Rumors around Washington are flying, and they’re pointing to a secret betrayal in the Democratic party leadership. Is President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nomination a political move to steal the wind from the Clinton campaign sails?
Their rivalry is one the worst-kept secrets in Washington. Eight years after the bitter and divisive 2008 Democratic primary, Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are hardly the best of friends.
Now, Obama may have found a way to sink the knife in deep with his nomination of Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court — and he may have done it with some secret help from across the aisle.
In public, Republican leaders have decried Obama’s attempt to stack the court during his last months in office.
But there are reports that the president and the GOP establishment have worked out a deal behind the scenes… one that would take the power to shape the court right out of Clinton’s hands should she be elected president in November.
“I’m told that the Republicans in the Senate actually sent some sort of a back-channel message to the White House,” NPR’s Nina Totenberg reported. “That if it were Garland that they would confirm him if the Democrats prevail in the presidential election, that they would confirm him in the lame-duck session and that the whole caucus would be on board, that it wouldn’t be a fight.”
Some senators have even admitted publicly they’d likely approve Garland in a lame-duck session if Clinton wins, including both Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.).
Why?
Easy: It’s a win-win for Obama and Republicans… and a lose-lose for someone they all detest.
Hillary Clinton.
By not holding hearings, the Senate can in effect keep Garland’s nomination in limbo.
He hasn’t been rejected. He hasn’t even had a hearing — and they can change their minds on that at any time.
If a Republican wins the White House, Garland’s nomination will be tossed and the Senate will wait for the new president to submit his pick for the High Court.
But if Clinton wins, she’ll get to submit a nominee — someone who shares her radical leftwing politically correct agenda.
Suddenly, Garland might not look like such a bad choice after all.
While he’s not a conservative, he’s certainly no liberal icon, either, like Clinton would likely appoint.
The liberal group Democracy for America denounced the nomination, calling it “deeply disappointing.” Another leftist organization, CREDO, said Garland’s track record “does not suggest he will be a progressive champion.”
And when his name was floated as a possible SCOTUS pick in 2010, the conservative Judicial Crisis Network called Garland’s potential nomination “the best scenario we could hope for.”
He also has something else going for him: Age.
Instead of a young liberal who could shape the court for generations, Garland is not only a political moderate but at the age of 63 would be the oldest appointment since Lewis Powell in 1972.
Since the 1970s, the average retirement age for the Supreme Court has been 78. That means Garland could serve for 15 years — or about as close to a short-term appointment as you can get on the Supreme Court.
– The Horn editorial team
Political shenanigans?! Is ANYONE surprised? Garland is anti- 2nd Amendment. We do NOT need another SCOTUS robe who is opposed to our Bill of Rights!
EXACTLY!! Funny how the editor left that out…but I did note that the Sorry A Republican establishment is going along with it.
Yeah, since Garland is anti-2nd Amendment, that means Barack accomplishes his mission. Hillary is anti-2nd Amendment. So Garland may seem moderate, but actually he is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Everyone who supports the second amendment and wants to keep thier guns has to get behind trump and be sure he exceeds the 1237 delegates he needs to win on fortst ballot.
You are not accurate with the Trump positions. Trump is not very supportive of the 2nd Amendment. He has apposed it in the past. Ted Cruz, however, has defended the 2nd Amendment at the Supreme Court and won the case. He also has a far better chance of beating Hilary. (while most real polls show trump being beat badly by Hilary)
Electing Trump will be like “Dumb” electing “Dumber”.
Thanks Lee Fisher for calling us all dumb. Of course you are the only intelligent one in this dialog. Ego, ego, ego. You have it all.
… here we are, JUST 2-WEEKS AWAY FROM the “Anti-Trump VOTER” National Holiday!!!!
You said it perfectly. Now I don’t have to add another post to this comment reply chain.
Maybe All of America Should Go Ahead and suck it up and…vote for Trump. At least we will have a true American in Office. That vales Christian Rights. The Constitution. ALL of our Amendments. Halt to Immigration. (Until we ha ve a fool proof vetting system in effect.) Face it America has Enemies…Borders are necessary folks. The silent majority is the ones who vote. “We the people must join together and make OUR CHOICE….while we still have the chance. That chance is Mr. Donald Trump. America this may be your last chance to speak. Or be forced to fight for your rights. I would much RATHER JUST join together AND vote trump:) Shhhh
They are all in bed together for their families to live the good life. This has not been govt. for the people by the people for probably 20 years now. It’s all about them polluting our resources, poisoning our food and world and them getting rich. They could care less about the middle class. All they want is us to work 40 hours or more a week so we can continue to get our taxes while they give it away, steal it, and continue to run the printing press .They have not turned it off since Obama got into office. The dollar is probably only worth .40 .Our country will be collaspe in another 5 years .We will then be hauled into Fema camps that are set up in every state now and martial law will be put in effect and the scenero is not pretty. 1929 will look like a cake walk. Wise up people. Pay off your debts and hide your money as the feds. will eventually steal it all from us. Remember desperate govt. do desperate things. Can’t stop it. Greenspan and all the brains of the US. did this can’t change it when interest rates start to run up that is your clue to the beginning Prepare now. I am
More like 103 years.
we have crime families,bush,clinton and some we do not have their names,that wish a one world order
You are right! They are all afraid that if Trump wins the election he will find them out and try to get things stopped. My wife is from the Philippines and the President there has found a corrupt gov’t. Many have lost their job and are in jail. As far as the second amendment goes a person can change their mind. When that ISIS member tried to get to him, he may have had to use the gun he carries! That guy was going to stab him. We need Trump to get the corruption stopped and he knows enough about the Clintons to defeat her easily. Besides look at how many are voting in the republican primaries and how many are voting in the democratic primaries. Just because Trump is running!
