The sky is not falling (yet).

First the dems will use the fillibuster to block any right wing theocrat bush nominates and its likely the Senate will not change the rules to shiut down fillibusters.

Second its likely the next president will be a dem and get to make his own appointments. Under the best scenario, Rhenquest will retire then and Hillary will nominate Al Sharpton. :1orglaugh

Third conservative judges sometimes turn out to be not so conservative, some liberal and moderate judges were appointed by repubs, like Oconner.

Does look very bad though. Look for WWIII in the senate when bush nominates gonzalez or some similar idiot.

lol.. your point..?? Keep thinking you had one moron..

I'm inclined 2 agree with you :1orglaugh

One way or another, everyone should care.

would think
pornstar2pac = surfer?

for real ? I thought you were learned by your shaman :winkwink:

From CNN:

yes - but who she's likely to be replaced by will be much more conservative :2 cents:

Compared to the conservatives now she would be considered liberal :2 cents:

Perhaps the latest disaster with the New London decision (which, btw, was clearly the liberal side of The Court's boondoggle) pushed her over the edge?

That's correct. She was considered moderate-conservative on most issues. However, she was a swing vote on many issues and broke away from her conservative colleagues, especially on abortion. Be prepared for women's groups to get heavily involved in the process to replace her as they rightly should.

Gonzales probably wouldn't have complete Republican support. He is for a woman's right to choose when it comes to abortion.

Oh shit, this is BAD news.

All you adult guys that voted Bush, well we told you this would happen. Now the Bush administration gets to place at least one and probably two Justices.

We need to pray we don't get another Scalia. That would be a major train wreck for us.

I guess that shows how much you really know about the Supreme Court.

1. She was the first woman to ever serve on the Supreme Cour.
2. She is typically regarded as a 'moderate', not a liberal. Ruth Bader-Ginsberg holds that distinction.

Yeah, well, it's the Democrats that fucked everyone on this deal... They don't have any choice but to confirm whomever Bush wants... otherwise the 'constitutional option" (commonly referred to as the 'nukular' option by the media) will most likely be envoked and then we're all fucked right up there along with Roe v. Wade.

both have a shot at the filibuster.

lets hope Rehnquist lasts another 3 years.

lets hope we get another swing vote in o'connors seat.

lets just all put our heads between our legs and pray! :Oh crap

Ben -with due respect - I did correct my self on page 1

She was a swing voter on many important cases.

This is going to be a liberal vs. conservative war to replace her.

You think someone from Finland should know who the first woman to be on the US Supreme Court is?

oh FUCK - That was NOT one of the SC judges we wanted Bush to replace. We are headed into a very dark era in this country.

i'm looking at the opinions of the Chief Justices in the last major battle the Free Speech Coalition had in the supreme court. that was over 'virtual CP'. Ashcroft wanted to be able to go after porn that 'appeared to be' cp. Sirkin (same guy who is fighting 2257 for us) argued in the supreme court and won. here are the Justice's opinions

in other words:

Kennedy, J.,
Stevens,
Souter,
Ginsburg,
Breyer, JJ.,
Thomas, J

all agreed it was bullshit.


o'conner agreed in part, but disagreed in other parts
renqhuist and scalia disagreed also

so it's not all cut and dry as to whom will start really making decisions that fuck this industry all up.

although it's not clear how Gonzales actually feels about the 2257 regulations. i know he has a major hardon for obscenity. but 2257 is not about obscenity. he inherited those from ashcroft, and he also inherited the draped statue. he seems a bit more competent which could either be very good or very bad for this industry.

2257-Ben,
We could have voted this clown out of office in November and then the Dems who bent over for the Administration on the Constitutional Option would have been a moot issue.

When this exact issue was discussed on this board prior to the elections last year, Republican adult webmasters pooh poohed the issue and said it didnt matter. I am sure these same webmasters will say the same things right up to when the Court decisions start coming down 6-3 in favor of anti-porn. Then all of sudden they will wonder what happened to their rights.

well let's hope that america finally wakes up next year when it's time to vote for new senators. at least that could tip the scale in a more rational direction in the legislative branch.

Like the rest of the world gives a flying fuck about who are the supreme court judges ...

It's not just this industry that is in trouble. This could open up a whole can of worms: abortion, oregon's assisted suicide, medical marijuana, etc...

Does it pain you to be so retarded?

Maybe you should spend some time ACTUALLY reading court's rulings in say the last 20 years....

agreed - its a super shame that the Dems didn't have a stronger offering, unfortunately I suspect that things are going to get a lot worse before they get better, hopefully the cycle can get broken sooner rather than later

agreed. although i think we're starting to see both senators and congressmen pulling away from the bush regime, as Joe Walmart is just NOW starting to see how incompetent and corrupt the administration is. they want to be reelected next year.

i think america can be given a pass on the 2000 election. first, because it was decided on such a technicality that it didn't really reflect the opinion of the nation. but there is NO excuse for reelecting these clowns in 2004. when you speak with bush supporters, their reasons for voting are so petty, so superficial and so steeped in hubris, ignorance and jingoism that it actually hurts my brain. america was unattached from reality on such an unprecedented scale, that I think americans have done irreperable harm to the nation, and yes, it could absolutely lead to a decline in american economic, political and military hegemony in the world.

america is getting exactly what it wanted. no more, no less.

Oh lord, WTF are you talking about -- all the abortion cases that hit the SC in the 80's, 90's, and 00's?

HAHAHAHAHa

This is too funny

Gonzalez is not a conservative - but he is Bush's butt buddy from Texas

So he'll probably rule "moderately" like O'connor... but he'll definately give the bush family anything it wants when it comes to Patriot act, police state powers, voter reform, immigration reform, world trade deals, etc

Don't worry about your porn being outlawed - Gonzalez looks like a fucking pedophile

He's got mexican PEDO-FACE

yes, bush is losing his approval from all sides, fast. but i am america & i didnt want this :(

i just saw this on the news. i am not pleased. :disgust

I don't think that Gonzalez is as likely because he just got into the AG position - but who knows it could happen

You should . . . oh, that's right, you are not a webmaster . . . no matter, you should still care if you are an American citizen.

This is fucking ugly.


I am seriously considering movin to a nice Dutch island!

anyone know what type of congress majority is required for the confirmation vote?

A report I heard earlier said the Oregon law is the first thing on their next session.

Simple majority... and the Republicans have it if they all (give or take 3) agree on a nominee.

how does this process work?

- next session starts in September I believe - they start listening to cases

- if the replacement is confirmed before then - no problem things go forward

- what happens if the replacement battle takes months and isn't confirmed till November for example - then what happens they have to start from scratch and listen to the cases being heard again?

The Bush White House has held secret meetings on possible replacements and senior officials have interviewed some candidates.

On Friday, Bush said he is looking for candidates "who meet a high standard of legal ability, judgment and integrity, and who will faithfully interpret the Constitution and laws of our country."

what a crock of shit