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monolith
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state of being
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Mar 23, 2017 - 12:10pm PT
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..like she was supposed to trounce Trump.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Mar 23, 2017 - 12:12pm PT
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Gorsuch ruled that a truck driver should have chosen to either freeze to death in sub-zero weather or drive his truck & trailer on the interstate highway with frozen brakes, endangering himself and everyone else on the highway. Fortunately, the driver chose to unhitch his trailer with the frozen brakes and drive his truck (safely) to a safe place. Gorsuch's ruling may be legally understandable, but his common sense and humanity are completely missing. He does not qualify to be a Supreme Court justice IMHO.
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Brokedownclimber
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Douglas, WY
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Mar 25, 2017 - 04:18pm PT
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Gorsuch was also mentored by Byron "Whizzer" White; the only Supreme Court Justice to have ever led the NFL in rushing. Oh, he was the only SCOTUS appointment by John Kennedy.
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chainsaw
Trad climber
CA
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Mar 25, 2017 - 04:42pm PT
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This thread can lick my salties!
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Norton
Social climber
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Mar 25, 2017 - 06:31pm PT
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Gorsuch ruled that a truck driver should have chosen to either freeze to death in sub-zero weather or drive his truck & trailer on the interstate highway with frozen brakes, endangering himself and everyone else on the highway. Fortunately, the driver chose to unhitch his trailer with the frozen brakes and drive his truck (safely) to a safe place. Gorsuch's ruling may be legally understandable, but his common sense and humanity are completely missing. He does not qualify to be a Supreme Court justice IMHO.
Yes and he then sided with the employer who fired him for leaving his rig
And that is called being a "strict constructionist " of the law.
He could have simply over ruled the employer on the grounds of the driver's safety but no.
That kind of decision is narrow and a "conservative" approach.
And it is exactly why I personally do not want him on the SC for the rest of his life.
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drF
Trad climber
usa
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Mar 25, 2017 - 06:57pm PT
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^^^^^
Nortl00n is now a lawyer.....#gagfest#
You gobbled up some spoon-fed-bs like you always do.
He will be voted in w/o the Nuclear option being used b/c he's legit...albeit conservative.
You might actually learn something if you weren't festering ALL day on the taco-Politard threads.
You creepy Crankl00ns constantly frothing
Entertaining. ;-)
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
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Mar 25, 2017 - 07:12pm PT
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I hope you all caught Real Time with Bill Maher this week, it was very good and so on point.
Thank you Bill Maher!
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Mar 25, 2017 - 08:10pm PT
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Gorsuch ruled that a truck driver should have chosen to either freeze to death in sub-zero weather or drive his truck & trailer on the interstate highway with frozen brakes, endangering himself and everyone else on the highway. Fortunately, the driver chose to unhitch his trailer with the frozen brakes and drive his truck (safely) to a safe place. Gorsuch's ruling may be legally understandable, but his common sense and humanity are completely missing. He does not qualify to be a Supreme Court justice IMHO.
Disqualified for lacking common sense, despite any so called "letter of the law."
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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Mar 25, 2017 - 08:18pm PT
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For conservatives he is certainly an appropriate replacement for Scalia.
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John M
climber
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Mar 25, 2017 - 08:29pm PT
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He should be there to rule on the spirit of the law, not the letter of the law. His ruling on the trucker shows he has no heart. That, or he lacks the courage to rule according to his heart. We have enough heartless people without courage in leadership roles.
Imagine you are bleeding to death and you are driving 3 mph over the speed limit to the hospital. A police officer pulls you over and gives you a ticket. Thats the letter of the law. Not the spirit of the law.
A judge needs
Wisdom
Heart
Discernment
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Courage
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WBraun
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Mar 26, 2017 - 06:32am PT
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For conservatives, he is certainly an appropriate replacement for Scalia.
Scalia was a criminal.
Why would you want to replace a criminal with another criminal?
Why you Americans so corrupt and care so little for your nation and the world?
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Mar 26, 2017 - 06:37am PT
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Gorsuch is one reason the GOP is looking the other way at Trump's total ineptness, Russia connections and motley crew of alt-right goons like Bannon. As long as he's doing their bidding they'll cross their fingers this amateurish, belligerent sucker doesn't totally sink the ship. No morals, no principles and no aptitude for governing.
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Fat Dad
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Los Angeles, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 26, 2017 - 08:04am PT
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Mr. Gill is correct in that he would be replacing Scalia with a similarly reliable conservative vote, actually more conservative whenit comes to issues such as federal regulations.
While I can't say that all his opinions are poor, the frozen trucker case is troubling. I have similar issues with him as I did with Scalia. While there's no disputing that both are very intelligent, I also believe that a judge should have qualities shown by the old story of King Solomon dividing the baby. A judge should also be wise, i.e., he or she should "get" or understand the equities of the underlying matter. A judge who abandons this concern because he or she is relying on some imaginary framework for how the Constitution should be interpreted fails that test.
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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Mar 26, 2017 - 08:49am PT
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Scalia was a criminal.
Why would you want to replace a criminal with another criminal?
Werner nails it.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Mar 26, 2017 - 10:09am PT
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Werner for president!
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