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https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-ted-cruz-ginsburg-senate-election?fbclid=IwAR3uiUchN3aJBrzWfGPQ3CB1kXq4D8HdKgxg0C13vUHHxPLk0QDEAC7lQ9A Sen. Ted Cruz: After Ginsburg -- 3 reasons why Senate must confirm her successor before Election Day The Supreme Court has become the preeminent arbiter of our constitutional rights On Friday, our nation lost a historic Supreme Court Justice: Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She was a brilliant justice, a legendary advocate, a careful lawyer, and, as only the second woman to ever serve on the Supreme Court, a trailblazer. She led an extraordinary life that shaped the lives of others and she leaves behind her an extraordinary legacy. Much like the news in 2016 of the great Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing during an election year, Friday’s news was instantaneously followed by the question of when to fill the vacancy that now stands on the Court. Here’s why President Trump must nominate a successor next week and why the Senate must confirm that successor before Election Day: First, this nomination is why the American people elected Donald Trump as president and this confirmation is why the American people voted for a Republican majority in the U.S. Senate. The Supreme Court has become the preeminent arbiter of our constitutional rights. And the type of justice that serves has a profound impact on public policy and our fundamental liberties.Video Unfortunately, over the past six decades, the Court has arrogated to itself far too much power—well beyond what it is entitled to under the Constitution. It has seized this power at the expense of Congress, the executive branch, the states, and We the People alike. The 2016 election was not only a referendum on our Supreme Court; it was a referendum on the direction of our entire judicial system. The American people had the option between a faithful originalist vision of the Constitution and a progressive liberal activist vision, and they rightly chose faithful originalism. Despite the best efforts of Senate Democrats to delay the confirmation of President Trump’s well-qualified Supreme Court nominees and all 216 of his nominees we've confirmed to the federal bench, Republicans have answered this important call from the American people and we should not stop now. Second, twenty-nine times in our nation’s history we’ve seen a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year or before an inauguration and in every instance, the president proceeded with a nomination. Nine presidents, including George Washington, Woodrow Wilson, William Taft, and Herbert Hoover, faced with whether to fill a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year, did so before Election Day when their party held the majority in the Senate. And on nineteen different occasions up to 1968, the president sought to fill a Supreme Court vacancy while his own party controlled the Senate. Nine out of the ten nominations made before Election Day were successfully confirmed, while eight out of the nine nominations made after Election Day were also successfully confirmed. Three presidents, who had already lost the presidential election, have filled lame-duck Supreme Court vacancies. When this issue arose in 1992, then-Senator Joe Biden made clear the Senate had the right to proceed. He noted, however, that the Senate should ensure the process is ‘fair’ to the nominee. I believe this Senate can meet the standard of fairness. More recently, when faced with this question in 2016, there was a divided government. When the presidency and the majority of the Senate are held by different parties in an election year, the Senate historically has not confirmed the president’s nominee. Senate Republicans stayed the course in 2016. But that is not the case today. The presidency and the majority of the Senate are held by the same party. And just like in 2016, when Republicans held firm against filling a vacancy based on precedent, we should not break from precedent now. And finally, as we approach what is likely to be a contested election that hangs in the balance of the Supreme Court, our nation is at risk of a constitutional crisis without nine justices on the bench. Twenty years ago, I was part of the legal team that litigated Bush v. Gore and went to the Supreme Court. For thirty-six days, the country did not know who the president was going to be, and if we had had a four-four court it could have dragged on for weeks and months. In the midst of deadly pandemic, economic devastation, and violent riots erupting across the country, that is the last thing the American people need. As I wrote in my forthcoming book, "One Vote Away—How a Single Supreme Court Seat Can Change History," every single vote on the Court matters in every major case the Court hears. There is no room for error. On too many issues, we are one vote away. This could very well be the case come November, and we need to do everything we can in the Senate to be ready for that possibility. Earlier this month, President Trump put forward a list of extremely qualified, principled constitutionalists who could serve on the Supreme Court, and he is expected to formally nominate one of those candidates as soon as next week. When he does, the Senate has a constitutional responsibility to advise and consent. We also have an electoral responsibility to uphold the will of the American people. We must deliver on both, and we must deliver without delay. The stakes have never been higher. Anyone on the left having an issue with the President having a nominee and the Senate voting before the election, should remember to thank their own former Senator Harry Reid (D) for the senate only needing a simple majority to pass a SCOTUS nominee........

