You clearly have limited acquaintanceship with Catholics. 

Yes, that too. Reagan had a viable shot at the nomination right up to the convention, but withdrew his candidacy when the party leadership opted to follow conventional wisdom and back the incumbent. Either way, Reagan or Ford, that election was Carter’s to lose such was the backlash. Carter was seen as a healer and…

It was quite a large factor, along with post-Watergate anti-Republican sentiment generally. Plus, Ford was seen as a bit of a buffoon who didn’t want the presidency in the first place (he long resisted Nixon approaches to appoint him VP in the wake of Angew’s resignation).

The problem plagued Watergate prosecutors, thus Leon Jaworski asked the grand jury to resist the temptation and merely name Nixon as an uindicted co-conspirator in the cover up. But once removed, would have been subject to prosecution. That was Nixon’s fear and why a pardon by Gerald Ford was necessary to keep that…

Not ignoring anything fuckface. Pointing out that Obama did make SCOTUS appointments.  So the providence does not rest solely with white presidents.  Simple fact check.  Fuckoff now.

Merely pointing out that the demographic makeup of the Court does not dictate its ability to make proper social reforms. If I misinterpreted the gist of your post, that’s on me.

Then write to your representative and request that they draft a bill.

No, it’s the law according to the Judiciary Act of 1869 

So we better not let tell Sotomayor or Kagan that their appointments are invalid, right?

Brown v. Board of Education was a unanimous decision handed down by 9 white men. Just sayin.

Goddamn those individual rights.  SCOTUS should be ashamed of themselves for upholding the Constitution.  Bastards.

I love the hysterics that always follows a SCOTUS retirement. Nominees that clear House Judiciary hearings are VERY rarely able to be classed as hard-core conservative OR liberals. Even when they are, more often than not, their views tend to become more centrist once on the Court due to their realization that their…

In those terms, it’s a zero-sum game in the end.

As the proud owner of a 2014 VW Passat with 203,000 on the clock, I say let the shallow prima donnas walk, Robert!

I’m still rockin’ a 2004 B5 1.8T. The car is bulletproof and built like a bank vault. No major issues beyond replacement of wearable parts and a broken tie rod. In spite of 14 years of pothole-riddled Midwestern roads, there isn’t a squeak or rattle. Garage-kept flawless exterior. Another 40K miles, and I will have…

“Post-snow Madrid” sounds like it describes the dingy yellow hue snow takes on once some dogs have come by and defiled the pristine white stuff.

Tries to give a fuck....can’t.

Derrick’s one of the great “what could have been” stories. He never rebounded from that 2012 injury. Beforehand, he was explosive and truly something to behold.

By all means forsake human interaction with loved ones and veg out on Facebook or bingewatch the series de jour on Netflix or whatever other virtual escape of your choice to further separate yourselves from reality.

Are all those open windows the offices that the executives jumped from?