Not Garland replacing Scalia particularly. My issue is more with both parties putting politics ahead of keeping our government functioning properly. Legislation getting passed has come to a grinding halt and presidents are relying on Executive Orders more because of it. Not a good thing imo. This kind of politicizing of our judicial courts is going to hurt us in the long run. Just creating another broken system in our government. Also, I can see the R's going crazy if my Ginsburg scenario were to actually play out. I think the dems would most certainly try and stall him out until 2020 no matter how small it made them look. Side note: I also think that there should never be a lifetime term given to any position in government. You can do 18 year terms limits so there would be a new judge nominated every 2 years (read a paper in college regarding this and it made the most sense to me).
I think it is beyond politics...I mean it is more of a cultural dynamic...progressive movements, migration away from Constitution, social acceptance issues (abortion/gay marriage etc), 2nd amendment...list goes on. The court drives much of how we as a society evolve socially. I think changing judges frequently would exacerbate the issues...can you imagine doing it in tandem with congressional elections. Total shitshow IMO.
I see your point but would argue having a seat sit empty for long periods of time because of party politics is going to be a shitshow too but it is what it is. Keep your infraction too admin, not down with the censorship
The tax return thing is such a waste of energy. What I mean is, these people, DJT, HRC, billy the r*pist, Bloomberg, pick 'em, are ALL mega-wealthy. They exist in another dimension of financial reality that us common taxpayin' folk rarely if ever have sniffed. They didn't get all that money by being upstanding princelings & princes, duty-bound to the civil society. Behind every great fortune is a crime. And that goes for every one of those folks - - so who really gives a farkus what they have on their tax returns?
When it comes to our President, I do. In Trumps own words so to speak, "we have tax and financial laws or we don't."
Sniff sniff poof poof, puleasssssse, the high & might thang doesn't suit anyone including you, sparkye.
So.....you're arguing a point that.....hasn't actually happened.....yet.....and is, in fact, a figment of your (possibly paranoid) imagination.....that simod will crank a high hard one, chin music as it were, knock you down, push you back, make you wonder wtf have you done....but, nothing happened......yet.... Well, mon ami, this goes to my observation that you kinda just like to argue. I mean, really. You didn't get an infarction, yet you beef simod because you think you will get an infarction. Sums it up, eh sparkus deuteronomous? And, believe me, having been infarcted, suspended, temporarilty banned & perma-banned, this soljah ain't no fan of simod, whoever he is (and we kinda know). Yet, as the saying is, 'it goes to argumentative your honor.'
Yes, I am. I like to troll the admins. Seem to enjoy focusing on me a lot lately Yankee, you should start a Kyle thread, this one is about politics.
Not high and mighty at all. Trump demanded Obama show his birth certificate, yet doesn't show his tax returns, something every president has done in modern history. Hypocrisy at its finest.
Trying to offer a non-partisan take on the Kavanaugh hearings - if we are seeking Jesus (used because he was supposedly the only sin free being to ever walk the earth, not necessarily a reference to a specific religion being better, etc) to sit on the supreme court, the position will be vacant until the end of the world.
Second longest running thread on Outdoor Hub's Swellinfo.com, the world's premier surf predicting website. Fucking pathetic.
I keep trying to derail it. A few pages ago, I even threatened a Seldom-like destruction of this thread. yet, still it rolls on.
Well, buddy, and you know who you are (not Chavey to be crystal clear), you could always post porn againe if it upsets you soooooooo much.... This treade is in non-surfing related for a reason. All goode. What's effing pathetic about it? It doesn't meet your definitions of (fill in the blank), so you deride it as not worthy of anything? Fine. You have options. Don't read it. Ignore button. People gettin' so violent & upset over what, I don't know.