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Xolodno

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18. Midnight Judges.

Reply to Hekate (Original post)

Thu Sep 27, 2018, 01:18 AM

Sep 2018

When John Adams lost the Presidency, he appointed judges practically at the last hour on the Supreme Court. This kept Federalist politics on the court for a considerable amount of time....long after the party was dead.

I have to think, the GOP thinks there is a real chance they may be out of power for awhile. The TEA Party shenanigans was their last hurrah for awhile and they know the base in shrinking and dying off. And rather than start, reforming the party...decided to pass the buck. In otherwords, they would rather keep the status quo and die with it rather than do the hard work to fix their party.

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A. B. Stoddard just laid out the GOP calculus on going all the way with Kav & blew my mind [View all] Hekate Sep 2018 OP

A Conservative leaning court can kill progressive legislation. JHan Sep 2018 #1

A *Libertarian* court moreso than a Conservative Court. no_hypocrisy Sep 2018 #7

Indeed. JHan Sep 2018 #9

They have been grooming him for 20 years. CincyDem Sep 2018 #2

And it can be undone in 2021. roamer65 Sep 2018 #3

They've already nuked the filibuster for nominations. hedda_foil Sep 2018 #6

Yep. shanny Sep 2018 #12

That's partly right euphorb Sep 2018 #21

Welcome to DU, euphorb! calimary Sep 2018 #22

Yeah, I know. shanny Sep 2018 #28

Can't imagine trump or a number of endangered Congresspeople going with that. Hoyt Sep 2018 #4

It's not like they couldn't find a non-rapist ideologue to put on the court fishwax Sep 2018 #5

That's what I thought. Heritage Foundation has a long list. Why cling to this one? Hekate Sep 2018 #16

I've been wondering that myself Separation Sep 2018 #32

easy to control through blackmail ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #31

They know they can take back control of Congress at some point. Garrett78 Sep 2018 #8

I think customerserviceguy Sep 2018 #25

Kind of silly then. Any one of justices could become ill or have some other reason to resign. Freethinker65 Sep 2018 #10

Memories and attention spans are short. I think the "GOP is doomed" talk is overstated. Garrett78 Sep 2018 #11

Yep not fooled Sep 2018 #26

I think they need Kavanaugh now for Gamble V USA Jarqui Sep 2018 #13

She is thinking too small marylandblue Sep 2018 #14

there are many other conservatives they could nominate and get on the court. gorsuch was one JI7 Sep 2018 #17

Yup. quakerboy Sep 2018 #15

Midnight Judges. Xolodno Sep 2018 #18

She's not the first one saying that. Grasswire2 Sep 2018 #19

Frum's not the first either. They haven't exactly hid this strategy... JHB Sep 2018 #29

Frum's analysis came with his book, discussed at the link in January 2018 Grasswire2 Sep 2018 #30

And that is the proper way for them to look at it Awsi Dooger Sep 2018 #20

She has a point customerserviceguy Sep 2018 #23

Yep. That's what I've expected. Kablooie Sep 2018 #24

James O'Queef is beloved by those people too. It is sickening. n/t brewens Sep 2018 #27

Need some of Repubs to have the guts to stand up Thrill Sep 2018 #33