I’m a very conserved person and agree with a sentence you wrote,but, I think you should contact a brain Doctor and have the frontal abodemy you had reversed. The rest of your writing is that of a person in so much stress the pourch lite is totally out.
You are a DOCTOR ????? Of what ????? Your spelling and logic are ABOMINABLE and NOT that of an educated person !!!!!~~~~~
What kind of doc are you? Couldn’t be doctor of English as you can’t spell. Couldn’t be medical doctor as you made up a word for lobotomy. Jokester, right?
The Republicans going along with it smacks of back-of-the-door type deals. Granted, I think what they are trying to accomplish might be worthwhile, BUT they seem to have missed the point that many, if not most or all gun owners (hunters,trappers, pro-2A, NRA,VCDL, take your pick) will certainly remember who sold them (and their rights) downriver. Keep in mind that, if we miss an entrenched socialist government this time around, there WILL be another election eventually. And people can easily remember what they HATE for a long,long time. Some have been known to spend their entire lives doing nothing else. Word to the wise, maybe?
Keep in mind that under this agreement that Garland only gets in if Hillary wins in November. If Hillary wins and gets to put her own choice in, Republicans will be wishing Garland had been accepted. As the article states, this is a “best case” scenario for Republicans IF Hillary wins. Plus, Obama gets to put the screws to Hillary. Personally, I have my doubts that Obama would do it.
As underhanded as O is I believe there is more to this than meets the eye.. And as per usual, the rotund will be screwed!!
.. just another “Blue Shirt” vs. “Red Shirt” mid-week scrimmage, for the “University of American New World Order” team, in its World politics weekend game!!!!
WELL THEY’VE GAVE OBAMA EVERYTHING HE WANTS SO FAR THEY’RE NOT GOING TO STOP NOW …THATS WHY WE NEED TRUMP HE WOULD HAVE TOLD THEM IT AIN’T GOING TO HAPPEN AND WOULD HAVE STOOD HIS GROUND …TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT 2016 AND HILLARY FOR PRISON 2016
I must agree, Obummer is a liar and never follows through with anything unless it meets his own agenda!! Both Republicans and Democrats are scared to death that Trump will win, and I pray he does! Washing is corrupt and has been for the last 40 years!!
These POH members are shoeing that they EAT each other over Politics…
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H-ypocrites
I want nothing to do with either party. The dem party is full of corruption. If it wasn`t, Hillary would not be running for anything but freedom which she does not deserve. The Republicans are nothing but a bunch of gutless wimps who rollover for anything Obamas says. Neither party cares what the American people say. So we end up with dictators and a muslim.
We have seen what the Democrats have done the last eight years, so maybe time for the Republicans to take over and try to clean up the mess? Both Trump and Cruz say they wills top illegal immigration which I think is ruining America and they are filling up our jails and prisons, both State and Federal!
One thing we all would agree on, we do not have to import criminals, we produce enough as it is?
Chuck Parsons you are correct !
Trump is far from a wimp! He is the ONLY choice left for us to change what has only gotten worse for years!
Trump is Not a whim! No, he is a corrupt business man. Rude, does stupid things on impulse and is a life long Democrat who admires the Clintons and their way of running our government. If you can’t see that, you are not looking.
Corrupt? Just look at one of his ventures. Trump University.
Lier? Look at Trump Steaks. His former manager says they sold “almost none”.
(at $50 a steak… no wonder)
There are dozens of Trump corruption examples to look at. All well documented and searchable online.
The media is not reporting much of this. They are having a field day covering Trump, but if he wins the Nomination, I guarantee the Media will be very please to report all of Trumps corruption to help Hilary win the election. All while staying quite about Hilary’s corruption until after she wins. Then they will attract her in her 2nd term. (It is very good for Media ratings. (Look how eager they are to attack Obama these days.))
This is nothing new. I am almost 72 yrs old. I have been seeing these trends for many decades. I started following elections (as a young teenager) when “Ike” ran for his 2nd term. Same thing then, but not quite as intense as now days. Not as much media then. Only 1 or 2 news papers per city, and only 3 TV Network (if your antenna could bring in all 3 of them.)
Right on Lee! I am 78 and remember when I was in school and our history teacher told us that no country would attack us because Most Americans had guns,
Lee were you asleep during Bill Clinton’s time other than him being a scum ,he did balance the budget and did not get us in a war , did not tend to turn the country into a Muslim world .Stand by for Obama’s Marshal Law ,Some americans are going to dye so Obama can declare Martial Law.
Absolutely right Carlos. besides that it is impossible for Trump to be any worse than the last 3 presidents.
