Republican Senator Says He'll Try to Have Schumer Censured for SCOTUS Threat

[Dashinka 24,982]

Can someone explain to Chuckie that he is showing his fascist tendencies.

 

(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Josh  Hawley (R-Mo.) is calling for the censure of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for Schumer's threatening comments directed at two Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.

Now @chuckschumer is threatening Supreme Court Justices personally, to the point of implying their physical safety is endangered. Disgusting, shameful, and frankly, WEAK," Hawley tweeted on Wednesday.

"I would call on Schumer to apologize, but we all know he has no shame. So tomorrow I will introduce a motion to censure Schumer for his pathetic attempt at intimidation of #SupremeCourt," the senator said in a second tweet.

 

https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/susan-jones/republican-senator-says-hell-try-have-schumer-censured-scotus-threat

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

While Schumer's trying to grandstand to galvanize his base with some interesting theatrics, he's amusingly galvanizing the other side even more. These party leaders are saturated daily with research insights, focus groups, stratified polling/sampling, multidimensional scaling (for positioning), no one told Schumer that this is far more a boon for opposition? 

 

Another observation... the lightning fast response from Roberts isn't normal. The Democrats regularly attack judges, not even the Kavanaugh smears and ruining his private life compelled the courts to say a word. I'm going to go with my gut and say there's a reason he's doing this.. and conservatives might want to guard their excitement over Roberts response. Even though Roberts sided with the conservatives in a similar case before several years ago, this unorthodox response (which seems almost coordinated with how fast it came out) to me signals he's doing PR for himself to stem backlash from flipping to the other side. 

 

Roberts staying with his prior decision would show spine, and Roberts has demonstrated he's blown around as progressive political winds dictate. 

 

While one can say that the courts' increasingly polarized opinions (fewer 9-0, 8-1, 6-3, etc. opinions, a lot more 5-4) are indicative of a more polarized nation (which I can't argue against as it's true), another element is the Supreme Court facilitating these outcomes to temper reactions to the courts, like Democrats threatening to pack the high court with a plethora of justices. If they believe that the courts are divided in a way that only one or two justice changes could sway the entire court, they're less likely to use the stick of dynamite approach. 

Edited March 5, 2020 by Burnt Reynolds

[Dashinka 24,982]

8 minutes ago, Burnt Reynolds said:

While Schumer's trying to grandstand to galvanize his base with some interesting theatrics, he's amusingly galvanizing the other side even more. These party leaders are saturated daily with research insights, focus groups, stratified polling/sampling, multidimensional scaling (for positioning), no one told Schumer that this is far more a boon for opposition? 

 

Another observation... the lightning fast response from Roberts isn't normal. The Democrats regularly attack judges, not even the Kavanaugh smears and ruining his private life compelled the courts to say a word. I'm going to go with my gut and say there's a reason he's doing this.. and conservatives might want to guard their excitement over Roberts response. Even though Roberts sided with the conservatives in a similar case before several years ago, this unorthodox response (which seems almost coordinated with how fast it came out) to me signals he's doing PR for himself to stem backlash from flipping to the other side. 

 

Roberts staying with his prior decision would show spine, and Roberts has demonstrated he's blown around as progressive political winds dictate. 

I am not quite reading that much into Robert's response.  Schumer's bombastic threats against specific Justices is pretty unprecedented especially coming from the Democrat Leadership in the Senate.  As to the actual case at hand, who knows how Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Roberts will rule, it will be interesting.  As to Schumer, he is just trying to stir up his shrinking base to try and become the next Majority Leader.

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

42 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

I am not quite reading that much into Robert's response.  Schumer's bombastic threats against specific Justices is pretty unprecedented especially coming from the Democrat Leadership in the Senate.  As to the actual case at hand, who knows how Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Roberts will rule, it will be interesting.  As to Schumer, he is just trying to stir up his shrinking base to try and become the next Majority Leader.

The reason I read that is because I'm looking not just at the "immediate" but zooming out and looking at the broader view of things.

 

The left didn't change these institutions with the momentary sort of derangement you see now.

 

The reason they harass "conservative" justices hearkens to psychology. When Thomas, Roberts, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh all make rulings, one thing that will resonate in their heads is that Democrats regularly caricatured them, smeared them, to varying degrees.. those who got the worst treatment are going to be the most susceptible. Our brains are wired, socially, to seek equilibrium. Non-socially too, but the point is the social aspect here. Regardless of how logical one thinks they are, peer pressure places an element of cognitive dissonance in the brain. People who don't have that, we tend to diagnose with some type of anti-social disorder (psychopathy, narcissism/NPD).. right? They can't "empathize". 

