I have written several times to John Fetterman, PA. He ignores the letters or sends me one back about unrelated issues. He is only Senator because his opposition was Dr Oz. It seems that Fetterman is barely better than Dr Oz would have been. And I fear the same race might happen again next year. I will make the call anyway. It is the right thing to do.
Our courts cannot be captured by cronies. I'm so disappointed by the 18 Dem senators who have been a part of this. Fetterman, who I supported, has been a real disappointment, ... what are the others' excuses. Thank you, Qasim, for fighting all your life, for human rights, voting rights.
My goal next year is to do everything I can to make sure that Democrats take back the Senate. We can’t have 4 years of Trump judges sliding through. Schumer’s deal leaving appellate seats open in December to allow District Court nominations to go through easier was unacceptable. He is either too old or too lazy to be the Democratic leader. All the vacancies should have been filled before Trump returned to office. They should have stayed in session until that was done. We need a strong Senator to lead the judiciary. I don’t know who it has been since Feinstein left.
There's the old joke about accountants, Prospective employer to applicant accountant "How much is 2+2?" Applicant "How much do you want it to be sir?"
Judges are first Lawyers and before that law students. They lay out a lot of money to pass through the bar. Many have crippling student loans. Many become lawyers expecting/requiring above average rewards. Few expect to toil in trenches for years before rising above their debts. It can be hard brutalizing work - unless you take shortcuts, gamble with your reputation, ally yourself with questionable clients, or inherit a thriving business. Those who are impatient and ambitious can usually find a way. This is how raw material gets forged, bent, twisted by greed, not for survival but for triumphing. For as long as history records, there is ambiguity about the role of the advocate in the administration of justice. That ambiguity extends to the work of judges even more so. These days too many judges cynically abdicate from the rules of conduct turning themselves into the people who want pre-determined judgements; case law, precedent, knowledge, impartiality, be damned
Excellent call to action on the No Crony Judges pledge. The voter suppression angle is what really matters here - judges who won't affirm basic election facts are the same ones who'll rubber stamp restrictive voting laws down the line. I've watche this pattern before where ideological screening becomes normalized, then suddenly precedent doesn't matter anymore. The 18 Democratic senators list is useful but also depressing, especially seeing folks like Klobuchar on there who usually get praised for being pragamatic institutionalists.
Done. Tim Kaine's votes are making me dangerously nihilistic. That seat might as well belong to a Republican so at least we can wrestle it back for someone who represents our interests. And I'm looking at Mark Warner too.
Left the scripted message for Senator Klobuchar from my state. I AM outraged that someone for whom I voted has confirmed these nominations. I have called her out for her confirmation votes before. What she thinks she will accomplish with these votes is beyond me.
Qasim, this list is inexplicable. Of course there are some names we've seen before, like Fetterman, Hassan, and a couple of others. This is the second time in about two weeks I've seen Kaine's name where I didn't expect it. Is it possible that Senators have reviewed these candidates' past rulings, and found them to be reasonable? It's clear why nominees would want the job, which is lifetime and likely at high enough salary. Could they possibly be spouting things they don't believe, so they will get nominated? If that's not the case, this is deeply discouraging.
Corporate democrats, corporate sponsored lawyers, are always candidates for extortion. We know it works because the entire GOP has been extorted and enriched at the same time by their corporate owners.
I have written several times to John Fetterman, PA. He ignores the letters or sends me one back about unrelated issues. He is only Senator because his opposition was Dr Oz. It seems that Fetterman is barely better than Dr Oz would have been. And I fear the same race might happen again next year. I will make the call anyway. It is the right thing to do.
Our courts cannot be captured by cronies. I'm so disappointed by the 18 Dem senators who have been a part of this. Fetterman, who I supported, has been a real disappointment, ... what are the others' excuses. Thank you, Qasim, for fighting all your life, for human rights, voting rights.
My goal next year is to do everything I can to make sure that Democrats take back the Senate. We can’t have 4 years of Trump judges sliding through. Schumer’s deal leaving appellate seats open in December to allow District Court nominations to go through easier was unacceptable. He is either too old or too lazy to be the Democratic leader. All the vacancies should have been filled before Trump returned to office. They should have stayed in session until that was done. We need a strong Senator to lead the judiciary. I don’t know who it has been since Feinstein left.
2 wing of a cancerous bird ….Spinless mfers
Thank you for sharing this. I couldn't be more sick of the Dems lacking this important fight.
The infamous 'go along to get along gang'.
There's the old joke about accountants, Prospective employer to applicant accountant "How much is 2+2?" Applicant "How much do you want it to be sir?"
Judges are first Lawyers and before that law students. They lay out a lot of money to pass through the bar. Many have crippling student loans. Many become lawyers expecting/requiring above average rewards. Few expect to toil in trenches for years before rising above their debts. It can be hard brutalizing work - unless you take shortcuts, gamble with your reputation, ally yourself with questionable clients, or inherit a thriving business. Those who are impatient and ambitious can usually find a way. This is how raw material gets forged, bent, twisted by greed, not for survival but for triumphing. For as long as history records, there is ambiguity about the role of the advocate in the administration of justice. That ambiguity extends to the work of judges even more so. These days too many judges cynically abdicate from the rules of conduct turning themselves into the people who want pre-determined judgements; case law, precedent, knowledge, impartiality, be damned
Excellent call to action on the No Crony Judges pledge. The voter suppression angle is what really matters here - judges who won't affirm basic election facts are the same ones who'll rubber stamp restrictive voting laws down the line. I've watche this pattern before where ideological screening becomes normalized, then suddenly precedent doesn't matter anymore. The 18 Democratic senators list is useful but also depressing, especially seeing folks like Klobuchar on there who usually get praised for being pragamatic institutionalists.
I'm so disgusted by these folks - especially the ones I like(d).
Thank you for the phone numbers!
Done. Tim Kaine's votes are making me dangerously nihilistic. That seat might as well belong to a Republican so at least we can wrestle it back for someone who represents our interests. And I'm looking at Mark Warner too.
Warner is someone who should've been primaried a long time ago.
Left the scripted message for Senator Klobuchar from my state. I AM outraged that someone for whom I voted has confirmed these nominations. I have called her out for her confirmation votes before. What she thinks she will accomplish with these votes is beyond me.
Especially at this time, any, any, any democrat who says "yes" to ANYTHING Trump needs to be primaried! This is total bullshit.
This is inexcusable. All these corporate democrats need to be primaried and voted out. Sharing with my subscribers tomorrow.
Thank you, John.
Qasim, this list is inexplicable. Of course there are some names we've seen before, like Fetterman, Hassan, and a couple of others. This is the second time in about two weeks I've seen Kaine's name where I didn't expect it. Is it possible that Senators have reviewed these candidates' past rulings, and found them to be reasonable? It's clear why nominees would want the job, which is lifetime and likely at high enough salary. Could they possibly be spouting things they don't believe, so they will get nominated? If that's not the case, this is deeply discouraging.
Agree. Truly confounding.
I am stunned by the number of top Democrats who voted for these biased judges.
wtf? Sheldon whitehouse? Kelly? Wtaf is wrong with them? They should be ashamed of themselves
We didn't get where we are cuz Democrats fought. We got here cuz they didn't. They are complicit.
Corporate democrats, corporate sponsored lawyers, are always candidates for extortion. We know it works because the entire GOP has been extorted and enriched at the same time by their corporate owners.