BULLSEYE!!! I’d LMAO if it weren’t so serious.
That is true….Democrats have Hillary, someone that lies,and changes her story to whatever the occasion calls for. The Republican has insulted every race of people but his own and is hot headed and completely demeaning in his bully actions and statements. The whole situation is bad. I expect us to be engaged in another world war, and the loss of any trade agreements within a month of Trump taking office. So either way it is either the liar or the hot headed idiot…what a rotten choice to have to make!!!
When citizens realize that long guns protect the 2nd Amendment and not visa versa then Liberty will Reign.
Quit looking to the Feral DC gov to “protect” you or ensure your “rights”. That is exactly the way to ensure your bondage.
GenEarly – 1st para, agree. Long guns actually bought us that right by enforcing it effectively.
2nd para – was not aware that government protects ANYTHING – except their own asses
This is the NWO working our corrupt DC elite(s) puppets who sold their souls and thinking we are too stupid to see through this BS.
Come for our guns and 1776 will commence again—-defending our lives and country from leftist progressive scum would be the order of the day!!!!!!!
You got that 100% right!!!
We do NOT need another SCOTUS robe who is opposed to our “CONSTITUTION”!
First thing I did was Vet this guy to find out he was anti 2nd Amendment!!! If the GOP doesn’t STOP playing games to divide the party, and we ALL know it’s not Trump that’s doing it then we will have the bitch of Bengazi as a president!!! ???????????? Although she should be in jail!
That is a back door agreement to tale our 2nd amendment rights away or at least reduce them
… IF you have a “Right” – ANY right, to ANYTHING:
IT IS YOUR POSSESSION IN WHOLE, and WITHOUT MITIGATION IN PARTS, or:
YOU HAVE NO RIGHT!!!!!!
Another idiot.
Oh Heavenly Father, help the true patriot not allow another Democrat president, what happen to all the will do job for America people??? For the last 8 yrs they have done nothing but destroying our constitutions laws, guns, 2nd amendment, next martial law, allows rapes, killings, God forbid. That judge obozo picked is a no no. He is against 2nd amendment.
It is written, in the New International Version by the Inspiration of GOD, the HOLY SPIRIT:
1John 2: “21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth. 22 Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son. 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.”
2 John:
“6 And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
7 I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist. 8 Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.”
2 John 7:
“7 I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.”
While I am a Catholic I believe that whats in the Bible is correct, I believe that this country was founded on Christian principles and those who do not believe the way this country was formed should be the way the majority rules. “We the People” have to live by the rules, those who move here and want everything the way they want, should go beck to where they came from. of course they can’t get it there either, that’s why they came here.
Our elected official’s are listing to the wrong people, those who have the time to complain, while those of use who are working and paying into the system. Elected’s need to hear what is happening the people are saying enough is enough, we are sick and tried of your stuffing your pockets, why would anyone spend over 4 million dollars to be elected to a house seat from Wa. State for $175.000 or so. (MC)
Why would HC get paid over $600,000 to speak at a collage when that money is paid for again by taxpayers.
I don’t like everything that Trump says, but he’s not in any ones pocket, the gravy train with be totally derailed when he is elected, and if the GOP, tries to go around what the people are saying the total Government will be derailed and the country will fall. “WAKE UP CONGRESS AND AMERICA” the future is truly in your hands
Not whatsoever!
Would you believe another LIE from the CLINTONS!
Agreed. This is why we need to vote out all incombants who are professional politician and think instead of honest comprise, that they can only be devious and make backdoor deals.
Vote them all out!
21 million Americans own guns, largest private army in the world. Why do you think this country has never been invaded? The enemy wouldn’t be able to keep up with the guns of that army. It is well known that Barack and Hilly don’t get along. She defied him, her boos, when she used Sid Blumenthal in Libya and for other things. She has zero respect for people above her, as it interferes with her power. Hillary has no respect for anything this country has, including its people. She is a POWER whore, and will be 3 times worse than BHO. She just showed absolutely zero respect for the 4 she allowed killed in Bengazhi so has no successes behind her name, everything she did as SOS has been listed as failed policy. GO HOME Hillary, do a service for your country.
Actually, this country was invaded by white people from Europe.
Politics is theater, intending to divide the country through emotion.
Hillary was a First Lady, when have we ever elected a FL as POTUS? Never and I don’t think this will change now.
We have been awakened to the corruption of Congress passing bills unfavorable to citizens.
We have had the SCOTUS stacked in the past, it will be again when most of the members retire. This will happen because of service-to-self voters.
Many of us join a party because of similar beliefs and promises. I would like to see less concentration of power in DC, it has become a huge burden.
The military cannot be funded by us poor folks at its present levels. We need a clean sweep.
Very interesting.by shelving the judicial process until November,Judge Garland is still a possible appointee
BUT only if SHIL-LIAR-RY get elected…and that would ‘FROST” her ample DERRIERE
Ample?!?!? Try extra WIDE LOAD!!!
Oh hell no not garland hell no I like my hunting freedoms.
If the GOP actually worked with Obama and confirms this pick, it tells me that they are working to elect Clinton because they fear Trump would destroy their corrupt way of governing? This would be Treason to the Republic party and voters! It looks like we will soon see if the GOP is as bad as the Democrats?
