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2017-09-04 Government

President Trump Lands His Biggest Judicial Appointment Since Gorsuch

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-04 01:15|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 The left has worked diligently through judicial fiat for literally decades to re-shape the country into the classic Soviet model. This is an absolute OUTRAGE !

Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-04 07:27|| 2017-09-04 07:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Senators exercise a veto over appointments within their states. One of those 'ancient' practices of the old boy club.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-09-04 08:08|| 2017-09-04 08:08|| Front Page Top

#3 ...There's also a school of thought that suspects Judge Posner wanted really bad to be one of the Supremes, and knows now he ain't gonna get it.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2017-09-04 08:58|| 2017-09-04 08:58|| Front Page Top

#4 '...conform judicial rulings to the social, political, and economic arrangements of the times.' Any fad will due just as long as it doesn't involve actual Law of course.

Posted by Cesare 2017-09-04 09:30|| 2017-09-04 09:30|| Front Page Top

#5 “I don’t know what ‘existing law’ means except views currently held by many judges, lawyers, and politicians,” he wrote for Slate in August. “Those views are likely to be fluid, changeable — in accordance with new social needs, attitudes, and authority. Law means one thing to conservatives, another to liberals. It has no fixity.”

One could argue that if the law is considered fluid, then you have no legal benchmarks or in a couple of words "no law."

Posted by JohnQC 2017-09-04 10:25|| 2017-09-04 10:25|| Front Page Top

#6 In short - he wasn't a 'Judge'. He was a 'Lord'.

Posted by CrazyFool 2017-09-04 11:21|| 2017-09-04 11:21|| Front Page Top

#7 Just imagine if the judge goes back into private practice.

Client: "So, your judgeness, under this here contract can I stop shipping to my deadbeat customer?"

Posner: "That depends on the social, political and economic arrangements of the times. Your contract has no fixity. My fee will be $50,000 for that advice."

Client: "Sorry, judge, but our fee agreement has no fixity, and them there social whatever changed just about five minutes ago. You owe me $50,000."

Posted by Matt 2017-09-04 13:35|| 2017-09-04 13:35|| Front Page Top

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