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TNLib

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84. It's not so much of what were loosing but what we might be getting.
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 03:57 PM
Jun 2018

Kennedy sucked but I think people are fearful of who the SC pick will be with Trump and a republican controlled congress.

Many of our rights are at risk, especially a woman's right too choose.

It feels so strange our government has become uber conservative but it just doesn't seem to truly reflect the people's values.

But sometimes he swung. We're going to get another Gorsuch. America as you know it is over. Squinch Jun 2018 #1
Precisely. Arkansas Granny Jun 2018 #2
Correct J_William_Ryan Jun 2018 #38
We're going to get a YOUNG THEOCRAT, that's what we're going to get. Thirty more Nay Jun 2018 #80
Yep. Call me Martha. Squinch Jun 2018 #92
we're replacing a sometimes semi-decent justice in his 80s with an asshole in his 40s. unblock Jun 2018 #3
Exactly FBaggins Jun 2018 #72
What?? SCantiGOP Jun 2018 #4
Kennedy gave us GWB and the rest of this whole horrible mess. Aristus Jun 2018 #6
Kennedy voted with the dems on Obamacare spanone Jun 2018 #81
Except now we're sure to get a Scalia clone, or worse. n/t Coventina Jun 2018 #5
What are we losing? Bettie Jun 2018 #7
Even if we do unite, what can we do to prevent it? Aristus Jun 2018 #8
We can't Bettie Jun 2018 #11
Yeah, cause now we get another Gorsuch. sinkingfeeling Jun 2018 #9
The timing is horrible. No question about that. NCTraveler Jun 2018 #10
Damn straight. Aristus Jun 2018 #14
Roberts is now the swing vote but there will be a lot fewer swings in our direction. Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2018 #12
I expect Roberts to protect gay marriage and Rie v Wade. Blue_true Jun 2018 #27
Are you gay? dbackjon Jun 2018 #31
No. But when that right was approved, the vote was 6-3 with Roberts. nt Blue_true Jun 2018 #43
WRONG- IT WAS 5-4 dbackjon Jun 2018 #46
No. The vote on the constitutionality of gay marriage nationwide was 6-3. Blue_true Jun 2018 #59
READ THE FUCKING LINK dbackjon Jun 2018 #64
I read it. There were two gay marriage cases, one was 5-4, the other was 6-3. Blue_true Jun 2018 #69
Are you a troll or just being dense dbackjon Jun 2018 #70
I remember a ruling on the basic constitutionality that was 6-3 for a case from the West. Blue_true Jun 2018 #85
You just won't admit you are wrong, and are continuing to spew lies dbackjon Jun 2018 #89
Someone else brought up the case from the West. Blue_true Jun 2018 #91
Obergefell was the Gay Marriage CASE dbackjon Jun 2018 #93
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
You still have not given a case name irisblue Jun 2018 #86
The Prop 8 case was the one that I was thinking about. I remembered it being 6-3 Blue_true Jun 2018 #87
Shoot, no one remembers everything. We're good. irisblue Jun 2018 #88
I PRESENTED FACTS You refused to listen. dbackjon Jun 2018 #90
Picking up stones? That gonna help? nt irisblue Jun 2018 #94
For people that dismiss legitimate concerns and spew false, harmful narratives? dbackjon Jun 2018 #95
And yet irisblue Jun 2018 #96
And I can hope we can as well dbackjon Jun 2018 #97
Disagree J_William_Ryan Jun 2018 #63
I truly disagree w/ your assessment here. irisblue Jun 2018 #71
Indeed his recent rulings have been horrid mvd Jun 2018 #13
He was the swing vote for same sex marriage and abortion rights. herding cats Jun 2018 #15
So: Barely. UTUSN Jun 2018 #16
Roberts was the swing for gay marriage. I expect that to hold. Blue_true Jun 2018 #28
"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
I am not sure that Roberts will go for repeal of Woe v Wade. Blue_true Jun 2018 #30
You keep saying that dbackjon Jun 2018 #33
He voted for gay marriage, the ruling was 6-3 for. Blue_true Jun 2018 #44
WRONG- IT WAS 5-4 dbackjon Jun 2018 #48
I don't think he will keep Roe v Wade LeftInTX Jun 2018 #42
I think Roberts will go for more restrictions on abortion. Blue_true Jun 2018 #47
We're losing about another decade of reform. n/t Orsino Jun 2018 #19
They'll find another spineless hack to fill his shallow shoes. nt Snotcicles Jun 2018 #20
Well, the biggest thing we lose is the chance to make that seat better Lee-Lee Jun 2018 #21
Potter Stewart and Harry Blackmun were put on the bench as hard conservatives. Blue_true Jun 2018 #36
There's Always RobinA Jun 2018 #40
I saw a tweet , which I'm trying to find, that Trump's list of 25 octoberlib Jun 2018 #22
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
It's age. They'll put in some wingnut in his 50s muriel_volestrangler Jun 2018 #24
Part of me believes Kennedy is retiring now purely so that Trump and the GOP DemocraticSocialist8 Jun 2018 #25
Kennedy Liberalhammer Jun 2018 #57
Why does only part of you believes that? haele Jun 2018 #76
I tend to agree. Blue_true Jun 2018 #26
He wrote a dissent in Obergefell exboyfil Jun 2018 #73
MY MARRIAGE FUCK YOU AND YOUR STRAIGHT PRIVILDGE dbackjon Jun 2018 #29
John Roberts might actually be a vote against the repeal of Marriage Equality. Aristus Jun 2018 #32
HE VOTED AGAINST IT dbackjon Jun 2018 #35
He voted for it, the vote was 6-3 for. Blue_true Jun 2018 #37
WRONG- IT WAS 5-4 dbackjon Jun 2018 #45
There were two rulings. Blue_true Jun 2018 #53
I LINKED THE MOTHERFUCKING ARTICLE dbackjon Jun 2018 #60
I don't think Roberts will repeal same sex marriage LeftInTX Jun 2018 #49
I'm glad to hear that. But wouldn't a repeal of Marriage Equality simply nullify existing marriages, Aristus Jun 2018 #50
Marriages are legal entities..... LeftInTX Jun 2018 #58
I hope the reality behind a repeal of anything the pukes don't like will make it harder Aristus Jun 2018 #61
It wouldn't do either of those things jberryhill Jun 2018 #82
Yeah because a vote always against us is always better than an unreliable 'swing voter' , Brilliant krawhitham Jun 2018 #34
It really is the Roberts Court now... RockRaven Jun 2018 #39
He's a coward SubjectTrip Jun 2018 #41
He was still as SWING vote and now he'll be replaced by a CONSERVATIVE vote for decades to come. beaglelover Jun 2018 #51
Kennedy mostly voted Liberalhammer Jun 2018 #52
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
That was kind of my point. Aristus Jun 2018 #66
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
We are going to get someone very young & very radical. -nt CrispyQ Jun 2018 #75
He was one protecting Roe V Wade...this is a disaster. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #77
Considering where we are, I would have preferred he stayed. But you are right, we haven't Hoyt Jun 2018 #78
We're losing Roe v. Wade and, probably, gay marriage Azathoth Jun 2018 #83
It's not so much of what were loosing but what we might be getting. TNLib Jun 2018 #84
My marriage, Ms. Toad Jun 2018 #98
I agree. The gnashing of teeth is more about KPN Jun 2018 #99
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