She was a great champion for her cause(s) and will be missed by both sides. Her mistake was assuming that Hillary would win in 2016, and was stuck waiting out for the next election to rely on a Democrat President to replace her with another with her same passion. The President will do exactly what he is supposed to do, nominate a replacement. The Senate will then be left with the decision to make, confirm or punt until after the election. The President has indicated that his nominee will be a female, and thanks to the former Senator Harry Reid, a simple majority vote in the Senate will be all that is necessary to confirm her. The top contenders are: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/us/politics/trump-list-of-supreme-court-nominees.html?auth=login-email&login=email Leading Candidates to Fill Supreme Court Vacancy President Trump has vowed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “without delay.” Here is who might fill the seat. By Carl Hulse and Adam Liptak Published Sept. 19, 2020Updated Sept. 21, 2020 Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on Friday created a Supreme Court vacancy that President Trump has vowed to fill “without delay.” He has issued four lists of potential nominees, the most recent one last week, and Mr. Trump said on Saturday that he expected to nominate a candidate in the next week, telling a campaign rally that night that it “will be a woman.” Here is a look at some of the leading candidates on those lists. Amy Coney Barrett Image Credit...Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune, via AP Judge Barrett, a member of the Federal Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, is the likely front-runner for the job as Republicans see advantages in replacing Justice Ginsburg with a woman. A former law professor at Notre Dame, Judge Barrett has a rock-star reputation in conservative circles. Her devout Catholicism prompted tough questioning by Democrats at her confirmation hearing in 2017. Her interview with Mr. Trump in 2018 for a seat on the Supreme Court was said to have not gone well. Barbara Lagoa Credit...Florida Supreme Court, via Reuters Judge Lagoa also sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. A Cuban-American, she was the first Hispanic woman appointed to the Florida Supreme Court. Two decades ago, she was part of the legal team that represented the Miami family of Elián González, the 6-year-old boy who was found floating alone in an inner tube off the Florida coast on Thanksgiving in 1999. Judge Lagoa recently sided with the 6-to-4 majority on the 11th Circuit that ruled that a Florida law requiring former felons to pay court fines and fees before they are eligible to vote is constitutional. Patricia Mazzei contributed reporting from Miami. While either nominee would be great, SF would like to see Judge Lagoa nominated, just to see liberal heads explode trying to get her blackballed.......

I never assumed a conspiracy and couldn't really care less, but some advance notification would have been nice especially to those of us who have been on this board since 2006 and donate regularly. I'm sure there were some members of the OOB clan who would be high maintenance, as I'm sure exists on the football forums as well. My connection to the GID was made unnecessary after my youngest graduated in 2014, but I remained since the OOB existed and I enjoyed the political banter, as well as it gave me a connection to my local HS football conference, which I still step into now and then to contribute. In conclusion, I don't feel the need to "sell" you on anything so I won't. If you can't find a reason to keep the OOB, so be it. But if you would like to keep ole SF around and donating every year, then you will need to "sell" me on why I need to contribute to the GID anymore without the OOB. If not, no harm, no foul, I can easily redirect the double donation I gave this year to someone closer to home just as easy and pop into the NLC thread from time to time for free...... As I said - (IMHO) it is only an opinion since I am not privy to the innerworkings of the GID, nor do I want to be.

Also - the only reason I felt compelled to donate a fee each year was because I was on that part of the GID more than anything else, and since it wasn't the football side, I felt compelled to donate each year......I do take notice of how many members/posters on the HS football side of things are active contributors........and I will say, it appears the OOB section may have been carrying the load of the fundraising for the GID.......(IMHO) So thanks again GID managers......

Well - maybe an e-mail or some form of notification might have helped ease the transition. Thanks GID managers....

MKIA assumes SF gives a rat's

In other words - Donald Trump wanted to nuke the rioters/protesters AND the immigrants.......

We need to be alarmed at 1 death? I mean it is incredibly sad, but is it worth shutting the country back down? I vote no MKIA......

