KDawgCometh 2 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 THis is so big that I have to post it in general, and will have jayson or travis move it later. here is the linkhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050904/ap_on_..._su_co/renquistthough I am liberal, I respect the Chief Justice a lot as he was a champion of states rights Link to post Share on other sites
93transam 0 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 bump Link to post Share on other sites
Painter567 0 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 bump Link to post Share on other sites
InertGrudge 0 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 I'm interning in DC for a Senator on the Judiciary Committee...and all I can say is that we're going to have a rather busy session.My first reaction to the news: fuck. Link to post Share on other sites
TheIceman05 0 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 Oh man..... I never thought that "Chief Justice Rehnquist is dead" would ever be a liberal's worst nightmare, but....This is probably my worst nightmareIce Link to post Share on other sites
Oziumrules 0 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 One of the greatest the High Court ever had...... God Bless Link to post Share on other sites
Chiggleslap 0 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Link to post Share on other sites
KDawgCometh 2 Posted September 4, 2005 Author Share Posted September 4, 2005 One of the greatest the High Court ever had...... God Blessdon't know about that as Taft, Brandeis, and Marshall come to mind long before Rehnquist Link to post Share on other sites
TheIceman05 0 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 One of the greatest the High Court ever had...... God Blessdon't know about that as Taft, Brandeis, and Marshall come to mind long before RehnquistAgreed.As well as a few others.I didn't hate Rehnquist, though I'm gonna hate whomever is appointed to replce him as an associate justice.Who is first in line for the chief justiceship now??Ice Link to post Share on other sites
KDawgCometh 2 Posted September 4, 2005 Author Share Posted September 4, 2005 Oh man..... I never thought that "Chief Justice Rehnquist is dead" would ever be a liberal's worst nightmare, but....This is probably my worst nightmareIceto an extent I agree, but it will be very hard for bush to push through a justice as conservative as Scalia or Thomas in the current climate. Needless to say, I'm not banking on a 9th district judge being sworn in, but if bush has any clue(and this is a big if) then he'd appoint a center left justice to go along with roberts Link to post Share on other sites
custom36 5 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 Oh man..... I never thought that "Chief Justice Rehnquist is dead" would ever be a liberal's worst nightmare, but....This is probably my worst nightmareIceI'm probably going to 2nd this. Link to post Share on other sites
KDawgCometh 2 Posted September 4, 2005 Author Share Posted September 4, 2005 One of the greatest the High Court ever had...... God Blessdon't know about that as Taft, Brandeis, and Marshall come to mind long before RehnquistAgreed.As well as a few others.I didn't hate Rehnquist, though I'm gonna hate whomever is appointed to replce him as an associate justice.Who is first in line for the chief justiceship now??Icemy first guess would be stevens, but he is also very old himself, god help us if Scalia becomes it Link to post Share on other sites
TheIceman05 0 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 to an extent I agree, but it will be very hard for bush to push through a justice as conservative as Scalia or Thomas in the current climate. Needless to say, I'm not banking on a 9th district judge being sworn in, but if bush has any clue(and this is a big if) then he'd appoint a center left justice to go along with robertsI hope so, but if the Repubican party really wanted to make a stand and support a well qualified justice who leans pretty far to the right, they could. I'm not optimistic. Icepessimistic Link to post Share on other sites
KDawgCometh 2 Posted September 4, 2005 Author Share Posted September 4, 2005 to an extent I agree, but it will be very hard for bush to push through a justice as conservative as Scalia or Thomas in the current climate. Needless to say, I'm not banking on a 9th district judge being sworn in, but if bush has any clue(and this is a big if) then he'd appoint a center left justice to go along with robertsI hope so, but if the Repubican party really wanted to make a stand and support a well qualified justice who leans pretty far to the right, they could. I'm not optimistic. Icepessimisticvery true. of course any justice will be a wild card, as when Nixon appointed Blackmun he got the opposite of what he expected, cause Blackmun was one of the key figures to getting RoevWade pushed through Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyRingo 0 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 Sorry about his families loss. But Bush is going to F_up Kennedy, Boxer, Dean and the rest of the ass hat Democratic Party. This is a great time for Republicans. Looks Like I will get to keep my guns and more of my paycheck for quite some time. Link to post Share on other sites
nutzbuster 7 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 I'll be in D.C. tomorrow thru Wed. and then Newport/Foxwoods the rest of next week. Gonna be interesting to be in the capitol during all of this national upheaval!Best... Link to post Share on other sites
