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The Power of SCOTUS V: The Final Frontier

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FreshFish said:
It's my understanding that many of the PACs are prohibited from donating directly to candidates...
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Correct. They also cannot "coordinate" with campaigns, though as Colbert pointed out, there are numerous ways to get around that.

FreshFish said:
and can only engage in "issues advocacy" in which they are barred from mentioning any candidate either in favor of or opposed to
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Mostly incorrect. It is clear you don't live in a swing state, because Super PAC ads out number official campaign ads by probably a 3-1 margin, and they all mention candidates by name. The only thing they're explicitly forbidden from saying is "vote for/against x." Nothing prohibits them from saying "candidate x is good/bad for state" or "x receives billionaire money. He's got Washington values, not state values" or any other of the multitude of ways to say "vote for x" without saying "vote for x."
 
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Re: The Power of SCOTUS V: The Final Frontier

Justice: Undergrad / Law School

Roberts: Harvard / Harvard
Scalia: Georgetown / Harvard
Kennedy: Stanford / Harvard
Thomas: Holy Cross / Yale
Ginsburg: Cornell / Columbia
Breyer: Stanford / Harvard
Alito: Princeton / Yale
Sotomayor: Princeton / Yale
Kagan: Princeton / Harvard
 
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Yeesh. I suppose they all graduated from those schools before nepotism took hold.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
Yeesh. I suppose they all graduated from those schools before nepotism took hold.
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A lot of it is the modern confirmation process. There is pretty much a set path to get to SCOTUS. Top 50 undergrad + top 7 law school + SCOTUS or Federal Circuit Court clerkship + high end private practice or top 5 academic career + federal circuit court appointment or solicitor General work = shortlist for SCOTUS nomination.

You can't vary from that formula without getting hammered at the confirmation hearings, because there will always be others who met that formula and would therefore be "more qualified" for the opposition to use as ammo.
 
Kepler said:
Justice: Undergrad / Law School

Roberts: Harvard / Harvard
Scalia: Georgetown / Harvard
Kennedy: Stanford / Harvard
Thomas: Holy Cross / Yale
Ginsburg: Cornell / Columbia
Breyer: Stanford / Harvard
Alito: Princeton / Yale
Sotomayor: Princeton / Yale
Kagan: Princeton / Harvard
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That's the common denominator - Ivy law school. What happened to Michigan?
 
unofan said:
Mostly incorrect. It is clear you don't live in a swing state, because Super PAC ads out number official campaign ads by probably a 3-1 margin, and they all mention candidates by name. The only thing they're explicitly forbidden from saying is "vote for/against x." Nothing prohibits them from saying "candidate x is good/bad for state" or "x receives billionaire money. He's got Washington values, not state values" or any other of the multitude of ways to say "vote for x" without saying "vote for x."
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He definitely doesn't live in a swing state. I know because I see and hear Super PAC ads mentioning candidates all *ing day. :rolleyes:
 
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Jimjamesak said:
He definitely doesn't live in a swing state. I know because I see and hear Super PAC ads mentioning candidates all *ing day. :rolleyes:
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We have two or three congressional districts that are up for grabs and it's almost all we get during commercial breaks these days.

Add to that, I was watching Bill Maher's show the other night, and they started talking about MN Cong. District #2, which is my district. I think the guest (Something Pelosi - not Nancy) talked to every single minority she could find while out filming that segment, and then every farmer she could find, too. The district is much paler than the people she interviewed and not nearly as country-fied as the two or three white people she put on there would make us seem.
 
St. Clown said:
We have two or three congressional districts that are up for grabs and it's almost all we get during commercial breaks these days.
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The R Senate candidate has *ing YouTube ads. Every video I watch is :15 seconds of unskippable "he's not Alaskan, he's pure Washington!" madness.
 
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