Another Chick Added To The Supreme Court

[marksman]

You heard correctly. Three Jews and Six Catholics would be sitting on the Court.

 

[marksman]

"We cannot afford to have another sexually abnormal individual in a position of important civic responsibility."

Another? To whom do they refer?

 

[Darth Rotor]

You heard correctly. Three Jews and Six Catholics would be sitting on the Court.

I wonder: if I were an American Protestant, would I have a problem with this, and might I argue that the SC needs to look more like America?

*No, that's not a grenade I tossed on to the floor with it's pin freshly pulled, why do you ask?*



DR

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Another? To whom do they refer?

Larry Craig?

 

[KingMerv00]

You heard correctly. Three Jews and Six Catholics would be sitting on the Court.

Remember when people were freaked out by JFK being Catholic? (Well I don't remember. I was -19 years old.)

The world has changed.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Remember when people were freaked out by JFK being Catholic? (Well I don't remember. I was -19 years old.)

The world has changed.

No it hasn't. I'm still freaked out about it.

 

[KingMerv00]

No it hasn't. I'm still freaked out about it.

Did you know chicks have jobs now?

Fortunately, they still make less than men for the same work.

 

[WildCat]

I heard that if she is confirmed, the Supreme Court will have zero Protestants for the first time in history.

The Pope and the Jews will run it all from their secret lair in the Bohemian Grove.

 

[pgwenthold]

American Family Association Demands To Know If Elena Kagan Is Gay; Says That Would Disqualify Her
http://www.alan.com/2010/05/10/amer...kagan-is-gay-says-that-would-disqualify-hera/

quote: "A refusal to answer is a tacit admission of guilt."
"We cannot afford to have another sexually abnormal individual in a position of
important civic responsibility."

Once again, some organization that includes "family" in their name espouses the non-family value of hate.

 

[KingMerv00]

Another? To whom do they refer?

Bill Clinton? Ted Haggard?

 

[marksman]

Did you know chicks have jobs now?

Fortunately, they still make less than men for the same work.

How much will taxpayers save by getting Kagan on the Supreme Court?

 

[Alferd_Packer]

American Family Association Demands To Know If Elena Kagan Is Gay; Says That Would Disqualify Her

Isn't that the group where one of the leaders recently took a trip to Europe with a "rent boy?"

 

[thaiboxerken]

I think Kagan isn't a very good choice. She seems to have some rather conservative views.

 

[daredelvis]

Bill Clinton? Ted Haggard?

Vitter?

Daredelvis

 

[Random]

Isn't that the group where one of the leaders recently took a trip to Europe with a "rent boy?"

At this point, whenever I hear someone talking trash about gays, I just assume that they are homosexual. It really does save time in the long run.

 

[MattusMaximus]

American Family Association Demands To Know If Elena Kagan Is Gay; Says That Would Disqualify Her
http://www.alan.com/2010/05/10/amer...kagan-is-gay-says-that-would-disqualify-hera/

quote: "A refusal to answer is a tacit admission of guilt." "We cannot afford to have another sexually abnormal individual in a position of important civic responsibility."

Personally, I'd love to see some moron bring this up in her confirmation hearing. The political backlash would be quite something to see, in my opinion. Plus it would be very entertaining to watch the GOP/conservatives alienate yet another minority group - first Hispanics & then gays

ETA: Having said all of that, I give it 3-to-1 odds that she'll be confirmed by the August recess. There will be the usual bluster on both sides, at least the veiled threat of a filibuster, and then a vote where a few moderate Republicans will vote for her.

 

[DavidJames]

Personally, I'd love to see some moron bring this up in her confirmation hearing. The political backlash would be quite something to see, in my opinion. Plus it would be very entertaining to watch the GOP/conservatives alienate yet another minority group - first Hispanics & then gays

Yes, gays are a key component of the diverse Republican constituency.

 

[GreNME]

That's a rather poor comparison, between an elected official and a judge (potentially) appointed for life.

An elected official who quit when public opinion got critical and a life appointment that amounts to the same as a tenure position. I think it's a good comparison, not because of the nature of the jobs but because when it comes to the matter of qualifications one (Kagan) spent twenty-five years in varying positions in the subject field (including an administrative role) while the other one (Palin) pretty much played the folksy game until it failed (and then quit). Trying to play the experience card displays a cognitive dissonance.

It is experience as a justice that has some people, in varying sides of the political center in this discussion, voicing reservations.

Sure, and in those varying cases there is a lack of understanding of the history of appointed justices' experience, some of which-- like the SCOTUS who presided over Brown v. Board of Ed., among others-- were comprised primarily of justices without prior judicial experience but still had a firm grasp of the law they were upholding and defining.

Palin, like her or not, had the executive branch experience of governorship, for whatever that's worth on a resume. Other governors were considered and didn't seem to have her "Q" factor for elective politics.

Kagan isn't in that game: elective politics.

DR, I hope you know that I respect you intellectually. However, as I mentioned above there is a vast sea of difference between someone who has had gobs of experience in the subject of the position they are possibly going to hold and someone who just happened to fall into it with no education or prior work in the field, and then subsequently quit when the one-trick pony show they played stopped working. I also think we both know the reason that Palin was picked for the veep spot, and it had less to do with her "Q" factor and more to do with the presence of two X chromosomes-- I really have a hard time believing anyone still thinks otherwise at this point. If you want to count that as her "Q" factor that's fine, but her being a female that the vetting team thought could contribute conservative credibility while undermining a possible Hillary veep choice by Obama was so transparent a move that there was really little doubt.

My point stands: complaining about experience on the right side of the aisle is a partisan display of cognitive dissonance at best, hypocrisy at worst. I may still be in the "undecided" camp about Kagan as a potential justice, but experience is not one of the factors that seems reasonable to keep on the fence (or against) over.

 

[MattusMaximus]

Yes, gays are a key component of the diverse Republican constituency.

You would be surprised to know just how many gays are at least tangentially supportive of the GOP.

 

[INRM]

I wonder how far left leaning she is