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Was able to listen to most of it today (so far) and have some random thoughts...

Her response to requests to describe her "judicial philosophy" was genius. Boiled down to "I don't have a judicial philosophy, I have a judicial methodology."

That said, she echoed many of the tenants of both originalism and texturalism (at least to my layman's understanding). Based on her responses so far today, no reasonable person could assume she'd be "activist" in her approach.

Lindsay Graham has gone around the bend. I remember in the before times when he was reasonable. Today he's an embarrassment.

Ted Cruz is a vile human being. Not that that wasn't already known, just that he reinforced it again today.
 
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UncleMark said:
Was able to listen to most of it today (so far) and have some random thoughts...

Her response to requests to describe her "judicial philosophy" was genius. Boiled down to "I don't have a judicial philosophy, I have a judicial methodology.

That said, she echoed many of the tenants of both originalism and texturalism (at least to my layman's understanding). Based on her responses so far today, no reasonable person could assume she'd be "activist" in her approach.

Lindsay Graham has gone around the bend. I remember in the before times when he was reasonable. Today he's an embarrassment.

Ted Cruz is a vile human being. Not that that wasn't already known, just that he reinforced that today.
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Agree. Cruz is awful. I'd take Trump any day of the week over Ted. Man has no honor or shame.
 
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UncleMark said:
Was able to listen to most of it today (so far) and have some random thoughts...

Her response to requests to describe her "judicial philosophy" was genius. Boiled down to "I don't have a judicial philosophy, I have a judicial methodology.

That said, she echoed many of the tenants of both originalism and texturalism (at least to my layman's understanding). Based on her responses so far today, no reasonable person could assume she'd be "activist" in her approach.

Lindsay Graham has gone around the bend. I remember in the before times when he was reasonable. Today he's an embarrassment.

Ted Cruz is a vile human being. Not that that wasn't already known, just that he reinforced that today.
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I watched about 15 minutes of it to get an impression of her after reading her lefty background/cv. Very likable, nice person. Dare I say normal sounding. Not surprising considering her "grounded" background coming from Palmetto High. We all saw her fellow alum, Camillo Cabello, play off the nipple slip masterfully.
 
Stuffshot said:
Wow. That's an impossible choice.

It's like asking if you "prefer" death by fire or death by drowning.
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Fire, your nerve endings will be shot after a minute. Takes several minutes to fully drown.

At least that's what i've heard.
 
larsIU said:
Fire, your nerve endings will be shot after a minute. Takes several minutes to fully drown.

At least that's what i've heard.
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Oh, you're just a pile of joy, aren't you?

EDIT to add: Historic accounts of burning at the stake are all over the place as to how bad it was if the fire wasn't built properly to be hot enough at the beginning. I guess there must be standards recorded somewhere.
 
UncleMark said:
Was able to listen to most of it today (so far) and have some random thoughts...

Her response to requests to describe her "judicial philosophy" was genius. Boiled down to "I don't have a judicial philosophy, I have a judicial methodology."

That said, she echoed many of the tenants of both originalism and texturalism (at least to my layman's understanding). Based on her responses so far today, no reasonable person could assume she'd be "activist" in her approach.

Lindsay Graham has gone around the bend. I remember in the before times when he was reasonable. Today he's an embarrassment.

Ted Cruz is a vile human being. Not that that wasn't already known, just that he reinforced it again today.
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Meanwhile …

www.wfyi.org

U.S. Sen. Mike Braun: SCOTUS should leave abortion, interracial marriage to states

U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) said the U.S. Supreme Court was wrong to legalize interracial marriage nationwide and should have left it to individual states.
www.wfyi.org
 
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UncleMark said:
Was able to listen to most of it today (so far) and have some random thoughts...

Her response to requests to describe her "judicial philosophy" was genius. Boiled down to "I don't have a judicial philosophy, I have a judicial methodology."

That said, she echoed many of the tenants of both originalism and texturalism (at least to my layman's understanding). Based on her responses so far today, no reasonable person could assume she'd be "activist" in her approach.

Lindsay Graham has gone around the bend. I remember in the before times when he was reasonable. Today he's an embarrassment.

Ted Cruz is a vile human being. Not that that wasn't already known, just that he reinforced it again today.
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I've watched the whole thing. I see nothing glaring to not think that she is quite accomplished and qualified. My fell on her "methodology" instead of "philosophy" is she's a follower and not able to be original. I can't find anything wrong with that.

If we could get a Graham/ Cruz pub ticket. I would vote for that all day and twice on Sunday.
 
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Oh, you're just a pile of joy, aren't you?

EDIT to add: Historic accounts of burning at the stake are all over the place as to how bad it was if the fire wasn't built properly to be hot enough at the beginning. I guess there must be standards recorded somewhere.
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Alls I know is, those Buddhist dudes light themselves on fire and just sit there. Never seen anyone drown that wasn't thrashing around. Could just be how Hollywood portrays it
 
UncleMark said:
I have no doubt. But you're nutz, so not surprised.
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AND, not one time did she cackle like a chicken, it was refreshing.

Honestly though, she seems pretty legit to me. There's no reason not to confirm her. Also, she's 1000x better than I expected, considering who appointed her.
 
UncleMark said:
Was able to listen to most of it today (so far) and have some random thoughts...

Her response to requests to describe her "judicial philosophy" was genius. Boiled down to "I don't have a judicial philosophy, I have a judicial methodology."

That said, she echoed many of the tenants of both originalism and texturalism (at least to my layman's understanding). Based on her responses so far today, no reasonable person could assume she'd be "activist" in her approach.

