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Sarah Bellum
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Message 31 of 66 (895556)
07-05-2022 5:27 PM
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07-05-2022 3:57 PM


Re: Why don't you try to.make an actual argument to discuss.
No, no, of course not! And the next time I make mention of something that's common knowledge and you don't understand it, rest assured, I'll hunt up references and explain it to you. I'll even use short words, if necessary.

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Message 32 of 66 (895557)
07-05-2022 5:39 PM
Reply to: Message 18 by Sarah Bellum
07-05-2022 2:44 PM


Re: It's Politics
So it was like the legend of Galileo muttering "eppur si muove" . . . and Elena Kagan was quietly adding " . . . there is no federal constitutional right not right now, but there will be if I ever get on the Supreme Court"
Why do you try to force a lie into her mouth? There is no controversy here with Kagan. Why try to manufacture one?
Kavanaugh and Gorsuch actually lied under oath during their confirmation. There is no comparison with Kagan's statements except in the twisted mind of the right-wing trolls.
Stop lying about this crap. There will be no impeachment of Kavanaugh and Gorsuch so quit trying to lie some kind of stupid defense for them.

Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned!

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Message 33 of 66 (895558)
07-05-2022 6:32 PM
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07-05-2022 5:14 PM


Re: Why don't you try to.make an actual argument to discuss.
You are making a claim of a statement by people. Much different.

What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts

"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.

If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?


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Message 34 of 66 (895559)
07-05-2022 9:17 PM
Reply to: Message 31 by Sarah Bellum
07-05-2022 5:27 PM


Re: Why don't you try to.make an actual argument to discuss.
And the next time I make mention of something that's common knowledge and you don't understand it, rest assured, I'll hunt up references and explain it to you. I'll even use short words, if necessary.
You know, talking down to people doesn't make you sound well informed or super smart, it just makes you sound like a rude, arrogant asshole.

Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned!

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Message 35 of 66 (895564)
07-05-2022 10:59 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Sarah Bellum
07-04-2022 9:33 AM


Close the thread
This thread seems to exist for the sole purpose of posting personal attacks against Justice Kagan. Or perhaps the intention is to attack liberals.
Maybe it is time to close this thread.

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Message 36 of 66 (895568)
07-06-2022 12:14 AM
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07-05-2022 5:22 PM


Re: Why don't you try to.make an actual argument to discuss.
quote
A "reversal" would scarcely be necessary. In Dobbs the Supreme Court didn't "ban" abortion, it merely returned us to the (very bad days) of pre-Roe abortion law.
Nevertheless it is what you suggested.
quote
All Congress has to do now is pass a law guaranteeing a right to an abortion. Such a law wouldn't be struck down by the Supreme Court (otherwise it would have already struck down laws in states like Oregon or Vermont).
I suggest that even if cases against these laws had come to the Supreme Court - and who would file such cases on what grounds? - they could hardly have prevailed while Roe stood. A Federal law could more easily be challenged.

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Message 37 of 66 (895574)
07-06-2022 9:12 AM
Reply to: Message 15 by Sarah Bellum
07-05-2022 2:36 PM


Sarah Bellum writes:
Do you really think she changed her mind? Or simply told a convenient lie? Or maybe there was a third alternative, that she used enough cleverly chosen verbiage so that what she said wasn't a lie, but could be interpreted by her listeners in disparate ways?
You're applying a common and utterly fallacious discussion style:
  1. Make an assertion.
  2. Ignore the substance in all responses.
  3. Repeat original assertion.
  4. Return to step 2.
--Percy

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Message 38 of 66 (895577)
07-06-2022 10:41 AM
Reply to: Message 16 by Sarah Bellum
07-05-2022 2:37 PM


