The fight to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg megathread

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I know, I'm shocked too:

Amy Coney Barrett front-runner on Trump's list of justice nominees: Sources

And here are the other three finalists on Trump's shortlist:

Judge Barbara Lagoa
Judge Allison Jones Rushing
Judge Amul Thapar

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The other issues mentioned are important, but we are in the midst of the first election in US history in which the American equivalent of the Emperor Nero has not pledged a peaceful transition should he lose the election, and has pressed his Attorney General to indict his political opponents.  Therefore, Democrats should make voting rights their focus as they question Amy Coney Barrett, and her adherence to the liberal norms that make us a democracy.  And I want Kamala Harris to grill her even more intensely than she did Brett Kavanaugh.  Our very democracy is at stake.  

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Anyone else think ACB has serious Souter or at least Roberts potential down the line?

Absolutely not. 

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Anyone else think ACB has serious Souter or at least Roberts potential down the line?

Absolutely not.  

If anything, Barrett looks like she will be to the right of Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, placing her in the Court's most conservative wing, where Thomas and Alito are located. This will be the largest ideological shift in the Court's history since Thomas himself replaced Thurgood Marshall in 1991.

Forget all that right-left nonsense -the fact she refused to commit to what were democratic norms like a peaceful transition of power is by itself disqualifying regardless of what else she says.  My question is are we going to evolve into an illiberal democracy like Hungary by the time she is all settled in to the Supreme Court?   

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Anyone else think ACB has serious Souter or at least Roberts potential down the line?

Absolutely not.  

If anything, Barrett looks like she will be to the right of Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, placing her in the Court's most conservative wing, where Thomas and Alito are located. This will be the largest ideological shift in the Court's history since Thomas himself replaced Thurgood Marshall in 1991.

Forget all that right-left nonsense -the fact she refused to commit to what were democratic norms like a peaceful transition of power is by itself disqualifying regardless of what else she says.  My question is are we going to evolve into an illiberal democracy like Hungary by the time she is all settled in to the Supreme Court?  

Has a justice ever committed to anything while being questioned by the committee?

Clearly a Supreme Court nominee who doesn't commit to protecting the very norms that make us a democracy doesn't bother you in the least.  These are no-brainer questions that normally would elicit a 'Yes, of course I do.  What the hell kind of question is that?'

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https://twitter.com/SenatePress/status/1320416413119582212?s=19

I hope the Federalist Society is enjoying this moment in history, as they are at the peak of their power and influence.  From the moment Joe Biden is sworn in with a Democratic trifecta next January, the Federalist Society (and the conservative movement and Republican Party more generally) will be on the defensive fighting the long retreat.