tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6736984134181705029..comments2024-03-28T09:53:38.246-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Upworthy showed everyone that you get more pageviews with two-sentence headlines. What happened next will blow your mind."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42463943259110083292016-11-17T12:32:01.878-06:002016-11-17T12:32:01.878-06:00Two words: Bull, and that other one.Two words: Bull, and that other one.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82966767311927456442016-11-17T11:24:12.002-06:002016-11-17T11:24:12.002-06:00My "Lithwick is a hack" heuristic seems ...My "Lithwick is a hack" heuristic seems to be holding accurate.<br />Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32975231789084935562016-11-17T01:54:38.936-06:002016-11-17T01:54:38.936-06:00Fair enough: off to Facebook and Slate. Returning:...Fair enough: off to Facebook and Slate. Returning: I struggle to understand what’s bugging Dahlia Lithwick and John Althouse Cohen. The Constitution directs the President to seek the Senate’s advice on the nominee it will consent to appoint to the Supreme Court. The Constitution also gives the Senate an absolute veto on the President's nomination should he fail to follow the Senate's advice. We still do not have a ninth Supreme Court justice, so we may only assume the President failed to follow the Senate’s advice; had the President followed the Senate’s advice, we certainly would now have a ninth justice. It’s a pity Mr. Obama didn’t spend more time studying up on the Constitution before becoming President.<br />Earnest Prolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784404737843553158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50841390700439668392016-11-16T23:53:01.879-06:002016-11-16T23:53:01.879-06:00I chickened out.
But I'm right behind you if...I chickened out. <br /><br />But I'm right behind you if you go first. Write me.BNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800122398628075042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50615896163819645252016-11-16T23:44:53.969-06:002016-11-16T23:44:53.969-06:00Can anyone recommend a hotline or a shrink or an u...Can anyone recommend a hotline or a shrink or an understanding "escort" or anything?<br /><br />I'm starting to click on Guild's links...<br /><br />If this comment doesn't get through: VIRUS!!! RUN!!!<br /><br />BNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800122398628075042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49767406513661382692016-11-16T21:40:15.594-06:002016-11-16T21:40:15.594-06:00Highly competent yet unable to spell competent wit...Highly competent yet unable to spell competent without autofuckwordsandcu,ture<br /><br /><br />WHERE DA MONEY<br /><br />I EARNEAD ALL OF IT, EVERYONE's last dimes.<br /><br />To turn/make into dolphin food, cause you know them dolphins be suffering agin.<br /><br />Like Marge in"Fargo" said: There's more to life than money, you know that right? And yet here you are. I mean, don't you know that?"Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24112948627060811462016-11-16T21:33:12.296-06:002016-11-16T21:33:12.296-06:00Wynn Duffey's bodyguard "Mikey" will...Wynn Duffey's bodyguard "Mikey" will emerge as the greatest American hero in the age "not old."<br /><br />Ha. Told you. Ha.<br /><br />Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22696262800706683372016-11-16T21:14:47.744-06:002016-11-16T21:14:47.744-06:00@Drago
Some of the forlorn at work get their kick...@Drago<br /><br />Some of the forlorn at work get their kicks comparing Trump to Biff in the Back to the Future movies.Gahriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795449308207016641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20257216437355743522016-11-16T21:08:28.386-06:002016-11-16T21:08:28.386-06:00It would really mean a lot to me, like if people h...It would really mean a lot to me, like if people helped my mom or dad, if y'all could just read you some Buckley, damnit.<br /><br />Link it if that is okay by your God: guarantee ya it is by mine and ours.Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82783794247771012272016-11-16T21:05:09.410-06:002016-11-16T21:05:09.410-06:00Trump, standing atop Trump Tower with a machine gu...Trump, standing atop Trump Tower with a machine gun and in full Edward G Robinson mode: "Yeah, I stole the Supreme Court! I stole it all! Whaddya gonna do about it smart guy?! WHADDYA GONNA DO?!! Bwwwaaahhhhhaaaaahhaaa"Dragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079148433908004715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81037729824874129322016-11-16T21:04:27.294-06:002016-11-16T21:04:27.294-06:00I ain't being a begin' offin, but whener I...I ain't being a begin' offin, but whener I do I measely of there ya's mere's beg you to copy and paste the above link k.<br /><br />https://cumulus.hillsdale.edu/Buckley/latelogin.jspx?recordsWithCatalogName=Buckley:8816&r=1479349004470#1479349007295_0<br />Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70914310696122694392016-11-16T20:17:19.005-06:002016-11-16T20:17:19.005-06:00https://cumulus.hillsdale.edu/Buckley/latelogin.js...https://cumulus.hillsdale.edu/Buckley/latelogin.jspx?recordsWithCatalogName=Buckley:8816&r=1479349004470#1479349007295_0Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10193003354339358722016-11-16T19:49:45.506-06:002016-11-16T19:49:45.506-06:00Oh, but Trump won. That changes everthang.
