Batten Down the Hatches! Justice Breyer is Retiring!

 

Would it be “jumping the gun” to predict that all hell is about to break loose? I think not. 

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire — once a replacement has been confirmed — after serving for nearly three decades on America’s highest court, according to reporting confirmed by NBC News on Wednesday.

 

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  1. DaveSchmidt Coolidge
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    Full Size Tabby (View Comment):

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    I know people say it will be Kamala Harris to clear the way for the elevation a more effective president, but word on the street is that Hillary’s the shoe in, to clear the way for a more effective presidential candidate.

    If I am correct, you don’t have to be a lawyer to be on the Court. However, does Hillary still have her law license?

    And so does my hero, Kumala. And she passed the bar, too.

    I doubt Ms. Harris will be the nominee. Besides the risk of an evenly divided Senate making selection of a new vice president difficult, I hope at least some Democrats will see how horrible was her performance in every job she has had, and especially in her law jobs (district attorney and state attorney general) that even they wouldn’t want to risk putting that level of (non)performance on the Supreme Court. She wouldn’t even be up for the job of running the supreme court cafeteria (one of the jobs assigned to the most junior justice), let alone following the legal arguments before the court. But maybe a Justice Harris would relieve Justice Sotomayor of her position as the dullest justice. There are likely other ways to sideline Harris from running for president.

    If she was assigned to run the court cafeteria she’d probably hire a staff of undocumented workers. 

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  2. Stad Coolidge
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    kedavis (View Comment):

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    Watch they will nominate Obama since he is a “Constitutional Expert” and he has the same handlers as Biden.

    If they want a “woman” then Obama would have to become trans. That might be worth seeing.

    He already has enough feminine traits, so he doesn’t need the operation . . .

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  3. Stad Coolidge
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    Biden has apparently committed to nominating a black female.

    A trans black female.

    I’d be willing to be a trans-Black female to get that gig.

    Done!  I’ll even give you the Stad discount.  Now, lie on the table and I’ll go get my knife and shoe polish . . .

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  4. RyanFalcone Member
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    Stad (View Comment):

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    Brian Clendinen (View Comment):

    Watch they will nominate Obama since he is a “Constitutional Expert” and he has the same handlers as Biden.

    If they want a “woman” then Obama would have to become trans. That might be worth seeing.

    He already has enough feminine traits, so he doesn’t need the operation . . .

    Hmmmmm what about Michelle Obama?

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  5. kedavis Coolidge
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    RyanFalcone (View Comment):

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    Brian Clendinen (View Comment):

    Watch they will nominate Obama since he is a “Constitutional Expert” and he has the same handlers as Biden.

    If they want a “woman” then Obama would have to become trans. That might be worth seeing.

    He already has enough feminine traits, so he doesn’t need the operation . . .

    Hmmmmm what about Michelle Obama?

    Nope, not trans.

    She is, however, as far as I know, “all” black.  Barack is only half-black, his mother was white.

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  6. Dbroussa Coolidge
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    RyanFalcone (View Comment):

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    Brian Clendinen (View Comment):

    Watch they will nominate Obama since he is a “Constitutional Expert” and he has the same handlers as Biden.

    If they want a “woman” then Obama would have to become trans. That might be worth seeing.

    He already has enough feminine traits, so he doesn’t need the operation . . .

    Hmmmmm what about Michelle Obama?

    Too masculine

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  7. Dbroussa Coolidge
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    Stad (View Comment):

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    Miffed White Male (View Comment):

    Biden has apparently committed to nominating a black female.

    A trans black female.

    I’d be willing to be a trans-Black female to get that gig.

    Done! I’ll even give you the Stad discount. Now, lie on the table and I’ll go get my knife and shoe polish . . .

    Hang on a sec wit that knife.  One has only to choose and believe that one is black and a woman to qualify.  I’m willing to go THAT far, but no further.

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  8. Miffed White Male Member
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    DrewInWisconsin, Oaf (View Comment):

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    Watch they will nominate Obama since he is a “Constitutional Expert” and he has the same handlers as Biden.

    Obama being nominated is more likely than either Harris or Hillary.

    Too old – he’s already 60.  

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  9. Miffed White Male Member
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    I know people say it will be Kamala Harris to clear the way for the elevation a more effective president, but word on the street is that Hillary’s the shoe in, to clear the way for a more effective presidential candidate.

    If I am correct, you don’t have to be a lawyer to be on the Court. However, does Hillary still have her law license?

    Bill was disbarred, but I don’t think Hillary ever was. Although they should both be in prison for various things.

    Being a licensed lawyer is not a requirement for a justice of the Supreme Court. Nor is having graduated from or even attended law school.

    Just as the Speaker of the House doesn’t have to be a member of Congress.

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  10. Miffed White Male Member
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    DrewInWisconsin, Oaf (View Comment):

    You know who never needed a teleprompter and could easily give a two hour speech without one?

    Yeah, . . . the Orange Man.

    Say what you will about Bill Clinton, for one of his SOTU speeches they loaded the wrong speech into the teleprompter, and he just started in and did it from memory until they got things straightened out.  And nobody could tell.

    I’d like to have seen Obama do that.

     

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