Obama to Announce Supreme Court Nominee at 11 a.m. Today

[charwin95]

The Founding Fathers put the Senate in place to stop the likes of Obama from behaving like a fucking Monarch.
Who was it that crowed: "Elections have consequences"?
Guess our 'Monarch-Lite' forgot that Senators are also elected.

So your saying that Obama doesn't have the right to nominate anybody? Or you are just blowing your racist shit again?

 

[SwimExpert]

Sources say it's Merrick Garland, an anti gunnner

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will nominate federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, congressional sources said Wednesday. The pick sets up a confrontation with Republicans who say they will refuse to consider his nomination in an election year.

Garland, 63, is the chief judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a court whose influence over federal policy and national security matters has made it a proving ground for potential Supreme Court justices.

News from The Associated Press

The Senate can filibuster this guy all year long. But if we nominate Trump, the Democrats win in November, and this guy will sit on the court for a lifetime.

 

[SeniorChief_Polock]

Good lord............... I'm so sick with these Republicans.

Why don't you fucking move to Iran with Al Sharpton after Trump is elected. You can be the Reverend's bag-boy, dipshit.

 

[rightwinger]

Obama really screwed up his two previous nominations. He chose really dumbass Libtards that have never even read the Bill of Rights.

He should not be allowed to screw up another one.

Obama chose liberals just like a liberal President is supposed to do
How do you think we got a conservative majority on the court?

 

[bodecea]

Let the games begin....

How long can the do nothing Senate, do nothing?

So long as they have the Constitutional authority to do nothing.

The Do Nothing Party. Excellent.

 

[ogibillm]

how will they justify not voting on someone that they unanimously confirmed to a district court?

easily there is a big dif between the district court and the supreme court

sure. the district court is one step removed. one step. how does someone that doesn't merit any dissent for that important job not merit at least hearings?

so what

it'll matter in their re-election bids

why is that

as an example let's look at my state and the senate race there. In Missouri first term Senator Roy Blunt is up for re-election, running against Sec. of State Jason Kander - so both have won state wide elections in the past. in a presidential election year voter turnout is higher - higher turnout helps the democratic candidate nearly every time. missouri, while i wouldn't term it a swing state, is not afraid to vote for democrats. we have a democratic governor and the senior senator from missouri is a democrat.

so an unremarkable senator - an old career politician that helped his disastrous son become a one term governor - will be running against a young army veteran and political newcomer.
so it might be that blunt can overcome all that - the polls right now have him leading even though campaigning hasn't really kicked off in earnest - but how will it look when kander calls him out as a 'do-nothing' career politician ignoring his duties and putting party before country? it certainly won't help blunt any.

 

[Steve_McGarrett]

He's a damn gun grabbing Jew.

 

[bodecea]

Proving they really don't care about the constitution.

Nobody in this Government has cared about that document since Abraham Lincoln used it for toilet paper in 1861.

You mean that Republican?

 

[strollingbones]

garland is tapped.....pissing on the nra

 

[strollingbones]

Myths And Facts On The Nomination Of Judge Merrick Garland To The Supreme Court

 

[Flash]

Obama really screwed up his two previous nominations. He chose really dumbass Libtards that have never even read the Bill of Rights.

He should not be allowed to screw up another one.

Obama chose liberals just like a liberal President is supposed to do
How do you think we got a conservative majority on the court?

A liberal is always a piece of shit that always does the wrong thing and Obama was on message when he chose those two idiotic Libtard Moon Bats for the supreme court.

The sad thing is that the Republicans allowed the confirmation of those two dingbats.

Obama has done a tremendous amount of damage to this country already and we can't allow him to continue to screw it up any more than he already has.

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

These are not the nominees we are looking for. McConnell can filibuster all he wants. But if Trump gets the nomination, we aren't going to get any better from Clinton.