You have it correct. The political elite RINO’s will elect Hillary to stay on the gravy train.
Not if we commence with 1776
Thumb up 1776.
Got it!
Tea anyone? Yes!
Did you ever doubt it?
THE GOP TOOLS BETTER NOT CAVE IN TO BHO-ZO this time or there will be NO RINOS, nor any others, left in Congress…
… Aaah!!! … So you have a map of their underground labyrinth, do you!?!?
Suspect you are 100%, but so far, they’ve managed to keep it (mostly) buried in the kitty litter with the rest of the shit.
Gun rights will take another blow if Garland is put on the SCOTUS bandwagon.
The American people are sick to death of these back room deals. Any confirmation in this manor is treasonous and should never happen. If they cannot make their deals in the open they have no business in the government. If this man is confirmed you can give up any hope of a 1st or 2nd amendment being held strong for the people.
Are you trying to say that there are sneaky things going on in washington? I find that so hard to believe. Their such honest
“Americans”
Buzz-=–I think you mean “they’re”?? Just saying…
Boy sure love these uneducated mind. That’s the problems
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA
This is an attack by gun grabbers. He has said he will overturn Heller. Do we need another Civil War?
Looking more and more like it.
If the RINO’s push to elect Hillary over Trump (or Cruz) and this guy is confirmed by a Republican Senate, then HELL YES we need another Civil War. This is the last straw. If the Republican Establishment goes against the American voters, then we have already lost the country and it will be obvious to all that it is completely run by the Elitists in Washington, and what we want or say doesn’t matter to them. This is not what our founders fought for, and it is precisely what the Constitution was written to protect from. This is the main reason for the Second Amendment. These bureaucrats in Washington need to realize that the sleeping giant is not the government of the United States…it is its citizens.
Japanese Emporer Hirohito knew that very well. He has been quoted as saying that he feared “waking the sleeping giant” before Japan entered WWII.
His fears proved to be correct.
… the source of your quote was not Emporer Hirohito, but rather Admiral Yamamoto and allegedly not really spoken, but lifted from his diary and used.for effect in the movie “Tora! Tora Tora!”
… as for echos from the past, germain to anything akin to a 20th Millinium “Civil War”; BEST YOU CHECK OUT NIKOLA TESLA’S NEAT IDEAS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHgICIR8C0s — ALL of which became U.S. Inc’s EXCLUSIVE POSSESSION BY CONFISCATION IMMEDIATELY UPON HIS DEATH IN `43, !!!!
Yes there will be war as long that pos still in WH.
If he is nominated you can kiss the 2nd amendment goodbye!
Will not happen NRA member says so.
This just goes to show that the Democrats and Republican RINO’s work together when it suits THEIR purposes. This is exactly what Trump is trying to change and that’s why RINO’s hate him.
Yep, he Trump is a deal maker just like those RINO’s you profess to despise. His better deals will be better for…. who? Personally I WANT to elect somebody (Paul/Cruz) who would stand & obstruct bad legislation for hours on end rather than capitulate to “let’s make a deal.” Some things (like the Constitution & the Bill of Rights) shouldn’t ever be open for deals. Wake up & smell the stench of DC. Decide what you’re willing to deal on. Then vote accordingly.
The difference is,Cruz has been told if he were shot on the convention floor,noone would help him.How is he to get anything done?
The same way Reagan did against not RINOS but Dem Congress
The RINOS are scared of Obama. Do you think they would not be feared of The People’s outrage if President Cruz goes directly to their voters?
I 100% agree with you; just don’t understand why so many others cannot understand this.
The above reply is supposed to be for Robert
God Help Us !
I wifi be so glad when we have seen the last of the Obamas he is by far one of the worst Presidents in history . Clinton would be worse they are bought off by people like Soros all of them are anti Americans. They all should be in jail. Voted Trump sick of all these crooks.
A Clinton in the White House or any gov. office would be one scandal after another. This woman is incapable of playing by the rules, following the laws or telling the truth. Her statements also tell you that she like Obama, have no need or respect for the constitution. I cant believe that there are not woman out there in groups and droves that speak out about how they can do better than her as a female representative to the first female president. Did the democratic party not learn anything from the first black man? Obama has been a horrible representative for his race.
Hillary does NOT represent me in any shape or form. I am opposed to ALL she stands for. The only first that I would vote her into is the first SOS to get a life sentence of hard labor in one of the worse prison in the U.S. Furthermore, I don’t know any other woman who wants to be under her umbrella of womanhood.
Only “one” of the worst. THE worst in my book. I challenge ANYONE to name a president who has single-handedly (remember all those Executive Orders, they’ll trip you) done MORE damage to this country.
Read Clinton Cash it makes me sick to see what the Clintons have done over the years. Obviously Mr. Merrick Garland didn’t donate to the Clinton Foundation personal slush fund before he was appointed. Now he doesn’t have to. It probably cost her a cool million because of it. And, they laugh all the way to the bank.
I’ve seen this scam pulled before. An unpopular proposal is presented and then word leaks that the proposal will backfire on the proposer (or a common enemy) if we will just play along. It’s presented to us as a joke that we are in on. Our side winks, hides its grin and then foolishly goes along with the proposal. Once the proposal passes we discover that we were the fools and the joke was on us.
