tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post2037551783247852100..comments2024-03-13T02:17:39.644-07:00Comments on Restating the Obvious: The ruination of Judge GorsuchHarry Eagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196202758858876402noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-21137566474788623752017-03-19T16:32:39.296-07:002017-03-19T16:32:39.296-07:00Harry, when it comes to the Constitution, you are ...Harry, when it comes to the Constitution, you are impenetrably ignorant.<br /><br />E.g.:<i>Well, if you think that, 'We advise you to appoint judges based solely on their political malleability' fulfills the intention of the Framers, then you have won the argument</i><br /><br />Nowhere does the Constitution mention judicial political malleability, one way or the other. <br /><br />And what is it with the quote marks? You give the impression of not knowing how to use them.<br /><br />Or how, even within the realm of fever dreams, this is a constitutional issue.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-22883480453049329032017-03-19T15:21:24.116-07:002017-03-19T15:21:24.116-07:00You need to stop with the English lessons. You don...You need to stop with the English lessons. You don't know what you're talking aboutHarry Eagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196202758858876402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-42414550644729053852017-02-28T14:36:01.430-08:002017-02-28T14:36:01.430-08:00Well, if you think that, 'We advise you to app...<i>Well, if you think that, 'We advise you to appoint judges based solely on their political malleabilty' ...</i><br /><br />1. Do not attribute to me something which I haven't said -- I can't count the number of times I've asked you to knock that merde off. Is the concept just too hard for you?<br /><br />2. You don't know what "malleability" means.<br /><br />3. I won the argument because I don't read my fever dreams into the Constitution.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-21552995779446547122017-02-28T13:16:00.677-08:002017-02-28T13:16:00.677-08:00Well, if you think that, 'We advise you to app...Well, if you think that, 'We advise you to appoint judges based solely on their political malleabilty' fulfills the intention of the Framers, then you have won the argumentHarry Eagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196202758858876402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-17507557354748113732017-02-27T13:11:35.739-08:002017-02-27T13:11:35.739-08:00Which part of "no" doesn't constitut...Which part of "no" doesn't constitute advising? <br /><br />In order for this to be a constitutional issue, it has to run afoul of the constitution. It doesn't.<br /><br />If only you were this solicitous about the Second Amendment.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-32557527076180232082017-02-27T13:05:50.059-08:002017-02-27T13:05:50.059-08:00How could they advise without hearings on the nomi...How could they advise without hearings on the nominee? <br /><br />Harry Eagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196202758858876402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-329323013371228482017-02-22T12:49:54.441-08:002017-02-22T12:49:54.441-08:00Harry, you don't read the papers.
They advise...Harry, you don't read the papers.<br /><br />They advised, too: no.<br /><br />You may not like their advice, or failure to consent, but your frowny face does not arise to the level of a constitutional issue.<br /><br />Look it up.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-64106718681204445542017-02-22T12:25:03.525-08:002017-02-22T12:25:03.525-08:00The corrupt bargain was to refuse to advise.The corrupt bargain was to refuse to advise.Harry Eagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196202758858876402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-49667112251939392902017-02-18T13:01:54.852-08:002017-02-18T13:01:54.852-08:00Harry, I would have thought it bloody obvious, but...Harry, I would have thought it bloody obvious, but you apparently don't read the papers.<br /><br />The GOP, holding a majority of the seats in the senate, publicly stated they did not consent to Obama's nominee. <br /><br />It's almost as if elections matter. <br /><br />Still waiting for you to come up with some coherent explanation of how this is a conspiracy against Art II Sect 2.<br /><br />I'm betting that wait is going to stretch into infinity. Kind of rubbishes your supposed point, doesn't it?Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-76844237665475938962017-02-18T11:42:57.890-08:002017-02-18T11:42:57.890-08:00No, but action of the Senate is recorded in the Re...No, but action of the Senate is recorded in the Record. But you are the one on the spot. You said the senators did something. How do you know?Harry Eagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196202758858876402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-36494368463745308512017-02-17T17:51:34.023-08:002017-02-17T17:51:34.023-08:00Poor, overworked, crickets.
