RHINO, Tom Cotton is from Arkansas, sir.

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Originally posted by parabellum

Sorry, I can't seem to find anything in the Constitution about a SCOTUS "swing vote".

The fact is, justices have both grown and changed during tenure on the court.

"Swing vote" is a phrase used by the media and court watchers to describe political results of judicial actions. It is a shame to see judges use such language.

Oliver Wendall Holmes was once ripped in the press because he made a decision that the "watchers" were sure he would decide another way.

In response, Holmes told an interviewer, "I would rather be right than consistent."

Justices on the Supreme Court are not always consistent as they grow and consider the facts and law before them.

Holmes wrote, "The law embodies the story of a nation's history. It cannot be looked at as if it only contained the axioms and corallaries of a book of mathematics. In order to know what the law is, we must know what it has been and what it tends to become."

Kavanaugh has a philosophy different from Holmes but we can never be sure of how a justice's judicial philosophy will flesh out over time.

Personally, I would like to see justices grow and learn in office. The good ones do. Perhaps Kagan and Sotomayor will learn from the more textual justices over time.

The danger of the Court seeing itself in partisan terms is that it threatens the social value of the court itself.

Stevens, Marshall, Brennan and Breyer and so many others did not rule the day on the court because their judicial philosophy was rejected by the majority. They were not partisans but judicial ideologues.

The statement about a "swing vote" may have been more of a back-of-envelope statement that partisans and the public would understand.

For the general public, supreme court decisionmaking is either witchcraft or right/wrong based on whether one likes the result.

Chuckles is blathering now.

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Originally posted by Floyd D. Barber:
Chuckles is blathering now.

And the “mute button” got pushed on my TV remote.

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:

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Originally posted by jljones:
idiot rocket surgeon husband Mark

Such a sad fall from a noble profession as an Astronaut to a gun control hack.

From hero to zero faster than an interstellar spacecraft.

Wapner and her retarded Bailiff/Puppeteer.

So, from what I'm hearing right now, basically the dems are admitting they screwed the good judge so bad they are afraid he'll rule against them out of spite.

Schumer....what a turd.

Feinstein looked defeated and ready to cry.

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Originally posted by bcereuss:
Feinstein looked defeated and ready to cry.

Ahhh. Life's little pleasures.

for anyone who wants to steam it

https://www.c-span.org/event/?...-expected-330pm&live

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Originally posted by highroundcount:
So, from what I'm hearing right now, basically the dems are admitting they screwed the good judge so bad they are afraid he'll rule against them out of spite.

Schumer....what a turd.

Yeah, they bit off more than they could chew.

The Sergeant at Arms will restore order in the gallery...


These people have no idea the damage they are doing to their cause.

Liberals crying.... and yelling...

The Sgt. at Arms needs some bear strength pepper spray.

Keep it up nimrods November is looking better an better!

How are these people even getting in the building? This is ridiculous.

Pence just had security drag multiple protesters out of the gallery. How these animals are allowed in there is absolutely mind boggling.

It's going to keep up, as these little commie grenades keep going off.

The Sergeant at Arms needs to break out the whole can of whoopass.

What gets me is, these protestors don’t have the decency to respect the rules of the Senate and have to make a spectacle. Throw all their asses out and maybe “bump” their head a few times on the way out.

Too bad the cameras wern't allowed to show these batshit protestors being dragged out.

Where's the freaking national guard at times like these?