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cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
Sat May 21, 2016, 01:51 AM May 2016

Your choices are thus:

A republican president who'll stack the court for a generation...

A Democratic President who will stack the court for a generation (who is ON RECORD as having been raised as a conservative and who has said her CORE is a result of how she was raised).

Bernie Sanders.

Choose wisely.

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merrily

(45,251 posts)
3. The Court Card is highly suspect, anyway.
Sat May 21, 2016, 02:02 AM
May 2016
http://jackpineradicals.org/content.php?150-Obama-Considers-Nominating-a-Republican-to-the-Supreme-Court-of-the-United-States

And Garland is law and order and otherwise pretty close to a Republican.

Moreover, our current court is what it is because Democrats did not prevent cloture on the votes for Thomas, Scalia, Roberts or Alito, four pro-life Justices in a row, among other things.


 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
4. I always thought it, well, ridiculous to think Hillary would NOT stack SCOTUS with
Sat May 21, 2016, 06:54 AM
May 2016

corporate or conservative judges.

 

Vote2016

(1,198 posts)
5. Exactly. Hillary would appoint corporatists who say "I won't overturn Roe v Wade" and Hillary will
Sat May 21, 2016, 07:01 AM
May 2016

claim they are "progressives" (despite the fact that no one could overturn Roe v. Wade even if they tried).

 

Tavarious Jackson

(1,595 posts)
6. The voters have spoken
Sat May 21, 2016, 07:04 AM
May 2016

Not every one thinks BS would make a decent president. I know that sounds absurd to you. Hillary's supporters, and Sanders colleagues do NOT think he is a good candidate. If they did they would back him.

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