The short list:

Sri Srinivasan - Liberal

Spoiler

In Sierra Club v. Jewell, 764 F. 3d 1 (2014),[26] Srinivasan authored the majority opinion in the D.C. Circuit's split decision holding that environmental groups seeking to protect the site of the historic Battle of Blair Mountain possessed Article III standing to challenge the removal of the site from the National Register of Historic Places in federal court.[27]

Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision in Pom Wonderful v. FTC, 777 F.3d 478 (2015),[28] which upheld FTC regulations that require health-related advertising claims be supported by clinical studies while simultaneously trimming the number of studies required on First Amendment grounds.[29]

In Home Care Association of America v. Weil, 799 F. 3d 1084 (2015),[30] Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision reinstating, under Chevron deference, regulations that guarantee overtime and minimum wage protection to home health care workers, citing "dramatic transformation" of the home care industry over the past forty years as reason for the change.[31]

Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision in Hodge v. Talkin, 799 F. 3d 1145 (2015),[32] which upheld a federal law prohibiting demonstrations in the United States Supreme Court Building's plaza as justified by the Supreme Court's interest in not giving the appearance of being influenced by public opinion and as consistent with nonpublic forum viewpoint-neutral restrictions, where demonstrations could proceed on nearby public sidewalks.[33]

In Jarkesy v. SEC, 803 F. 3d 9 (2015),[34] Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision holding that the securities laws under the Dodd-Frank Act provide an exclusive avenue for judicial review that plaintiffs may not bypass by filing suit in district court.[35]

Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision in Simon v. Republic of Hungary, Slip Op. (2016),[36] holding that Article 27 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act merely creates a floor on compensation for Holocaust survivors because the text of the 1947 peace treaty between Hungary and the Allies does not bar claims outside of the treaty and because the Allies "lacked the power to eliminate (or waive) the claims of" Hungary’s own citizens against their government.[37]

Sri Srinivasan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Paul Watford - Swing (at best)

Spoiler

In 1994 he served as a law clerk to Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit, and from 1995 to 1996 he clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court of the United States.

On October 17, 2011, President Obama nominated Watford to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Paul J. Watford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This guy is in the running just because he's black. That's about it.

Merrick Garland - Raging Liberal

Spoiler

Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

On September 6, 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated Garland to the D.C. Circuit seat vacated by Abner J. Mikva.

Garland told senators during his U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 1995 that the U.S. Supreme Court justice for whom he had the greatest admiration was Chief Justice John Marshall, and that he had personal affection for the justice for whom he clerked, Justice William Brennan. "Everybody, I think, who hopes to become a judge would aspire to be able to write as well as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes," Garland told the committee at that time.

Merrick Garland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Obama to name Supreme Court nominee - CNNPolitics.com

Garland is a raging liberal? Somebody needs to tell Orrin Hatch:

""""Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the longest serving Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, offered his own thoughts on who President Obama should nominate to fill the seat left open by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last week. “[Obama] could easily name Merrick Garland, who is a fine man,” Hatch told the conservative news site Newsmax, before adding that “he probably won’t do that because this appointment is about the election. So I’m pretty sure he’ll name someone the [liberal Democratic base] wants.”"""

Who Is Merrick Garland?

 

[dannyboys]

The Founding Fathers put the Senate in place to stop the likes of Obama from behaving like a fucking Monarch.
Who was it that crowed: "Elections have consequences"?
Guess our 'Monarch-Lite' forgot that Senators are also elected.

So your saying that Obama doesn't have the right to nominate anybody? Or you are just blowing your racist shit again?

Obama has the 'right' to nominate a fucking dog turd. It's in the Constitution right?
The Senate, according to the Constitution has the 'right' when and if they want to consider Obama's dog turd.
If Obama hadn't been such a fucking asshole from day one the way he habitually bypassed and ignored Congress and the Senate then he may have been able to put his choice on the SC.

 

[rightwinger]

Obama really screwed up his two previous nominations. He chose really dumbass Libtards that have never even read the Bill of Rights.

He should not be allowed to screw up another one.

Obama chose liberals just like a liberal President is supposed to do
How do you think we got a conservative majority on the court?

A liberal is always a piece of shit that always does the wrong thing and Obama was on message when he chose those two idiotic Libtard Moon Bats for the supreme court.

The sad thing is that the Republicans allowed the confirmation of those two dingbats.

Obama has done a tremendous amount of damage to this country already and we can't allow him to continue to screw it up any more than he already has.

Liberal Presidents pick liberal judges...its the way it works
Don't like it, try to get a conservative elected President

 

[ogibillm]

The Founding Fathers put the Senate in place to stop the likes of Obama from behaving like a fucking Monarch.
Who was it that crowed: "Elections have consequences"?
Guess our 'Monarch-Lite' forgot that Senators are also elected.

So your saying that Obama doesn't have the right to nominate anybody? Or you are just blowing your racist shit again?

