SCOTUS News : Justice Kennedy is retiring

Well, according to CNN Justice Kennedy is retiring meaning he will be replaced by a Trump pick.

"Robert Barnes ‏Verified account @scotusreporter

ALERT: justice kennedy is retiiring"

Guess he was a bit quick on the keys on his phone.

pick might have to be approved by the likes of ocasio-cortez if they dont move fast

Now that traitor, Roberts, can be the swing vote.

@Master_Live: LOL those GIF´s is pretty accurate.

Democrats is going to go ballistic

What a week it has been for the left.

its a good thing for democrats

why?

because its a conservative stepping down that will now need a replacement that needs to be approved by the Senate and Congress of which will likely be controlled by Progressives by the time Trump can get his head out of his ass to pick one for review.

You should watch out, having waking dreams is not a good sign for you.

I am a liberal that predicted Trump winning the election. I am a liberal who told people there are not any WMDs in Iraq even before we went in.

I have a pretty good tract record actually

oh I also predicted that midterm is going to go blue and its going to be highly progressive.

looks I am going to be right on that too

Lol, if RGB dies the left might go Jonestown on us, I mean, they are already practically there with this announcement. Keep reading about how "we need this to stop this from happening" and "a President under investigation shouldn't be able to nominate a candidate to the SCOTUS" lol.

Trump pushed them to the edge, they are about to jump!

Midterms might, probably, will go blue. But Kennedy's replacement pretty much is guaranteed to be confirmed before the midterms.

Just the US Senate by a majority vote not sixty votes.

you might be right on that however, if we look at his cabinet selection process, I think his got the award for being the slowest in american presidental history.

So it could very well bleed into 2019 if it doesnt go really smooth, which usually it doesnt

Progressives will be the majority in the Senate and the Congress.

mark my words.

if you need to, re-read what I wrote closely as to the reason

They will, but the Supreme Court will be highly conservative.

This is actually horrible news for decency. I expect abortion to be a highly contested issue now.

Stating the obvious is not being able to predict the "outcome"

And most people with half-a-mind could predict that Trump would win, Hillary was dull and also not able to ignite her side, especially not with her platform, which was based on nothing but "She is a woman vote for her".

But as to this, 2 progressives so far have been put forward, and not in the Senate, they are going for seats in the Congress.

And while the Democrats can try to stall this until after the midterms, the chances of it are unlikely. Not to mention that it´s 9 Republicans and 24 Democrats and the 2 independent up for reelection. So it will most likely not mean a tip for the Democrats.

Well, so show me the 24 progressives that are going for the democratic seats and the 9 republicans during this midterm.

wasnt this guy who is retiring also conservative?

anyway, I am hoping Trumps horrid way of trying to get people appointed lingers on until Feb 2019 which is not impossible

lol.

bullshit..stopped there.

I got a lot of crap and was laughed at because of my predicting Trumps win. that assertion you just made is such bullshit

even Trump said he didnt think he was going to win

I dont understand the question.

regardless, mark my words, liberals will own congress and senate and many of them will be progressive.

however you want to shake that to make it seem not true isnt going to make it not happen

I mean show me the 33 candidates that are progressives and going for the seats up for grasp.

For the "progressives" to take control they need to win enough seats in the Senate.

what the actual F difference does that exercise actually produce that changes what I said?

The democratic party is going to control the House and the Senate in nov. and many of them are progressive.

PEROID

you want to spend time debating over what is or is not a progressive but that doesnt really matter, GOP is still loosing both houses regardless of that pencil dick debate

And it only needs to be a simple majority (although, lets be honest they would have just gotten rid of the filibuster now if they needed to just like they did with Gorsuch), and the Senate is likely to be kept by republicans due to who is up for re-election.

Considering that she is 85, I don't know if she's going to be able to hang on until the next Democratic president is sworn in. At best, if Trump loses reelection she would still have to make it until she is almost 88, and you can add four more years to that if Trump gets reelected assuming the 2024 winner isn't a Republican too.

the precedent has been set already w/ mcconnell. the senate must delay any confirmation hearings until the american public has a say via the next presidential election. we shall wait for 2020.

I think they are going to loose the senate.

ALL the talking head have GREATLY under-estimated this progressive blue wave thus far and I saw that coming a mile away.

The key in all of this is 'pissed of unlikely voters'

This entire crowley story should tell people, everything is in play

Jeffrey Toobin is blowing a gasket in CNN. He is so partisan, don't know how can CNN claim to be a "straight" news channel with their leading legal analyst being so biased.

I wrote an article writing about how Trump would win too. Just wrote an article how dems will retake congress.

yup.

The problem with the election is that liberals were being dismissive as if the election was already over or that he wasnt really running.

AND they did not consider the fact that a vote in rural america hold more value then a vote in the city. So the balance will be in favor for any GOP member.

AND Hillary has been in the target cross hairs of AM hate radio for 24 years.They have been at it so long 90% of them dont even know why they dont like her anymore, they forgot. (its because she wore pants)

This midterm of course is waking up people like me to be active, if a person like me is being active, that is a huge shift because it takes a lot for me to get my ass moving.

Exactly. The whole point of strategic planning in elections is to fire up the base. Obama was brilliant because he was black and got them out to vote. But, Clinton? She didn't wake up a single fly with her fake face and democrats arrogance that they would win because Trump seemed unlikely.

Now, Democrats are fired up like I haven't seen them in a long while. They'll get their asses off to vote.

Chris Mathews looks like he is about to have a stroke.

expect a big voter suppression push by the GOP in the next few years.

absolutely!

which is why I went ahead and made sure all my documents match. correct address on drivers licence all of it.

Now we're f ucked.

Never Trumpers on Twitter are not happy.

‘HEIL TRUMP!’ it says

I wonder which side of history that will end up being on

Watching the left go into total meltdown mode is such a great thing.

why is that? i mean why is that fun?

Because it´s fun to watch people who are so sure they are the moral superiors suddenly see that the world does not revolve around them.

It ´s like watching a small kid being told they cannot have sugar just before they have to eat dinner.

yeah that doesnt make any sense to me.

it not like you are saying 'now they know their wrong' no you just like to see people cry.

got it, not remotely shocked

Not really.

I guess you can´t see it because it´s your side and you are perhaps in a moment of "can´t see the forest for all the trees"

what is interesting is the demographics of the country are changing are become more liberal ( despite the outcome of a presidential election under a system that values votes by land parcels over votes of actual people ) yet may end up with a rule of law that is more and more conservative which puts it in strange conflict with what the majority of the population actually wants...

we're living in strange times indeed.

wrong analogy but I get what you are trying to say

'drunk from your own koolaid' would be more the analogy

forest of the trees means you are focused on the detail thus you cant see the larger picture

I know what the phrase I used means.

And it´s not an analogy.

Anyways, the left has a major problem when you think you have the moral superiority and have the divine truth, and that is why it´s good to see them be put in their place. Like when they didn´t believe Trump could ever win and then he did.

but that doesn't make them not morally superior. they still are morally superior.

and yes...that is an analogy, just the wrong one

And many independents.

We should follow the McConnell rule and wait 14 months to pick a successor. This is an election year after all and the people have the right to way in.

He won't be giving a shit about that.

@Serraph105: Yeah that won't be happening.