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42 minutes ago, Tweety said:

Well, given what I said about the last two justices approved by the republican lead congress, what you said to me about pretending doesn't make sense.  Shrugs shoulders.

I think we agree more than disagree as usual.  

 When I talk about pretending I'm not speaking specifically about you and me but more about the population in general. Yes, we are able to acknowledge wide areas of agreement in our opinions and beliefs. 

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3 minutes ago, toomuchbaloney said:

 When I talk about pretending I'm not speaking specifically about you and me but more about the population in general. Yes, we are able to acknowledge wide areas of agreement in our opinions and beliefs. 

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I am delighted that we have an experienced, rational thinker like Brown Jackson as a nomination.  She may inspire other young black kids to enter the legal profession.  I wouldn't way this if I didn't judge her talent to be sufficient for the position.  Didn't feel the same about Clarence Thomas, as much as I would have loved to see someone who better reflected diversity in his seat.  He was just a shallow country-club Porche lover who gave no indication of a brilliant skill-set.  He and his Lady Macbeth of a wife have proven to be even worst than I could ever have imagined.   I'd love to be the fly on the wall for a debate between those Brown Jackson and Thomas:)

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20 minutes ago, subee said:

I am delighted that we have an experienced, rational thinker like Brown Jackson as a nomination.  She may inspire other young black kids to enter the legal profession.  I wouldn't way this if I didn't judge her talent to be sufficient for the position.  Didn't feel the same about Clarence Thomas, as much as I would have loved to see someone who better reflected diversity in his seat.  He was just a shallow country-club Porche lover who gave no indication of a brilliant skill-set.  He and his Lady Macbeth of a wife have proven to be even worst than I could ever have imagined.   I'd love to be the fly on the wall for a debate between those Brown Jackson and Thomas:)

I guess I'm uninformed.  What makes her less of a country club type than Clarence Thomas?

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Thomas was appointed by Bush and thus is a conservative judge.  For the most part he's been a relatively quiet justice so I don't know much about him make such ugly claims about him like this "just a shallow country-club Porche lover who gave no indication of a brilliant skill-set.  He and his Lady Macbeth of a wife"

I will say that when he decided to get chatty and make his statements about gay marriage along with Alito saying the court needs to fix and reverse their prior decision he revealed his true colors which didn't surprise me at all.  

Apparently this is the new talkative Thomas who apparently is known for not asking questions.  

There's no way no how he'll retire during Biden's time but I'm counting down the days myself.  Not a fan.

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Barr calls prospect of Trump running for president again ‘dismaying,’ says GOP should ‘look forward’ to others

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/27/barr-trump-2024/

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In the book, “One Damn Thing After Another,” Barr takes shot after shot at Trump, especially over his leadership during the coronavirus pandemic and his false claims that the election was stolen from him. Barr, who had a famous falling-out with Trump late in his presidency, writes that Trump’s “constant bellicosity diminishes him and the office,” and that in the final months of the administration, he came to realize that “Trump cared only about one thing: himself. Country and principle took second place.”
“We need leaders not only capable of fighting and ‘punching,’ but also persuading and attracting — leaders who can frame, and advocate for, an uplifting vision of what it means to share in American citizenship,” Barr writes. “Donald Trump has shown he has neither the temperament nor persuasive powers to provide the kind of positive leadership that is needed.”

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Barr writes that he and White House lawyers had regular Monday lunches, where they would “inventory the legally problematic ideas floating around the administration.” A “fair share” of those — such as using an executive order to end citizenship for children born in the United States to parents who were here illegally — came from Trump himself, Barr writes.
He writes that the lawyers “operated like a tag team, so that neither of us would provoke too much of the President’s ire at one time.”
“We referred to this as choosing who would ‘eat the grenade,’” Barr writes.

Barr is likely not going to like a good bit of the commentary that this attempt to rehab his legacy will inspire.  

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17 hours ago, Tweety said:

Thomas was appointed by Bush and thus is a conservative judge.  For the most part he's been a relatively quiet justice so I don't know much about him make such ugly claims about him like this "just a shallow country-club Porche lover who gave no indication of a brilliant skill-set.  He and his Lady Macbeth of a wife"

I will say that when he decided to get chatty and make his statements about gay marriage along with Alito saying the court needs to fix and reverse their prior decision he revealed his true colors which didn't surprise me at all.  

Apparently this is the new talkative Thomas who apparently is known for not asking questions.  

There's no way no how he'll retire during Biden's time but I'm counting down the days myself.  Not a fan.

