Have you seen how old those guys are? Psyllium husks and weak tea.

Scalia needs some psyllium. How's that for your nightmares!

Indis: Have you seen how old those guys are? Psyllium husks and weak tea.

Scalia needs some psyllium. How's that for your nightmares!

I don't know wtf psyllium is, but Scalia alone is enough to cause nightmares.

Congress should add a few more seats to SCOTUS. The democrats have the power but I doubt this will happen.

Congress can do that right?

Britney Spear's Speculum: Congress should add a few more seats to SCOTUS. The democrats have the power but I doubt this will happen.

Congress can do that right?

I think so.

ilambiquated: Britney Spear's Speculum: Congress should add a few more seats to SCOTUS. The democrats have the power but I doubt this will happen.

Congress can do that right?

I think so.

Just read up on it. You're correct ilambiquated.

Obama and Biden go on a field-trip to the United States Supreme Court. Milk and cookies were served

Were they Oreos?

So which did he bring, his original birth certificate or the suitcase of cash? Or both?

FTFA: stridden

So the Washington Post is making up words now, is it?

Someone post the pic of Obama and Biden eating the shiat out of some ice cream. I love that pic.

Dwight_Yeast: FTFA: stridden

So the Washington Post is making up words now, is it?

Came here to say this, but I'll be damned, stridden appears to be right (new window)...

steveGswine: Dwight_Yeast: FTFA: stridden

So the Washington Post is making up words now, is it?

Came here to say this, but I'll be damned, stridden appears to be right (new window)...

Holy shiat. I learned something today. Someone wanted to flex their vocabulary.

And I'm totally not interested unless Obama bodily beat several of the Supremes for their ruling on Herring v. United States.

/Double bonus for pistol whipping.

Occam's Chainsaw: And I'm totally not interested unless Obama bodily beat several of the Supremes for their ruling on Herring v. United States.

The idea of Obama piledriving Scalia while Biden takes turns biatchslapping Thomas and Alito just makes me smile.

You know why they invited him, right?



Look, it makes perfect sense to me that they would meet with both of them. That doesn't necessarily mean that Robert's wouldn't take Barry aside and say if you don't produce the documents and put this story to rest, you will have to step aside or we will issue a stay from your swearing in. And it makes sense to me that they would have Biden there so they can have a "come to Jesus" meeting. Do we know what is going to take place today? Probably not until Friday at the latest. Might we ever know? Maybe.
I don't take this invitation as bad news. I take this as a step taken by Robert's to be certain this doesn't come back on him and SCOTUS for not upholding the Constitution when there have been all these suits and nothing held on the merits of the cases. I do not believe that they are not having major discussions, possibly even angry arguments about this case. I found out it's happened twice before in the last thirty years, once with Reagan/Bush in 1980 and again with Clinton/Gore in what was billed as a public event. They were given a tour, and had a public media event with pictures and videos. Since this is being kept so private, I do take this as a good sign this subject will come up.

When this is mentioned on CNN, it's a major deal. I hope barry wears his Depends today. I think he is going to need them, AND a large package of wipes.

/I'm not sure where the original quote is from
//It's by Linda Starr, though.
///And YES, I do think the birthers are crazy.

andrewagill: You know why they invited him, right?

Wharrgarbl?

Britney Spear's Speculum: Congress should add a few more seats to SCOTUS. The democrats have the power but I doubt this will happen.

Congress can do that right?

FDR tried this. It didn't go over so well as I recall.

Occam's Chainsaw: Herring v. United States

US 1, Herring 0; you see? It can't be done!!

/ 4th Amdt takes a break from eating fruit off Miranda's hat to weep silently in the corner
// not really; it was beaten to submission and only hallucinated the fruit
/// I understand making leeway for a good faith error (like, say NOT suspending officers) but this is bureaucratic CYA bullshiat made legal because they don't want cops sued left & right
// other Amendments seen hiring bodyguards
/ I can haz kwarterd soldjerzz naow?

Kanyon: FDR tried this. It didn't go over so well as I recall.

It stopped the SCOTUS from being so damn contrarian for ideological reasons instead of constitutional reasons. Since that was his goal I'd say it worked out pretty damn well.

Britney Spear's Speculum: Congress should add a few more seats to SCOTUS. The democrats have the power but I doubt this will happen.

Congress can do that right?

Or we could not use the highest court in the land as a partisan tool for another government branch. Just a suggestion.

Kanyon: FDR tried this. It didn't go over so well as I recall.

Ironically, it was strongly opposed by one of his future SCOTUS appointments.

Article: "In fact, when Roberts administers the oath of office to Obama on Tuesday, it will be the first time a president has been sworn in by a justice whose confirmation he voted against,..."

Given that the vast majority of presidents were not senators, not every former-senator president was in the senate when the justice was confirmed, and that not every president was sworn in by a Supreme Court justice this is hardly impressive or surprising.

Plenty of presidents have undoubtedly been sworn in by justices who they would have voted against.

TheMysteriousStranger: Plenty of presidents have undoubtedly been sworn in by justices who they would have voted against.

Nixon specifically ran on opposition to sitting Chief Justice Earl Warren when he won in 1968.

Occam's Chainsaw: Herring v. United States.

Yeah, I'm sure the guy who voted for the FISA bill is mad about that ruling.

/He said "I pick my battles"
//I said "I'm not picking you then"