The "favorite" to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U. S. Supreme Court is . . .

Foresthill

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. . . Amy Coney Barrett according to (Z) of electoral-vote.com. He even claims she is odds-on.

"He (Trump) will want to nominate Ginsburg's replacement as rapidly as is possible, likely sometime this week (with Amy Coney Barrett the odds-on favorite)."

Quiz question: Who was RBG's best friend on the Supreme Court?
 

Foresthill

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By far, it was Antonin Scalia.

You are correct. The philosophical opposites were "best buds".

From electoral-vote.com:

"Ginsburg was famously collegial with all of her colleagues and, despite their polar opposite political philosophies, had an especially close relationship with Justice Antonin Scalia. Both of them loved Italian operas and they often went shopping together when they traveled. They even spent New Year's Eve together many times. One time when they rode an elephant together in India, Scalia was up front. When asked about feminism, Ginsburg quipped: 'It's about weight distribution.'" (bolding and underlining by me)
 

Foresthill

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JK- move this shit. Some people just don't get it.

#1. If you don't want to read it, why are you reading it?

#2. The thread is about the favorite to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the odds associated with it.

After all, whether you like it or not politics is the greatest sport of all and the most important.

Again, this thread is about the her replacement and the speculated odds associated with it and is not overtly political rather speculative and gambling rated with some "fun facts" mixed in.

Finally, why no post complaining about the thread "Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87" and demanding that it be moved, whose vast majority of posts ARE overtly political?
 

Foresthill

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Scalia and Ginsburg, respectively, on their friendship as noted in a Washington Post story of February 13, 2016, by Irin Carmon:

“If you can’t disagree ardently with your colleagues about some issues of law and yet personally still be friends, get another job, for Pete’s sake,” is how Scalia once described their lifetime appointments. “As annoyed as you might be about his zinging dissent, he’s so utterly charming, so amusing, so sometimes outrageous, you can’t help but say, ‘I’m glad that he’s my friend or he’s my colleague,’ ” Ginsburg said.

Some more:

Even in that VMI case, Ginsburg was grateful for how Scalia disagreed: giving her a copy of his dissent as soon as possible, so she could properly respond. “He absolutely ruined my weekend, but my opinion is ever so much better because of his stinging dissent,” she said. Whether or not it was how Scalia saw it, for Ginsburg their public friendship also made a statement about the court as an institution: that it was strengthened by respectful debate, that it could work no matter how polarized its members were. (bolding and underlining by me)

My rhetorical question: I wonder if it's still true or will remain true "that it (The Supreme Court) could work no matter how polarized its members were".
 

FairWarning

Bells Beer Connoisseur
Scalia and Ginsburg, respectively, on their friendship as noted in a Washington Post story of February 13, 2016, by Irin Carmon:

“If you can’t disagree ardently with your colleagues about some issues of law and yet personally still be friends, get another job, for Pete’s sake,” is how Scalia once described their lifetime appointments. “As annoyed as you might be about his zinging dissent, he’s so utterly charming, so amusing, so sometimes outrageous, you can’t help but say, ‘I’m glad that he’s my friend or he’s my colleague,’ ” Ginsburg said.

Some more:

Even in that VMI case, Ginsburg was grateful for how Scalia disagreed: giving her a copy of his dissent as soon as possible, so she could properly respond. “He absolutely ruined my weekend, but my opinion is ever so much better because of his stinging dissent,” she said. Whether or not it was how Scalia saw it, for Ginsburg their public friendship also made a statement about the court as an institution: that it was strengthened by respectful debate, that it could work no matter how polarized its members were. (bolding and underlining by me)

My rhetorical question: I wonder if it's still true or will remain true "that it (The Supreme Court) could work no matter how polarized its members were".
Some of the old drinking stories between political enemies are great,

Pulling for the Golden Domer to replace RBG.
 

John Kelly

Born Gambler
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Another example of political opposites attracting:

Hubert Humphrey and Barry Goldwater were drinking buddies.


Jimmy Carter spoke at Gerald Ford's funeral.

The two became friendly after their White House days.

Some historians claim their friendship is the tightest of all relationships involving former presidents, save for the father-son relationships of the Adamses and Bushes.

Carter and Ford's common enemy?

Ronald Reagan.
 

Bigrunner

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Some of the old drinking stories between political enemies are great,

Pulling for the Golden Domer to replace RBG.

Is he a right wing political hack like Bill Barr, Brett Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch? If so he doesnt belong on the Supreme court. The country may get Caputoed. The RepubliCons have done away with all norms. Trump was president for 4 years but had 5 years to nominate S. C. Justices.

What are the odds if the Dems win the Presidency and Senate the Supreme Court gets expanded to 11?
 

FairWarning

Bells Beer Connoisseur
Is he a right wing political hack like Bill Barr, Brett Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch? If so he doesnt belong on the Supreme court. The country may get Caputoed. The RepubliCons have done away with all norms. Trump was president for 4 years but had 5 years to nominate S. C. Justices.

What are the odds if the Dems win the Presidency and Senate the Supreme Court gets expanded to 11?
IDK, is Barrett a political hack? She graduated 1st at ND Law School and is a professor there.

