Archive for June, 2017

No Recuse For Ginsburg

Posted in Politics on June 30th, 2017

Ginsburg - Not a happy female at allWith the US Supreme Court both overturning most parts of the 9th Circuit Court’s injunction against President Trumps’ travel from six predominately Muslim countries and granting a a writ of certiorari for the case as a whole, many people, including 58 Republican lawmakers, are requesting that Justice Ruth Ginsburg recuse herself from the upcoming case due to her overt and obvious bias against the President.

Given her comments throughout the 2016 elections, it’s easy to understand why so many people think that Ginsburg should recuse herself.

I can’t imagine what this place would be — I can’t imagine what the country would be — with Donald Trump as our president.

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He is a faker. He has no consistency about him. He says whatever comes into his head at the moment. He really has an ego. … How has he gotten away with not turning over his tax returns?

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I can’t imagine what this place would be — I can’t imagine what the country would be — with Donald Trump as our president. For the country, it could be four years. For the court, it could be — I don’t even want to contemplate that.

Ginsburg has shown a strong bias against- and a a nigh on hysterical antipathy towards President Trump. As such, the ethical thing for her to do is to recuse herself from this upcoming case and any and every case involving President Trump’s administration that reaches the SCOTUS in the future. That being rightfully said, the claim that she is legally bound to do so is effectively meaningless and nothing but another iteration of the political kabuki we’re too used to.

While the relevant statute, 28 U.S.C. § 455(a), does technically apply to SCOTUS Justices, so does the longstanding long accepted tradition of “Duty to Sit.” Additionally, there is really no tested means of enforcing 28 U.S.C. § 455 upon the SCOTUS. Essentially, the SCOTUS being the nation’s highest court, there’s no authority to appeal to in the case of the SCOTUS Justice not recusing themselves.

A different but related note. Our concerns about Ginsburg’s lack of partiality are being heavily played by those with something to gain. One, Ginburg is part of the minority in the SCOTUS. Two and much more importantly, the SCOTUS lifting of most of the injunction against the “Travel Ban” was delivered per curiam, meaning it came from a unanimous decision by the Court – including Justice Ginsburg.

So be neither too shocked nor too concerned if Ginsburg doesn’t recuse herself. It is likely that, at worst, she would be one of the minority dissenting opinions on the case and even that is actually in doubt.

Victims Of Aragorn

Posted in 2012 Election, Coffee & Tea, Philosophy, Politics, Society on June 30th, 2017
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Victim Of Aragorn
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Gondor and all of the West are bloody well lucky that they didn’t have anything even close to being similar to modern Liberals and Progressives. If they had, Gondor would have fallen and there would have been the equivalent of the cover depicted above.

They’d have been rioting all over Minas Tirith, screaming, “#OrclivesMatter! End Numenorian Privilege! Rohirrim are Racist!” It’d have been a mess and would likely have ended with Sauron ruling Middle Earth.

Artistic Differences

Posted in Politics on June 28th, 2017

The Lamestream Enemedia's Fake News Is A Capella AgitpopThree Leave CNN Over Artistic Differences

Three “journalists,” Thomas Frank, Eric Lichtblau, and Lex Haris, from what CNN describes as their investigative unit are leaving the network after CNN retracted their June 22 story connecting an ally of President Trump, Anthony Scaramucci to a Russian investment fund.

They story apparently didn’t meet or follow CNN’s “standard editorial processes” and CNN decided that it “wasn’t solid enough” for publication. In other words, CNN got caught promulgating more fake news and pulled the exercise in storytelling from the website. This apparently sat poorly with Frank, Lichtblau, and Haris.

This is something that is interesting without being critically important. It’ a simple case of artistic difference between the three creators of the piece and their management and publisher. This happens all the time in the world of fiction writing.

The Empty Cookie Jar

Posted in 2016 Election, Politics on June 28th, 2017

The Empty Cookie Jar
The Empty Cookie Jar

After far too long; after far to great of a cost to the American taxpayers; and after far too much damage to America, even some Democrats are beginning to realize that we, the People know that the cookie jar of President Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia is empty. Their propaganda corps, the Lamestream Enemedia, however, seems somewhat slow to realize this. 😉

GA-6’s Real Loser

Posted in Politics on June 26th, 2017

GAA-6's Real Loser is Pelosi
GA-6’s Real Loser May Be Pelosi

Republican Karen Handel beat Democrat Jon Ossoff in the GA-6 special election runoff may be the actual result of the recent election, but the real loser of GA-6 may well be Nancy Pelosi. As the crazy, old bat is seen by many Democrats as one of the major reasons for Ossoff’s defeat.

Some Democrats want to replace Pelosi atop their caucus, as they have more and more since last November’s poor showing at the polls  they say that it will be impossible to get back into a Congressional majority with her as their leader.

I think you’d have to be an idiot to think we could win the House with Pelosi at the top. Nancy Pelosi is not the only reason that Ossoff lost. But she certainly is one of the reasons.

— Representative Filemon Vela Jr. (D-TX-34)

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There comes a time when every leader has to say, ‘For the good of the order and for the betterment of the party, it’s time for me to step aside.’ And I wish that that would happen right now. This is not a personal thing. I want to get back in the majority.

— Representative Kathleen Rice (D-NY-4)

Yes, it looks like there’s a certain and growing amount of rancor against Pelosi and that more and more Democrats believe that she has become an anchor around their party’s neck. Simply put, irrespective of whether or not Pelosi is a competent negotiator and political sausage grinder, there’s the waxing belief that her public presence does more to aid Republicans seeking office than Democrats do so. And do remember that, at the end of the day, these are professional politicians. As such, they’re far more concerned about elections than legislating.

While I doubt that Pelosi will be removed as Minority Leader, I do see her having to defend herself and her privilege to hold that position as a clear sign that she’s suffered the greatest loss in GA-6’s election.