2016 Postmortem

vkkv

(3,384 posts) Tue Jan 5, 2016, 02:59 AM Jan 2016

Who would pick the BEST Supreme Court Justices? Bernie Or Hill ? [View all]

Come on now, be honest!

54 votes, 2 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	Bernie Sanders would nominate the best Supreme Court Justices:
	50 (93%)
	Hillary Clinton would nominate the best Supreme Court Justices:
	4 (7%)
	Martin O' Malley would nominate the best Supreme Court Justices:
	0 (0%)
	The Republican Congress , er, kindergartners, would nominate the best Supreme Court Justices, by accident, in between votes to repeal ObamaCare:
	0 (0%)
	2 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Who would pick the BEST Supreme Court Justices? Bernie Or Hill ? [View all] vkkv Jan 2016 OP

Bernie Sanders TSIAS Jan 2016 #1

Let them add it to the 'the record' vkkv Jan 2016 #2

Either of them gwheezie Jan 2016 #3

Yes, Hillary won't jeopardize Roe, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2016 #13

+1 cui bono Jan 2016 #32

The early voting doesn't look good for the Hillary Forum where they vkkv Jan 2016 #4

Someone that doesn't like debate JackInGreen Jan 2016 #10

That's quite ironic Art_from_Ark Jan 2016 #11

Oh that is priceless, especially the 'Billary' comment. Kentonio Jan 2016 #20

How earth DID you find THIS from 2008 ?? vkkv Jan 2016 #22

I kind of stumbled on that a few months ago Art_from_Ark Jan 2016 #28

Probably Bernie Kalidurga Jan 2016 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author vkkv Jan 2016 #6

Let's see, at this point 88 views..18 votes.. that is 70 Hillary supporters who are afraid to say vkkv Jan 2016 #7

Bernie - 3 to 1 at this point - Hillary Forum fans can .. you know what! vkkv Jan 2016 #8

Definitely would pick a justice that would reverse "corporate personhood" decisions... cascadiance Jan 2016 #9

Actually, Bernie's position on CU, appropriately, is much narrower than that onenote Jan 2016 #17

Corporate Personhood is larger than Citizen's United... cascadiance Jan 2016 #18

Do you think the NAACP, MoveON, DU, and unions should not be protected by the First Amendment? onenote Jan 2016 #23

They nor corporations are NOT "natural persons" and aren't given rights by the 14th amendment... cascadiance Jan 2016 #24

So you would have allowed the NY Times to be prosecuted onenote Jan 2016 #25

Sorry, but the Bill of Rights was designed for NATURAL persons, not artificial persons... cascadiance Jan 2016 #26

The "press" could be an individual. You can't have it both ways onenote Jan 2016 #30

The press itself is mentioned specifically in the constitution. Corporations are not! cascadiance Jan 2016 #33

the reason we have a first amendment is that we cannot trust the legislature to protect speech onenote Jan 2016 #34

The flaw in your argument anigbrowl Jan 2016 #35

The flaw in your argument... cascadiance Jan 2016 #36

Get real. anigbrowl Jan 2016 #37

Then I guess you must just love the Hobby Lobby decision if you love corporate personhood rights! cascadiance Jan 2016 #40

Oh please anigbrowl Jan 2016 #41

corporate personhood is centuries old and not going away Recursion Jan 2016 #44

NO, there is NO reason we can't have LEGISLATED LAW to permit them being sued... cascadiance Jan 2016 #45

Sorry, you must have replied to the wrong post Recursion Jan 2016 #46

The reality is that there wouldn't be much difference in who they would pick onenote Jan 2016 #12

This, plus firebrand80 Jan 2016 #14

I agree Enrique Jan 2016 #38

Both. n/t Nonhlanhla Jan 2016 #15

I think both would do an equivalently good job el_bryanto Jan 2016 #16

Not even close. 99Forever Jan 2016 #19

Hillary Forum can't be happy about THESE results! vkkv Jan 2016 #21

The democratic president.... AuntPatsy Jan 2016 #27

I think either would select fine nominees TeddyR Jan 2016 #29

ACTUAL kindergarteners would nominate better SC justices than the GOP Congress. Ken Burch Jan 2016 #31

Their picks would probably be identical or close to it DFW Jan 2016 #39

Pretty much. Recursion Jan 2016 #43

Meh. There's a fixed set they're drawing from Recursion Jan 2016 #42