Sarah Bellum writes:
Percy writes:
Might Kagan have clarified during followup (hint, hint, you might want to look up a fuller accounting of what she said).
Oh, I'm quite sure she revised and extended her remarks!
It would be more accurate to say that once she saw her comment being interpreted out of context that she described the context:
quote
Constitutional rights are a product of constitutional text as interpreted by courts and understood by the nation's citizenry and its elected representatives. By this measure, which is the best measure I know for determining whether a constitutional right exists, there is no federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
  —Kagan in letter to Arlen Specter
You're making the same claim made at the time way back in 2009 and 2010 that she was trying to mislead the committee that she would not vote to create a right to same-sex marriage, except that this wasn't a hearing for a spot on the Supreme Court. It was a hearing for a position as solicitor general, and the question was, given her public support for same sex marriage, whether she could support the law as interpreted by the Supreme Court at the time. And of course there was no constitutional right to same-sex marriage at the time. The Supreme Court hadn't ruled that there was one yet.
But it has been argued that she was being deceptive and answered this way in order to improve her chances for a nomination to the Supreme Court. This is from the hearings on Kagan's Supreme Court nomination:
Senator KylLet me switch subjects here. During the Solicitor General hearing—the hearing for your nomination as SOMETHING, you said in response to question by Senator Cornyn, quote, ‘‘There is no Federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage.’’ Now, to me that means the Constitution cannot properly be read to include such a right. Is that what you meant to say?
Ms. KaganSenator Kyl, that question was asked me in my role as Solicitor General. The question came to me from Senator Cornyn because Senator Cornyn acknowledged and stated what is true which is that I had opposed and stated opposition to the ‘‘don’t ask, don’t tell’’ policy and Senator Cornyn asked me, given that stated opposition, could you perform the role of Solicitor General and particularly, I think, could you with appropriate vigor defend the constitutionality Doma?
And my answer was meant to say, yes, I absolutely could defend vigorously the constitutionality of Doma, that I understood what the state of the law was and that I understood what my professional responsibilities were. And if that case had come to the Supreme Court this year, I certainly would have been at the podium——
Senator KylWith all due respect, Doma’s constitutionality is a different question than your statement. And there were no qualifications on it, you said, ‘‘there is no Federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage’’ period. Now, are you qualifying that now? Are you saying that you meant something different by those clear words that you expressed to Senator Cornyn? And I didn’t take it out of context.
Ms. KaganI was absolutely saying that I understood the state of the law and that I accepted the state of the law——
Senator KylSo you’re only saying then that as of right now the Court hasn’t declared there to be a Federal constitutional right; is that all you’re saying?
Ms. KaganI am saying that I very much understood, accepted the state of the law and that I was going to perform all my obligations as Solicitor General consistent with that understanding and consistent with that acceptance.
Senator KylSo you wouldn’t tell us today then whether you believe that the Constitution could be properly read to include such a right?
Ms. KaganI don’t think that that would be appropriate. As Senator Grassley and I talked about, there is a case that’s pending, the case may or some other case might come before the Court, and so I couldn’t go any further than that.
Senator KylSo then when you said, ‘‘there is no Federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage’’ what you meant by that was the Court has not held that there is a Federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage?
Ms. KaganThe question was, could I perform my responsibilities as Solicitor General? Did I understand the law, did I accept the state of the law? And the answer was yes as to both.
Is that clear enough?
--Percy

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Message 39 of 66 (895578)
07-06-2022 10:52 AM
Reply to: Message 24 by Sarah Bellum
07-05-2022 3:15 PM


Re: Why don't you try to.make an actual argument to discuss.
Sarah Bellum writes:
Oh, no, if President Biden could appoint, say, four new justices, which he can, given Democrat control of Congress...
Democrats don't have real control of Congress. They head the committees, but their voting advantage is so slight as to be meaningless. Their House majority is small, and their Senate majority is by the slimmest possible of margins. It takes 60 votes in the Senate to pass most legislation, including to expand the court unless they suspend the filibuster rules, which seems unlikely.
--Percy

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Sarah Bellum
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Message 40 of 66 (895583)
07-07-2022 9:07 AM
Reply to: Message 34 by Tanypteryx
07-05-2022 9:17 PM


Re: Why don't you try to.make an actual argument to discuss.
That moron patronizingly implied I'd erred in not posting references to something that is common knowledge, then, when I did post references (instead of saying "Look it up yourself, I'm not responsible for your ignorance!"), they condescendingly replied "Was that so hard?" and then lectured smugly, "That is how we do things in this forum."
I'm beginning to agree with nwr. Maybe it is time to close this thread.

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Sarah Bellum
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Message 41 of 66 (895584)
07-07-2022 9:09 AM
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07-06-2022 10:41 AM


So does this mean you're going for the third alternative, that she used enough cleverly chosen verbiage so that what she said wasn't a lie, but could be interpreted by her listeners in disparate ways?

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Sarah Bellum
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Message 42 of 66 (895585)
07-07-2022 9:19 AM
Reply to: Message 32 by AZPaul3
07-05-2022 5:39 PM


Re: It's Politics
The point is, of course, that nobody lied in their testimony. Back when Robert Bork was nominated, Senators weren't quite so dim as they are nowadays (and I'm talking about you Senator Collins!) and voted against him, despite what he may or may not have said at the hearings. Because they considered other things about his record than the tiny fraction of it that consisted of his words at a Congressional hearing!

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Sarah Bellum
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Message 43 of 66 (895586)
07-07-2022 9:28 AM
Reply to: Message 33 by Theodoric
07-05-2022 6:32 PM


Re: Why don't you try to.make an actual argument to discuss.
It all depends. If I'd quoted from Grover Cleveland's second inaugural, you might ask for references. If I'd quoted from Lincoln's, maybe not.

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Sarah Bellum
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Message 44 of 66 (895587)
07-07-2022 9:29 AM
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07-05-2022 10:59 PM


Re: Close the thread
I'm beginning to think maybe it is that time.

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Sarah Bellum
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Message 45 of 66 (895588)
07-07-2022 9:36 AM
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07-06-2022 10:52 AM


Re: Why don't you try to.make an actual argument to discuss.
In the days of majority leader Lyndon Johnson people like Manchin and Sinema wouldn't have been able to pull their stunts.
But nowadays Congress seems to be a place that passes vague legislation (or more commonly blocks it) and hopes properly placed people in the federal bureaucracy do what they want. Oh, and they also try to get people appointed to the courts to do what they want (or more commonly block what they don't want).
Then they use the controversy to raise money for the next election.

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