RATIONAL RESISTANCE
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What’s The Deal With Trump Followers?
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Five years ago when Donald Trump road that escalator and announced his candidacy, everyone including most people who are now Trump-for-lifers, believed it was a stunt, and he was clearly unqualifie...February 19, 2016
It would be an understatement to say the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has shaken up the 2016 election. The ideological composition of the high court is always part of any presidential election, but a sudden vacancy puts this into sharp focus.
February 15, 2016
On September 17, 1986, Antonin Scalia, facing virtually no opposition, was confirmed 98–0 by the Senate. President Reagan’s uber-conservative nominee was confirmed with lightning speed. Now, you may be wondering what the political party makeup was at that time. In the 99th United States Congress, Republicans had 53 members and Democrats had 47 members. So yes, Republicans did indeed control the Senate, but that ultimately didn’t matter, as Democrats went along with Scalia’s confirmation.
February 14, 2016
Only an hour after news broke of the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, with no time to wait for the body to cool, said, “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.” Somewhere in that thought process McConnell forgot the people already spoke when they elected Barack Obama to a second term. There is always a potential for a Supreme Court nominee in every presidential term. Of course during the 2012 election, this was not a hot topic, but this is at least in-part why we choose a president, knowing there could be a vacancy on the high court.
March 8, 2013
Last week Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said the Voting Rights Act was a “racial entitlement.” Funny, I didn’t know protection of minority rights were entitlements. What does a white boy gotta do to get him some entitlements?
July 29, 2012
This is where “original intent” proponents are not only scary, they are dangerous, and their rigid beliefs on how the constitution should be interpreted is a danger to us all.
March 30, 2012
When the Supreme Court strikes down the individual mandate and possibly the entire Affordable Care Act with a 5-4 decision, you can be sure Republicans will be mum on the topic of judicial activism. See, judicial activism only works in one direction.