Fence sitters SUCK!

Hmmmm, couldn't you have squeezed a little more derisive condescension in there? Yes, I think you COULD! I have faith in you.

Little warrants were abandoned on doorsteps & subpoenas were whipped out & mishandled.😞

Ahhh, yes...the ol' Storm of '63....almost pales in comparison to the Merger & Acquisitions of 1995!

It was an awful time.....people standing in lines for hours just to speak to a lawyer and get a cup of coffee. Some towns completely ran out of lawyers. People had no choice but to pack up and move out West. Rumor has it that in some of those old ghost towns on really quiet nights, you can still hear ghosts crying out...."I need a lawyer, quick!"

of course I can but I like to keep you wanting a lil bit more

I hear that's always been your philosophy with the womens too... 🙂

of course. once they get a little vitamin T they always want some more

.... the sad part is you can only give them a little vitamin t, eh? 🙂

only a little at a time. I don't want them to get hurt

Joss, I know. It was a typo.

Great you tube video.

Because even being a great lawyer doesn't mean one will be a decent judge- two totally different skill sets and aptitudes.

Good Justices are even harder to come by. They usually first serve quite a bit of time until appointed up from a trial court to an appellate court, where they usually serve for a while and refine their appellate court skills.

State supreme court justices are usually "the cream of the crop" from the already serving appellate court justices. By this point, we are down to far less than 1% of the judges and lower court justices.

I was raised in Cook County IL and that was the mantra that was thrown around every election cycle.

Early voted Monday, they insisted I show my ID, not my voter ID card. I said I thought US Government decided that was illegal, if I am here and want to vote I should be able to.

She flashed some sign at me with a picture of Uncle Sam on it with the statute saying to early vote you must show ID.

I told her she was screwing up my plans to vote "early and often!".

She almost refused me my ballot except for the round of laughter from folks around me saved my azz.

Im going back Tuesday and try again..... in Illinois you need to vote the other party twice at least to overcome the machine.

Although Justices Barbara Pariente, R. Fred Lewis, and Peggy Quince are insisting that voters should ignore their rulings when they head to the polls, and consider only whether these jurists have ever committed a crime, their critics and other legal scholars say otherwise -- i.e., that it is absolutely relevant to their retention that voters consider whether these justices are interpreting relevant law according to its original public meaning, or whether they are left-wing activists who ignore the law and impose their own personal moral philosophy on cases that come before them.

Below is the whole story from Sunshine News:

http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/three-justices-inventing-elements-crime-or-doing-best-legislative-screw-up?utm_source=constantcontact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=110112 

Ever talk about a bomb while in line to get on a plane?

Awesome article.

Shows EXACTLY why I'm willing to toss those 3 on the deadweight pile!

Disgusting "interpreters" that "think" they know not only the intent but the letter of the Law. Little legal wrangling looking for some loophole that's not specified yet changes they way a law has been handled for decades...all of a sudden...they KNOW better? They can go to hell! They're what's WRONG with America today.

In the 70's, three Justices were accused of taking bribes. Needless to say, that led to outrage. In response, merit retention was put in place to provide an avenue for "bad" justices to be removed for "bad" conduct. While you certainly can use your merit retention vote any way you want, even including ridding the Court of a justice you oppose merely on political or philosophical grounds, that is not what was intended (for those who love original intent arguments).

My personal concern here is that if these justices are voted out (which they probably will be), the Court will, from election day forward, be influences by the political process as opposed to the constitutionality of law. We might as well put them up for sale like the three from the 70's were accused of. This move is nothing more than a partisan power grab to gain control of the courts.

(P.S. The news source you cited describes its own agenda and plainly states on its websites that its articles promote the editors' philosophies. Fair and balanced it is not.)

I'm sure there are plenty of good appellate court justices just waiting in the wings for their "big break"!

You would think, but that isn't the case. Waiting for that big break doesn't translate to being qualified.

SO you're saying every appellate court judge in Florida is incompetent???? Good thing I voted some of them out too!