Originally posted by olfuzzy: I know we've discussed how important the SCOUS was but this was in the paper today:
Federal courts will shift to the right under Trump
WASHINGTON — The legal world is transfixed with the Supreme Court vacancy President-elect Donald Trump is poised to fill. But his greater impact, at least in the short run, could come by filling vacancies and replacing retiring judges on federal appeals courts that hear 400 times as many cases.
It has taken President Obama nearly eight years to liberalize a majority of those courts. At the end of George W. Bush's presidency, 10 of the 13 circuit courts had a majority of judges nominated by Republican presidents. Today, nine of them have a majority of Democratic presidents' nominees.
But not for long: Trump is likely to reverse that advantage in just one term, establishing Republican control over nine appeals courts and leaving three others deadlocked, based on current retirement trends. Only the special appeals court created in 1982 to hear patent and trademark cases would retain a majority of Democratic appointees.
“He will quickly have an opportunity to tip the balance back to ultra-conservative control over a majority of the circuits,” says Nan Aron, president of the liberal Alliance for Justice. “There will be a huge ideological shift in these influential courts around the country.”
We could sure use some help in CA with this. Does anyone know how this might affect the 9th circut?
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November 15, 2016, 03:53 PM
entropy
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Originally posted by olfuzzy: Ah.... to be a fly on the wall
“Sources have told The American Spectator that on Tuesday night, after Hillary realized she had lost, she went into a rage,” R. Emmett Tyrrell reports. “Secret Service officers told at least one source that she began yelling, screaming obscenities, and pounding furniture. She picked up objects and threw them at attendants and staff. She was in an uncontrollable rage.”
The reason she couldnt talk that night was that the USSS had to hit her with a tranquilizing dart. From distance. Kinda like Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom...
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I love these melt-down videos. I find it extremely amusing that people are willing to video their psychological deficiencies and share them with the world as if they are evidence of superiority.
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November 15, 2016, 04:12 PM
arabiancowboy
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Originally posted by parabellum: If it's OK with President-elect Trump, it's OK with me.
Thank you. That's exactly right. We elected this guy because we want him making decisions; now that he's doing so I plan to support him. He already prevented that witch from ever being POTUS, so that's a huge win. The thing is, we aren't privy to all the reasons behind the scenes for decisions. Folks second guessing Trumps decisions are getting their info from the same media that fed us bullshit.
November 15, 2016, 04:16 PM
bald1
Thanks Tonyny! I';m still LMAO at that clip!
Yes America NEEDS a Troll and it has been blessed with the world's BEST! TRUMP! hahahahahahahaha
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The reason she couldnt talk that night was that the USSS had to hit her with a tranquilizing dart. From distance. Kinda like Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom...
I found some leaked video of the Secret Service attempting to calm Hillary down. Here you see SAIC Perkins with his hand around her throat, her forked tongue doing it's thing:
November 15, 2016, 04:27 PM
Oat_Action_Man
I know it's obviously inane to say it, but so far--one week in--I think Trump is doing a fantastic job.
I know the actual deplorables are having a hissy and ginning up everything they can against a yet-to-happen Trump administration, but the Donald is managing well.
I see him making some very strategic moves, and I think the Left very much underestimated how savvy the guy really is. They say he's "not smart", but he sure as hell outmaneuvered them consistently, and I think he's setting them up again--and setting himself up to get his agenda underway.
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November 15, 2016, 04:30 PM
LS1 GTO
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Originally posted by oddball: Two things about Trumps victory.
1. It is no longer Bush's fault, we don't have to hear that again (perhaps replaced by "it's Obama's fault"?)
2. We won't need to go into panic mode whenever there is a mass shooting in regards to firearms and ammo.
It is hard to imagine this is what we lived with for 8 years.
No gonna happen with a season executive well versed with taking over and then turning around a failed outgoing CEO who implemented procedures which failed and set up the company for failure.
A good CEO with a proven track record as Trump is proven to have, will immediately change the failed procedures and processes, admit one or two of the outgoing CEO's might be usable, and then move on while applauding those below him/her without taking any credit themselves.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...
I love these melt-down videos. I find it extremely amusing that people are willing to video their psychological deficiencies and share them with the world as if they are evidence of superiority.
"Superiority" or "Stupidity"?
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
"If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers
The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...
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This is one of the very best TV interviews I've ever seen.
November 15, 2016, 04:44 PM
Balzé Halzé
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November 15, 2016, 04:48 PM
JALLEN
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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
That would be "greater."
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown
November 15, 2016, 04:50 PM
lbj
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Originally posted by entropy: The reason she couldnt talk that night was that the USSS had to hit her with a tranquilizing dart. From distance. Kinda like Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom...
Marlon Perkins shot her with a blow gun?
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November 15, 2016, 05:02 PM
6guns
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Originally posted by 6guns: Of course it's Carson's choice to not serve, but to me it does seem a bit of a cop out. I think he'd be very effective and well thought of. I'm disappointed to hear he won't pursue/accept a position.
Carson quote from Facebook:
"My decision not to seek a cabinet position in the Trump administration has nothing to do with the complexity of the job as is being reported by some news outlets. I believe it is vitally important for the Trump administration to have many outspoken friends and advisers who are outside of the Washington bubble. It is vital to have independent voices of reason and reconciliation if our nation is to heal and regain its greatness. I will continue to work with the transition team and beyond as we build a dynamite executive branch of government."
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November 15, 2016, 05:02 PM
JALLEN
I'm sure you can sing this Johnny Cash tune with these lyrics:
"I hear that train a comin’ It’s rollin’ round the bend. Gonna pick up Mrs. Clinton And take her to the pen. They’ll have her coronation Make her cell block queen Hillary for prison... two thousand and sixteen They’ve got an orange pants suit Hangin’ on the wall And a cell for Bubba Willie Just a little down the hall. We’ll put ‘em in the big house Lock them up inside. Unless a whole lot of witnesses Commit suicide. Remember James McDougal And 20 or 30 more About to testify, they found ‘em dead upon the floor. Now they’re pilin’ up the bodies Like they did back then They want back in the White House Here we go again. Glue the china to the table Nail the table to the floor Lock up all the silver ‘fore they haul it out the door White trash in the White House Beats all I’ve ever seen. Hillary for prison two thousand and sixteen."
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown
November 15, 2016, 05:36 PM
olfuzzy
Congressional Clinton probes will go forward post-election, GOP lawmakers say
Among all the improvements that will be coming our way this one will be among the most welcome. It will be nice to get some class back in the White House. Melania will prove to be more popular than Jackie Kennedy. The US version of Princess Diana.
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