My bad...Oh, but Trump won. That changes everthang.<br /><br />My bad.BNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800122398628075042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18153137310626456182016-11-16T19:49:00.950-06:002016-11-16T19:49:00.950-06:00"Democrats Are Piece Of Shit Lefties. Don'..."Democrats Are Piece Of Shit Lefties. Don't Let Then Anywhere Near The Throttle."<br /><br />Too late, back-seat-driver. Have you been asleep for the last... forever?<br /><br />Don't make me go back to the French Rev and recite history.BNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800122398628075042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9054660700851711872016-11-16T19:30:14.117-06:002016-11-16T19:30:14.117-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Saint Croixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17876368500159112781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23785744778561783402016-11-16T19:14:42.823-06:002016-11-16T19:14:42.823-06:004 year filibuster!
go for it4 year filibuster!<br /><br />go for itSaint Croixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17876368500159112781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73470066380469829382016-11-16T17:47:28.256-06:002016-11-16T17:47:28.256-06:00Democrats Are Piece Of Shit Lefties. Don't Let...Democrats Are Piece Of Shit Lefties. Don't Let Then Anywhere Near The Throttle.Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277966379512526469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81230930894859045642016-11-16T17:44:06.054-06:002016-11-16T17:44:06.054-06:00It is clear in the Constitution that the president...<i>It is clear in the Constitution that the president shall nominate candidates to become justices on the Supreme Court and it is clear that the Senate must say yea or nay. </i><br /><br />No it's not.<br /><br />1)Reuben Walworth, was nominated as an Associate Justice for the second time by President Tyler on June 17, 1844, but the Senate took no action on it. (In a period lasting a little over a year from January 1844 to February 1845, President Tyler nominated five men a total of nine times, and only one, Samuel Nelson, was confirmed.)<br /><br />2)John M. Read, was nominated as an Associate Justice by President Tyler in February 1845. The senate took no action it. (Probably because a new administration was due to begin the next month)<br /><br />3)Edward Bradford, was nominated as an Associate Justice by President Fillmore in August of 1852. The Senate never acted on the nomination.<br /><br />4)William Micou, was nominated as an Associate Justice by President Fillmore in February 1853. The nomination was not acted on, probably because a new administration would take office a month later.<br /><br />5)Henry Stanberry, was nominated as an Associate Justice by President Andrew Johnson in April 1866. The Senate never officially acted on the nomination. However they did eliminate the seat on the Supreme Court he was nominated for.<br /><br />6)Thomas Stanley Matthews, was nominated as an Associate Justice by President Hayes in January 1881. The Senate took no action. He was renominated later that year by President Garfield and confirmed.<br /><br />7)William Hornblower, was first nominated as an Associate Justice by President Cleveland in Sept. 1893. The Senate took no action.<br /><br />8)Pierce Butler, was nominated as an Associate Justice by President Harding in November 1922. The Senate took no action. He was renominated a month later and confirmed.<br /><br />9)John Marshall Harlan II, was nominated as an Associate Justice by President Eisenhower in November 1954. The Senate failed to act. He was renominated by President Eisenhower in January 1955 and confirmed.<br /><br />10)Homer Thornberry, was nominated as an Associate Justice by President Lyndon Johnson in June 1968. The senate never acted, because the seat he was nominated for was not vacated by Associate Justice Fortas.<br /><br />The Senate took no action on 11 (now 12) nominees. (two were later renominated and didn't serve, three were later renominated and served)Gahriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795449308207016641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46467161392073691922016-11-16T17:17:20.641-06:002016-11-16T17:17:20.641-06:00Lithwick is a lunatic.Lithwick is a lunatic.Yancey Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427042729449397357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82997472362328682072016-11-16T17:10:00.522-06:002016-11-16T17:10:00.522-06:00More Love Trumping Hate:
Man gunned down outside...More Love Trumping Hate:<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://nypost.com/2016/11/16/man-gunned-down-outside-bar-after-he-joked-about-voting-for-trump/" rel="nofollow">Man gunned down outside bar after he joked about voting for Trump</a><br /><br />You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.<br /><br />This seems like a small price to pay so chicken-resisters can pretend they're standing up to Hitler. Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09159859859522615418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88959331310170985392016-11-16T17:07:25.631-06:002016-11-16T17:07:25.631-06:00gadfly said...
