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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 12:46:14 PM

The weird thing is is that FDR, who had won an election with 61% of the vote and 46 out of 48 states and whose party controlled 334 out of 435 House Seats and 75 out of 96 Senate Seats did not have this authority. He was consistently thwarted by the Courts for his policies, leading to his unsuccessful court packing scheme.

The court packing scheme became unnecessary because Owen Roberts switched sides, ending the Lochner era and paving the way for the constitutionalizing of the New Deal. The next year he would join the Carolene Products majority that endorsed the vast expansion of the Commerce Clause power.  Robert's ideology shift was noticeable and dates from FDR's huge election win his second term.

So there is some precedent, but there isn't precedent for two justices who are entirely "in the bag" - i.e. who will consistently vote politically to favor one administration or opposed another, no matter the facts, the law, the precedent, or even their own recent votes. The fact that the two justices in question are the two most implicated in the Court corruption scandal only underlines the concern.  Kavanaugh isn't quite as bad, but still really bad; he is a VERY political justice.

#2

Off the Record / Re: NHL Hockey thread

Last post by Bauer - Today at 12:41:32 PM

Also big games should not be decided with 3v3 pond hockey.

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Off the Record / Re: NHL Hockey thread

Last post by Bauer - Today at 12:39:50 PM

Yeah they were evenly matched teams, Canada got OT win in 4 nations and now the US.

Still brutal to lose both men's and women's hockey to US during these times.

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 11:42:15 AM

Anyone who makes deals with the US has a fool for... er, they're stupid.

Yeah, it's currently useless to makes deals with this administration.  Utterly untrustworthy.

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Off the Record / Re: The Miscellaneous Sports T...

Last post by Duque de Bragança - Today at 11:33:53 AM

Compris !

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Off the Record / Re: The Miscellaneous Sports T...

Last post by viper37 - Today at 11:22:58 AM

And fuck.

I much prefer 5 vs 5.

C'était donc ça le sens de l'insinuation sur les arbitres de la LNH dans l'autre enfilade? 

Non.  J'aime l'arbitrage de l'IIHF parce qu'ils appellent presque toutes les pénalités (il y a parfois des manquements, surtout cette année).  Dans la LNH, en séries, il y a énormément de passe-droit.

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Off the Record / Re: NHL Hockey thread

Last post by Grey Fox - Today at 11:21:54 AM

Happens. Can't win them all. At least this time, the team is 2nd instead of 7th.

[Barry Lyndon]

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Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Duque de Bragança - Today at 11:11:07 AM

Another 1975 movie.
Barry Lyndon this morning

Film is a classic, so nothing original to add.

Had not seen it since the Kubrick retrospective at the Cinémathèque 15 years ago or so, at the Cinémathèque. Still a 35 mm print, possibly the same.
Quick intermission this time, as in no pause. 

Another movie that has to be seen on the silver screen; curious to see if a DCP can do it justice.

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Off the Record / Re: NHL Hockey thread

Last post by Sophie Scholl - Today at 11:02:51 AM

I could root for the Harlem Globetrotters and they'd lost to the Generals. I'm sorry, Canada. 

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Off the Record / Re: The Miscellaneous Sports T...

Last post by DGuller - Today at 10:58:23 AM

That guy who got a stick in the teeth got the best revenge.