 

The point is, back to about "when they make rulings", that cognitive dissonance can easily be an area of "irrationality" that people can play to. Democrats saw, despite some vindictive lashing out, how their antics broke down Kavanaugh, for example. You could see how Roberts' steadfastness, from the hearings, to his demeanor over time, has broken down. Placing that cognitive dissonance in the heads of these justices makes them a lot more prone to "proving them wrong", "getting right" with those who caricatured them to facilitate an equilibrium. Of course, that equilibrium isn't from any actual extremism, but merely from bombarding social pressures.

 

Now look at Justice Thomas. Notice how he's a person who holds his views and doesn't give a flying you know what, what other people think. The left actually helped breed that sort of thinking into minorities, into women, etc., while breaking down white people, namely white males. Thomas is also an intellectual, not merely in his thought process, but socially. He fully understands what was done to him in his hearings, and what its trying to facilitate. So for him, it's actually hardened his views. Kavanaugh, unfortunately, is someone who has a much higher chance of being compromised.

 

When you see the Democrats sit there and harass judges/justices, endlessly, understand that, yes, there's short term antics at play, but what conservatives seem to miss is the long term ploy to psychologically break these people down, which is done to facilitate a single end, which is for them to change their views. That's why conservatives need to stop celebrating and thinking they're done just because they got their "judge" in. That battle with cognitive dissonance those judges experience is far from over. If I were someone at the Federalist Society or Heritage foundation, I'd be coaching them psychologically to put up barriers against that, not to mention suggest counseling following confirmation hearings.

Edited March 5, 2020 by Burnt Reynolds

[nykolos 711]

Let me understand this; Republicans are asking that Chuck Schumer be censured?  What they should be asking for is the Secret Service to arrest the SOB,  Making direct threats to Supreme court justices which incites violence against the highest court, and his punishment is a slap on the wrist? unbelievable.

 

There are people serving 3+ years in Federal PRISON right now for threatening a Federal Judge,  if they only held elected office they'd get away with it.. Gotta love our 2 tier Justice system.... Politicians like Schumer feel free to say anything they want, because they're immune from prosecution. 

 

 

 

  

[nykolos 711]

On another note; Ginsburg will not last another 4 years if Trump wins re-election, she's 87 and holding onto life, kind of like what Thomas Jefferson and John Adams did on July 4th... Her hope, and I'll say the same for Stephan Breyer, both want a Democrat to win the White house so they can retire and have their seats replaced by Liberals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

35 minutes ago, nykolos said:

On another note; Ginsburg will not last another 4 years if Trump wins re-election, she's 87 and holding onto life, kind of like what Thomas Jefferson and John Adams did on July 4th... Her hope, and I'll say the same for Stephan Breyer, both want a Democrat to win the White house so they can retire and have their seats replaced by Liberals. 

Any predictions on what the left do if Trump gets to replace the seats of Ginsburg and Breyer?

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1 hour ago, nykolos said:

Let me understand this; Republicans are asking that Chuck Schumer be censured?  What they should be asking for is the Secret Service to arrest the SOB,  Making direct threats to Supreme court justices which incites violence against the highest court, and his punishment is a slap on the wrist? unbelievable.

 

There are people serving 3+ years in Federal PRISON right now for threatening a Federal Judge,  if they only held elected office they'd get away with it.. Gotta love our 2 tier Justice system.... Politicians like Schumer feel free to say anything they want, because they're immune from prosecution. 

 

 

 

  

They should throw in an Obstruction of Justice charge at Schumer.  He is not immune from prosecution when he is not on the floor of the Senate.

[nykolos 711]

1 hour ago, Burnt Reynolds said:

Any predictions on what the left do if Trump gets to replace the seats of Ginsburg and Breyer?

It seems that history always repeats itself with Democrats and Conservative nominees.. Going after their voting record is not enough, they need something to light up the news cycle, using one of the following cards;

 

He or She is a; 

 

* Racist
* Sexist

* Womanizer

* Rapist

* Homophobe
* Drug User

 

We haven't seen "Child molester" yet,  but at the rate Democrats are progressing, don't count that one out!

 

 

[TBoneTX 46,426]

9 hours ago, Burnt Reynolds said:

Any predictions on what the left do if Trump gets to replace the seats of Ginsburg and Breyer?

The country will Bern.