Worst News: Sandra Day O'Connor Resigns
 

definately the worst news :disgust

Who is that?

who the fuck cares

So a Bush controlled SC is on the way as well?

who the fuck is that - you live in a hole?

supreme court - she was the most liberal on the court - now its going to swing against our ass

Yep. Thats exactly what it means.

GW's wildest wet dream just came true :Oh crap

ya - no shit - I bet that he sent her one HELL of a gift basket

No she wasn't. Actually she was moderate. John Paul Stevens is the most liberal and he's 85 so his time will be up soon. So look for pretty much 6-3 pro-republican verdicts from the SC in the coming years.

we lose more & more freedom ev'day :(

man all hell is going to break loose on the fight for this new nomination

I guess you know who is in the supreme court in Finland then? How should i know who is in the US supreme court since stuff like that isn't exactly in the news here.

you are correct - she was the balance that we needed on our side rather than a conservative :mad:

Well considering the she was the FIRST ever woman to be on the US Supreme Court yes you should know that. Kind of a historical event. Secondly she's been on the bench for 24 years.

nothing personal - I'll be more descriptive in the future :winkwink:

the story

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/07/01/oc....ap/index.html

Let's not forget though she was the key vote that enabled Bush to "win" the 2000 election. What might have been if she had used brains that day.

i've already started talking to an immagration lawyer about moving to Canada. this country is going to be a total train wreck the next 3-10 years.

the sky is falling!

That was the first thing i thought so, this is REALLY bad news.

Things are going to change for us, in more ways than one.

We're fucked. I couldnt have expected to wake up to worse news.

It is in America. Let's see Republicans controlling the Congress, White House and Supreme Court. Sounds a lot like one party rule. Hmmm let's name some famous one party ruled countries; USSR, Nazi Germany, Iraq( under Saddam ), Cuba, N Korea, China. Yep were in good company there.

Bush said he wants to be a dictator. He usually gets anything he wants. :Oh crap

Agreed :( - this is the type of change that will affect the make-up of the entire court for many many years.

It is hard to say when or if ever we would even see a balance back to the more liberal-middle ground - for once as an American I am glad that I do not live in the USA.

Read a newspaper every now and then, will ya?

party at the white house tonight for sure :pimp

no congress is going to be really productive fighting and getting shit for nothing done as usual

They just showed a shot of Karl Rove with the president before he came out. Beaming and glowing are understatements.

God I wish someone would shoot Rove in the head.

I saw the same thing - including the VP - seems like the whole gang is there

The Senate is the one that will confirm the replacement. As soon as the Democrats object, Frist will pull the nuclear option and the appointee will be confirmed. The loss of getting things done will come afterwards when the Democrats fight everything else on the republican agenda.

Bush may get to nominate 3 - including the Chief Justice - Rehnquist may not be for long either. The Chief Justice will be a wash, but the other two are gains for the conservative asshats.

you're really not too bright.

How's that?

uh ... i think the guy is from FINLAND....

So? I'm an American and in school I took a course on WORLD History. They don't teach about America in Finland?

Also so I guess if I asked him who the first man to walk on the moon was he wouldn't know that because he was an American too?

The first woman in the US supreme court is hardly comparable to the first man on the moon. Quit being a jackass.

You talk big, I bet you don't know who are the Presidents of most countrys in the world so...cut it off a bit eh smart pants :thumbsup

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh You gotta be kidding me.... Like that can be compared.... One is a world event.. the other is a national event....

WHat the fuck did you learn about Finland in your WORLD History course btw !?? LOL

Boy you guys are obtuse if you don't get my point. I wasn't trying to be SPECIFIC you morons. Anyways I learned that 60% of men in Finland fuck sheep.

Yep, she could and did go both ways.

no pun intended :upsidedow

Nice and intelligent response, don't worry i didn't expect anything less from you.

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
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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?