Biden to nominate a black woman to the USSC

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  1. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    that was not for SC picks, but I think you knew that

    but yes, the lower court judges were changed to 50, I called dems on that then too

    the SC picks was changed to 50 under Trump
     
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    "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." - MLK

    Sorry Rev. King, White Democrats are still exploiting black Americans. Biden, a known racist, has interest in the black community only for debasement. As one President said a long time ago, "The debasement of the blacks will, in the end, carry with it the debasement of the whites.”
     
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    Really, show us since in was Democrats new rule change to include the Nuclear option that set the precedent for Republicans to do the same.
     
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    No no no.
    Its very clear Biden plans to pull the best candidate... from a list of black woman justices.
     
  5. FreshAir

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    wow, surprised you did not know it was McConnell that did this for the SC nominations

    https://www.npr.org/2017/04/06/522847700/senate-pulls-nuclear-trigger-to-ease-gorsuch-confirmation

    "So McConnell then, as promised, used the power of his position and with all of his GOP colleagues lined up behind him, to essentially change the rules of the Senate — to lower that threshold on Supreme Court nominations to end debate from 60 to 51 votes. The change did not affect the legislative filibuster."
     
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    The Democrat controlled Senate of 2013 used the nuclear option to effectively eliminate the filibuster for all nominations. They were warned but didn't listen.

    They open the door by changing confirmation votes, then using the nuclear option to stop any and all filibusters on the floor. Democrats showed the way and Mitch stepped right through the open door they provided.

    As the say, don't start nothin, won't be nothin.
     
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    not for SC picks, that was all republicans that changed the rules on SC picks

    republicans changed the rules, now all they can do is sit back and watch dems use those rules
     
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    How has he tried to cure cancer?
     
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    While your point is well taken, the fact of the matter is that the likelihood that Biden will appoint anyone to the court who is not a full on leftist hackbot approaches zero. This also means that virtually any one he appoints is almost certainly going to perform a disservice to the American people regardless of race or gender.
     
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    Extremely hypocritical comment, since when Trump chose his candidate, the first criterion was that he be conservative.

    Thousands of jurists are qualified to sit on the Supreme Court.

    And it would be hypocritical to pretend that even if Biden chose a hyper-competent white man, the Republicans would vote for him more.

    SCOTUS must also represent the American people in their diversity, and at the moment, because of the Republicans, this is not the case.

    Appointing a black woman is a double political move: it allows for greater diversity in SCOTUS and also, it will make Republicans look bad for attacking the candidate.
     
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    So, instead of choosing the most competent candidate, the GOP eliminates from the start all those who are not conservative and pro-life.
     
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    Given that the new justice will essentially be an affirmative action nomination, how can she be unbiased against that type of policy? Should we expect her to recuse herself?
     
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    He was looking for the best candidates with a political bent that leans right. Biden will do the same thing with one that leans left. It is politics. I don't like racism and identity politics but Biden obviously does and he gets to make the choice, not I.
     
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    I wish I had a dollar for every time I've seen the "content of our character" meme--- I'd have a nice little nest egg.
    Rev Martin Luther King was a deep man. If you want to learn more about him listen to "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" and his last sermon "I've Been to the Mountaintop".
    I believe the line from the "I Have a Dream" speech is only used to tell African-Americans "OK. Whites are far ahead of you economically and politically. So, let's pretend we are going to be equal now".
     
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    Psssst. Politics is humanity at its worst, regardless of political party. The make up of the court depends completely on who is in the white house when an opening occurs.
     
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    When former President Trump was running for President he announced that he would appoint conservatives to the court. How is that any different? Could there have been moderate or progressive candidates who were better? Did you call him out on that?
     
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    You mean like instead of choosing the most competent candidate, Biden claims it will be a black woman and he doesn't even know who it is yet?
    Your too too funny
     
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    Why? Where is that mandated by the U.S. Constitution.?
     
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    I guess reading skills are getting more and more scarce on PF. The nuclear option.
    Democrats used it first so Republicans used it as well.

    And as far as a new justice is concerned selected by Dems, if you aren't a black woman, you no longer qualify.
    Looks like he's all out of transsexuals, huh.
    You can always depend on the left to use their alphabet code to determine qualifications. LGBTQ

    The good news is, if they don't get it done by midterms, they lose again.
     
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    We the people....
     
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    Well that is not given. There are no disciplinary consequences in statute for not having a certain amount of minority justices so there is no cause to apply affirmative action to the nomination.

    You're saying that it is something like affirmative action, but even so that must be based on the assumption that no matter who she is that there is someone more qualified, but as you don't know who she is, and as the entirety of the qualifications is that the President picks her, and the Senate confirms her. That is both presumptuous, and nonsensical.

    In short, I'm sorry I know we really want to get the outrage going, but you'll have to wait for a nominee to make judgements of competency.
     
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    I know I'm funny.

    The Conservatives' one and only goal in choosing SCOTUS judges has always been to cement the evangelical vote.

    Because overturning Roe vs. Wade is by far their biggest political goal.

    So please don't come out and lecture Biden about wanting a black woman as a judge, which would be a historic first.
     
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    That is in no way a mandate. It is an opening phrase.
     
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    It's more than a sentence.

    The Constitution is for the people and by the people.

    SCOTUS is its guardian, and it does not include a black woman.

    Yet minorities make up 32% of the population.

    The Democrats nominated a Latina - conservatives would never have done that - and they will nominate a black woman.

    And it will be my pleasure to see GOP elected officials called racists when they attack her at the hearings....
     
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    And that's always going to be a problem when you can't move beyond group think. Tell me how PDiddy has less power than an unemployed steel worker who happens to be Caucasian?
     

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