Although I don’t own a gun, I’m bothered by this guy’s rulings on gun laws. I don’t think the specter of someone worse being appointed should cause Republicans to put this guy on the Court. I suspect there is a certain amount of timing on when court cases go to the Supreme Court for their consideration. It is safe to say liberal activists started plotting their appeals strategy after they finished celebrating Justice Scalia’s death.
If confirmed by the Senate, this judge would give Obama the gun control that he has craved throughout his presidency. As far as “only 15 years” is concerned, we need to remember that Hitler’s Third Reich lasted 12 years. We don’t know how long this guy would actually sit on the high court, but a lot of damage can be done in far less than 15 years.
I don’t know who to believe. They give the same promises no matter what party and due to not being united we all end up on the bottom. Help America!!!!!
I am willing to take a chance on Trump. I would like to flush the stink in Washington
down the bowel.
Cruz has proved his reliability and his guts. Trump tells everyone what they want to hear and sold out to the first lobbie he encountered, not for the money but for votes. Does the way he can be bought matter? For the money or for something else?
Dr Carson said he knew two different Trumps when endorsing him. I noticed a few more when was watching the debates and his statements in between the debates.
How do we know he does not have a separate face for anyone he would like to get supported by?
Why would we trust a candidate who bragged in a TV interview that he intentionally presumptively hit Jeb’s brother George with a lie that he intentionally “lied” to involve us into the Iraq war?
If the RINOS “Lords” we’re serious about stopping Trump they would stop pushing Rubio and Kasich from splitting the anti Trum majority. As they do the opposite, I conclude they are much more afraid of Cruz and this tells me who I should support in the Primaries.
BTW, but I think all those talks about brokered convention is a smoke screen to district from their real goal not to let Cruz win.
Thumb up on Trump for President 2016.!!!
The LIAR or LOTUS Stabs every body in the back, Allies, American Citizens, Blacks, Latino’s everybody. Obama is a low life Liar and is not an American nor does he have any American Values. In fact he uses American Values and America’s Compassion as a weapon against the American Population. He truly is an enemy to America
With Ali Baba Obama’s talk of the Constitutional authority, and (‘FALSE RUMORS OF) being a ‘Constitutional Scholar’, the only thing that he shows is a CONTEMPT for the Constitution.
His continuing attempts at destroying the 2nd Amendment would only be furthered by his nomination, who would most certainly reverse the Heller Supreme Court decision, as well as vote to further restrict/destroy 2nd Amendment rights.
It’s up to all of US to bombard our conservative members of Congress with e-mails, letters,and phone calls, INSISTING that they withhold ANY and ALL hearings related to Ali Baba’s so-called ‘moderate’ nomination to the SCOTUS, with the firm sense that their possible (or not) re-election hangs in the balance.
As an Illinois Senator, Ali Baba is shown in a video vehemently disagreeing that a SCOTUS nominee should be automatically approved. When Alito (a conservative) was nominated, Ali Baba is shown stating that the nominee’s political views should most certainly be taken into consideration prior to being approved by the Senate. Just another side of the hypocrite Obama!!!
Trump is our last hope. The baffoons in Washington are running scared. The do nothing politicians must be removed. VOTE TRUMP!!!
This potential Supreme Court appointment simply highlights a much bigger underlying problem. Since its inception the Supreme Court has developed flaws in its structure. The founding fathers gave us the solution – a constitutional amendment to fix those flaws. So let us look at a:
Proposed Supreme Court Constitutional Amendment
Problem: With only nine Supreme Court justices, each justice has too much power and influence.
Solution: Increase the number of justices to 13. This would dilute the power and influence of each individual justice. Thirteen seems appropriate because it reflects back to the original 13 states that founded the United States of America and created the Constitution.
Problem: Lifetime appointments cause a number of problems.
In an attempt to stack the court according to their own political bias, Presidents frequently select younger justices who will be on the Supreme Court for an extended period of time. This means that many who could be the most mature, capable justices are left out of the selection process.
Justices tend to resign only when the current President has a similar political bias to their own. For example, a conservative justice resigns when a conservative President is in office and a liberal justice resigns when a liberal President is in office. By being able to resign when they wish, the resigning justice can stack the court by knowing that the President will choose a successor that reflects the same bias as their own.
Solution: Make the term limit for Supreme Court justices the same number as the number of justices – 13. So there would be 13 justices each with the term limit of 13 years. This would mean that a President would appoint one termed out Supreme Court justice for each year that the President was in office. The appointment of new Supreme Court justices would then be an important part of the presidential election process. The electorate would know exactly which Supreme Court justices would be termed out and which Supreme Court positions would be appointed by the next President. At the present time this duty to fill Supreme Court vacancies by the President seems to be mostly forgotten by the electorate during the presidential election years.
Problem: Supreme Court justices have no accountability or oversight. Before they become part of the court, each justice takes an oath to uphold the Constitution. But once are on the Supreme Court they are able to do whatever they want with little regard to the Constitution or the law. Instead of just interpreting the law according to the Constitution, they are able to make new laws with novel interpretations.
