Draining The Swamp

[BrownArmy]

The key word is nominated....you can nominate all day long.....doesn't mean you get to appoint!!

Keep trying...the majority of those SCJ's got appointed.

Bless your heart!

 

[moreluck]

let's eyeball this century..... I think Harrison was a long time ago..

Benjamin Harrison was the most recent lame duck to place a justice on the Supreme Court, five other presidents (Hayes, Tyler, Van Buren, Jackson and Adams) did so as well.

 

[It will be fine]

let's eyeball this century..... I think Harrison was a long time ago..

Benjamin Harrison was the most recent lame duck to place a justice on the Supreme Court, five other presidents (Hayes, Tyler, Van Buren, Jackson and Adams) did so as well.

So did Reagan. Nominated one in November, got confirmed in the February of his last year. This wasn't normal. It isn't tradition, stop spreading lies.

 

[moreluck]

So did Reagan. Nominated one in November, got confirmed in the February of his last year. This wasn't normal. It isn't tradition, stop spreading lies.

Loosely traditional......I didn't know what other word to use........usually? Most recently? ??????
You know what I meant!!

 

[Catatonic]

So did Reagan. Nominated one in November, got confirmed in the February of his last year. This wasn't normal. It isn't tradition, stop spreading lies.

That's next to last year! SMH

 

[Catatonic]

Loosely traditional......I didn't know what other word to use........usually? Most recently? ??????
You know what I meant!!

That's very optimistic!

 

[moreluck]

1/3 of all US Presidents nominated a SCJ in a Presidential election year.

that means that two-thirds have not.......so, usually they don't

 

[It will be fine]

that means that two-thirds have not.......so, usually they don't

Only due to lack of opportunity. When there's a vacancy on the court the president makes a nomination.

 

[bottomups]

that means that two-thirds have not.......so, usually they don't

Kind of hard to nominate a justice when there is no opening.

 

[MAKAVELI]

Loosely traditional......I didn't know what other word to use........usually? Most recently? ??????
You know what I meant!!

Loosely Traditional = Alternative Facts

 

[Turdferguson]

traditionally the last of a pres's term during election year he doesn't nominate a judge, but leaves it for the next pres.

NOMINATE.......not the topic.....................APPOINT is

If I was as fancy as others on here I would highlight and underline the word nominate in your first quote.

 

[Sportello]

Why does Trump's senior staff need ethics waivers?

I thought if you didn't have ethics to begin with, you couldn't waive them?

 

[newfie]

Why does Trump's senior staff need ethics waivers?

I thought if you didn't have ethics to begin with, you couldn't waive them?

here is a partial list...oops they're Obama staffers

Ethics Pledge Waivers Released by the White House

• Jocelyn Frye, Director of Policy and Projects in the Office of the First Lady
• Cecilia Muñoz, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in the Executive Office of the President
• William Lynn, Deputy Secretary of Defense
• Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President
• Jonathan Kravis, Associate Counsel, White House Counsel’s Office
• Chris Weideman, Associate Counsel, White House Counsel’s Office
• John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
• National Security Advisor, General James Jones
• Robert Bauer, Counsel to the President
• Shailagh Murray, Assistant to the Vice President for Communications
• Caroline Atkinson, Special Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs
• Jonathan Greenblatt, Special Assistant to the President and Director of Social Innovation
• William M. Daley, Chief of Staff
• David Simas, Assistant to the President and Deputy Senior Advisor for Communications and Strategy
• Christopher Jennings, Deputy Assistant to the President for Health Policy and Coordinator of Health Reform
• Evan Schrum, Special Assistant to the President and Advisor to the Vice President
• Martin Paone, Deputy Assistant to the President and Senate Liaison

 

[Sportello]

here is a partial list...oops they're Obama staffers

Ethics Pledge Waivers Released by the White House

• Jocelyn Frye, Director of Policy and Projects in the Office of the First Lady
• Cecilia Muñoz, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in the Executive Office of the President
• William Lynn, Deputy Secretary of Defense
• Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President
• Jonathan Kravis, Associate Counsel, White House Counsel’s Office
• Chris Weideman, Associate Counsel, White House Counsel’s Office
• John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
• National Security Advisor, General James Jones
• Robert Bauer, Counsel to the President
• Shailagh Murray, Assistant to the Vice President for Communications
• Caroline Atkinson, Special Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs
• Jonathan Greenblatt, Special Assistant to the President and Director of Social Innovation
• William M. Daley, Chief of Staff
• David Simas, Assistant to the President and Deputy Senior Advisor for Communications and Strategy
• Christopher Jennings, Deputy Assistant to the President for Health Policy and Coordinator of Health Reform
• Evan Schrum, Special Assistant to the President and Advisor to the Vice President
• Martin Paone, Deputy Assistant to the President and Senate Liaison

Trump has surpassed 8 years worth in less than 20 weeks, like his golf outings or his vacation costs.

Are you being paid in a Rubles?

 

[rickyb]

this is really important and its too bad trump was never going to do it. btw obama was less awful but still bad for america.

Trump has granted more lobbyist waivers in 4 months than Obama did in 8 years

Trump has granted more lobbyist waivers in 4 months than Obama did in 8 years

"Rather than publicly grant waivers of ethics rules with a clearly stated rationale, the White House was simply routinely waiving ethics rules in secret so nobody knew how many waivers were issued or for what purpose.

...In reality, Trump’s White House is filled with lobbyists and waivers. And we have no idea what kinds of rules are being waived in the various regulatory agencies.

...the lines between private financial interests and public policy have never been blurrier than they are under the Trump administration. That starts from the top down, where the president’s personal pledge to separate himself from his private business interests has been implemented in an utterly meaningless way, and it carries forward to his implementation of his own self-imposed ethics rules."

 

[rickyb]

haha

Max Keiser‏ @maxkeiser 3h3 hours ago

 

[wkmac]

 

[rickyb]

Ralph Nader Retweeted
Public Citizen‏ @Public_Citizen Jun 21

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[brownmonster]

Drained the swamp of frogs and turtles to be replaced with crocodiles and pythons.

 

[bbsam]

Drained the swamp of frogs and turtles to be replaced with crocodiles and pythons.

Gotta make room for Judge Roy Moore's baby raping romper room.