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June 27, 2018, 01:42 PM | #1 |
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Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring-Kavanaugh Nominated
He will retire at the end of July:
https://apnews.com/43de809e3c144a1f9048055386394263 Several people have supposed that the high court has not taken some of the 2A cases because there has not been a "solid" pro-2A majority. Maybe we'll find out if that's true.
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June 27, 2018, 01:45 PM | #2 |
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Thats twice now I've been happy Trump won the election. We would have been up the creek without a paddle. He needs to get on it right away.
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June 27, 2018, 01:57 PM | #3 |
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It's going to get serious. There will be crushing pressure on Senators.
IIRC, the nuclear option was used for Gorsuch....does it remain in effect? Can the Republicans get Trump's pick onto SCOTUS with just a simple majority? |
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Anyone think a certain bitter, Trump hating senator might screw this up?
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I've always thought that he was the primary reason for the cautionary language in Heller and it is likely that his unwillingness to go further than Heller and McDonald was the reason the Court has not granted cert. on several recent seemingly obvious 2nd Amendment infringement cases. It will be interesting to see what happens the next time an "assault weapon" ban or "cause for issue" case works it's way up to the Court.
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Now we just need a few more of the liberal justices to retire or expire so we can stack the deck further.
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*smiles*
As I've said before... patience. Zukiphile is right though, it does work both ways, even still... patience.
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I wouldn't count my eggs before they're cracked.
"Stacking the deck" hasn't worked out so well, more than once in just the last few decades, even when the sitting POTUS is.... intellectually inclined... and his choice was confirmed. Frankly, I don't trust Trump to make an acceptable (by my definition) choice, nor do I trust that the choice will turn out to BE acceptable, even if I thought he would and they "appeared" to be. Wolf in sheeps clothing, chameleons and all that. However, it simply can't be worse than the alternative would have been... I think.
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June 27, 2018, 04:34 PM | #12 |
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For my focus, I would want a Justice who is proactive and strong for gun rights. The current Alito, Roberts pairing are not. Kennedy was not strong.
Other political causes and undoing this or that social issue - I'm opposed or of secondary interest. If that is the focus of GOP nominations, I would be very disappointed. Eliminating the threat to impose NY, CA, etc. weapons ban, eliminating bans of concealed carry and making it clear states have to issue quickly and cheaply - these are things that should be taken up. However, I think Alito and Roberts aren't so inclined.
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June 27, 2018, 05:01 PM | #13 |
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Ginsburg is 85 this year.
Breyer is 80 this year. Both are Clinton appointments. I have my conspiracy theories about why Kennedy would retire. I was under the assumption that most justices held onto the position as long as they were mentally able and had the physical capacity to make it to work everyday. Rehnquist in '05 dying of cancer while still sitting was suprising. Still, the odds of retirement go up for both RBG and Breyer every month... the odds of either of them lasting through Trumps second term are very slim... RBG would be 91, and while she's beaten cancer twice, it's a helluva job to have. I'm about 90/10 that we've got a 7:2 right-wing majority come 2024... which would be pretty huge for gun-rights for a few decades. In any case, I'm sure we'll start hearing from certain news agencies (the same ones that want to eliminate the electoral college) that SC appointments shouldn't be for life, and blah blah blah... |
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We really don't care in this discussion if we have a right wing or left wing majority. We care about the gun rights implications. Wandering from that and we close this one.
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And to clarify, do you mean they would vote against granting cert for such cases? |
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June 27, 2018, 05:39 PM | #16 |
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There’s already talk of delay of confirmation until after the midterms.
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June 27, 2018, 05:46 PM | #17 |
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they must be solid pro 2nd Amendment as an individual right. if so all else would seem to follow reasonably.....
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As to watching future cases -- Trump's next nomination is going to be crucial, and it's going to be important for those of us who have Republican senators (which doesn't include me) to keep the pressure on them to approve a conservative, originalist, strict constructionist nominee. None of that "resist," or "He's not MY president" crap. |
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SCOTUS turned cases and 4 justices are needed for Cert. Thus with two clearly progun justices - Scalia and Gorsuch, I think it is clear.
https://www.google.com/search?q=gun+...nt=firefox-b-1
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June 27, 2018, 06:25 PM | #22 |
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I find Thomas to be the most intellectually consistent of the justices. I also think he is definitely the most pro-Second.
One thing is for sure, Kennedy’s replacement should help clarify what some of the remaining Heller majority justices are thinking on these cert denials of solid 2A cases. |
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I could really get behind a Ted Cruz nomination. I don't think it will ever happen though.
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June 27, 2018, 06:36 PM | #24 |
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That's true. If Alito and Roberts were not trusting Kennedy, their denial made sense.
If it happens with 3 progun justices, then we know for sure.
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June 27, 2018, 08:38 PM | #25 |
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Is any of that talk coming from members of the majority party in the Senate?
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