I think my "claims" (you must have not been paying attention during his nomination) are very gentle compared to his legacy.  Do you really believe that Ginny Thomas has not crossed any lines that could affect any of the January 6th cases that make it to the Supreme Court?  Thomas should have recused himself when asked to rule on Trump's attempt to bar the release of documentary evidence of the January 6 riots on the basis of his wife's stated support of the rioters.  But he didn't recuse himself and was the only dissenter to Trump's appeal for document suppression.  They are much worst than being mere social climbers.  He should resign for not recusing himself.  

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21 minutes ago, subee said:

I think my "claims" (you must have not been paying attention during his nomination) are very gentle compared to his legacy.  Do you really believe that Ginny Thomas has not crossed any lines that could affect any of the January 6th cases that make it to the Supreme Court?  Thomas should have recused himself when asked to rule on Trump's attempt to bar the release of documentary evidence of the January 6 riots on the basis of his wife's stated support of the rioters.  But he didn't recuse himself and was the only dissenter to Trump's appeal for document suppression.  They are much worst than being mere social climbers.  He should resign for not recusing himself.  

All the above is fair but what I said was ""just a shallow country-club Porche lover who gave no indication of a brilliant skill-set.  He and his Lady Macbeth of a wife" was an ugly statement and I don't know enough about him to make these claims.  

I'm not a fan of Ginni Thomas and her influence either. 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/31/is-ginni-thomas-a-threat-to-the-supreme-court

I will say that in 1991 during the media circus that was his nomination I was in my first year of nursing and there was no internet, so I only saw bits and pieces.   My being attuned to world and national events was spotty at best.   

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43 minutes ago, Tweety said:

All the above is fair but what I said was ""just a shallow country-club Porche lover who gave no indication of a brilliant skill-set.  He and his Lady Macbeth of a wife" was an ugly statement and I don't know enough about him to make these claims.  

I'm not a fan of Ginni Thomas and her influence either. 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/31/is-ginni-thomas-a-threat-to-the-supreme-court

I will say that in 1991 during the media circus that was his nomination I was in my first year of nursing and there was no internet, so I only saw bits and pieces.   My being attuned to world and national events was spotty at best.   

I was already years into nursing and addicted to cspan when his senate confirmation was televised. None of the senators involved should be proud.  

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1 hour ago, Tweety said:

All the above is fair but what I said was ""just a shallow country-club Porche lover who gave no indication of a brilliant skill-set.  He and his Lady Macbeth of a wife" was an ugly statement and I don't know enough about him to make these claims.  

I'm not a fan of Ginni Thomas and her influence either. 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/31/is-ginni-thomas-a-threat-to-the-supreme-court

I will say that in 1991 during the media circus that was his nomination I was in my first year of nursing and there was no internet, so I only saw bits and pieces.   My being attuned to world and national events was spotty at best.   

I get that politics have to be set aside when we are preoccupied with other things.  I come from a newspaper family and could never break the ugly habit of being pre-occupied with news:)  You are right, it was a media circus but I wasn't even thinking of Anita Hill when I made my comments...literally, not even thinking of her.  There were other reasons that disqualified him from earning any admiration for me.  

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On 2/26/2022 at 5:25 PM, toomuchbaloney said:

That's absolutely not true, IMV, particularly in this current time with the most recent appointments to the court.  We need the perspective and voice of reason, empathy, altruism and a black woman.  

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/411463-american-bar-association-dropping-kavanaugh-review

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/the-aba-must-include-its-core-values-when-ranking-judges

The most recent couple of appointments seemed rushed and not reflective of the best available to many of us. 

 

The more that we learn about Brown-Jackson, it doesn't sound like she is among the best of the best.  In fact, it sounds like we don't know much about her at all. Limited written opinions, and she has been overturned by higher courts for overreaching.

I expect she will be confirmed.  The Democrats are able to check the right boxes,  and Republicans should know they'll look bad to object too strongly.

https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/595967-wink-and-a-nod-nomination-who-really-is-ketanji-brown-jackson

Geez!:

 

 

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15 minutes ago, Beerman said:

The more that we learn about Brown-Jackson, it doesn't sound like she is among the best of the best.  In fact, it sounds like we don't know much about her at all. Limited written opinions, and she has been overturned by higher courts for overreaching.

I expect she will be confirmed.  The Democrats are able to check the right boxes,  and Republicans should know they'll look bad to object too strongly.

https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/595967-wink-and-a-nod-nomination-who-really-is-ketanji-brown-jackson

Geez!:

 

 

Of course.  I don't remember your similar concern that that Kavanagh or Coney Barrett might not have been the best of the best. Maybe you've just developed that standard...for both choosing justices or critiquing public speaking, that must be the reason for the obvious difference.

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