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9. Another reason to impeach John Roberts for packing the court...

Mon Jul 8, 2013, 02:22 PM

Jul 2013

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-government-surveillance-john-roberts-fisa-court-20130705,0,1255674.story

Seems like these nominees should go through the Senate for approval much like Obama's do, so that we can repay that damn Republicans for their filibustering/blocking of Obama's nominees on other courts. That way, at least some horse trading could occur to get more balance on this court or on other courts like the DC Circuit Court where they are blocking nominees for four vacancies so that they can keep a Republican majority on this court...

http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/the-g-o-p-s-court-shrinking-plan/

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Meet The Chief Justice Of America’s Secret Supreme Court [View all] xchrom Jul 2013 OP

Walton was also earlier "randomly assigned" to Sibel Edmonds cases... cascadiance Jul 2013 #2

+1 xchrom Jul 2013 #3

+2 n/t magellan Jul 2013 #5

Justice is its own reward. Octafish Jul 2013 #7

They are qualified and have the necessary gravitas. Octafish Jul 2013 #8

Another reason to impeach John Roberts for packing the court... cascadiance Jul 2013 #9

Thank you, cascadiance! Outstanding Op-Ed, that. Octafish Jul 2013 #11

blame nader is the new talking point frylock Jul 2013 #10