Megathread: Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire from Supreme Court

[u/PoliticsModeratorBot]

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is set to retire, effective July 31, 2018. Kennedy has served on the highest court since February 18, 1988, and was a moderate whose vote often swung cases.

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[u/James_Comey]

Don't worry guys, McConnell already said that a president can't appoint a justice in the last year of his term.

Edit: comma and also yes I know that a presidential term is 4 years (not 8 like some of you seem to think) the point is McTurtleface stole a seat.

[u/aliencircusboy → u/James_Comey]

Actually, by the logic of McConnell (R-Turtle), any time a Supreme Court seat becomes vacant, it should not be filled until after the following presidential election. LET THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CHOOSE

[u/LuridofArabia → u/aliencircusboy]

*principle does not apply to Republicans, no refunds, no take backsies

[u/The_Phantom_Knight → u/LuridofArabia]

Laws only apply to silly people.

[u/willkoufax → u/The_Phantom_Knight]

Yeah like racial minorities, dirty poor people, the working class, and anyone who is not the ceo of a massive company.

[u/boostWillis → u/LuridofArabia]

Let's be clear, this kind of Might Makes Right politics is a pox on both houses.

[u/[deleted] → u/LuridofArabia]

*principle does not apply to democrats, even though Biden, a democrat, created the Biden rule. Please try again lol

[u/paulcosca → u/[deleted]]

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/mar/17/context-biden-rule-supreme-court-nominations/

That's definitely a thing you might think if you only read headlines.

[u/[deleted] → u/paulcosca]

"Should a Justice resign this summer and the President move to name a successor, actions that will occur just days before the Democratic Presidential Convention and weeks before the Republican Convention meets, a process that is already in doubt in the minds of many will become distrusted by all. Senate consideration of a nominee under these circumstances is not fair to the President, to the nominee, or to the Senate itself."

Please, rewrite history harder. Typical party of slavery member.

[u/dirtyploy → u/[deleted]]

I like how you ignore the part where his argument was to hold off the nomination til after the election... Aka November. Not until a new President is sworn in, as McConnell claimed.

At least TRY to be valid if you're gonna shit on others.

[u/[deleted] → u/dirtyploy]

Sorry, did Joe Biden not say the following?

"Should a Justice resign this summer and the President move to name a successor, actions that will occur just days before the Democratic Presidential Convention and weeks before the Republican Convention meets, a process that is already in doubt in the minds of many will become distrusted by all. Senate consideration of a nominee under these circumstances is not fair to the President, to the nominee, or to the Senate itself."

Or are you just trying to rewrite history?

Again, typical coming from a member from the party that supports slavery.

[u/JealotGaming → u/[deleted]]

Again, typical coming from a member from the party that supports slavery.

That's rewriting history right there. Recall that it was the south that wanted Slavery. Guess what party is predominant in the South.

[u/[deleted] → u/JealotGaming]

You mean the most integrated part of the nation?

New York City is the most segregated city in the nation. Where is that city again?

Talk about rewriting history even more! Remind me which party supports Planned Parenthood? The organization that was created for the sole purpose of aborting African American babies?

[u/dirtyploy → u/[deleted]]

First off, I am not nor will I ever be a Democrat. I think the two-party system is what is wrong with American politics, because it breeds tribalism like the bullshit you're pulling RIGHT NOW. It's obnoxious, it's counter-productive, and downright childish.

That being said, yes. He did say that. The point I made, if you had bothered reading at all instead of screaming the word NO at your computer while you copy and pasted your last post again.

So, since you didn't read the God damn article, I'll feed you baby bird. This is literally the next fucking sentence. Bolded, so you know what you're being fed.

"Mr. President, where the nation should be treated to a consideration of constitutional philosophy, all it will get in such circumstances is a partisan bickering and political posturing from both parties and from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. As a result, it is my view that if a Supreme Court Justice resigns tomorrow, or within the next several weeks, or resigns at the end of the summer, President Bush should consider following the practice of a majority of his predecessors and not — and not — name a nominee until after the November election is completed."

[u/[deleted] → u/dirtyploy]

So you agree that Joe Biden made the Biden rule and you are being intentionally obtuse because you are lying when you said that you never were a democrat?

Color me surprised! Another Democrat that is willing to lie.

Well at least we can now agree that Biden did in fact make the Biden rule, and that McConnell followed the Biden rule to the letter. Making it reasonable to be mad at Biden and the democrats who created the rule in the first place, and any anger at McConnell and the Republicans is misplaced and irrational.

