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Today in Supreme Court History: September 9, 2017
9/9/2017: Justice Neil Gorsuch takes oath.
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The whiff of illegitimacy will always cling to him.
’tis true. Hillary won the election. Trump is the usurper. It was her turn.
Which is worse, from the perspective of the average Republican male — a Black president, or a female president?
I can see the argument for each. The misogynist can’t abide the idea of a female possessing authority over men. The racist can’t accept a Black citizen telling Whites what to do. Which horror is worse, and why, clingers?
Why isn’t Janice Rogers Brown on the Supreme Court? Must be the influence of the Right.
Elections have consequences, or so I am told.
Grow up.
Deal with it.
Elections had nothing to do with it.
Bullshit. The election was the reason McConnell held up the appointment from the Lame-Duck Obama.
If Hillary were elected, she would have picked someone else. But Trump got elected, and chose Gorsuch.
The Senated advised Obama that they did not give their consent to Garland.
Deal with it.
Remember that when the tenth and eleventh justices arrive at 1 First Street NE.
Being on the wrong side of history, decency, and the improving American electorate will continue to have consequences.
Yes, I agree. Trump should get the first two additional appointments.
Not true, of course.
In fact elections do not have consequences, at least for Republicans, if the winner was a black man.
I’m self-restrained enough that I won’t harp on the two death years (1851 and 1854) which prof. Blackman has given to Justice Levi Woodbury.
So, no allusion to the affair, no jokes about playing Weekend at Levi’s from 1851 to 1854…don’t mention the war!
So . . . which one of you guys is John Cameron Denton?