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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – DEMOCRATS ARE PLAYING A DANGEROUS GAME – HUGE WIN FOR TRUMP

Americans at large are a very empathetic lot. Most have given their all, building this country. They fought in foreign wars protecting others from tyranny, braved ice cold winters and burning summers in defense of liberty, volunteered their time and money when no else would, but most of all they gave their hearts in making a world a better place. But some Americans, you know who they are, Democrats, don’t give a hoot about our sacrifices. To them the White Man is a devil, responsible for what ails the world. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Their ultimate objective is to denigrate and decimate all the hard work that has gone before. Case in point, the Democrats find it repulsive to protect our borders from illegal aliens; they want open borders allowing more criminals into the country. They fail to take responsibility for the murders and crime perpetrated by illegals. Sanctuary cities are harbors for the illegal criminal element.

Democrats are adamant against the WALL. You may ask why? Simply stated the Liberal-Progressive mind will not be happy until the country is minority based.  White racists are the progressives enemy. However, the important point here is that the 11 million illegal aliens here have anchored 30 million babies, all are United States citizens. Letting the Democrats have their way will ensure that another twenty million will team up with those already here. The bottom line here is simple; the Supreme Court must rule on the anchor baby syndrome regarding the 14th Amendment. SEE BELOW.

These numbers are serious because in 30 years or less the White man will be at the beck and call of the minority who will then be the majority. Increases in crime, murder and social demands will no doubt make America Venezuela.  As noted before, in 20 years, 70% of the people will be living in 15 states with 30 Senators and 30% of the people will be living in states with 70 Senators. The Demoperverts don’t like these statistics. And they will do everything in their power to stop the White majority in those 35 states to stymie their efforts to totally control the country.  Will a Civil War erupt? That is the question.

But today, the Supreme Court gave a thumbs up to President Trump in a TRAVEL BAN  WINSupreme Court OKs major Trump policy after months of courtroom fights

 

Handing the White House a huge judicial victory, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of President Trump’s travel ban affecting residents of six majority-Muslim countries.

14TH AMENDMENT

Two years after the Civil War, the Reconstruction Acts of 1867 divided the South into five military districts, where new state governments, based on universal manhood suffrage, were to be established. Thus began the period known as Radical Reconstruction, which saw the 14th Amendment, which had been passed by Congress in 1866, ratified in July 1868. The amendment resolved pre-Civil War questions of African American citizenship by stating that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States…are citizens of the United States and of the state in which they reside.” The amendment then reaffirmed the privileges and rights of all citizens, and granted all these citizens the “equal protection of the laws.”

AN UN-GOING CRIME IS BEING COMMITTED – THE SUPREME COURT MUST ONCE AGAIN MUST STEP IN AND ADJUDICATE

the jurisdiction thereof.”

Overwhelming evidence against the interpretation of “subject to the jurisdiction thereof,” or “not subject to any foreign power” as reaffirming the common law doctrine of citizenship by birth to aliens can be found following the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment. In 1867 George Helm Yeaman, United States Minister to Denmark, in his well received treatise on allegiance and citizenship, which was presented to Secretary of State William H. Seward, said: “But the idea of a double allegiance and citizenship united in the same person, and having reference to two separate, independent, and sovereign nations or governments, is simply an impossibility.”

In the year 1873 the United States Attorney General ruled the word “jurisdiction” under the Fourteenth Amendment to mean, which Justice Gray would recognize in Elk v.Wilkins years later:

The word “jurisdiction” must be understood to mean absolute and complete jurisdiction, such as the United States had over its citizens before the adoption of this amendment… Aliens, among whom are persons born here and naturalized abroad, dwelling or being in this country, are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States only to a limited extent. Political and military rights and duties do not pertain to them. (14 Op. Atty-Gen. 300.)

House Report No. 784, dated June 22, 1874, stated, “The United States have not recognized a double allegiance. By our law a citizen is bound to be ‘true and faithful’ alone to our government.” There is no way in the world anyone can claim “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” affirms the feudal common law doctrine of birth citizenship to aliens because such doctrine by operation creates a “double allegiance” between separate nations.

