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Cali_Democrat

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37. Sotomayor and Kagan pretty much always side with Ginsgurg.

Reply to dflprincess (Reply #31)

Wed Sep 24, 2014, 01:10 AM

Sep 2014

Obama appointed them.

Do you not like them or something?

What votes didn't you like?

Just curious....

Or were you attempting to engage in knee jerk Obama bashing without actually thinking about what you were typing?

Methinks its the latter.

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Ginsburg: If I Resigned, Obama Couldn't Appoint 'Someone Like Me' [View all] steve2470 Sep 2014 OP

Right, elleng Sep 2014 #1

Yes She Does billhicks76 Sep 2014 #23

Another good reason for Elizabeth Warren to run! cascadiance Sep 2014 #2

Yeah, one less vote in the Senate will be very helpful. pnwmom Sep 2014 #10

Let us in Massachusetts worry about that. Fearless Sep 2014 #11

Oh, really. Scott Brown wasn't your best moment. n/t pnwmom Sep 2014 #12

Really now? One in the last sixty years. Really. Fearless Sep 2014 #13

He was there long enough to doom the public option. If a Dem had replaced Kennedy, pnwmom Sep 2014 #18

And if the Dem didn't run one of the worst campaigns in recent history, hughee99 Sep 2014 #22

No more culpable than every other no vote. Fearless Sep 2014 #42

She was nominated by Bill Clinton. mr_liberal Sep 2014 #20

She's right... a sad statement on our future, frankly... hlthe2b Sep 2014 #3

I'm glad she came out and said this. woolldog Sep 2014 #4

She's right, FoxNewsSucks Sep 2014 #5

Yep...that is how it works. zeemike Sep 2014 #25

I love this woman! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #6

my pleasure ! :) nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #8

:) sheshe2 Sep 2014 #9

I can see her point, but I hope she has a lot of years to go on the bench. nt ohnoyoudidnt Sep 2014 #7

Gindsburg is a national treasure. Terra Alta Sep 2014 #14

Well, Democrats are in the majority, so if she's right mr_liberal Sep 2014 #15

She is correct nevergiveup Sep 2014 #16

She disagrees with Roe v Wade. mr_liberal Sep 2014 #17

She dissagrees with the way Roe was ruled Bartlet Sep 2014 #24

She thnks "it went too far and too fast" and that mr_liberal Sep 2014 #28

She is entirely correct. former9thward Sep 2014 #38

She understands political reality. Love her! freshwest Sep 2014 #19

How so? mr_liberal Sep 2014 #21

When we don't have Bartlet Sep 2014 #27

Thank you. freshwest Sep 2014 #29

lol His post makes no sense mr_liberal Sep 2014 #32

Large majority in the senate. HERVEPA Sep 2014 #34

8 seats is large for the senate mr_liberal Sep 2014 #35

So Kagan and Sotomayor are conservative leaning centrists? mr_liberal Sep 2014 #30

All three vote with Roberts at least 77% of the time. former9thward Sep 2014 #39

That's because a majority of SC decisions are about legal technicalities Recursion Sep 2014 #43

SC decisions are not about property easements. former9thward Sep 2014 #44

Sure they do. I was thinking specifically about Brandt from this term Recursion Sep 2014 #46

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is quite possibly the smartest person working in government today alcibiades_mystery Sep 2014 #26

Not just couldn't dflprincess Sep 2014 #31

Are you saying Sotomayor and Kagan aren't in her mold? Drunken Irishman Sep 2014 #33

+1 Agschmid Sep 2014 #36

Sotomayor and Kagan pretty much always side with Ginsgurg. Cali_Democrat Sep 2014 #37

They also side with Roberts 80% of the time. former9thward Sep 2014 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author dflprincess Sep 2014 #45

Mostly because there is no one like her bhikkhu Sep 2014 #41