Obama has the 'right' to nominate a fucking dog turd. It's in the Constitution right?
The Senate, according to the Constitution has the 'right' when and if they want to consider Obama's dog turd.
If Obama hadn't been such a fucking asshole from day one the way he habitually bypassed and ignored Congress and the Senate then he may have been able to put his choice on the SC.

your kidding yourself if you think that the republicans would have ever been decent and willing to work with the president. in fact, your main criticism of him is born out of republican intransigence.

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

These are not the nominees we are looking for. McConnell can filibuster all he wants. But if Trump gets the nomination, we aren't going to get any better from Clinton.


The short list:

Sri Srinivasan - Liberal

Spoiler

In Sierra Club v. Jewell, 764 F. 3d 1 (2014),[26] Srinivasan authored the majority opinion in the D.C. Circuit's split decision holding that environmental groups seeking to protect the site of the historic Battle of Blair Mountain possessed Article III standing to challenge the removal of the site from the National Register of Historic Places in federal court.[27]

Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision in Pom Wonderful v. FTC, 777 F.3d 478 (2015),[28] which upheld FTC regulations that require health-related advertising claims be supported by clinical studies while simultaneously trimming the number of studies required on First Amendment grounds.[29]

In Home Care Association of America v. Weil, 799 F. 3d 1084 (2015),[30] Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision reinstating, under Chevron deference, regulations that guarantee overtime and minimum wage protection to home health care workers, citing "dramatic transformation" of the home care industry over the past forty years as reason for the change.[31]

Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision in Hodge v. Talkin, 799 F. 3d 1145 (2015),[32] which upheld a federal law prohibiting demonstrations in the United States Supreme Court Building's plaza as justified by the Supreme Court's interest in not giving the appearance of being influenced by public opinion and as consistent with nonpublic forum viewpoint-neutral restrictions, where demonstrations could proceed on nearby public sidewalks.[33]

In Jarkesy v. SEC, 803 F. 3d 9 (2015),[34] Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision holding that the securities laws under the Dodd-Frank Act provide an exclusive avenue for judicial review that plaintiffs may not bypass by filing suit in district court.[35]

Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision in Simon v. Republic of Hungary, Slip Op. (2016),[36] holding that Article 27 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act merely creates a floor on compensation for Holocaust survivors because the text of the 1947 peace treaty between Hungary and the Allies does not bar claims outside of the treaty and because the Allies "lacked the power to eliminate (or waive) the claims of" Hungary’s own citizens against their government.[37]

Sri Srinivasan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Paul Watford - Swing (at best)

Spoiler

In 1994 he served as a law clerk to Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit, and from 1995 to 1996 he clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court of the United States.

On October 17, 2011, President Obama nominated Watford to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Paul J. Watford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This guy is in the running just because he's black. That's about it.

Merrick Garland - Raging Liberal

Spoiler

Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

On September 6, 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated Garland to the D.C. Circuit seat vacated by Abner J. Mikva.

Garland told senators during his U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 1995 that the U.S. Supreme Court justice for whom he had the greatest admiration was Chief Justice John Marshall, and that he had personal affection for the justice for whom he clerked, Justice William Brennan. "Everybody, I think, who hopes to become a judge would aspire to be able to write as well as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes," Garland told the committee at that time.

Merrick Garland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Obama to name Supreme Court nominee - CNNPolitics.com

My bet is on Sri. The name fits...closest you can get to a Muslim...and Obabble will be able to whine racism when the Senate committee shoves the nomination up his ass.

You are wrong, as usual. Obama's playing with the Senate committee, clearly.

 

[SmokeALib]

Too many leftist judges. They enjoy letting rapists and murderers out of prison so that they may continue their drug-infused sprees. The leftists call this "Active Rehab".

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

Too many leftist judges. They enjoy letting rapists and murderers out of prison so that they may continue their drug-infused sprees. The leftists call this "Active Rehab".

Yeah, huh....If knee-jerk, biased assumptions were a terminal illness, most of you righties would be dead already:

"""The former prosecutor also has a relatively conservative record on criminal justice. A 2010 examination of his decisions by SCOTUSBlog’s Tom Goldstein determined that “Judge Garland rarely votes in favor of criminal defendants’ appeals of their convictions.” Goldstein “identified only eight such published rulings,” in addition to seven where “he voted to reverse the defendant’s sentence in whole or in part, or to permit the defendant to raise a argument relating to sentencing on remand,” during the 13 years Garland had then spent on the DC Circuit."""

Who Is Merrick Garland?

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

This thread is like shooting red fish in a barrel.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Dead in the water, even without current circumstances.

Merrick Garland has ‘very liberal view of gun rights’