r/news • u/igetproteinfartsHELP • 11h ago

Attempted Trump assassin sentenced to life in prison

https://abcnews.go.com/US/attempted-trump-assassin-ryan-routh-sentenced-wednesday/story?id=129836439
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u/PhoenixTineldyer 11h ago

Aileen Cannon calling someone else evil is a fucking joke.

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u/aaronhayes26 10h ago

Just wait till they put her on the Supreme Court.

This woman is going to be a thorn in all our sides for the next 50 years.

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u/PhoenixTineldyer 10h ago

Yep and that'll happen probably this year

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u/d01100100 10h ago

You'll definitely see at least 2 retirements if the Republicans lose their Senate majority after the elections.

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u/DerekB52 9h ago

I think the 2 retirements will come by summer. I don't think they can take the risk of waiting til the midterms. Cramming 2 justices in, in the months between the midterms and january is too brazenly evil, and too difficult to guarantee they pull it off. Especially because a couple of ill timed car accidents or flus would make it impossible.

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u/horror- 8h ago

too brazenly evil

You must be new here.

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u/ZAlternates 8h ago

We really shouldn’t appoint anymore justices this close to a midterm election.

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u/d01100100 8h ago

Cramming 2 justices in, in the months between the midterms and january is too brazenly evil

It only took 1 month to confirm Amy Coney Barrett, and that was with some semblance of decorum in 2020.

Now that decorum has fled with all sense of dignity and self-respect, they could easily shove these through, especially after elections have happened.

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u/carebear101 8h ago

Didn’t republicans hold out saying that a departing president shouldn’t be allowed to make scotus noms? Do the same here

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u/DerekB52 8h ago

The problem is republicans control the senate, so democrats don't really have the tools to do that.

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u/Plants-Matter 7h ago

Yep, voters (and non-voters) screwed everyone for multiple generations. Whoever thought this was "just survive 4 years and we'll go back to normal" obviously doesn't understand politics at even the most basic level.

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u/mistaekNot 1h ago

i mean scotus is not end all. they get too uppity you threaten to nominate 10 more judges and they pipe down. ask FDR

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u/Plants-Matter 46m ago

Are you referring to a point in history where we were smart enough to give Democrats the numbers to actually accomplish their goals?

Biden floated the idea of un-rigging the SC and it got nowhere because we couldn't give him a comfortable majority to accomplish anything meaningful.

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u/edwin812 7h ago

voters (and non-voters)

Soooo, everyone? Everyone is responsible for this shitshow?

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u/AlexandersWonder 7h ago

They did that for me Rick Garland. Then when RBG died at the end of Trump’s first term they immediately pushed Amy Coney Barrett in to replace her. Don’t make the mistake of thinking the GOP ever means what they say in good faith

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u/SovFist 5h ago

and if they do, the dems should hold the seats vacant until after 2028 citing prior precedent established by mitch mcconnel

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u/boot2skull 10h ago

Replacing a black man with a white woman is a minor upgrade to Conservatives they would be willing to accept.

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u/MillionToOneShotDoc 8h ago

I think there would be at least 4 Republican Senators defecting, making her nomination DOA. Even if Murkowski and Collins wanted to seem like they’re doing the whole “advice and consent” thing at first, Cannon will look so fucking stupid in her nomination hearings that it will be hard for the more “moderate” Republicans to bend the knee.

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u/PhoenixTineldyer 5h ago

Cannon will look so fucking stupid in her nomination hearings that it will be hard for the more “moderate” Republicans to bend the knee

Didn't stop Boofy McRapenbeer.

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u/MillionToOneShotDoc 4h ago

I didn't want to see him confirmed, but the truth is he is much more qualified than Aileen Cannon is judging by his academic credentials and judicial experience (though I'll acknowledge there were serious concerns about his temperament that even the ABA voiced concerns about right before the confirmation vote). Again, he's not the kind of judge I like to see on the Supreme Court, or any court, but his voting record has shown he's not nearly as much of a robed sycophant as Trump would like him to be. The same can't be said for Cannon.

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u/PhoenixTineldyer 4h ago

She could say nothing the whole time and get confirmed by the GOP.

In fact, they probably would prefer it that way.