How would you have voted on confirmation of the Supreme Court Justices?
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« Reply #25 on: July 08, 2014, 06:03:10 AM »
« edited: July 08, 2014, 06:05:09 AM by Cryptic »
Chief Justice John Roberts - Nay

Justice Samuel Alito - Nay

Justice Stephen Breyer - Aye

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Aye

Justice Elena Kagan - Aye

Justice Anthony Kennedy - Aye

Justice Antonin Scalia - Nay

Justice Sonia Sotomayor - Aye

Justice Clarence Thomas - Nay

Harriet Miers (bonus) - Nay

Robert Bork (bonus) - Nay
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« Reply #26 on: July 08, 2014, 06:49:23 AM »
Antonin Scalia: Aye
Anthony Kennedy: Aye
Clarence Thomas: Aye
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Nay
Stephen Breyer: Aye
John Roberts: Aye
Samuel Alito: Aye
Sonia Sotomayor: Aye
Elena Kagan: Nay
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« Reply #27 on: July 08, 2014, 08:41:07 AM »
Antonin Scalia: Nay
Anthony Kennedy: Aye
Clarence Thomas: Nay
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Aye
Stephen Breyer: Aye
John Roberts: Aye
Samuel Alito: Nay
Sonia Sotomayor: Aye
Elena Kagan: Nay
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« Reply #28 on: July 08, 2014, 04:26:00 PM »
Chief Justice John Roberts - Aye

Justice Samuel Alito - Nay

Justice Stephen Breyer - Aye

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Aye

Justice Elena Kagan - Aye

Justice Anthony Kennedy - Aye

Justice Antonin Scalia - Aye

Justice Sonia Sotomayor - Aye

Justice Clarence Thomas - Nay

Harriet Miers (bonus) - Nay

Robert Bork (bonus) - Nay
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« Reply #29 on: July 09, 2014, 04:53:23 PM »

At the time, I was not sure of her at all.
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« Reply #30 on: July 09, 2014, 09:41:14 PM »
Kennedy - Aye
Scalia - Aye
Thomas - Aye
Breyer - Aye
Ginsburg - Aye
Roberts - Aye
Alito - Aye
Sotomayor - Nay
Kagan - Aye
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« Reply #31 on: July 09, 2014, 10:36:51 PM »
lol at people saying they would have opposed justices that were confirmed unanimously.
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« Reply #32 on: July 09, 2014, 10:43:33 PM »
Chief Justice John Roberts - Nay
Justice Samuel Alito - Nay
Justice Stephen Breyer - Aye
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Aye
Justice Elena Kagan - Aye
Justice Anthony Kennedy - Nay
Justice Antonin Scalia - Nay
Justice Sonia Sotomayor - Aye
Justice Clarence Thomas - Nay
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« Reply #33 on: July 10, 2014, 02:47:41 AM »
The only one I could really vote against is Thomas. Even putting aside Anita Hill and Thomas's far-right judicial philosophy, I don't think that a year on the DC Circuit and 8 years as head of the EEOC really qualifies someone to be a Supreme Court Justice.

I also would've voted against Harriet Miers and Sandra Day O'Connor due to their relative lack of qualifications, although with hindsight I would've voted for O'Connor.
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« Reply #34 on: July 10, 2014, 11:58:42 AM »
Chief Justice John Roberts -  AYE

Justice Samuel Alito -  AYE

Justice Stephen Breyer -  AYE

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg -  AYE

Justice Elena Kagan - AYE

Justice Anthony Kennedy -  AYE

Justice Antonin Scalia - AYE

Justice Sonia Sotomayor -  AYE

Justice Clarence Thomas -  AYE

Harriet Miers (bonus) - NO

Robert Bork (bonus) -  AYE


Elections matter......you don't vote against a justice unless they are completely unqualified, like Miers.
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« Reply #35 on: July 10, 2014, 12:01:36 PM »
Quote from: Emperor Scott on July 07, 2014, 07:25:29 PM
Chief Justice John Roberts -

Justice Samuel Alito - No

Justice Stephen Breyer - No

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Yes

Justice Elena Kagan - No

Justice Anthony Kennedy - No

Justice Antonin Scalia - Hell No

Justice Sonia Sotomayor - Yes

Justice Clarence Thomas - LOL

Harriet Miers (bonus) -No

Robert Bork (bonus) - No
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« Reply #36 on: July 10, 2014, 12:48:02 PM »
Yea to all but Harriet Miers.

SCOTUS justices are the prerogative of the president to choose. As long as they are qualified (have written extensively on constitutional issues and demonstrated a consistent interest in them), they should be confirmed regardless of their specific judicial philosophy.

Harriet Miers is the only one who indisputably failed that test.
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« Reply #37 on: July 12, 2014, 10:46:00 AM »
Based solely on what was known at the time of their confirmation votes (the latter numbers were their actual confirmation votes in the Senate):

Chief Justice Roberts - Aye (78-22)
Justice Alito - Nay (58-42)
Justice Breyer - Aye (87-9)
Justice Ginsburg - Aye (96-3)
Justice Kagan - Aye (63-37)
Justice Kennedy - Aye (97-0)
Justice Scalia - Aye (98-0)
Justice Sotomayor - Aye (68-31)
Justice Thomas - Nay (52-48)

Harriet Miers (bonus) - Aye (N/A)
Robert Bork (bonus) - Nay (42-58)

I only would have voted for Miers because I knew we'd be getting a right-wing ideologue if she didn't get confirmed (I knew it would happen at the time and I was right).
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« Reply #38 on: July 12, 2014, 12:51:47 PM »
Chief Justice John Roberts - Nay

Justice Samuel Alito - Aye

Justice Stephen Breyer - Abstain
 
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Nay

Justice Elena Kagan - Nay

Justice Anthony Kennedy - Aye

Justice Antonin Scalia - Aye

Justice Sonia Sotomayor - Aye

Justice Clarence Thomas - Aye

Harriet Miers (bonus) - Nay

Robert Bork (bonus) - Nay
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« Reply #39 on: July 12, 2014, 04:44:09 PM »
Roberts - Aye
Alito - Nay
Breyer - Aye
Ginsburg - Aye
Kagan - Aye
Kennedy - Aye
Scalia - Aye
Sotomayor - Aye
Thomas - Nay
Miers - Nay
Bork - Nay
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« Reply #40 on: August 03, 2014, 11:26:07 AM »
Quote from: IceSpear on July 08, 2014, 04:26:00 PM
Chief Justice John Roberts - Aye

Justice Samuel Alito - Nay

Justice Stephen Breyer - Aye

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Aye

Justice Elena Kagan - Aye

Justice Anthony Kennedy - Aye

Justice Antonin Scalia - Aye

Justice Sonia Sotomayor - Aye

Justice Clarence Thomas - Nay

Harriet Miers (bonus) - Nay

Robert Bork (bonus) - Nay
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