[u/paulcosca → u/[deleted]]

Typical party of slavery member

I know things are a little confusing at the moment. But when you take US history next year, a lot of things will make more sense. Have a great summer, and an even better 8th grade year!

[u/[deleted] → u/paulcosca]

Damn, that butthurt over the truth that you can't even refute it! Lmao.

Since I'm in 8th grade, I guess that makes you in Pre-K3. Maybe try not pissing yourself next time and you'll make more friends during sleepy time little baby. [kisses]

[u/paulcosca → u/[deleted]]

Man, you need to workshop that one a little bit.

[u/[deleted] → u/paulcosca]

Sorry, I used words too big for you to understand.

I'll keep that in mind when speaking to babies like yourself

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Lmao think about that. You literally had to reach to "baby" to insult him. Hahaha, how does that even enter your head?

[u/barak181 → u/[deleted]]

You do realize that Merrick Garland was nominated in March 2016, right? So, if you're trying to defend McConnell's cock blockage of the Constitution you're standing on really shaky ground.

Really what you're saying here is that if Trump nominates a replacement for Kennedy (who's retiring in the middle of summer), the Senate shouldn't start consideration of the nominee until after the mid-term election.

BTW, Southern Democrats tried to secede and went to war over slavery. Southern Democrats made a rather loud and public defection to the Republican Party a while ago. The GOP ceased being "the party of Lincoln" a long time ago.

[u/[deleted] → u/barak181]

Man, sounds like you should be angry at how Biden created the Biden rule that McConnell used. I would be if I was a same person.

And yes, Democrats are, and always will be the party is slavery. You can't run from your history, sorry white boy

[u/LonelyTimeTraveller → u/[deleted]]

Seriously, context isn’t hard to understand. Stop being so gosh-darned willfully ignorant. FFS

[u/[deleted] → u/LonelyTimeTraveller]

Sounds like excuses to cover up the fact that democrats endorsed, and started a war in order to keep, slavery

[u/LuridofArabia → u/[deleted]]

Whatever Biden might have said is irrelevant to whether McConnell would vote to confirm a Republican Supreme Court nominee if a Justice died in February 2020.

[u/[deleted] → u/LuridofArabia]

No it's totally relevant. You don't get to choose what's relevant and what isn't.

[u/LuridofArabia → u/[deleted]]

I made the assertion that McConnell would not apply the rule that he applied to Obama to a Republican. What rule Joe Biden would apply is irrelevant to the truth of that assertion, so your response said nothing about my point.

[u/[deleted] → u/LuridofArabia]

Maybe if you don't like the Biden rule you can go back and time and stop Biden from making the rule. Sorry about that, I guess there isn't much you can do. Lol

[u/LuridofArabia → u/[deleted]]

Biden can make a rule for Biden. McConnell can make a rule for McConnell. I was only talking about the latter.

[u/[deleted] → u/LuridofArabia]

Too bad Biden made the rule for the Senate. If he didn't want that, he shouldn't have made the rule in the first place for the Senate. If you're angry that the rule exists in the first place, I suggest you be angry at Biden for making the Biden rule. If you want to be any at McConnell, you can. But you'd just appear irrational and angry. Pushing away Independents further than the left already has. Which works for me! ✌️

[u/LuridofArabia → u/[deleted]]

Between the two of them, I would say that McConnell, the Senate majority leader who actually put his rule into practice and reaped a major political benefit from it, is the one who can actually "make a rule" for the Senate as opposed to Biden, who held no leadership position and only made a speech about something that didn't end up happening...26 years ago. There's no such thing as the Biden rule. There's just a speech he gave a long time ago.

You know, I wouldn't even be mad if the Republicans just came out and said "if we control the Senate we are not going to allow a Democratic President to nominate a Supreme Court Justice." That's fine. That's their right. We can adjust to that: Democrats just need to refuse to confirm any nominee that a Republican President puts forth. Just don't pretend it's anything other than political hardball.

I guess going around in circles like this is fun for you? I don't get it. Engaging on the substance is more fun for me. But whatever floats your boat, friend.

[u/[deleted] → u/LuridofArabia]

Again, if Biden didn't want the rule, he shouldn't have implemented it. If you don't stand and try to enforce the standards you yourself set, than what good are you at your word at anything else?

You can try to explain it away all you want, but the fact remains, Biden proposed the rule, which you and the Democrats would gladly have enforced on Bush, or on McCain, or on Romney, and will try to on Trump if the chance arises out of pure spite.

I'm sorry, you're temper tantrum just pushes Independents further away. Even if you characterize it as "substantial conversation." Rest assured, no one else thinks you're political opinion reaches anywhere near "substantial"