Mr. Biden has almost 50 years experience at doing just that.......

Yeahbut......CORONAVIRUS!!!

You should take your comedy routine on the road SG!!

Did anyone else see this "faux pa" (or was it really a "faux pa")......Both of them on separate occasions......Same message..... https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-flips-the-ticket-refers-to-harris-biden-administration-in-campaign-speech Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden really appears to be on the same page as his running mate Kamala Harris, mistakenly referring to plans in a "Harris-Biden administration" just one day after the California senator similarly suggested that she was on the top of the Democratic ticket. While speaking at a campaign event in Tampa, Fla. on Tuesday, the former vice president attempted to make an appeal to veterans and offered a glimpse of what they should expect with him in the White House. However, his remarks sounded like he would only be second in command. "It makes it so much harder for military spouses to find good jobs and build their careers. That has to change," Biden said. "A Harris-Biden administration is going to relaunch that effort and keep pushing further to make it easier for military spouses and veterans to find meaningful careers to ensure teachers know how to support military children in their classrooms and to improve support for caregivers and survivors so much more than we do now." Biden's gaffe resembled remarks Harris made during a virtual roundtable on Monday with a group of Arizona small business owners. "A Harris administration, together with Joe Biden as the president of the United States," she said. She quickly clarified, "The Biden-Harris administration will provide access to $100 billion in low-interest loans and investments from minority business owners." During his remarks on Tuesday, Biden also raised eyebrows when he mistakenly confused Iran and Iraq when referring to fallen American soldiers. "U.S. troops died in Iran and Afghanistan," Biden said. President Trump and his supporters have repeatedly attacked Joe Biden as being a "Trojan Horse for the radical left" while other critics have predicted that the former vice president is serving as a "placeholder" until Harris is sworn in as president.

Yeahbut......

Was a bad time for everyone. I was in Harrisburg, PA on that day, just arrived at America's Largest RV Show dealer days that Tuesday morning early enough to get the doors open on the units before dealers would be showing up at 9:00 am. My cell phone rang just before 9:00, the tone in my wife's voice was alarming as she told me what she was witnessing on TV. Got the TV's in the units fired up and all day long we watched the news....... I share a special bond with the people I was with that day since none of us were with our families, and most of us who had rental cars had to act as buses to get friends back to Indiana after the show that week since all the flights were cancelled........Stunned was the word of the day.......

plagiarized from a friend's post.... “How would you feel?" “Imagine there is a man who, for the last five years, has assaulted you, on average, two times a year. He has raped you in the past. Then, he shows up at your house at 4:00 in the morning. You wake up to find him standing above you, you have your child in bed with you. He has his 'junk' out and then he sexually assaults you. He leaves the room, you quiet your child and go into the living room. He is gone. You look out the window and your car is gone. You check your purse, your keys and ATM card are gone. You call the cops. Cops show up. As you cry, you describe the sexual assault. The cops tell you this man has withdrawn money from your bank account twice in the last several minutes. Okay, are you 'imagining' all that? Well, then imagine this. The guy who sexually assaulted you has received over TWO MILLION from a 'GoFundMe' account. NFL players, such as Drew Brees, have your rapist's name on his helmet. MLB baseball players walk off the field to support your rapist. EVERY THING I JUST TYPED IS FACT! It comes from the police report on the Jacob Blake incident. Not shit, we have professional sports figures celebrating a friggin' rapist! The Left loves the guy! You can argue if the shooting was justified...but to celebrate a multiple time offending RAPIST is INSANE! But, this is where we are in 2020. VOTE BIDEN/HARRIS TO CELEBRATE RAPISTS!” Anybody else feel the surrealism taking place right now.......

It's about time the NLC thread gets back to the first page of the GID gentlemen. Back in the day (2005 - 2012) when the likes of Kingsmenfan1 and others popped in to throw shade on the likes of the clan that swam in the depths of the NLC thread with SF this thread never left the first page. SF still likes to swim up from the depths to lurk in this thread, but not having the former connections to the top of the NLC food chain I once had, I can't give accurate in depth predictions anymore. Now it's just hyperbole (which admittedly, some may argue it was back then as well) which I am not a fan of knowingly doing. Keep it up guys, keep ole SF in loop!! Heading back to the depths to lurk........