custom36 5 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 Sorry about his families loss. But Bush is going to F_up Kennedy, Boxer, Dean and the rest of the ass hat Democratic Party. This is a great time for Republicans. Looks Like I will get to keep my guns and more of my paycheck for quite some time.A fan of stupid kids, huh? Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyRingo 0 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 A fan of stupid kids, huh?You can do better than that. Link to post Share on other sites
custom36 5 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 A fan of stupid kids, huh?You can do better than that.Everytime there's a tax cut, where do you think that money comes from? Federal funding. Funding for what?EducationPublic Services (Police, Paramedics, Fire)Help for the poorEducation is underfunded as it is - the more tax cuts we have, the less intelligent the nation's children will be. Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyRingo 0 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 A fan of stupid kids, huh?You can do better than that.Everytime there's a tax cut, where do you think that money comes from? Federal funding. Funding for what?EducationPublic Services (Police, Paramedics, Fire)Help for the poorEducation is underfunded as it is - the more tax cuts we have, the less intelligent the nation's children will be.Please show me one study that has a direct link to funding = better grades. Just one please. Pouring money into education doesn't improve grades. Link to post Share on other sites
93transam 0 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 A fan of stupid kids, huh?You can do better than that.Everytime there's a tax cut, where do you think that money comes from? Federal funding. Funding for what?EducationPublic Services (Police, Paramedics, Fire)Help for the poorEducation is underfunded as it is - the more tax cuts we have, the less intelligent the nation's children will be.Please show me one study that has a direct link to funding = better grades. Just one please. Pouring money into education doesn't improve grades.it does help pay for responsible and well qualified teachers, higher quality books to learn from, etc etc etc etc etc Link to post Share on other sites
KDawgCometh 2 Posted September 4, 2005 Author Share Posted September 4, 2005 A fan of stupid kids, huh?You can do better than that.Everytime there's a tax cut, where do you think that money comes from? Federal funding. Funding for what?EducationPublic Services (Police, Paramedics, Fire)Help for the poorEducation is underfunded as it is - the more tax cuts we have, the less intelligent the nation's children will be.Please show me one study that has a direct link to funding = better grades. Just one please. Pouring money into education doesn't improve grades.drastically cutting it doesn't help either. ONe of the first things always on the chopping block is the arts, namely music programs, and this is a massive loss. Music is a great way for at risk kids to do positive stuff and it also is a way to get kids involved in something positive, now try to argue against me on that one, I'd love to hear the bullshit that you will spew against it(also note, there is no changing my mind on this, cause I was a music major my first two years in college) Link to post Share on other sites
93transam 0 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 Music is a great way for at risk kids to do positive stuff and it also is a way to get kids involved in something positive,i'm glad you brought that up, its an excellent point as well.music does wonders for, well everybody IMO. Link to post Share on other sites
custom36 5 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 A fan of stupid kids, huh?You can do better than that.Everytime there's a tax cut, where do you think that money comes from? Federal funding. Funding for what?EducationPublic Services (Police, Paramedics, Fire)Help for the poorEducation is underfunded as it is - the more tax cuts we have, the less intelligent the nation's children will be.Please show me one study that has a direct link to funding = better grades. Just one please. Pouring money into education doesn't improve grades.Screw that. You want studies? Find them yourself, you lazy bum. You've got google. I'm giving you the truth. If you don't want to believe it, that's your own problem. Link to post Share on other sites
InertGrudge 0 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 And as a legal scholar, I must say this. The Chief Justice does not really have all that much importance in comparison to the other Justices of the Supreme Court. True, the CJ is the lead of the internal meetings of the justices, but that is about all. The CJ still only gets one vote, just the same as everyone else.That being said....this is a bad, bad day for liberals, which includes myself. I really don't see Bush being a good guy about this and appointing any sort of center/left or even center candidate. He didn't with O'Connor, who was centrist herself. Rehnquist was the pillar of conservatism on the Court for decades -- No reason for Bush not to appoint another conservative in his place. This is especially true if Bush appoints someone like Roberts, who is tough to fight against because of his history and image.I don't know. I'll be in the Senate for the confirmation hearings for Roberts on Tuesday. this just adds another wringle. I'm praying for anyone remotely like Ginsburg or Souter...remotely like them. Link to post Share on other sites
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