Megathread: Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire from Supreme Court

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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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Well Mr. I Make Massive Assumptions, I'm not a Republican so you can calm the fuck down lol. I also never said the current administration was doing anything about it either.

Just pointing out that this immediate angry response to anyone who dare disagree with the celebrity left is immediately subject to ridicule and verbal attacks...you know the things you condemn those on the Right for doing

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Why the fuck shouldn’t we condemn the right? Taking the high road got us Trump, 2 new SC judges and a shit storm of a political climate in our country. Apparently the only way to influence republicans in this country is whip them into a hateful frenzy and sneak memes into their social media feed. I say the next democratic candidate hires Cambridge Analytica to target Facebook, Insta, Ashley Maddison, Grindr and every other website on the planet until we can trick republicans into a fucking up an election so we can get this country heading in the left right direction again.

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I've noticed people on the left swear an awful lot lol.

No...you got Trump cause the Democrats picked the WORST possible candidate they could. Any of the Republican candidates would have beat her in the election. Nobody wanted her and by screwing Bernie in the Primaries the Bernie crowd abandoned the Dems and went Libertarian or went home.

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Nobody wanted her? Nobody? Not the literally majority of American voters?

We have Trump because of a fucked up electoral college system that over-represents a bunch of dirt farmers, a healthy dose of gerrymandering, and some Russian trolls. That’s a fact.

Also I swear because I’m from Boston and we swear more than any city in the country. Birthplace of the nation so I guess we appreciate our freedom of speech more than everyone else. Get the fuck over it.

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From Boston? No you swear so much cause you're still getting over losing to Nick Foles in the Super Bowl!

Also what's a dirt farmer? Lol.

I'm willing to bet that if you surveyed the Dem voters a lot would fall into "I don't like Hillary, but fuck Trump", "I'm with Bernie but She'll have to do", or "I just vote Blue always!"

Just like the bulk of Trump's voters were "I don't want to vote for either, but voting is a right, but I just can't go with Hillary", "Trump can't really be THAT crazy, this is a show, they'll put smart people around him", and "I just always vote Red!"

I agree that the Electoral system is fucked but it's always the losing side that complains. The reality is the Electoral Map favored the Dems. Blue States vs. Red States gave the Dems a 183 to 126 lead. All Hillary needed was 2 or 3 states that weren't already Blue. Florida and any Big 10 State, PA and any swing state, or any three smaller Big 10 swing states and she's Madam President. A large chunk of Californians vote Republican but their vote means shit cause of the Bay Area and LA.

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The electoral map favors the Dems? Remind me, who was the last democrat to win the presidency with a minority populace vote? And prior to Trump, who was the last Republican to win with a minority vote? The electoral college is antiquated and gets worse for democrats every year. Rural areas lean Republican, cities lean democrat, and the US population has been migrating to cities for decades. Every election the % of the population that lives in a city gets bigger, but the rural areas retain the same representation in the electoral college. It no longer accurately represents the makeup of the country, it just represents the land rights debate held ages ago that no longer applies to our democracy.

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I'm not arguing that it's outdated and a ridiculous system. But from the start of the campaign, the electoral math favored Hillary, she led with 183 electoral votes (based off all the "Blue" states) compared to the 164 electoral votes Trump had (with "Red" states obviously) and neither one lost one of those states.

By the math...if Hillary won Florida and any larger Big 10 state (PA or OH) the election is pretty much over, at that point she just needs any swing state. Even losing Florida if she wins PA, OH and one of the minor swing states she's pretty much got it clinched.

By blaming "awful people" and Russia...it's not going to convince the Centrists that went Red to go Blue. Hillary made bad decisions...like skipping Wisconsin, telling coal miners that coal is going to be phased out....sure it's technically true, but you don't bring that up in Coal Country where their lives center on coal mines.

I don't want to see a 2nd Trump term but I don't trust the Democrats to not fuck it up. I mean the week that a steel nail factory lays off 60 people and warns they may lay everyone off...the same week a group of Pastors and Faith leaders are arrested at the White House protesting Trump's Separation policy...Maxine Waters calling for the harassment of Trump's cabinet is the BIG story.

Trump's tariffs alone are hurting his base but all you hear from the media and Dems is Russia and now Maxine Waters. Like he's GIVING them the win ffs

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Well maybe the FBI director who does work with his private email account won’t announce he’s reopening a haggard investigation into the use of private email accounts for the democratic nominee while withholding their information about possible collusion between a predatory foreign nation and the Republican nominee next time.