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Tom Hanson Dec 1, 2023

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Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has passed away. She made history as the first woman on the Supreme Court. And because she was so often the pivotal swing vote, how she came down on an issue usually determined which way the Court would rule. Though I often disagreed with her, the moderate conservatism she espoused seems almost liberal by today’s standards. Rest in power, Justice O’Connor.

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Dec 1, 2023

@georgetakei My favorite quote of hers, it's a shame the court and its corrupt and partisan republican judges didn't listen.

“Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer a difficult question: Why would we trade a system that has served us so well for one that has served others so poorly?”

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Dec 1, 2023

@Susan_Larson_TN Fantastic quote!

LiveByReason Dec 1, 2023

@Susan_Larson_TN @georgetakei

They didn't listen because the mostly-conserative-catholic Fed Soc got Bush and Trump to put a bunch of hard Conservative Catholic Fed Soc folks on the court with an agenda.

We live in a weird point of history - back in the 60's, some folks fretted about whether Kennedy, if elected President, would simply be a puppet of the Pope.

Now we live in a time where the majority of the SCOTUS Justices maybe don't listen much to the Pope, but seem to serve the agenda of a handful of very hard right-wing bishops & cardinals - and a bunch of Evangelicals celebrate this.

Robert Link Dec 1, 2023

@georgetakei Sorry, I csn't swing with this. She was a token, and she helped pave the way for token Thomas, and thus even Trump.

kd7eir Dec 1, 2023

@phaedral @georgetakei 💩

kd7eir Dec 1, 2023

@georgetakei My grandfather Floyd Myers, and her father Harry Day, were friends and fellow ranchers. My father and Sandra were friends when they were kids. I remember how proud he was that someone he knew was on the US Supreme Court.

Larry Larry, Commentary Dec 1, 2023

@georgetakei
In her day, Sandra Day O'Connor was considered a moderate conservative, but can you imagine her on today's SCOTUS? She'd be derided as a radical woke liberal. 😳

Thinkaholic is 🐸 antifa Dec 1, 2023

@georgetakei Her "moderate conservatism" led her to install George W Bush as President because she wanted to retire and be replaced by a right-wing nutjob instead of letting Al Gore pick her replacement. She can rest in an unmarked cesspool.

Don Whiteside Dec 1, 2023

@georgetakei your moderate conservative wrote the dissent on Tennessee v Garner, the case that said “maybe we don’t shoot fleeing suspects in the back if all they did was shoplift gum or other nonviolent actions.

sean, with words Dec 1, 2023

@georgetakei so, "much respect for being less reactionary during more moderate times than the extremist reactionaries her decisions enabled"?

what a country

Notable Shadow of Unusual Size Dec 1, 2023

@georgetakei No RIP from me. She was part of the Court vote that put Bush on the throne. So much suffering and death was caused by her vote. The country is much worse because of her.

She also held off on her retirement until a Republican President could name her replacement. That replacement was Alito.

She was a decent person and one of the better conservative judges. But nothing will outweigh what she did with her vote for Bush.

Joe Dec 1, 2023

@georgetakei Better than the GOP nominees who came after her, but multiple witnesses reported that she said she wanted to retire during a Republican administration and was distressed when it looked like Gore would win, but didn't recuse herself despite this massive conflict of interest and was the tiebreaking vote to hand Bush the presidency in Bush v. Gore.

Grandpa Don Dec 1, 2023

@georgetakei
I will never forgive her, nor should any American, for putting her own interest ahead of the country's in a decision that set the course for decades to come, and may ultimately mean the demise of the US form of government.

annie gray Dec 1, 2023

@dbc3 @georgetakei
I hold a long, long grudge. Looking back at the historical context doesn't affect my impression of obvious ethics/lack thereof. People in high positions should hold themselves to a higher standard, always.

wwew Dec 2, 2023

@georgetakei she helped install Bush as president. Imagine how much better the world would be if the actual winner of the 2000 election wasnt usurped by the ever more corrupt supreme court.