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Wed Jan-11-06 11:10 PM
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who was the last outright LIBERAL scotus nominee? |
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i mean, the last person who basically went up to the hill and said, "yeah, damn straight i'm a liberal! what ya gonna do about it?"
'cause personally i'm SICK AND TIRED out out-and-out conservative nominees.
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Wed Jan-11-06 11:12 PM
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1. yeah, good question. nt |
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Wed Jan-11-06 11:13 PM
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2. I was actually wondering this as well |
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Wasn't RBG considered a pretty solid lefty? :shrug:
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Wed Jan-11-06 11:15 PM
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3. left-of-center, yes. but i mean a REAL, IN YOUR FACE liberal |
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you know, the liberal equivalent of bork or thomas or alito or scalia.....
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Wed Jan-11-06 11:19 PM
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6. *REAL* liberals aren't allowed to hold office, silly |
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What do you think this is, Sweden? :P
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Wed Jan-11-06 11:54 PM
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7. sigh. what WAS i thinking? |
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Wed Jan-11-06 11:15 PM
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4. Thurgood Marshall, maybe. Appointed by LBJ in 1967. |
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It's been a loooooong time. There's Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but she tried to downplay the liberal thing because by that time "liberal" was a dirty word.
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Wed Jan-11-06 11:16 PM
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5. that's probably it. boy did the court lose a good'un when he died. |
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Wed Jan-11-06 11:56 PM
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8. I'd say Thurgood Marshall was the last real liberal nominated. Yep. |
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Some Justices have slowly moved to the left as they've learned and grown.
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