Lindsay Graham has gone around the bend. I remember in the before times when he was reasonable. Today he's an embarrassment.

Ted Cruz is a vile human being. Not that that wasn't already known, just that he reinforced it again today.
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Is this supposed to be a serious thread or is dickwad assholery also tolerated? Asking for the resident dickwads.
 
larsIU said:
Alls I know is, those Buddhist dudes light themselves on fire and just sit there. Never seen anyone drown that wasn't thrashing around. Could just be how Hollywood portrays it
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I started to like that post but this whole thing is just too gruesome to "like" any part of it.

Throughout history, people have been infinitely mean to each other.
 
Stuffshot said:
I started to like that post but this whole thing is just too gruesome to "like" any part of it.

Throughout history, people have been infinitely mean to each other.
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Yeah, I'm going to slowly reverse out of this rabbit hole before I start looking shit up.
 
UncleMark said:
I have no doubt. But you're nutz, so not surprised.
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But, are Graham and Cruz as physically attractive as Tulsi is to some of the Republican posters?

Graham and Cruz in a two-piece, ugh. Better if it would be the same two-piece, but still ugh.

Why don't the Tulsi lovers just start promoting Trump's daughter under that criteria?
 
Joe_Hoopsier said:
Honestly though, she seems pretty legit to me. There's no reason not to confirm her. Also, she's 1000x better than I expected, considering who appointed her.
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She's been far more forthright than the last few nominees I've witnessed. She hasn't once just blown anyone off by saying she can't comment because that question might come before her in the future.
 
Thyrsis said:
Meanwhile …

www.wfyi.org

U.S. Sen. Mike Braun: SCOTUS should leave abortion, interracial marriage to states

U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) said the U.S. Supreme Court was wrong to legalize interracial marriage nationwide and should have left it to individual states.
www.wfyi.org
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of course, that makes sense.

you're married, then not married, every few hours as you drive from NYC to LA.

and if you're married in one state, and move to another where you aren't, is that legally getting divorced, and one spouse instantly granted alimony?

what if you live in Jersey, but work across the river in NYC?

what's you're employer provided health insurance coverage situation for your spouse/non spouse?

what's you tax withholding status?

and how exactly do you file for your US tax return?

and what about SS benefits when you lived in different states every few yrs of your relationship?

well thought out Mike.
 
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It’s almost unimaginable that someone would say that out loud in 2022, let alone a US Senator.

It’s sadly imaginable that it likely won’t impact him at all.
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It's the result of rigid ideological thinking. If one believes that abortion should be left to the states (for example), it's at least consistent to believe that interracial marriage should be as well.
 
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It's the result of rigid ideological thinking. If one believes that abortion should be left to the states (for example), it's at least consistent to believe that interracial marriage should be as well.
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I wonder if CO's idea of allowing lawsuits against gun manufacturers should be left to the states?
 
UncleMark said:
She's been far more forthright than the last few nominees I've witnessed. She hasn't once just blown anyone off by saying she can't comment because that question might come before her in the future.
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ORRR, she's came up with another way to do the same exact thing. .. Well my philosophy is to follow these 3 steps. ...
 
Marvin the Martian said:
I wonder if CO's idea of allowing lawsuits against gun manufacturers should be left to the states?
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The federal shield gun manufacturers enjoy - like many large manufacturers - isn't absolute. These BIG defendants typically get caught running afoul of violating state laws in the sales and marketing of their products, thereby subjecting them to civil liability in the state.

But I get your broader point
 
UncleMark said:
It's the result of rigid ideological thinking. If one believes that abortion should be left to the states (for example), it's at least consistent to believe that interracial marriage should be as well.
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I think that’s an over-generous interpretation. He shows incredible indifference to past social stains and to real and profound racism and treats it all as an aside as just another icky topic he thinks isn’t deserving of federal legislation.
 
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I think that’s an over-generous interpretation. He shows incredible indifference to past social stains and to real and profound racism and treats it all as an aside as just another icky topic he thinks isn’t deserving of federal legislation.
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I'm not defending him. Just commenting that it's consistent. In fact, it's inconsistent for abortion choice opponents to oppose Roe from a states rights angle and not oppose Loving for the same reason.

Goat likes to point out that while he disagrees with them, he at least appreciates the consistency of the abortion opponents who would make no exception for rape or incest. If abortion really is murder, that's the only consistent stand one could take.
 
UncleMark said:
I'm not defending him. Just commenting that it's consistent. In fact, it's inconsistent for abortion choice opponents to oppose Roe from a states rights angle and not oppose Loving for the same reason.

Goat likes to point out that while he disagrees with them, he at least appreciates the consistency of the abortion opponents who would make no exception for rape or incest. If abortion really is murder, that's the only consistent stand one could take.
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They're not the same thing, consistency isn't a relevant consideration here (not least because of the judicial assessment factors, the underlying varying issues, the specific and differing legal issues to be decided, etc.), and if taken at his word, I'm not sure we'd have ANY federal laws.
 
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They're not the same thing, consistency isn't a relevant consideration here (not least because of the judicial assessment factors, the underlying varying issues, the specific and differing legal issues to be decided, etc.), and if taken at his word, I'm not sure we'd have ANY federal laws.
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This is where I play my IANAL card.
 
UncleMark said:
This is where I play my IANAL card.
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It's not a lawyer thing in the end, though. It's an obvious thing to a decent human who cares about others, understands some of the ugliness of the past, and sees the decadence of those who casually exploit the hatred of the least among us for self-advancement.

But I'm not shooting at you Mark. I don't come around here much any more, but you're one of the good ones.
 
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