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I don’t like or support trump. A president can nominate anyone and as many anyones as they want for a judicial position. Congress says yes or no to the appointm

by dgfitz 2y ago

I don’t like or support trump. A president can nominate anyone and as many anyones as they want for a judicial position. Congress says yes or no to the appointment, not the sitting president. Making things about trump even when they aren’t is getting tired.

linotype 2y ago
Point out cases where appointments made by democrats are hostile to workers then.
- wavemode 2y ago
  Teamsters lost 8-1 in the Supreme Court just a year ago[0], for example. What are you even arguing here? That a judge is appointed by a Democrat means they rule in favor of unions at all times? That wouldn't be virtuous, that would be corruption. I'm personally glad the world is not as black and white as you seem to see it. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_Northwest,_Inc._v._Teamsters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_Northwest,_Inc._v._Tea...
  - dgfitz 2y ago
    Nobody wants facts, just things that fit their current worldview narrative. I dare say, if we fix this thought process, we could fix a lot of really significant things.
colmmacc 2y ago
Only the Senate approves judicial appointments. The Presidency and the Senate are the least representative elected institutions. Trump lost the popular vote quite considerably, twice, and the Senators who approved his appointments represent an even smaller minority of the USA. It's hard to paint judicial appointments as democratically representative. Beyond that, in most advanced democracies, it is a norm that judicial appointments are apolitical. Often there are non-partisan judicial appointments commissions and other processes used to suggest nominations, and the norm is that these processes are followed.
chx 2y ago
Much like Aileen Cannon is completely independent of Trump, right?
throw10920 2y ago
> Making things about trump even when they aren’t is getting tired. Plus incredibly toxic for the community and blatantly against the HN guidelines. These are the comments that the flag button is built for - use it! Politics is, generally, not on-topic for HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html).
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by dgfitz 2y ago

linotype 2y ago

Point out cases where appointments made by democrats are hostile to workers then.

wavemode 2y ago
Teamsters lost 8-1 in the Supreme Court just a year ago[0], for example. What are you even arguing here? That a judge is appointed by a Democrat means they rule in favor of unions at all times? That wouldn't be virtuous, that would be corruption. I'm personally glad the world is not as black and white as you seem to see it. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_Northwest,_Inc._v._Teamsters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_Northwest,_Inc._v._Tea...
- dgfitz 2y ago
  Nobody wants facts, just things that fit their current worldview narrative. I dare say, if we fix this thought process, we could fix a lot of really significant things.

colmmacc 2y ago

Only the Senate approves judicial appointments. The Presidency and the Senate are the least representative elected institutions. Trump lost the popular vote quite considerably, twice, and the Senators who approved his appointments represent an even smaller minority of the USA. It's hard to paint judicial appointments as democratically representative. Beyond that, in most advanced democracies, it is a norm that judicial appointments are apolitical. Often there are non-partisan judicial appointments commissions and other processes used to suggest nominations, and the norm is that these processes are followed.

chx 2y ago

Much like Aileen Cannon is completely independent of Trump, right?

throw10920 2y ago

> Making things about trump even when they aren’t is getting tired. Plus incredibly toxic for the community and blatantly against the HN guidelines. These are the comments that the flag button is built for - use it! Politics is, generally, not on-topic for HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html).

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