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Supreme Court nomination
rfenst Offline
#101 Posted:
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ZRX1200 wrote:
Robert, to serve on SCOTUS does it even require that you’re a lawyer?

I cannot believe it if it isn't required.
rfenst Offline
#102 Posted:
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frankj1 wrote:
saw editorials from liberal and (soft) conservative sources calling for either mandatory age retirement or term limits.
There is a move to have 18 year max terms, eventually ensuring every POTUS a pick or two (don't recall how the math worked)

I'd vote for that.
DrafterX Offline
#103 Posted:
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well, I guess that eliminates Kanye.... Mellow
frankj1 Offline
#104 Posted:
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cuz he didn't pay his felon dues?
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#105 Posted:
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There are no official qualifications for becoming a Supreme Court justice.
The Constitution spells out age, citizenship and residency requirements for becoming president of the United States or a member of Congress but mentions no rules for joining the nation’s highest court. To date, six justices have been foreign born; the most recent, Felix Frankfurter, who served on the court from 1939 to 1962, was a native of Vienna, Austria. The youngest associate justice ever appointed was Joseph Story, who was 32 years old when he joined the bench in 1811. Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., who served from 1902 to 1932, retired at age 90, making him the oldest person ever to sit on the court. One thing every justice who’s served shares in common is that all were lawyers prior to joining the court. During the 18th and 19th centuries, before attending law school was standard practice, many future justices got their legal training by studying under a mentor. James Byrnes, who served on the court from 1941 to 1942, was the last justice who didn’t attend law school (Byrnes, who also didn’t graduate from high school, worked as a law clerk and later passed the bar exam.) Harvard has produced more members of the court than any other law school; to date, 20 justices have attended or graduated from the venerable institution, which was established in 1817 and is America’s oldest continually operating law school.
HockeyDad Offline
#106 Posted:
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I heard you can’t be Catholic to be on the Supreme Court
ZRX1200 Offline
#107 Posted:
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Robert it was rhetorical for me just wanted to get that out there, not playing “gotcha!” or anything personal. You generally have reasoned opinions.
delta1 Offline
#108 Posted:
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frankj1 wrote:
saw editorials from liberal and (soft) conservative sources calling for either mandatory age retirement or term limits.
There is a move to have 18 year max terms, eventually ensuring every POTUS a pick or two (don't recall how the math worked)


this may be a positive change...the current system can encourage an ineffective and possibly incompetent judge to cling to a seat for extended lengths of time, weakening the court's ability to render it's best judgement of a case...
frankj1 Offline
#109 Posted:
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are they not subject to possible impeachment trials?
ZRX1200 Offline
#110 Posted:
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/16/politics/scotus-impeach/index.html

Same as POTUS (cliff notes)

Preemptive answer #2:

https://www.history.com/news/has-a-u-s-supreme-court-justice-ever-been-impeached
HockeyDad Offline
#111 Posted:
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Impeaching a supreme court justice would be a ****** move.

I shall await Pelosi’s filing.
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#112 Posted:
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Term limits for congress first, to see how it works, then move on to the s-court.
But without life it will be subject to political corruption eventually.
delta1 Offline
#113 Posted:
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that is the argument for lifetime appointments...
ZRX1200 Offline
#114 Posted:
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It’s one of her “arrows” LHD
Smooth light Offline
#115 Posted:
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It's to know the consequences, before you make a change. Prudence and wisdom.🤔
SirKnight Offline
#116 Posted:
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None of this would be an issue had Ginsberg retired while Obama had been in office, she refused to do so. Was it possibly believed Clinton would be elected or did she really think she could outlast her health issues if Trump took office. The gamble she took is her fault, otherwise a leftist judge would have been appointed. Four years ago the republicans held the senate and they blocked a nomination by majority, the democrats do not have that privilege at this time so the nomination will go forward.
rfenst Offline
#117 Posted:
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SirKnight wrote:
None of this would be an issue had Ginsberg retired while Obama had been in office, she refused to do so. Was it possibly believed Clinton would be elected or did she really think she could outlast her health issues if Trump took office. The gamble she took is her fault, otherwise a leftist judge would have been appointed. Four years ago the republicans held the senate and they blocked a nomination by majority, the democrats do not have that privilege at this time so the nomination will go forward.

Ginsburg said she always wanted to work until she wasn't capable of doing the job anymore. That's what she did. And to do otherwise would be playing politics according to her, something she wanted to avoid..
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#118 Posted:
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is remaining silent on whether he supports a move by many progressives to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court if the Democrats win back the White House and take control of the Senate in November’s elections.


Asked Thursday by reporters if he supports such a move, Biden once again refused to answer, saying “you’ll know my position on court-packing the day after the election.”



gotta elect him to find out what's in him..... Mellow
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