That's some low standards from any president. Let alone one you wanted in but didn't have the balls to vote for.Jay wrote:
Literally the only thing I waneed from this administration was a supreme court pick like this. So happy right now.
That's core Republican policy, its what the people voted for.pirana6 wrote:
let's take a big ol' dump on the Declaration of Independence and just burn the Constitution and replace it with the Bible.
jay is a strict constitutionalist but he doesn't want trump to divest himself of his business interests, adhere to the emoluments clause, and is happy when the attorney-general is dismissed for serving the constitution over the president.Jay wrote:
Literally the only thing I waneed from this administration was a supreme court pick like this. So happy right now.
I didn't want him in for anything but to replace Scalia. I think his policies are shit.pirana6 wrote:
That's some low standards from any president. Let alone one you wanted in but didn't have the balls to vote for.Jay wrote:
Literally the only thing I waneed from this administration was a supreme court pick like this. So happy right now.
Gorsuch sounds like he's got his head on straight and is open to hearing all points of view. He also looks like he's going to repeal Roe V Wade because, let's take a big ol' dump on the Declaration of Independence and just burn the Constitution and replace it with the Bible.
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so he's like the ex-AG?Jay wrote:
This pick was essentially a poison pill for Trump. He promised conservatives he would choose a Federalist Society approved justice, and he did. Why is it a poison pill? Because instead of a pushover like Garland, who would allow the government to run roughshod over the constitution, he instead selected someone that will rule against his own expansion of power. Progressives will hate him because they hate the constitution and anyone that holds them to it, but with Trump in office maybe they'll rethink that position.pirana6 wrote:
That's some low standards from any president. Let alone one you wanted in but didn't have the balls to vote for.Jay wrote:
Literally the only thing I waneed from this administration was a supreme court pick like this. So happy right now.
Gorsuch sounds like he's got his head on straight and is open to hearing all points of view. He also looks like he's going to repeal Roe V Wade because, let's take a big ol' dump on the Declaration of Independence and just burn the Constitution and replace it with the Bible.
OKJay wrote:
Progressives ... hate the constitution and anyone that holds them to it.
She was playing the martyr for political gain.uziq wrote:
attorney general stated her duty was to the constitution of the united states. made a constitutionalist legal interpretation of the existing laws. trump hurried her on via twitter. jay says nothing.
'progressives hate the constitution'.
haha.
No, she was setting up her political career by defying Trump. What he did wasn't unconstitutional. She was just virtue signalling.uziq wrote:
the martyr to that constitution you keep banging on about, you mean?
at what point does a faithful legal interpretation of the constitution become a cynical personal move? when it doesn't agree with your own politics, i assume?
once again: you don't know how legal interpretation works.
We weren't taking in refugees under Obama either. We're on the other side of the Atlantic, you guys deal with it. And frankly, a Brit lecturing anyone else in the world on accepting refugees when The Jungle exists is a bit hypocritical.uziq wrote:
i've read the term 'virtue signalling' twice in two days on this forum and both times they've been by conservative white guys dismissing the refugee issue. funny.
No, its to enforce the law.Jay wrote:
Her job is to carry out the wishes of the president.
And the law is legal. Unless what Obama did was illegal too?Dilbert_X wrote:
No, its to enforce the law.Jay wrote:
Her job is to carry out the wishes of the president.
This constitution thing, have you actually read it?
Also try this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judiciary_Act_of_1789
the uk has an AG too. i'm familiar with the office. why do i need to know about her personal life? a hero to the left?!? she should be a hero to you as a constitutionalist, derp derp. she stood up to the executive based on her legal judgement.Jay wrote:
Did you know who Sally Yates was last week? Would you have known her name if she had quietly served out her term until Sessions was sworn in? Now she's a hero to the left.
i guess sally yates is just a 'hero of the Left' and a political martyr to the progressive cause.Before this showdown, Yates was actually asked by the Trump Administration to stay on duty until Senator Jeff Sessions could be confirmed by the Senate. In fact, Yates has held leadership positions in both Democratic and Republican administrations throughout her career. During her confirmation hearing, one Republican Senator even called her a “hero” with “impeccable integrity.”
Sen. Johnny Isaakson (R-Georgia) said, in part:
“Sally is a great hero of the state of Georgia for 25 years she’s been in the office of Northern District of Georgia prosecuting criminal on public integrity all kind of things like the Olympic Park bombing. For the last five years, she’s been the chief attorney, and she’s proved herself over and over and over again to be to be effective to be fair to be diligent and to be the kind of person that you would want representing you in the U.S. Attorney’s office.. She is a lady of impeccable taste, impeccable integrity and an impeccable record, and I’m proud to second her nomination..”
Sen. David Perdue (R-Georgia) said, in part:
For years, she has prosecuted the most violate criminal organizations in Georgia, MS-13, and other notorious gangs, drug cartels, human smuggling, sex traffickers. The people in Georgia were fortunate to have benefited from Ms .Yates’s work in the service of justice for so many years.
