John Roberts

[MountainRaven]

I'm curious what the arguments are for and against. The story linked didn't really touch on what Pennsylvania is doing, although it did say that SCotUS basically upheld a decision made by SCoPA.

[TomMcC]

Most of the conservatives currently on the bench have been reliably originalist. Even Alito sides with the conservative side way more often than not. Roberts has sided with the liberal wing more lately, but even in the past he's been wishy-washy. I don't know if he'll slide fully to the left like John Paul Stevens; I think he's likely to be more like Sandra Day O'Connor: He'll back the conservative side only when he has no real way to find a loophole for the liberals to prevail.

Some have been good (Thomas, Alito) some not so good (Stevens, Souter, Roberts). Gorsuch disappointed me sorely when he found that the 1964 Civil Rights Act covered transexuals because the word "sex" in the law back then was evidently pointing to every perversion the left could popularize.

[TomMcC]

I'm curious what the arguments are for and against. The story linked didn't really touch on what Pennsylvania is doing, although it did say that SCotUS basically upheld a decision made by SCoPA.

My understanding is that the lefties on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court essentially change the election laws to extend voting some extra days. Maybe someone from Penn can fill that out.

[SteyrAUG]

unbelievable that anyone would be ok with this

I think the SCOTUS is generally a liberal environment that becomes infectious with appointments for life. It's like living in some parts of CA, sometimes it becomes too much effort to change anyone's opinion so you end of giving tacit approval or approval by omission just because it just isn't worth the effort to try and change someone's mind or opinion. And we now have so many justices with standing agendas that they won't even consider a dissenting opinion, they have hard lines and marching orders.

It is one more check and balance that has been all but effectively nullified.

[flenna]

I think the SCOTUS is generally a liberal environment that becomes infectious with appointments for life. It's like living in some parts of CA, sometimes it becomes too much effort to change anyone's opinion so you end of giving tacit approval or approval by omission just because it just isn't worth the effort to try and change someone's mind or opinion. And we now have so many justices with standing agendas that they won't even consider a dissenting opinion, they have hard lines and marching orders.

It is one more check and balance that has been all but effectively nullified.

The SC has become an extension of the legislative branch- which is why the ComDems are fighting so hard and threatening to pack it.

[glocktogo]

The SC has become an extension of the legislative branch- which is why the ComDems are fighting so hard and threatening to pack it.

I'm to the point of eff it all. Trump should take the rest of his judicial appointments list and nominate ALL of them for SCOTUS. Make SCOTUS 75 justices. That way the alt-left will have to make it 150. Then their lawfare campaign would require so much money, time and coordination it would lose its appeal.

I've got booze and ammo aplenty, I'm ready to watch the world burn.

[RUTGERS95]

I'm to the point of eff it all. Trump should take the rest of his judicial appointments list and nominate ALL of them for SCOTUS. Make SCOTUS 75 justices. That way the alt-left will have to make it 150. Then their lawfare campaign would require so much money, time and coordination it would lose its appeal.

I've got booze and ammo aplenty, I'm ready to watch the world burn.

right there with you

[gunnerblue]

My understanding is that the lefties on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court essentially change the election laws to extend voting some extra days. Maybe someone from Penn can fill that out.

The PA court ruled that mail-in ballots would be counted for up to three days following the election, provided that they were postmarked by November 3rd. If there is no evidence that they were mailed after the 3rd (e.g. no postmark which would be the fault of the post office), then the ballot would also be counted. A significant number of ballots were not counted during the PA primaries due to the post office being overwhelmed. PA Republicans argued that it was the role of the legislature, not the court, to change how elections were conducted within the state.

[ABNAK]

Can someone please tell me why the fvck it is ALWAYS Republican-nominated justices who are turncoats? I can't recall a Democrat nominee being a traitor to the Left.

Let's see: Earl Warren, Stevens, Souter, and now Roberts. Kennedy and O'Connor were wishy-washy at best.

WTF?

[Diamondback]

Can someone please tell me why the fvck it is ALWAYS Republican-nominated justices who are turncoats? I can't recall a Democrat nominee being a traitor to the Left.

Let's see: Earl Warren, Stevens, Souter, and now Roberts. Kennedy and O'Connor were wishy-washy at best.

WTF?

Because they aggressively purge their "impure" and send them over to the Junior Coalition Partner party.