O'Connor retires
Jul 1st 2005, 5:40 pm
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Jul 1st 2005, 5:41 pm
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Re: O'Connor retires
I thought would be about Des.
Jul 1st 2005, 5:48 pm
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Re: O'Connor retires
Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel
Bush will choose her replacement. ..... 
Jul 1st 2005, 5:50 pm
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Re: O'Connor retires
Originally Posted by Manc
I thought would be about Des.
I'm ignorant when it comes to politics i'll admit that...is it the norm for the Pres to select the new candidate?
I mean at this rate we might as well stop the farce and just call this a dictatorship 
Jul 1st 2005, 5:53 pm
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Re: O'Connor retires
Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel
oh keep your dross out of my serious thread would ya!
the usa forum is a dross free zone.
Jul 1st 2005, 6:14 pm
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Re: O'Connor retires
Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel
oh keep your dross out of my serious thread would ya!
I'm ignorant when it comes to politics i'll admit that...is it the norm for the Pres to select the new candidate? I mean at this rate we might as well stop the farce and just call this a dictatorship
I'm ignorant when it comes to politics i'll admit that...is it the norm for the Pres to select the new candidate?
I mean at this rate we might as well stop the farce and just call this a dictatorship Yes. The US Supreme Justices are not voted onto the bench. They are nominated by the President and then go before Congress for a hearing to determine their fitness.
Jul 1st 2005, 6:31 pm
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Re: O'Connor retires
Oh wow! Wish she could have waited a few years....
Jul 1st 2005, 6:36 pm
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Re: O'Connor retires
Originally Posted by AmerLisa
Oh wow! Wish she could have waited a few years....
The judicial filibuster is a necessity.
Remember when the Republican Senate refused to confirm Zoe Baird cos she hadn't paid SS taxes on a nanny for her kid?
These days the nominees can be complicit in criminal behaviour and the Republicans whinge if the Democrats make a fuss.
Jul 1st 2005, 6:40 pm
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Re: O'Connor retires
Originally Posted by Rete
Yes. The US Supreme Justices are not voted onto the bench. They are nominated by the President and then go before Congress for a hearing to determine their fitness.
Then again, the idiot may just go ahead and nominate a kook and fight it out.
Jul 1st 2005, 6:41 pm
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Originally Posted by ironporer
Then again, the idiot may just go ahead and nominate a kook and fight it out.
Jul 1st 2005, 6:44 pm
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Re: O'Connor retires
Originally Posted by snowbunny
He's been an idiot and ignored his approval ratings from the get-go. I don't see him changing now.
Jul 1st 2005, 7:13 pm
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Re: O'Connor retires
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4628391.stm
There's good information there too(sorry it's not a link).
I think this must be a very important issue 'cos US husband has been wandering around grumbling about it all morning
. I have only a sketchy idea about the mechanics of US politics myself, but anything which is likely to push things further to the right is very scary!
There's good information there too(sorry it's not a link).
I think this must be a very important issue 'cos US husband has been wandering around grumbling about it all morning
. I have only a sketchy idea about the mechanics of US politics myself, but anything which is likely to push things further to the right is very scary!