It is clear in the Constitution tha...<i>gadfly said...<br />It is clear in the Constitution that the president shall nominate candidates to become justices on the Supreme Court and it is clear that the Senate must say yea or nay. What is not covered is the refusal by the Senate to act.</i><br /><br />Refusal to act is to act. Consider this example from everyday life. If I ask my wife if I can go out with the guys, and she doesn't answer----- that's an answer. Or do you think that somehow that becomes a "Yes"?Gospacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570281939230746682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7471691675726235182016-11-16T17:05:04.920-06:002016-11-16T17:05:04.920-06:00Y'know, if Trump happened to be a Black man, t...Y'know, if Trump happened to be a Black man, the Democrats would be calling for his lynching. Revert to type, you know. He'd be uppity, thinking he was capable of being president just like his betters. Can't have that, won't stand for it.Lewis Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01200232293505119133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44977362826167994552016-11-16T17:00:46.259-06:002016-11-16T17:00:46.259-06:00I think a better change would be for Trump and the...I think a better change would be for Trump and the Repubs to alter the structure of the Article III courts, and break up the DC Circuit, the 9th Circuit, and rearrange the entire federal court system.<br /><br />As in "....and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish."<br /><br />Now is a good "time to time".<br /><br />For example, why don't we make it necessary for suits in Texas to be appealed in California, and for suits in California to be appealed in Texas.<br /><br />Kind of a "Let's start getting along, why don't we?" approach.Quaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05256587837665968489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66742629884399433832016-11-16T17:00:16.775-06:002016-11-16T17:00:16.775-06:00I don't claim bait-click-victimhood. I clicked...I don't claim bait-click-victimhood. I clicked & enjoyed Dahlia's article immensely. These 'attack of the vapors' professional victims, channel energy & money into these tantrums, exposing their moon-battery and confirming the opinions of most sensible folks.<br />I encourage Slate & their writers to charge forward. Get after that Electoral College thing, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81131366611035668012016-11-16T16:49:19.656-06:002016-11-16T16:49:19.656-06:00It is clear in the Constitution that the president...It is clear in the Constitution that the president shall nominate candidates to become justices on the Supreme Court and it is clear that the Senate must say yea or nay. What is not covered is the refusal by the Senate to act. A Democrat argument laying out the argument that Obama can now act since some 245 days have passed since his justice nomination was made; so therefore, inaction by the Senate is tantamount to the Senate forfeiting its approval rights; thus the President can simply make the appointment.<br /><br />But the prevalent practice in Senate advise and consent actions shows that judgeship actions are routinely delayed in the Senate, regardless of the party in charge. So not even the Supremes could walk around this precedent.<br /><br />Dingy Harry and the Dems excoriated the 2/3rd vote requirment to end filibusters on advice and consent actions, leaving majority rule alone to easily control appointments going forward. gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219461694806089345noreply@blogger.com