Solution: The President selects the Supreme Court justices. The Senate confirms the Supreme Court justices. The House of Representatives, as the representatives of the people, would have the right to hold the Supreme Court justices accountable. This is just a matter of appropriate checks and balances. Any time the House of Representatives observed a Supreme Court justice breaking their oath to uphold the Constitution; they could with a 60% majority vote remove that Supreme Court justice from office. The President would then select a replacement justice to complete the remaining term. The Senate would confirm the replacement. The House of Representatives would have the right to recall any replacement justice.
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It looks like the way to get anything that the people want is for the people to get rid of the crooks in ofice.
WHY IS A SCJ NOT ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE? THEY DO NOT HAVE THE POPULACE SUPPORT BUT ONLY THE ONES WHO PUT THEM THERE.
To say we need trump is an understatement!!! I don’t care what Cruz or kasick say they have been and are part of the establishment. We NEED new unbiased and un- bought leaders. That’s Trump
More backstabbing by the powers that be. It is all political but, the nominee is an anti-2nd Amendment oaf and New World Order Statist Advocate no matter how he is reported to be. No one can believe anything they see in the media today and worse, no AMERICAN CITIZEN worthy of the title who BELIEVES in individual choices and the Bill of Rights and the FREEDOMS it guarantees should tolerate Garland’s nomination. Isn’t massive failure from Washington elites the past 8 years in particular enough to make ALL Americans realize it is time to vote for a major CHANGE WE, THE PEOPLE, , AMERICAN CITIZENS; NOT FOREIGN FELONS AND JIHADIST RADICAL MUSLIMS, UNACCOMPANIED BORDER BRATS AND DRUG CARTELS, GANG BANGERS AND THUGS, MS-13 AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CAN LIVE WITH? I hope with all my heart that Donald TRUMP is elected president and cleans Houses immediately and , what he can’t clean out, perhaps WE can by voting against EVERY damned sitting incumbent in BOTH parties as ; THEY ARE THE PROBLEM! look at the reality of the $19 TRILLION debt and try to tell me otherwise!
Right On! I am sick of the establishment and their bias way of thinking, this all started after WWII when our fathers were happy to build America, and companies were happy to make a profit, and not be so greedy!
Ladies and gentleman this is your RINO GOP party doing underhanded things with their beloved Obama! once more. never ending!!!!
If Obummer and the GOP hate Hillary why don’t they just stop her from becoming President? They could do that in a heart beat and I don’t see why they go through this nonsense. Is it because they like to argue, have nothing better to do or just don’t give a darn?
First of all, I think our political system is broke. We have tugged back and forth on the Constitution and have construed words to have value to the whims of today’s politicians in Congress. Corruption at its best! What can we do as Americans? We need a President who is willing to turn this system over so that we can begin to be what it should be….a Government of the people, by the people and for the people! We certainly do not have it now! My suggestion is to elect Hillary Clinton as President and Bernie Sanders as Vice President. These two could begin to correct the corruption and bring America back to its people. I love American and God bless America!
What???????? Have you lost your mind? Haven’t you been keeping up? Clinton alone is not worthy to shine your shoes, and Bernie is a joke who is a communist who is also trying to ruin our country. Wake up. You are having a horrible nightmare.
It’s a moot point…Trump is going to win…NOT Hillary
If Republicans were smart they would take this SCOTUS nominee while they can. Obama has actually done them a great favor by nominating someone whom most could support. Confirmation hearings always take time with much political capital expended. Why not hold these now while Congress is all but sitting on its hands waiting for the 2016 electoral outcome? Consider that a new Republican administration from Day 1 would have all it can do to get its team in place and then to develop with Congress ways to fix the economy, tax structure, national debt, military, health care system, foreign policy, infrastructure, environmental issues and the several corrupt federal agencies that the previous administration will have left them. Rather than get bogged down after Jan. 20 in a long drawn-out SCOTUS nominating and approval process, our new president’s energies would be better directed to building his team and solving the problems that his voters want addressed RIGHT AWAY. Politics as usual will not cut it.
By reversing course and holding confirmation hearings for Obama’s decent nominee in the next few months, Senate Republicans along with the presidential nominee could clear the decks and provide more time to prepare for the heavy lifting that would occur after the election. Such an action would show the American public that Republicans are prepared to roll up their sleeves to get things done and reverse years of gridlock. And if the Republican nominee isn’t elected, Hillary would get to nominate her Justice who would be far worse for the country than Mr. Garland.
So to my fellow Republicans, put away your litmus tests for Supreme Court justices. Take a chance on this decent nominee. Focus instead on just how much work it will take to get this country back on track. There is only so much time in the day for our elected representatives to make things happen. Getting bogged down after the election in the judicial appointment process would mitigate against the larger picture of turning around a country that has been losing its way.
Mr Stern,
A sure way of losing this country would be to confirm him.