What are the odds the D’s will cry if they don’t get their way? OTB.
 

alfie

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Flashback: In 2016, Ginsburg said Senate should hold SCOTUS confirmation hearing during election year
Ginsburg remarked in 2016 that 'nothing in the Constitution' precludes 11th hour nomination.
 

FairWarning

Bells Beer Connoisseur
59% think Biden should reveal his SC selection. I didn’t know he was the president.

Who does Harris want?
 

kane

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Obama has 11 months to fill a vacant seat, scumbag McConnell says the American people should have a say and refuses to hold a vote for Garland
Trump has 2 months to fill a vacant seat, scumbag McConnell says fuck the American people, I'll try my best to ram someone through
Fucking scumbag hypocrite
 

FairWarning

Bells Beer Connoisseur
Obama has 11 months to fill a vacant seat, scumbag McConnell says the American people should have a say and refuses to hold a vote for Garland
Trump has 2 months to fill a vacant seat, scumbag McConnell says fuck the American people, I'll try my best to ram someone through
Fucking scumbag hypocrite
The one difference is Obama was leaving office, Trump can still be re-elected. If the makeup of the senate is different after reelection, he may not get his choice.
 

kane

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The one difference is Obama was leaving office, Trump can still be re-elected. If the makeup of the senate is different after reelection, he may not get his choice.

Doesn't matter, it's still hypocritical, Obama should have gotten his guy in, there was almost an entire year before Obama's term ended
 

FairWarning

Bells Beer Connoisseur
Doesn't matter, it's still hypocritical, Obama should have gotten his guy in, there was almost an entire year before Obama's term ended
Obama probably thought Hillary was winning easily. If he thought Trump was a real threat, he probably chooses someone.
 

kane

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Funny how all the R's thought the American people should have their voices heard in 2016, but in 2020 they have no problem ignoring what the American people think, scumbag hypocrites
 

FairWarning

Bells Beer Connoisseur
Sorry for putting this here, but FW listen to all the R's when Obama had a vacant seat to fill, listen to them all say how the seat shouldn't be filled during an election year, especially Lindsey Graham, McConnell, and trump, nothing but a bunch of scumbag hypocrites

There is one with a bunch of D’s who said they can and should choose. Heck if I know, Kane.
 

ZzyzxRoad

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Doesn't matter, it's still hypocritical, Obama should have gotten his guy in, there was almost an entire year before Obama's term ended

I'm going to have to take your side on this one.
The Republicans are wrong, and they know it. Politicians shouldn't have a win at any cost mentality, and there isn't enough time to properly vet RBG's replacement. If the prevailing climate really is towards Harris, it should be her choice who the replacement is.
 

kane

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Obama probably thought Hillary was winning easily. If he thought Trump was a real threat, he probably chooses someone.

He did choose someone, Merrick Garland, but McConnell and the rest of the R's refused to hold a vote, they thought the American people should have a say in who the next Justice would be, but of course that's when Obama had the vacancy, now that it's Trump naturally they sing a different tune, no matter how you try to spin it, there's hypocrisy everywhere you look
 

kane

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There is one with a bunch of D’s who said they can and should choose. Heck if I know, Kane.

If Obama couldn't fill the seat with 11 months before the election, Trump shouldn't get to fill it with 2 months before the election
 

kane

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I'm going to have to take your side on this one.
The Republicans are wrong, and they know it. Politicians shouldn't have a win at any cost mentality, and there isn't enough time to properly vet RBG's replacement. If the prevailing climate really is towards Harris, it should be her choice who the replacement is.

The thing is, they don't care. Of course they're in the wrong, and they know it, but they just don't care, it makes no difference to them how it looks politically, it makes no difference to any of them the things they said in 2016 when it was Obama who had the vacancy, but now that it's Trump the things they said in 2016 don't matter to them, what they're doing is beyond hypocritical
 

kane

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BTW, I'm glad you had a good day yesterday, I did well myself, I went 4-2 on my plays and hit both of my teasers, let's start the week with a Raiders W
 

ZzyzxRoad

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The thing is, they don't care. Of course they're in the wrong, and they know it, but they just don't care, it makes no difference to them how it looks politically, it makes no difference to any of them the things they said in 2016 when it was Obama who had the vacancy, but now that it's Trump the things they said in 2016 don't matter to them, what they're doing is beyond hypocritical

It's bad because it makes them look desperate. If they really were confident in the election outcome, they would just let it happen.
 

FairWarning

Bells Beer Connoisseur
He did choose someone, Merrick Garland, but McConnell and the rest of the R's refused to hold a vote, they thought the American people should have a say in who the next Justice would be, but of course that's when Obama had the vacancy, now that it's Trump naturally they sing a different tune, no matter how you try to spin it, there's hypocrisy everywhere you look
That’s politics for you, looking out for their interests first.
 

kane

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Unfortunately he makes decisions based on emotion and not rationally.

Oh there was never a doubt he would nominate someone, his massive ego would never allow him to wait even though waiting is probably the smarter thing to increase his turnout
 
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