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To: i-node who wrote (869877)	7/2/2015 12:03:44 PM
From: gronieel2	1 Recommendation Recommended By bentway Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578561

"...they're counting on "The Stupid American Voters" to win it for them. And they probably will..." Poor Nodie....just can't find a candidate who can win the hearts and mind of the great unwashed, and stupid, masses. Face it mr bean counter, the average voter is hard pressed to spell his own name and doesn't care a flying whit for what ninnies post on some obscure BB say. Can't read a book nor even a newspaper but can tell you who's on American Idol this week. He DOES know; however, that the Republican Party is full of rich old white guys and not young, unemployed minorities ... like him. He doesn't know anything about politics but he does know that Democrats are for the little guy...like him.

To: i-node who wrote (869877)	7/2/2015 12:05:11 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1578561

Teamwork on the Supreme Court Political Animal by Nancy LeTourneau Now that the current term is over for the Supreme Court, analysts are digging into the record to draw conclusions about what happened. In a fascinating analysis, Adam Liptak writes: Right Divided, a Disciplined Left Steered the Supreme Court. The stunning series of liberal decisions delivered by the Supreme Court this term was the product of discipline on the left side of the court and disarray on the right.In case after case, including blockbusters on same-sex marriage and President Obama’s health care law, the court’s four-member liberal wing, all appointed by Democratic presidents, managed to pick off one or more votes from the court’s five conservative justices, all appointed by Republicans.They did this in large part through rigorous bloc voting, making the term that concluded Monday the most liberal one since the Warren court in the late 1960s, according to two political-science measurements of court voting data.“The most interesting thing about this term is the acceleration of a long-term trend of disagreement among the Republican-appointed judges, while the Democratic-appointed judges continue to march in lock step,” said Eric Posner, a law professor at the University of Chicago.For example, this session there were 19 SCOTUS decisions that were decided 5/4. In 10 of those, the four liberals voted together and were joined by one conservative. In contrast, the conservatives only voted together 5 times. Ian Millhiser suggests that the problem for the conservative justices is that they "represent three - and possibly as many as five - distinct versions of judicial conservatism." * The Ideologue - Clarence Thomas * The Partisan - Samuel Alito * The Reaganite - John Roberts He points out that Scalia purports to be an "originalist" (like Thomas), but mostly votes as a partisan. And he can't seem to find a way to characterize Kennedy. Liptak credits the cohesion among the liberal justices to the leadership of Justice Ginsberg. But I'm also interested in how they managed to pretty consistently pick off one of the conservative justices to vote with them. I was reminded of something Adam Winkler wrote about Elena Kagan almost 2 years ago. He described her as a justice in the mold of Earl Warren. Warren didn’t accomplish these by embarrassing his colleagues or by making sharper arguments on the merits. Warren was a master politician, one who’d sit with the other justices and bring them along slowly and steadily to his side. He sought to understand other justices’ concerns and address them. Unlike most of today’s justices, Warren was willing to work the halls to gain five votes.He says this about why Kagan was chosen to be the dean of Harvard's Law School: She was seen as someone who could bring together a faculty known for ideological and personal divisions that institutionally hobbled the law school, especially when it came to hiring. As dean from 2003 to 2009, she calmed faculty tensions, launched an aggressive hiring spree that netted 32 new professors, and earned praise from both left and right.I remember that some liberals opposed Elena Kagan's nomination. But it strikes me that President Obama would see "bridge-builder" as a necessary role for someone to play on the Supreme Court. It's exactly how people describe his tenure as President of the Harvard Law Review. If that's the case, here's what we know about the 3 women on the Supreme Court: the senior member is Ruth Bader Ginsberg - the Notorious RBG - tiny woman who throws quite a punch. Then there's my hero, Sonia Sotomayor, the wise Latina with a heart as big as they come. And finally, there's Elena Kagan, the bridge-builder. What a team!

To: i-node who wrote (869877)	7/2/2015 1:36:45 PM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Recommended By gronieel2 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578561

Tennessee protesters confront Obama waving Confederate flag — but they love Obamacare David Edwards DAVID EDWARDS rawstory.com 02 JUL 2015 AT 09:46 ET A group of protesters in Tennessee waved Confederate flags at President Barack Obama on Wednesday while praising his health care reform law. Rick Martin told The Tennessean that he drove two hours to the president’s health care rally in Madison to stand up for his heritage. “It would be my pleasure to meet the president of the United States,” Martin explained. “I served under him in the Marine Corps.” “This is not a hate demonstration, understand?” he added. “This is southern pride. This isn’t hate.” Scott Hudson said that he wanted people to understand that he was not part of a “hate group.” “Every bit of this is about respect an honor for our ancestors and the nation that they built, the grounds that they bled red for us,” Hudson insisted. “All of our heritage relies on us being united and staying strong, always and forever. Being with each other, whether you are white, black, Korean, Asian, Chinese.” “It don’t matter, we are all brothers under God’s eyes,” he continued. “This is God’s country. This is not yours or mine. It’s his, and we have to keep God alive in our country.” But Hudson told WPLN that he agreed with the president on at least one point: Obamacare works. “Personally, I would love to meet the man, I would love to shake his hand, say hi,” Hudson explained. “Tell him thank you for the Obamacare because it allowed me to get back surgery, and it helped me out a lot. And it helped my family out a lot.” “Actually, if the man would shake my hand on national TV with me wearing this [Confederate flag] shirt, he just does not know how many southerners would start to smile at him again.” Watch the video below from The Tennessean, broadcast July 1, 2015.