They need a union. O...Poor, overworked, crickets.<br /><br />They need a union. Or something.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-50632235828971443712017-02-16T10:41:29.441-08:002017-02-16T10:41:29.441-08:00Wow. I must have been wrong. I apologize.
You c...Wow. I must have been wrong. I apologize.<br /><br />You can't find it.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-52026706684233535162017-02-12T21:05:34.080-08:002017-02-12T21:05:34.080-08:00Feel free to point us to the Congressional Record,...<i>Feel free to point us to the Congressional Record, since you're such a fan of links.</i><br /><br />You first, Harry. You seem to think the Constitution requires some notation in the Congressional Record. <br /><br />I can't find it. Surely, you can.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-79804632090694895532017-02-12T14:34:16.126-08:002017-02-12T14:34:16.126-08:00'The majority of the Senate did not consent.&#...'The majority of the Senate did not consent.' True.<br /><br />But how do you know what the majority of the Senate thought about Judge Garland? Feel free to point us to the Congressional Record, since you're such a fan of links.<br />Harry Eagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196202758858876402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-35414843656900677272017-02-12T09:54:08.464-08:002017-02-12T09:54:08.464-08:00Harry, maybe there are some secret words in Art II...Harry, maybe there are some secret words in Art II you haven't let us in on?<br /><br />I've re-read it several times. I just can't find "deliberate" anywhere. <br /><br />What I can find is "consent". The majority of the Senate did not consent.<br /><br /><i>No link, no transcript. Typically shoddy Ranting the Odious.</i><br /><br />Still no link, no transcript. <br /><br />Why?Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-80895821686617535762017-02-12T09:49:51.312-08:002017-02-12T09:49:51.312-08:00The Senate did not deliberate on the nomination.
...The Senate did not deliberate on the nomination. <br /><br />Harry Eagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196202758858876402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-16139270060337369682017-02-11T20:56:28.754-08:002017-02-11T20:56:28.754-08:00When Vice President Pence was asked, he said -- th...<i>When Vice President Pence was asked, he said -- three times in less than 90 seconds -- that Gorsuch is a fourth-generation Coloradan.</i><br /><br />No link, no transcript. Typically shoddy Ranting the Odious.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666208467022745303.post-6073728259590537592017-02-11T20:55:09.821-08:002017-02-11T20:55:09.821-08:00And I thought you had reached peak vile.
How wron...And I thought you had reached peak vile.<br /><br />How wrong I was.<br /><br />Enquiring minds want to know: since Art II Sect II of the Constitution is so easy to find and quote, why didn't you?<br /><br />Because you hate facts, and you are a retired journalist. But I repeat myself. Doing your work for you, here it is:<br /><br /><i>He shall have Power, by and <b>with the Advice and Consent of the Senate</b> ... shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court ...</i><br /><br />The Senate refused to consent. Where is the conspiracy against the Constitution? I mean, it isn't as if the Senate was refusing to enforce laws, call taxes penalties until they needed to be taxes, weaponizing the IRS, or using Title IX to make a mockery of due process.<br /><br />About none of which you have ever said anything.<br /><br />More peculiar though, is that communists such as yourself have long hoped to relegate the Constitution to the dustbin of history. Yet when you found yourselves doing so much losing, you suddenly found a new respect for the Constitution and federalism.<br /><br />Merritt Garland is perfectly happy with a large administrative state, a strong executive, and couldn't be fussed about federalism.<br /><br />He is <i>exactly</i> the kind of judge you don't want; Gorsuch is, particularly if the president is Trump.<br /><br />I shouldn't be surprised. After all, if progressives were as smart as progressives insist they are, they wouldn't be progressives.<br />Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.com