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Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#118102: Apr 2nd 2016 at 8:50:23 AM

Trump would never ask anyone who'd refuse, I suspect that he'll go for Christie or a similar defecting member of the establishment.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#118104: Apr 2nd 2016 at 10:05:22 AM

@ Arizona Primary rigging, maybe US uncut are the ones making the story up.

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Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#118105: Apr 2nd 2016 at 10:11:40 AM

[up] So, what, they had a Skrull shapeshift into the Arizona Secretary of State and have it record a fake video too?

edited 2nd Apr '16 10:12:00 AM by Luminosity

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#118106: Apr 2nd 2016 at 10:27:42 AM

Why does a state government even have a Secretary of State, anyway? What's the office for, negotiating peace treaties with neighboring states and indian nations?

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#118107: Apr 2nd 2016 at 10:34:11 AM

Really, the fact that you guys have elected officials run elections and then act surprised when fraud happens....boggles my Canadian mind.tongue

edited 2nd Apr '16 11:08:44 AM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#118109: Apr 2nd 2016 at 10:55:40 AM

I see. It's one of those political figurehead positions in the bureaucracy that nobody ever cares about, like "Sewer Commissioner."

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#118110: Apr 2nd 2016 at 10:59:14 AM

Except that you can rig/influence elections with it. And by elections lawmakers, governors, senators, electors etc. are chosen.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#118111: Apr 2nd 2016 at 12:03:10 PM

Sorry, I didn't see the video.

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tricksterson Never Trust from Behind you with an icepick Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Never Trust
#118112: Apr 2nd 2016 at 1:17:06 PM

If the Republicans continue to be asshats about the Supreme Court nominee and Hilary wins I'd like to see her nominate Sanders, especially if the Democrats get a majority. Just to be mean but also it would be a nice consolation prize to Bernie and his followers and firm up her left wing.

Trump delenda est
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#118113: Apr 2nd 2016 at 1:18:00 PM

I don't think Sanders would accept. He can do more good in Congress than on the Supreme Court.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#118114: Apr 2nd 2016 at 1:20:49 PM

He's too old and I don't think he has any formal qualifications or experience to be a judge (not required but essentially expected of any SC candidate).

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#118115: Apr 2nd 2016 at 1:27:32 PM

Yeah, nominating someone with no legal experience makes a mockery of the system. It's something I'd expect out of Trump, not a democrat.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#118116: Apr 2nd 2016 at 1:42:17 PM

I also think that would apply to nominating Obama to the court - from what I am seeing it is sort of a common joke.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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#118117: Apr 2nd 2016 at 1:51:42 PM

[up] The joke here is that it is a stab at the whole "Emperor Obama" complaint from the Republicans. The Supreme Court is the only branch of the federal government that is equal to both the President and Congress and is also a lifetime position. The only way to replace a Supreme Court Justice is for him or her to either retire or die. Even though it is sad that the late Justice Scalia died, his Supreme Court Justice position was one where he had to retire or die to be replaced.

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No longer a forum herald
#118118: Apr 2nd 2016 at 1:58:16 PM

And before someone mentions Taft as precedent for a president later joining the Supreme Court, remember that he had served as a lawyer and legal official for decades before getting brought into politics.

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#118119: Apr 2nd 2016 at 1:59:11 PM

From what I know Obama has some minor law experience, but less than say William Howard Taft, the last (only?) president-turned-SCOTUS-judge.

Also, Sanders's mega-donor: The Internet. Seems like this one isn't going to bail anywhere soon.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#118120: Apr 2nd 2016 at 1:59:34 PM

Taft didn't even want to be President in the first place, from my understanding.

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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#118121: Apr 2nd 2016 at 2:15:14 PM

Funnily enough I think that Clinton would be the most qualified of the three (Sanders, Obama and herself), as I believe she has the most active legal experience. If Sanders somehow gets the nomination he should appoint her, just for shits and giggles.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#118122: Apr 2nd 2016 at 2:19:37 PM

Considering that Mitch the Turtle is willing to never ever appoint another Supreme Court nominee even if Clinton wins...

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#118123: Apr 2nd 2016 at 2:22:27 PM

Only if he keeps that Senate majority...

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#118124: Apr 2nd 2016 at 2:22:44 PM

He hopefully won't have a say in it come January.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#118125: Apr 2nd 2016 at 2:27:57 PM

So, a FOIA request uncovered emails regarding Bill Clinton's visit to polling places in New Bedford on the day of the Primary, and it's not looking great. Emphasis at the end mine.

Around noon, Shannon Shreve, counsel in the City Solicitor’s office, received a call from the Elections Division at Secretary Bill Galvin’s office, advising that Clinton must stay 150—not 100—feet from the entrance of the polling place at Buttonwood Park. Michelle Tassinari, the division’s director, added that the Clinton campaign had been made aware of the guidelines.

It would not be the last time Shreve heard from Tassinari on Super Tuesday. “Are there arrangements for voters to still be able to get into the polls? We just received a complaint from a voter who was unable to get near the polling place as it was blocked off because of Bill Clinton’s presence,” Tassinari wrote. “He was unable to vote and will not have an opportunity to go back.”

“Can you call me?” Tassinari emailed Shreve half-an-hour later. “We are getting many calls about the area around the polling places being shut down, per order of the Mayor. This is a BIG problem.” First Assistant City Solicitor Jane Medeiros Friedman confirmed to Tassinari that Mayor Mitchell gave no such order, but Tassinari reached out again once videos of Clinton’s appearance at the polling place surfaced and calls from across the country began pouring in, including one from the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, a nonprofit organization providing pro bono legal services in cases of discrimination.

...

“Essentially Clinton was forced to speak that close to the entrance because the MEDIA parked themselves there before 9 a.m. The City did not set that up as a staging area,” [Kristine] Arsenault [the Bedford Mayor's assistant chief of staff] wrote to Treadup Pio in a separate email. “As for breaking the law: I don’t see what others have quoted as the law online. AND—isn’t jay-walking a law? These people that are so concerned about this law should review every law.

It's rare that an Appeal to Worse Problems gets me fuming, but there it is at the end. Especially considering that Jaywalking was, oddly enough, partially helped by the auto lobby in an effort to smear pedestrian victims of car crashes.

edited 2nd Apr '16 2:32:23 PM by ironballs16

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