If they don't hold a vote by day 89, they are all subpoenaed into Washington and locked in the Senate chambers until a vote is completed.
- 20-year service limit
- 3/5 or 2/3 to confirm

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Re: Why do we not require SC justices
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2018, 04:47:11 AM »
Hey, DUmmies--Merrick Garland still wouldn't be on the SCOTUS.
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Re: Why do we not require SC justices
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2018, 06:02:47 AM »
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Why do we not require SC justices

 
to receive approval from 2/3 of the Senate in order to be confirmed?

I beleive a dimocrap named dirty harry reid made the change, live with it.

Elections have consequences. :loser: :bird:
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Re: Why do we not require SC justices
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2018, 07:48:05 AM »
It's called the Constitution. It prescribes methods by which it could be - and has - been amended.

 :rotf: Write your amendment, introduce it, :rotf: and see how far it goes. :rotf: It won't. :rotf: It'll get as far as the circular file, :rotf: plus or minus some dust. :rotf:

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Re: Why do we not require SC justices
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2018, 10:01:10 AM »
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8. It's ridiculous that we still have the Electoral College.

The president should be elected by the people in this day and age.

The EC is there to keep people like you from instituting the tyranny on the masses that you fantasize about all the time.
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Re: Why do we not require SC justices
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2018, 03:29:33 PM »
Quote from: txradioguy on December 10, 2018, 10:01:10 AM
The EC is there to keep people like you from instituting the tyranny on the masses that you fantasize about all the time.


You don't hear them griping about Bill Clinton losing the popular vote yet winning the EC in 1992.  He lost the popular vote by roughly 15MM.

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Re: Why do we not require SC justices
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2018, 03:46:00 PM »
Quote from: Texacon on December 10, 2018, 03:29:33 PM

You don't hear them griping about Bill Clinton losing the popular vote yet winning the EC in 1992.  He lost the popular vote by roughly 15MM.

KC

Nope they called his win a mandate.

And in 1994 when the Republicans took over the House and Senate...Peter Jennings called that a "tantrum" by the American people.
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Re: Why do we not require SC justices
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2018, 06:09:45 PM »
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Why do we not require SC justices

 
to receive approval from 2/3 of the Senate in order to be confirmed? They are just as important as any treaty. This would force any nominee to be middle of the road and non-controversial

Senator Dingy Harry Reid! C'mon on down. Your the next contestant on "Who Screwed the Pooch"
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