The States: Maybe A National Divorce Is A Good Idea After All

[RaceBoarder]

Living in Alaska I'm tempted to have some embryos frozen then apply for PFDs for every one of them. An extra $20k every year? Sign me up!

Just wait till brown people start playing that game. Then all hell will break loose.

 

[Handyman]

That will get you some generational wealth!

 

[Jimjamesak]

That will get you some generational wealth!

Yeah, but Alaska has a pretty ironclad "right to privacy" provision in the state constitution and a robust system judge selection system to keep nutjobs off the bench so I don't see any wacky rulings like that here anytime soon.

 

[burd]

Yeah, but Alaska has a pretty ironclad "right to privacy" provision in the state constitution and a robust system judge selection system to keep nutjobs off the bench so I don't see any wacky rulings like that here anytime soon.

What is its judge selection system? Talking county/circuit trial judges or state appellate judges?

 

[ScoobyDoo]

Sperm and eggs are the logical next thing. Along with contraception. That's gotta go.

 

[Scarlet]

Saw a tweet where some posted a picture of a dozen eggs in the backseat of a car and said something like “Time to ride the carpool lane!” People need to start doing stuff like that.

 

[Jimjamesak]

What is its judge selection system? Talking county/circuit trial judges or state appellate judges?

Alaska uses a Missouri Plan merit selection system for judges and justices.[SUP][8][/SUP] The governor appoints a justice or judge from a list of qualified candidates submitted by the Alaska Judicial Council.[SUP][8][/SUP] The governor has 45 days from receipt of the list to make the appointment. All judges and justices in Alaska must stand for judicial retention elections (approval by the voters) on a nonpartisan ballot at the first statewide general election held more than three years after appointment (two for District Court judges), and periodically thereafter.[SUP][8][/SUP][SUP][7][/SUP] Magistrates are appointed by the presiding superior court judge of a judicial district.[SUP][4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judiciary_of_Alaska[/SUP]

 

[burd]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judiciary_of_Alaska[/SUP]

Sounds like a rational way to select judges and justices. Does it seem to enjoy the confidence of the public?

 

[dxmnkd316]

Living in Alaska ... PFDs

It's incredible the different meanings the same thing has in different states.

I kept rereading this as life jackets

 

[Jimjamesak]

Sounds like a rational way to select judges and justices. Does it seem to enjoy the confidence of the public?

Outside of the RWNJs there never really seems to be any objections.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

It's incredible the different meanings the same thing has in different states.

I kept rereading this as life jackets

I'll tell you what though, "pop" is definitely dying, because the other day I realized that I almost always say "soda" now.

 

[Bronco]

I'll tell you what though, "pop" is definitely dying, because the other day I realized that I almost always say "soda" now.

Pop all day, every day. (Though I don't drink it anymore.)

 

[French Rage]

I'll tell you what though, "pop" is definitely dying, because the other day I realized that I almost always say "soda" now.

As it should. This is real life, not a goddam Thorton Wilder play!

 

[Kepler]

As it should. This is real life, not a goddam Thorton Wilder play!

Fizzy FTW.

 

[Kepler]

It's incredible the different meanings the same thing has in different states.

I kept rereading this as life jackets

Probability of Failure on Demand.

 

[dxmnkd316]

I'll tell you what though, "pop" is definitely dying, because the other day I realized that I almost always say "soda" now.

Disagree. Unless you mean pop as a beverage.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Former North Dakota Dem Senator Heidi Heitkamp gossiped on a recent podcast interview that MT-02 Congressman and former Montana GOP Senate candidate Matt Rosendale knocked up a 20 year-old staffer, which is why Trump endorsed his primary opponent and forced him to drop out of the Senate race.

He's denying it and threatening to sue Heitkamp, lmao. He's 63, so I'm sure his grandkids can help babysit the new bundle of joy.

 

[Handyman]

While I don't doubt it happened, I highly doubt that is why Trump endorsed his opponent. That makes it sound like Trump understands how politics work.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

While I don't doubt it happened, I highly doubt that is why Trump endorsed his opponent. That makes it sound like Trump understands how politics work.

Oh I'm 100% sure Trump approved of his predatory office tryst, so there was some other reason he chose to endorse Rosendale's opponent.

 

[jericho]

Oh I'm 100% sure Trump approved of his predatory office tryst, so there was some other reason he chose to endorse Rosendale's opponent.

Trump was probably ticked off that he wasn’t the one to get her pregnant