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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
Just because a president chooses, doesn't mean it's automatic.
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It does when the same party rules the executive and legislative. Like it did when Alito was appointed in January of 2006.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
that's the point of the confirmation hearings and being confirmed by congress. there are still CHECKS and BALANCES which is the whole point of the way that everything has been created via the US Constitution. So you're stating that what the framers did was stupid?
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It's one among many mistakes that were made. Any document made by fallible people is open to being fallible. That's why they developed the amendment system. Don't agree with slavery? Amend it. Want women to vote? Amend it. Don't want partisan justices?
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
how is it stupid?
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Political parties are a method of overriding checks and balances. Nowhere is that more evident than in the past 6 years of policy and our current Supreme Court.