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10b4me
Social climber
Lida Junction
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Jun 28, 2018 - 08:55pm PT
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^^^^ and amerika doesn't suffer from corruption. . . . .
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 28, 2018 - 09:14pm PT
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We can either witness the decline of America, along the current trend, or we can make an effort to stanch the decline.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Jun 28, 2018 - 09:16pm PT
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It's too late...10b can't tell the difference between a lightening strike and a controlled burn....
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Jun 29, 2018 - 09:51am PT
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Donald Trump Made Justice Kennedy an Offer He Couldn’t Refuse
http://flip.it/2hbHKe
This is so fuked up. It's basically M13 in suits ruthlessly gaining turf and power with a trail of collateral damage in the form of wrecked families and a tattered constitution.
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August West
Trad climber
Where the wind blows strange
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Jun 29, 2018 - 11:32am PT
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Companies should not be allowed to contribute to any vote process whatsoever.
Only individuals, registered voters, and capped at $1000 per election per candidate or issue. Done.
No PACs. No Corps. No rich deep pockets. A truly leveled playing field.
DMT
That is certainly more consistent and fair. But our Supreme Court protects unlimited donations by the wealthy and corporations under Free Speech but then turns around and guts the ability of Unions to contribute.
I expect the one-sidedness to increase after Kennedy's replacement.
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August West
Trad climber
Where the wind blows strange
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Jun 29, 2018 - 11:35am PT
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if the democrats took the senate trump wouldn't be able to seat anyone on the list of dominionist Christians approved nominees that he is shopping...
I expect R's to confirm before the mid-terms.
If the Dems do take the senate, I would be in favor of them not seating any more conservative nominees. This would be in the category of lessor of two evils. Having your institutions paralyzed by procedure is one more nail in the coffin of having a functioning democracy.
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JC Marin
Trad climber
CA
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Jun 29, 2018 - 12:29pm PT
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This all still comes back to the undemocratic process of the DNC followed by the atrocious campaign run by Hillary (how does a Dem lose, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania?--by being completely out of touch)--unfortunately for us, the dogs have been unleashed.
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Jun 29, 2018 - 12:33pm PT
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or we can kiss birth control goodbye...
Jessica Mason Pieklo, a law professor who works as a legal journalist for Rewire, mentioned briefly on a Wednesday edition of her podcast "Boom! Lawyered" that she was worried about the fate of the 1965 Griswold v. Connecticut decision and the 1972 Eisenstadt v. Baird decision, which together created the right of privacy and overturned state laws restricting contraception access.
You can "kiss birth control goodbye" if democratically elected legislators decide to make it illegal.
If the majority of people want to make birth control illegal, well, we live in a democracy (of sorts), so you're just going to have to try to elect legislators who pass laws you agree with.
No more crying to mommy and daddy (Supreme Court) to bail you when the legislators do things you don't like!
(But there still is a role for the federal courts of course to strike down laws that conflict with the Constitution--we've seen some examples of that recently where the Court had to knock out the illegal mandatory union payments for government workers because that violates the First Amendment. Birth control, however, isn't addressed in the Constitution, so it's up the legislators. If you really don't like that, you could try to amend the Constitution.)
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Jun 29, 2018 - 03:01pm PT
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Chief Justice John Roberts, after he was nominated by George W. Bush in 2005, drew attention because of a draft article he wrote as senior adviser to the attorney general under Ronald Reagan, in which he approvingly cited Justice Hugo Black's dissent in Griswold. As much as one might like the idea of a right to privacy, Roberts wrote, that did not "mean that courts should discern such an abstraction in the Constitution."
Yes, yes, that's it exactly.
No right of privacy in the Constitution whatsoever. (But you do have some rights against "unreasonable search and seizure," I suppose.)
But don't forget, it is important for the Court to strike down laws that actually violate the Constitution (see Citizens United, a most excellently reasoned decision).
Let's rejoice that Kennedy is gone and we'll get another brilliant jurist in the nature of Scalia soon--Oh happy day!
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Jun 29, 2018 - 03:33pm PT
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So ,a comedian sneaks in as a senator and gets a private meeting with the big guy.......
LTFOL
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Jun 29, 2018 - 03:57pm PT
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rejoice that Kennedy is gone and we'll get another brilliant jurist in the nature of Scalia
Yeah let’s celebrate losing the only centrist with an open mind, and replace him with someone who can’t admit how biased they are. But hey if he or she fits in with your agenda who cares if justice or other people suffer.
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Norton
climber
The Wastelands
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Jun 29, 2018 - 05:13pm PT
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oh but he was "only half white"
don't you remember?
Obama was created in a petri dish in Kenya, educated in a Syrian terrorist training camp
sent to Hawaii with a fake news birth certificate
all with the intention or becoming President in order to destroy American society
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Jun 29, 2018 - 05:23pm PT
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No worries Norton,everything is fine ,the economy is cranking.
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WBraun
climber
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Jun 29, 2018 - 06:13pm PT
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Every day the st00pid politards here feed their consciousness with Trump garbage.
No wonder politards are so st00pid .....
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Jun 29, 2018 - 06:37pm PT
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Werner,what are your thoughts on “space force”?
C’mon,enlighten us. Lol.
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WBraun
climber
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Jun 29, 2018 - 06:56pm PT
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“space force” = 1000% st00pid
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originalpmac
Mountain climber
Timbers of Fennario
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Jun 29, 2018 - 07:05pm PT
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That space force clip was hard to watch. Fvckin morons.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Jun 29, 2018 - 07:22pm PT
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Werner, you do realize that posting on this thread qualifies you as a "st00pid politard" right? :-)
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Norton
climber
The Wastelands
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Jun 29, 2018 - 08:29pm PT
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over and over, he proves his own ignorance every time he opens his mouth
he knows only how to call others childish names on the playground
and lives in fear that one day they will all turn on him
poking at the soft belly of his shallow intellect
bullies are all the same, little boys trying so hard to be grown up bad asses
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