Never forget: Amy Coney Barrett is unqualified for SCOTUS

[zuul]

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[SoonerPride]

1. The theft of SCOTUS seats makes me hate Jill Stein and Susan Sarandonmore every day

Thanks a lot.

[BlueTsunami2018]

2. And yet, there she sits.

Oh, but Secretary Clinton just wasn’t “likable” enough.

Fucking moronic country.

[PJMcK]

20. Fucking moronic country is right

The MAGA idiots elected Trump even though Ms. Clinton was by far more qualified. The same crowd elected W instead of Al Gore. Thanks, Electoral College. Our so-called Founding Fathers really gave us a kick in the groin with that one.

Worse, there isn't an iota of evidence that anything has changed for the better.

Ugh.

[monkeyman1]

31. republican's have a 100 yr history+ of screwing shit up ---

but Grand ol' russian party keep getting back in the congress !

[Evolve Dammit]

36. Yeah, the Supreme Court stopped the 2000 recount. Two popular vote victories, two losses. WTF?

[milestogo]

3. And Kavanaugh should be working as a bartender.

He has the bartendorial temperament.

[UnderThisLaw]

7. He also has

considerable experience with the product he would be dispensing.

As I read through the replies, I’m not surprised to find there are Barrett apologists here. Also not surprised to see who they are

[leftieNanner]

29. Nah. Bus boy.

AOC was a bartender and she's WAAAAY smarter than he is!

[milestogo]

30. And his hidden agenda is CBT

Critical Bartender/Busboy Theory

[leftieNanner]

32. "I like beer."

...burp...

[monkeyman1]

34. Nah, drink all the profits & have to pay for un-employment benefit's!

[Blue Owl]

37. Where Lindsey could be sitting at the end of the bar weeping about how wonderful he is

[PoliticAverse]

4. The American Bar Association actually rated Barrett as "Well Qualified". n/t

[leftieNanner]

33. Thinking about Brett Kavanaugh

I read your post - "American Beer Association"

Oops.

[yorkster]

5. And she mispronounces

poignant and mores as "poygnant" and "morz".
This was in her speech in the rose garden. Had to rewind as I was sure I had misheard. A minor point, but indicative, I think. It was talked about on twitter, but got no mention that I could find in NYT or Wapo.

[WarGamer]

6. I'm sure you and the "creators" of OD memes know...

But those aren't required qualifications for SCOTUS.

The Constitution does not specify qualifications for Justices such as age, education, profession, or native-born citizenship. A Justice does not have to be a lawyer or a law school graduate, but all Justices have been trained in the law. Many of the 18th and 19th century Justices studied law under a mentor because there were few law schools in the country.

[The Magistrate]

8. She Still Has No Business Being There, Sir

She is not there judge matters by law, but to legislate an end to as much of the New Deal and what we might as well call 'the sexual revolution' as can be managed with her fellow miscreants such as Kavanaugh and Gorsuch. Neither of which is any more qualified than she, in terms of either judicial temperament or common humanity.

To be blunt, I do not believe the court can be considered a legitimate body at this point.

[WarGamer]

9. Absolutely... but not based on qualifications or lack thereof.

And I'd argue that the SCOTUS has been partisan for most of it's history.

No different today.

[The Magistrate]

10. It Is Still A Point Worth Making, Sir

That she hasn't a patch in terms of legal and judicial experience as compared to Judge Jackson.

[WarGamer]

11. If a SCOTUS nominee was rated by qualifications...

Judge Jackson would certainly be highly ranked.

But the truth of the matter is...

Matt Gaetz could sit on the Supreme Court, according to the Constitution.


add that to the list of things to fix at the Constitutional Convention.

[The Magistrate]

12. Worth Remembering, Too, Sir

That the day when a fella could stroll into town and put up a shingle on the strength of assiduous reading of Blackstone and a certain skill at oratory are long gone. A judge who is not trained to the law would be by now a mere creature of his clerks.

[WarGamer]

13. true, of course...

Another deficiency of our Founding Documents, showing their 250 year old age...

[gldstwmn]

18. ...

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[onenote]

21. Yes she is. But so is Kagan, although this chart would suggest otherwise.

[WarGamer]

22. The chart leaves out things like "taught law"

[FBaggins]

27. What it includes is in some ways worse than what it leaves out.

I think it's a great thing that at least one justice will have served as a public defender... but would hardly consider it as anything close to the qualification of sitting on a court of appeals or having clerked for another justice (the boxes are all the same size).

Similarly - I'd hate to have a court made up entirely of private school students - but going to public school is nowhere on my list of qualifications for SCOTUS seats. Heck... not attending an Ivy League law school (but still a Tier I school) is more appealing than attending a public school - and that's apparently a down-check for the authors of this chart.

[WarGamer]

28. +1000, great points

[onenote]

23. Yes, she has less experience than Judge Jackson

But you aren't suggesting that Kagan isn't qualified because she had less experience than Barrett are you? Some pretty great Justices didn't have the "qualifications" being cited in this meme, including William O. Douglas and Felix Frankfurter, to name just two.

[The Magistrate]

25. At The Risk Of Repeating Myself

In regard to the pestiferous Barret....

"She is not there to judge matters by law, but to legislate an end to as much of the New Deal and what we might as well call 'the sexual revolution' as can be managed with her fellow miscreants such as Kavanaugh and Gorsuch. Neither of which is any more qualified than she, in terms of either judicial temperament or common humanity."


That is my objection. The other is of use in agit-prop, and so immaterial save in regard to whether it rouses quick agreement. Which it does.

[notinkansas]

19. You could be right about that.

But evolve, dammit (the SC) . The country deserves a much better court than this.

[notinkansas]

24. Pretty far from legitimate.

Barret - handmaiden, attorney for Bush in Bush v Gore, no judicial experience
Kavanaugh - blackout drunk, attorney for Bush in Bush v Gore, suspect financials, social miscreant
Roberts - attorney for Bush in Bush v Gore but should have known better
Thomas - perpetually asleep during proceedings

Not an extensive list to be sure.

Yes, I know that judicial experience is not a requirement for a SC nominee. But does that even make sense?,

[bucolic_frolic]

14. I have the feeling that eventually she will be laughed out of that position

and decide to quit.

[DURHAM D]

15. That should of happened to Thomas years ago.

He is in no way qualified to be on the bench.

[monkeyman1]

35. the judge Roy bean day's in the ol'west !

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. This lady is a lightweight and is not qualified to be on the SCOTUS

[gldstwmn]

17. If someone would follow the money on Kavanaugh I think he'd be easier to get rid of.

I think we might be stuck with this one.

[SheltieLover]

26. As are Boof Boy & Clarence!

[Blue Owl]

38. Check out the big brain on Brett!