SCOTUS under Trump

[Nesrie]

@Nightgaunt

Ask a Catholic judicial nominee how they would handle cases of capital punishment, when it is the law of the land.

Yes. And that’s relevant, not just I don’t like their religion, but how does this candidate handle the actual laws.

@magnet

how deeply Rep Omar buys into Islam.

Aside from what others responded, the big difference here is the nominee has a career. Not only can others ask her questions but they can actually look at what she has done and literally said in regards to the law.

Of course none of this matters really. They can ask what they want. Trump is picking her for reasons that have little to do with whether or not she would make a good judge. It doesn’t matter how someone tries to spin it. He’s stacking the court with ideology.

[magnet]

@Nesrie

they can actually look at what she has done and literally said in regards to the law.

Yes, and that’s all fair game.

[Nightgaunt]

@antlers

And lets not forget that a People of Praise offshoot already has an adherent on the court, in Thomas.

I must know where you’re getting this from.

[scottagibson]

This strikes me as right on.

T. Greg "Just Die, Leftist!" Doucette (greg_doucette)

If Barrett were not an avowed ‘originalist’ on the record as opposed to Roe v Wade, she wouldn’t even be on the list. She wouldn’t have been on the list for the Court of Appeals 3 years ago.

[Menzo]

Definitely correct, but it doesn’t matter. She’s going to get approved no matter what, and Republican voters do not care about her qualifications. There’s no world in which even a persuasive argument to this effect would change how Senators vote.

We couldn’t prevent someone who was almost certainly guilty of sexual assault from getting confirmed.

[scottagibson]

@Menzo

She’s going to get approved no matter what

This is a thing I know!

[Timex]

Barrett taught constitutional law an statutory interpretation at notre dame for years.

For folks saying that Barrett’s years of teaching law at notre dame don’t count, they may want to check out Elana Kagan’s history prior to serving on the supreme court, who never served as a judge at all. When she was named solicitor general, immediately prior to being nominated to the supreme court, she had literally never argued a case in court, at all.

[scottagibson]

@Timex

For folks saying that Barrett’s years of teaching law at notre dame don’t count, they may want to check out Elana Kagan’s history prior to serving on the supreme court, who never served as a judge at all.

That discussion is in the tweet thread I posted. I’m not going to repeat it, read the thread. Tl;dr, Kagan had more experience.

[Menzo]

It doesn’t matter. The precedent is now if your party controls the Presidency and the Senate that you can nominate anyone you want, any time you want, and that person will get confirmed, no matter what.

Elections matter. I’m sure Republicans will understand and respect the rule next time it’s used by Democrats.

[HumanTon]

@antlers

Exactly. And lets not forget that a People of Praise offshoot already has an adherent on the court, in Thomas. As I said earlier, it looks like there’s a religious test being applied, in that if you are People of Praise you are much more likely than the average person to be nominated to a Supreme Court slot.

Let’s not also forget that two Supreme Court justices went to the same (Catholic, need I say, DC, do I have to add) high school. And yet they’re two of the nine people who control the legal fate of a entire vast and diverse nation.

The current court is an highly insular, completely unrepresentative group of religious extremists not just out of touch with the American mainstream, but out of touch with the American mainstream by design.

[Timex]

@HumanTon

The current court is an highly insular, completely unrepresentative group of religious extremists not just out of touch with the American mainstream, but out of touch with the American mainstream by design.

Catholics tend to be less “extremist” than many of the protestant sects of Christianity that make up the majority of Americans.

[RichVR]

What?

[HumanTon]

@Timex

Catholics tend to be less “extremist” than many of the protestant sects of Christianity that make up the majority of Americans.

Catholics as a whole? Yes, says the guy living in the most Catholic state in the union, the socialist republic of Massachusetts.

The people Republicans nominate to the Supreme Court? Highly insular, completely unrepresentative religious extremists out of touch with the American mainstream, by design.

[Timex]

@HumanTon

Catholics as a whole? Yes, says the guy living in the most Catholic state in the union, the socialist republic of Massachusetts.

The people Republicans nominate to the Supreme Court? Highly insular, completely unrepresentative religious extremists out of touch with the American mainstream, by design.

Consider that it may be that your view of their religion is somewhat colored by political partisanship, and consumption of news with a certain narrative goal.

I do not know with certainly exactly what their religious beliefs are, but I am somewhat skeptical of some of the claims that they are crazy religious zealots.

[Nightgaunt]

@scottagibson

If Barrett were not an avowed ‘originalist’ on the record as opposed to Roe v Wade , she wouldn’t even be on the list. She wouldn’t have been on the list for the Court of Appeals 3 years ago.

Glad you posted this, as I was wondering about it too. Talented or not, I would think more time in lower courts would only improve a judge’s performance on the Supreme Court. Of course, we all know that age trumps experience because a younger justice will serve longer, so I guess barring reform to add term limits, we should get used to this with every future nominee.

[Nesrie]

@Timex

Catholics tend to be less “extremist” than many of the protestant sects of Christianity

[RichVR]

@Timex

Consider that it may be that your view of their religion is somewhat colored by political partisanship, and consumption of news with a certain narrative goal.

How about my life experience of Catholic ‘values’ during the years from age five to age 13? All of the priests and nuns, as well as the supposedly ‘secular’ leaders in the Saint Rose of Lima School in Brooklyn were horrible people. They ruled with fear. Including fear of beatings.

Now say that was an outlier. I dare you.

[Timex]

Are you guys actually suggesting that Catholics are more extreme than Protestants?

Because… That ain’t how it is.

[RichVR]

Cite welcome.

[Nesrie]

How about we don’t shift from attacking the nominee’s religion for not being a religion we like to just open warfare on every religion someone doesn’t like here.