The irony alone is enough to stop a clock...Bet the creator of the Mayan Calendar never saw this coming. Maybe if the politicians all wore brightly colored bird feathers and worshiped the sun from yon pyramid it would be more bizarre, but I doubt it. Besides, all those birds are extinct or endangered, which is a another thing to consider...

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Posted: Feb 15, 2016 - 4:51pm
US_Disneylander wrote: So.....the office of POTUS isn't a serious thing? Asking for a friend. No. Only reality TV stars may apply.

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Posted: Feb 15, 2016 - 4:49pm
rotekz wrote: I guess anyone that has participated in reality TV can be counted out of anything serious for the rest of their lives. So.....the office of POTUS isn't a serious thing? Asking for a friend.

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Posted: Feb 15, 2016 - 4:45pm
DaveInVA wrote: I figured he would do a reality tv show called "Who wants to be a Supreme Court Justice" and give the job to the winner, I guess anyone that has participated in reality TV can be counted out of anything serious for the rest of their lives.

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Posted: Feb 15, 2016 - 4:42pm
rotekz wrote: Why not? It guarantees a bulwark against Democrat nonsense and give Cruz a purpose other than runner up nominee. I figured he would do a reality tv show called "Who wants to be a Supreme Court Justice" and give the job to the winner,

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Posted: Feb 15, 2016 - 4:36pm
DaveInVA wrote: For Supreme Court? Why not? It guarantees a bulwark against Democrat nonsense and give Cruz a purpose other than runner up nominee.

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Posted: Feb 15, 2016 - 4:28pm
rotekz wrote: Trump would pick Cruz. For Supreme Court?

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Posted: Feb 15, 2016 - 4:26pm
DaveInVA wrote: Wonder who he's pick? Trump would pick Cruz.

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Posted: Feb 15, 2016 - 12:39pm
DaveInVA wrote: Trump is not a Republican - he is an independent running as one. he is neither a real conservative or a liberal, just Trump. Wonder who he's pick?

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Posted: Feb 15, 2016 - 11:23am

sirdroseph wrote:

I'll just dump this here, dump seems to be an operative word with anything regarding politics {#Crashcomp}

All of this is just useless and very expensive bluster which seems to be our governments mission statement. {#Rolleyes}

You do realize that all those here, Congress, the President and everyone else who has their panties in a bunch over this is just a waste of time. What we are really talking about is whether Obama or Clinton gets to nominate the next SCOTUS. If Obama really gets myopic about it and let's face it, being egocentric is the number one shared quality of almost all of our leaders certainly Presidents, then he should just wait it out in the name of being conciliatory so Clinton can then nominate Obama. A bunch of fuss over nothing because it will be a cold day in Hell before a Republican ever occupies the White House again unless they do a major overhaul of the party.

Trump is not a Republican - he is an independent running as one. he is neither a real conservative or a liberal, just Trump. Wonder who he's pick?

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Posted: Feb 15, 2016 - 11:09am

I'll just dump this here, dump seems to be an operative word with anything regarding politics {#Crashcomp}

All of this is just useless and very expensive bluster which seems to be our governments mission statement. {#Rolleyes}

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Posted: Feb 15, 2016 - 9:32am
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Posted: Feb 15, 2016 - 9:10am

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

So Warren didn't resign or die, but Johnson nominated someone else to be Chief Justice? I know the rules for replacing the Supremes are nebulous, but that seems odd.

I think after RFK was assassinated, Warren had told LBJ that he was going to retire before the upcoming election in order to give time for Johnson to nominate a replacement before Nixon took over. Or, that's one of the stories I've heard over the years.

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Posted: Feb 15, 2016 - 9:01am

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Supreme Court vacancies in presidential election years

"And in 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Abe Fortas, who was already sitting as an Associate Justice, to succeed Chief Justice Earl Warren, but the Fortas nomination was the target of a bipartisan filibuster – principally in reaction to the Warren Court’s liberalism and ethical questions about Fortas, although objections were certainly also made that it was inappropriate to fill the seat in an election year. That filibuster prompted Homer Thornberry, whom Johnson nominated to succeed Fortas as an Associate Justice, to withdraw his name from consideration in October 1968, because there was no vacancy to fill. Moreover, the failure to confirm Fortas as the Chief Justice did not leave the Court short a Justice, because Chief Justice Earl Warren remained on the bench."

So Warren didn't resign or die, but Johnson nominated someone else to be Chief Justice? I know the rules for replacing the Supremes are nebulous, but that seems odd.

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Posted: Feb 15, 2016 - 7:51am
DaveInVA wrote: Here is something about it... and here Supreme Court vacancies in presidential election years Thanks and I just stumbled on to this. Seems pretty definitive. Oops, its the same as yours. Still reading it.

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Posted: Feb 15, 2016 - 7:47am
kurtster wrote: I may be wrong, but I just heard that no SCOTUS judge has been confirmed in a prez'z last year since Hayes. To search for that answer is just too fooking hard, so I'll go with it until corrected. Here is something about it... and here Supreme Court vacancies in presidential election years

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Posted: Feb 15, 2016 - 7:40am
Red_Dragon wrote: Is there precedent for a president in his final year choosing not to appoint a justice? Or for the senate refusing to approve one on those grounds? I may be wrong, but I just heard that no SCOTUS judge has been confirmed in a prez'z last year since Hayes. To search for that answer is just too fooking hard, so I'll go with it until corrected.

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