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Is she really so out of touch with reality that she doesn't know what people are saying? Does she care?

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Hoo-boy, indeed!

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Can Mitch McDonnell just be gone like on an island faraway rooming with Napoleon.

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Expand the number on the Court, and put on term limits!! If this is “the highest court in the land” no President or party, let alone McConnell, should be allowed to stack the Court with extremists ! Democrats and the general public should be afraid, be VERY afraid that Democracy is being murdered by the Republican Party and Trump “terrorists”! Our current SCOTUS is VERY partisan and WE the American citizens are doomed if WE let it stay that way !!!!

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The Supreme Court use to be thoughtful in their decision making. Decisions are subjective based on one’s opinion of settled law. Now, with Alito & Thomas leading the evangelical Christians on the Supreme Court decisions are based on their parochial opinion not on The American way of living. Take time to read Alito & Thomas opinions on how religion should play a major role in our lives and I find RoeV Wade is over & authoritarian White rule is the disciplined way for society to survive. Roberts has for his entire adult life opposed voting rights. Now, in charge he will gladly hear cases to limit voting to rich, corporate America & tell US that we should know our place. The road to freedom is long & frustrating. Perseverance is essential if you & I want to remain free! FIGHT THE RIGHT!

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Justice Coney Barrett's lecture reminds me too much of Trump's rallies, a useless exercise for all except those patting him on the back. To say I am disappointed in the Supreme Court is not nearly as expressive as needs to be said. Thanks to Dan for expressing it so well and for letting us know more about these Justices who don't serve justice first.

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THANK YOU DAN RATHER!

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Isn't she a member of the Federalist Society? Isn't their stated goal to populate the federal bench with partisan hacks? That's not the language they use, of course, but that's certainly the intent.

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Sep 14, 2021Liked by Elliot Kirschner

Great essay! Thank you for calling it all exactly as it is! So few do.

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Please. Every Trump nominated justice was vetted by the far right mainstream, not just the base. Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett were all hand selected by McConnell and the Federalist Society for express purposes; terminating Roe, curtailing voting rights, enfranchising gun owners at the expense of public safety and ensuring elections are managed by a Republican minority.

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It is time to expand the court and if dems can secure majority in the senate - do something about lifetime appointments on the SC and Federal courts.

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Integrity is dead and those that feel they are above it seem to think the rest of us are fools.

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That's great, may I use it? Thanks!

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The best defense is a good offense. Reframe the issue as a perception rather than a fact and then continue to hammer on it. A few news cycles and the "misperception" will be the fact. We watched this act for four years during the last administration. And despite my best efforts, I remember her name as Amy Covid Barrett as her Rose Garden ceremony was a super spreader event.

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Gobsmacked is right. Biden needs to appoint judges to balance the scale of justice and we as Americans must voice our disgust by voting those who threaten our democracy out of office!!!

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The Justice could left off the words about the people in the grocery store line, and used something like, I’m no more important than anyone else. Lastly, someone needs to remind the Justice that “you rear children, and you raise cattle”. The Justice is McConnell’s Minion. Punto final!

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