Let's not forget Nancy Pelosi in this story at the end of February of her visiting Chinatown in San Fran encouraging people to come on out.........."Everything is fine here, the city is on top of the situation" https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/nancy-pelosi-visits-san-franciscos-chinatown-amid-coronavirus-concerns/2241075/?fbclid=IwAR2QBWNjq_jHZqbfrL5oyKkTxaV_G67cyp1JQIGtz6dSHsevwj2UOpfNwHE

Governor Cuomo hasn't won any battles with Trump, so he wants to start another? https://nypost.com/2020/09/09/andrew-cuomo-going-off-the-rails-under-the-stress-of-nys-pandemic-woes/ Andrew Cuomo going off the rails under the stress of NY’s pandemic woes By Post Editorial Board September 9, 2020 | 8:01pm | Updated Enlarge Image Gov. Andrew Cuomo went on an unhinged rant against President Trump on Tuesday.Matthew McDermott Gov. Andrew Cuomo is now in full-on flailing mode, zig-zagging wildly in the wake of New York’s coronavirus horrors. Sometimes he seizes on common sense — as he finally did Wednesday in announcing that, yes, indoor dining can resume in New York City (though not ’til month’s end). Yet he was ranting at length just the day before about why that reopening couldn’t happen. And this follows his bizarre, and fully premeditated, claim that “Donald Trump caused the COVID outbreak in New York.” That’s right: “caused.” This while Cuomo is demanding the moon when it comes to a federal bailout for the state. For the record, “caused” boils down to the president not banning travel from Europe in time — even though Democrats kept calling those bans extreme back when Trump did it. Cuomo’s Tuesday tirade also ran to his grudge over the prez’s cap on the federal government’s state and local income-tax deduction (a gripe that, as E.J. McMahon notes, isn’t remotely reality-based) as the gov fumed that Trump “is trying to kill New York City.” Cuomo even claimed that Trump “admitted” triggering the outbreak, though an aide could show only that some Trump officials said folks initially underestimated COVID’s spread from Europe. Make no mistake: Cuomo spent hours planning his unhinged harangue — taking the time to prep a series of slides such as the phony headline: “TRUMP TO CITY: DROP DEAD.” OK, we get it: He hates being blamed for having ordered nursing homes to accept COVID-positive patients, which led to so many deaths in those facilities that he’s now too scared to release the true number. And he has no idea how to handle a state budget gap that was ballooning to the multibillions even before the pandemic and the lockdowns turned the red ink into a deluge to rival Niagara Falls. So he’s playing to the countless New Yorkers who despise the president by pretending it’s all Trump’s fault. Heck, he’s now saying that if Trump won’t bail him out, he’ll “need” to raise taxes — even after repeatedly noting wealthy taxpayers will then flee. (You were right the first time, Gov.) Let’s just hope that Cuomo’s indoor-dining turnaround is a sign that he’s found his center again.

Especially since his assertion of this comment without any context flies in the face of the Great and Only Dr. Fauci's comments about this........ https://nypost.com/2020/09/09/fauci-responds-to-woodward-reporting-on-trump-i-dont-recall-that-at-all/ Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday shot down journalist Bob Woodward’s reporting that he once said President Trump was “unfocused in meetings” and that “his sole purpose is to get re-elected” — saying he doesn’t “recall that at all.” Fauci, the administration’s top infectious diseases expert, was quoted in Woodward’s new book, “Rage,” as disparaging the president’s “rudderless” leadership and saying his “attention span is like a minus number.” “If you notice, it was ‘others’ who have said that. You should ask ‘others.’ I don’t recall that at all,” Fauci told Fox News correspondent John Roberts. “I didn’t read the book, but according to what I saw in the newspapers, it said, ‘others have said that.’ ” Roberts then clarified, “So you would question that account, then?” to which Fauci responded, “Yeah, yeah.” Fauci also denied Woodward’s claims that Trump was purposely downplaying the threat of the coronavirus pandemic. “I didn’t get any sense that he was distorting anything. In my discussions with him, they were always straightforward about the concerns that we had,” Fauci said.