Sheep are funny. They sweat,labor, and damn near kill themselves in order to own newer cars,bigger houses, and more “things” than their neighbors and friends. They claw their way up the corporate ladder following a life so easily predicted, they might as well be reading it from a script. If they get a raise, they quickly upgrade one of their many “possessions” to quickly absorb the new abundance. The fool’s parade is on 24/7. Just open your door, and open your eyes. Watch the sheep scamper about. Never living life, simply consuming and devouring it. Forging an iron ball, and then chaining themselves to it. Digging their graves with their very own hands. Constructing their coffins, striking their own nails. By the time the little hoodwinked bastards understand all these consuming aspirations and their quest to outpace their neighbors are actually counterproductive to true happiness, they are on their deathbed. The life of a sheep is a sick ironic joke. Their entire life is spent chasing the Joneses all the while becoming the Joneses themselves. Smiling wide, and laughing at the joke. Never once realizing that they themselves, are the punch line. No different than the political trash talking bullies at the podiums that want our votes so that in return can run and ruin what’s left of our lifestyles much less our life. The prosperous garden of America is quickly becoming smothered by a choking as a whole ” Government ” ! Our human bounty is being reduced by the siphoning roots if indigents. Soon we will not have a beautiful garden to cultivate or enjoy meaning ” America ” but to eventually rather have only a fester of dry thistles. When we look back at the causes, they will not be legible. For the very same causes are inscribed on the statues which stand proudly at the gateway of the garden itself. I can only hope like so many of you that after these monuments have been looted and pulled into a thousand pieces we can at least remember their names. These statues carry the inscriptions ” Charity and Sympathy “
Sen Kennedy, the past boss and O the current boss of the political machine political party, the dims, have both tossed her under the bus since both failed to endorser her as party nominee for pres. Probably because she is a woman and despite their claim the GOP is the sexist, anti-woman party they have to keep their false front up to fool people by claiming they are for women. The dims are for women if they can politically seduce them to vote dim o crat. Otherwise they have no use for women except maybe as sex objects. O in particular will throw anyone, including unions under the bus to save his own political skin. Unions need to quit allowing themselves to be used by the dim o crats as a reliable source of votes and instead quit playing politics and rely on their heritage, as a source of trained labor force. After all they are labor unions, not political unions and need to work for the good and profitability of whomever they are working for. Back in the 20s or 30s the dims ran the big city machine politics. This type of politics has over the past several decades moved to and become entrenched in PC DC. And has spawned the idea of PC, just like the political party of political animals, the democrats, spawned slavery and Jim Crow laws in the south. We were a very polarized nation at times in the past and the GOP with trusts, tycoons, etc. in their way contributed their brand of polarization politics. Essentially all the candidates, with the exception of Trump since he is certainly not a party insider made clear by the insiders themselves are representing the party to the voters, to we the people, instead of representing we the people, the voters to the process of constitutional govt in DC,
But it looks like the political insiders, better known as the establishment now have two outsiders that have the most delegates in the races to be the party nominees. And they, the insiders, are in a state of panic since they see their establishment empire crumbling around them. I just hope the govt propaganda outlet, the media, crumbles with them! To keep ones sanity while there is whole lot of crumbing along with shaking going on just watch the cooking shows on PBS. There are a lot of good recipes out there. I wrote this so I guess I approved it? Give us liberty or give us death.
Fisher – you need to do some fact checking before you declare yourself an expert on any Trump positions. Trump has said over and over he supports the 2nd Amendment. He has a concealed carry permit and believes CCP should be valid in all 50 states. Further, he believes our right to self defense does not stop ant the end of our driveway. I take time to know what our candidates stand for.
But all of Trump’s positions are subject to change. Just wait a couple of years.
This article is at best an example of journalistic junk full of lies and deceptive and inaccurate falsehoods.
I am as sure as I can be that the reason for Ms. Clinton’s private computer server was that she doesn’t trust Mr. Obama’s people. They hate each other. Maybe we could throw them all in a cage and see who comes out alive?!! I’m betting on a lot of blood.
the whole bunch needs to be replaced, we have crime familys .e. clintons, bushs,and geo soros, and others that we don’t know their names
The Horn News in declaring that Garland is “certainly no liberal icon” means only that the Horn News does not know what an icon is.
Icons are images representing functions or resources. Since Garland unquestionably is a liberal resource “representing” liberal functions, he is, by definition, “a liberal icon.”
Moreover, Obama would never appoint anyone to the Supreme Court who was not a liberal icon.
I value this article, as it counterposes some very important points, in my opinion. However, the title does not do justice to the concept. The title suggests that the occupant of the POTUS slot was supposed to follow the lead of Mrs. Hillary Clinton, but more or less betrayed her. Whether legal or not, the alias, Barack H. Obama is the occupant of the POTUS slot. Currently, Hillary Clinton is a politician competing for nomination to be the Dem representative for the U.S. Presidency. The occupant of the POTUS slot is the authority for nominating a Supreme Court Justice. If indeed Hillary Clinton were expected to lead in the process of nominating a judge for the Supreme Court, Americans have a dire need to pose a very serious question. Who is pulling the strings of the POTUS slot vs the strings of the historical treasonist since 1974, Hillary Rodham Clinton ?
Americans are at the today and now; not at the situation after the scheduled election for U.S. President.
