Needless to say, until a few weeks ago I had never heard of Her Honour, Judge A.C.B. However, now I am very slightly, better informed and she sounds like an 'absolute corker' for the Supreme Court. Her appointment should - but beware those cheatin' Dems! - hold the Supreme Court to the Right of Centre for a number of years. That is critical for the USA as it fights off a sustained and ruthless campaign by the extreme Left which, if ever successful, would reduce America to third-world status! I emphasise the Right of Centre because after decades of non-stop campaigning, the Dems have shifted the political axis to the Left. In passing, perhaps we should offer up our thanks to the late Ms. Ruth Bader Ginsberg who had the good taste to die just in time and thus free-up a vacancy. I have minimal trust in 'The Donald' to keep the good ship, USA, to the Right of Centre so all my faith is in the hands of the, er, 'Supremacists'!
ACB is quite an addition to the SC! She is the proper type and style of Justice meaning she looks to the Constitution itself for meaning and guidance and not a Justice who views the Court as an extra legislative branch which we already have. A normal Justice.
Posted by: Whitewall | Tuesday, 27 October 2020 at 20:05
The mass slaughter of the child in the womb has to stop. Even Adolf never killed so many.
Posted by: Glesga | Wednesday, 28 October 2020 at 01:17
Barrett was confirmed closer to an election than any other SCJ in history, so the accusation of cheating is shaky. Mitch McConnel, Republican leader of the Senate, defended the move by saying the Constitution allows his power play, which is true.
Know what else the Constitution allows? Expanding the Court. During Abraham Lincoln's administration it was expanded to 10. That might be mentioned in the biography you're reading, David.
If anyone is interested, here's a short history in National Geographic. I dare anyone to claim it's edited by Hillary Clinton:
"Nine justices make up the U.S. Supreme Court: one chief justice and eight associate justices. But it hasn’t always been this way. For the first 80 years of its existence, the Supreme Court fluctuated in size from as few as five to as many as 10 before settling at the current number in 1869. Here’s how the court ended up with nine justices—and how that could change."
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/09/why-us-supreme-court-nine-justices/
Btw, if it were up to me there would be at least 21 Justices on the court. That should stop any political party from establishing one that's too ideological.
Posted by: Bob | Wednesday, 28 October 2020 at 14:50
I think as many as 50 should be appointed; one representing each state in the union.
Posted by: Up2L8 | Wednesday, 28 October 2020 at 17:44
Shoot, why not 535? One for every Congress-critter.
Posted by: Malcolm Pollack | Wednesday, 28 October 2020 at 20:20
Actually Malcolm's suggestion does have much more merit than at first glance should be obviously apparent.
The reason we've found ourselves in this mess in the first place - legislation by the judiciary - is owing to the Congress abdicating its Constitutional obligations.
Doubt that?
Recall Speaker Pelosi saying, "We have to pass the bill to find what's in it."
Posted by: JK | Wednesday, 28 October 2020 at 21:51
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2020/10/28/the-arkansas-poll-is-out-lets-hope-its-wrong
My suspicion is Bob and Max Brantley are very near kin. Maybe brothers.
I know Max has a brother living in Indiana and his brother is named Bob.
I know Max occasionally reads here (owing, my bet is, because "in better times" [his characterization, not, necessarily mine] I linked one of Max' Goldies[?] here which, at the time, Max was reckoning among some of his best reporting - now not so much:
The News had to do with a certain 'Hudson Hallum' getting busted by the feds for absentee [mail in] voting fraud.
Today Max characterizes that one, "an extreme outlier" whatever that means.
Lemme see ...
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2012/09/05/state-rep-hudson-hallum-pleads-wth-3-others-in-absentee-vote-fraud-case-resigns-from-legislature
Well that's weird.
Suddenly I'm finding there's a paywall.
I wonder why - perhaps the Pulitzer Committee overlooked Bob's brother Max?
Posted by: JK | Thursday, 29 October 2020 at 00:30
JK,
Who knows, Max Brantley might be some shirttail relative, but I've never heard of him. Indiana's more centrist:
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/indiana/
Posted by: Bob | Thursday, 29 October 2020 at 16:17