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In reply to the discussion: What are we really losing? Kennedy was the most unreliable 'swing vote' in SCOTUS history. [View all]Blue_true
(31,261 posts)36. Potter Stewart and Harry Blackmun were put on the bench as hard conservatives.
Both became liberal lions. David Souter was put on as a conservative, voted very liberal. One thing about a man or woman in their forties is they have kids that are in or reaching their teens, that sometime changes how they view things, also a sick close relative changes how they view things.
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What are we really losing? Kennedy was the most unreliable 'swing vote' in SCOTUS history. [View all]
Aristus
Jun 2018
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But sometimes he swung. We're going to get another Gorsuch. America as you know it is over.
Squinch
Jun 2018
#1
we're replacing a sometimes semi-decent justice in his 80s with an asshole in his 40s.
unblock
Jun 2018
#3
Roberts is now the swing vote but there will be a lot fewer swings in our direction.
Gidney N Cloyd
Jun 2018
#12
I read it. There were two gay marriage cases, one was 5-4, the other was 6-3.
Blue_true
Jun 2018
#69
I remember a ruling on the basic constitutionality that was 6-3 for a case from the West.
Blue_true
Jun 2018
#85
Which 6-3 decision are you citing? I am unclear which named case you are citing. Thanks
irisblue
Jun 2018
#74
It was a case out of the west on the basic constitutionality of gay marriage.
Blue_true
Jun 2018
#79
The Prop 8 case was the one that I was thinking about. I remembered it being 6-3
Blue_true
Jun 2018
#87
For people that dismiss legitimate concerns and spew false, harmful narratives?
dbackjon
Jun 2018
#95
"Justice Pirro" "Justice Sessions" "Justice Giuliani" "Justice Cruz" "Justice Moore"
hatrack
Jun 2018
#17
We are losing an unreliable swing vote, in exchange for a sure-fire right winger
jberryhill
Jun 2018
#18
Potter Stewart and Harry Blackmun were put on the bench as hard conservatives.
Blue_true
Jun 2018
#36
Sure. with him we'd win some...and now he, like O'connor, has decided to truly screw us all. I think
JCanete
Jun 2018
#23
Part of me believes Kennedy is retiring now purely so that Trump and the GOP
DemocraticSocialist8
Jun 2018
#25
I'm glad to hear that. But wouldn't a repeal of Marriage Equality simply nullify existing marriages,
Aristus
Jun 2018
#50
I hope the reality behind a repeal of anything the pukes don't like will make it harder
Aristus
Jun 2018
#61
Yeah because a vote always against us is always better than an unreliable 'swing voter' , Brilliant
krawhitham
Jun 2018
#34
He was still as SWING vote and now he'll be replaced by a CONSERVATIVE vote for decades to come.
beaglelover
Jun 2018
#51
He wasn't much help, but the problem isn't just that his replacement will be another conservative,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jun 2018
#54
We are losing a seat on the Supreme Court that will be potentially occupied for over 30 years
Freethinker65
Jun 2018
#55
It's not what we're losing. It's what they're gaining. Umm let's see. Maybe he'll be replaced by a 3
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jun 2018
#56
Kennedy was allowed to vote for gay marriage because it didn't affect corporate profits
Power 2 the People
Jun 2018
#62
Roe v Wade & Obergefel were very very impt. He voted for them. That impacts many
irisblue
Jun 2018
#65
We are losing the chance of the liberal justices ever getting a majority on a vote
oberliner
Jun 2018
#67
We'll be losing a vote to preserve Rowe v. Wade and same-sex marriage, among other things.
pnwmom
Jun 2018
#68