Mr. Obama as President has the right and responsibility to nominate a Supreme Court Justice. Then the US Senate has the responsibility of giving Judge Garland a fair hearing-and then confirm him for the Supreme Court. This is a best case nominee coming from Mr. Obama. He is actually a moderate Judge with all of the necessary knowledge, talent, and experience. He was good enough for Mr. Bush and his Republican Senate. He handled the Oklahoma City bombing case very professionally. Elections have consequences. We know that Mr. Obama is going to favor a fairly liberal Judge. It’ll be up to the next President to nominate the next Supreme Court Justice.
If we want to get rid of both house members then it is up to we the people to reestablish the two term limits of members of congress. A thorough evaluation of the accumulated assets gained while a member of either house should be taken. If the gain would be illegal for the average citizen then it is illegal for them also. There should not be a lucrative pension for them either, nor should they have their own class of insurance. As a reminder Trump is already a wealthy man, regardless of tactics taken, as some may wish to point out, but he calls a spade a spade and does not believe in being POLITICALLY CORRECT.
President Obama’s selected Supreme Court nominee did not double cross or surprise Hillary Clinton. Actually, Bill Clinton nominated the same person to the Appellate Courts years ago & the nominee was approved.
To now say President Obama selected the wrong nominee would almost say that Bill was wrong when he submitted the same nominee’s name for approval on the 2nd most important court. Also, President Obama is still the president & was elected to 4 full, entire years. He’s being paid until he leaves office in 2017, thus, he must continue to be president & do his job. If President Obama is being paid, he must continue to work.
Some white Americans say blacks/minorities are freeloaders, takers, lazy, etc. President Obama wants to keep working & doing his job AND NOW they say he should not perform all his duties, particularly not supporting a nominee for Supreme Court. Whether he did his job or not, they’d complain one way or another. They’d be the first to say he’s lazy & not continuing to perform his duties while being paid to do so. They’ve been sore losers for almost 8 years. He won both elections & they dislike it & him. It’s too bad & sad.
As always, POLITICAL SMOKE is always a good cover. I don’t trust any of the 535 in office. Let’s get ” real people, ” everyday citizens to run Washington. No special interest groups, no pay – offs. No one to be beholden to. We are so dumb to think Washington has our best interest in their forefront !
‘Double-Cross’??? Ha! Ha! (Is this another questionable $oros media headline?)
Does any true American give a flippin’ $hit what the Bitc# of Benghazi thinks?
(… thinks the flippin’ wench would look good in a prison cell, wearing ORANGE,
right along side the illegal flippin’ ‘OBLAMO’ moslem that’s been SCREWING
our Nation’s taxpayers, along with our representation, for going on the past
SEVEN PLUS YEARS! (My bad, FIFTEEN YEARS, taking the previous
‘Clintonian’ DEBACLE into account!!!
(Go ahead, ask me what I really think ’bout these establishment a$$holes!)
Hmmmm ……. Obama double crossing Clinton ……………… Sounds more like a reverse psychology ploy to push through the nomination ………………. just as they have been using plants to sabotage Trump rallies. Politics at it’s dirtiest ………. and these are the kind of people we want to continue running the country?!?
Hey, there’s a video on YouTube called THE CLINTON CHRONICLES. Has anybody seen it? It is pretty brief, but tells of many alleged criminal activities of Bill and Hllary. I wonder if these allegations are true, and if so, why the hell she is even being allowed to run for President. This video makes the email thing look like nothing. I am surprised they are not both behind bars in orange suits if this stuff is true.
RINO’s to the end. Sell-Outs one and all .
God Bless America!
Go back and visualize what our founders would do! They were not perfect but had common sense and trust in a supreme power! We really need to clean house and put America on a diet including our government offices! Inequality begins with the government, pay pensions and benefits! Let them live as we live!
This article is a crock! Garland is a clintoon puppet! Slick willy appointed him to the federal court during his tour of destruction of this country….
This is why we need Donald Trump for our president. Do not trust any politician they are all nasty evil lying bastards the same as that Hillary (rotten) Clinton. She will never be president. she will be indited first for her crimes.
Who is kidding whom? This anti-gun BUM isn’t going to be on the Supreme Court NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.
Maybe in Nina Totenberg’s sweaty little communist dreams. Not in this reality.
Who better to be on the receiving end of the blade than Hillary, if this article is the truth….
I was foiled by this garland character
And was defending him. i heard he
Was one of the judges for obamacare in
The lower courts. He is also against
The right to bear guns. I am sorry.
Totally agree with graye. Couldnt have said
It better.
Clearly there is no honor among thieves or politicians. But, again, We The People will suffer if the court is not balanced unless you love the liberal point of view; screw it, I want it. And again, they will find a way to get to gun control despite the people not wanting any part of total gun control. I mean, Hitler did it last, and look how that turned out.
I notice the negro is QUICK to take action when it comes to something that is anti-American and slow to react or even react when it comes to something that will STRENGTHEN America or preserve the Constitution and rights of citizens.
Loyal….?, LOL, OMG, he being the BS’er in charge and Clinton both have a record and they are not good, so why are we so surprised?
obama and hillary are joined at the hip and i guarantee she is not mad at who obambi picked for supreme court. now, Trump may feel different, because i would bet obami/hillary picked someone that would be on their side destroying our constitution and down fall of america. VOTE TRUMP AND HELP MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. illegals in this country get to packing, pick a border and hook um on your own nickle back to where you came from
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