If there is one inescapable truth to the text and debates, it is this: When Congress decided to require potential citizens to first be subject to the complete jurisdiction of the United States they by default excluded all citizens of other nations temporarily residing in the U.S. who had no intention of becoming citizens themselves or, disqualified of doing so under naturalization laws. This was no oversight because it was too simple to declare the common law rule of jus soli if indeed that was truly the desired goal by these very competent lawyers (both Howard and Trumbull were lawyers).

Aaron Sargent, a Representative from California during the Naturalization Act of 1870 debates said the Fourteenth Amendment’s citizenship clause was not a de-facto right for aliens to obtain citizenship. No one came forward to dispute this conclusion.

Perhaps because he was absolutely correct.

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NUCLEAR GORSUCH HEADS TO THE SUPREME COURT

Once again the Democrats stepped up, or should we say stepped down, falling on their own knife; creating a bloody mess. Joe Biden and Harry Reid, two also rans showcased their stupidity, duplicity and hypocrisy. For Reid and the current  Senate Majority Leader Schumer they proved that reconciliation, compromise and cooperation was never and will never be part of their modus operandi.

Schumer, limited to second fiddle, had that awful smirk wiped off his face by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell who trumped him by employing the nuclear option, File:Greenhouse George Early Fireball.ogv

which by the way was conceived by Harry Reid’s, call it Reid’s “little boy”. Thanks Harry for dropping the bomb. You started the nuclear war.   Oh we have a question. What was it that hit you in the head on the way out? Was it the door or a machine. Anyway good riddance to you and Godspeed ahead.

On April 17 Gorsuch will be sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice. Bringing back the court to a semi-conservative bent is of prime importance. In lieu of the many decisions that wait to be adjudicated due to the death of our revered Scalia, we have no doubt in our minds that Gorsuch will bring common sense and a constitutional prospective to the bench.  The election of Trump was more important than any other policy decision he made. Choosing a Supreme Court nominee will set the stage for later victories. We have lost time to make up. 

The devastating defeats by McCain and Romney set the United States back by a half century. Remember two of Obama’s choices, Sotomayor and Kagan – paired with Bader Ginsberg who for all intents and purposes had one thing on their mind, RUBBER STAMPING THE LIBERAL/PROGRESSIVE AGENDA. The triumvirate wasn’t for justice, they were anti Constitutionalists. But looking ahead and anticipating the retiring of Kennedy and maybe Ginsberg we have a bright future. To many of the initiated it is obvious that Ginsberg has lost her marbles and in the not too distant future will enter the world of oblivion joining the rest of the judicial psychos in the asylum.

For us Patriots, he number one item on the agenda is the breath of the 2nd amendment. The question here,  does it allow citizens to carry a gun outside their home? Being a Constitutional scholar we believe Gorsuch will be a straight shooter, hitting the target with a bull’s eye. 

OBAMA etal HAVE CROSSED THE RUBICON – WATERBOARDING IS CALLED FOR

Democrats pulled out all stops to prevent the Trump campaign from succeeding. They torched Comey, they threatened Lynch, they accused Trump of everything under the sun. Most of all they SPIED ON TRUMP through electronic surveillance (1984 is here) of THE TOWER. But that was not all they LIED ABOUT IT and continue to do so up to this day. Clapper is either guilty of perjury or stupidity; time for him to face the music – waterboarding works. Trump and his team are now hitting back; count on heads to roll in this 2017 version of OBAMAGATE.

The Clinton disaster was in the making, to prevent Trump winning the White House; Obama directed a covert cloak and dagger operation. The objective was to gather intelligence which would associate Trump and a secret Russian spy operation on the United States that sought to influence the presidential election. Crazy as it seems it was Obama and Clinton who cooperated with Russia rather the other way around.  The approval of selling 20% of our uranium supply to Russia may not have depended on Clinton giving the OK, but when smoke comes from the barrel of a gun assumptions are made that secret money was involved. And so it was.

It is also true that large donations to the foundation from the chairman of Uranium One, Ian Telfer, at around the time of the Russian purchase of the company and while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, were never disclosed to the public. The multimillion sums were channeled through a subsidiary of the Clinton Foundation, CGSCI, which did not reveal its individual donors.

Such awkward collisions between Bill’s fundraising activities and Hillary’s public service have raised concerns not just among those who might be dismissed as part of a vast right-wing conspiracy.

CLICK HERE FOR LIEUTENANT  TONY SCHAEFFER’S TAKE on the newest controversy involving electronic surveillance of Trump Tower.

The alt-left is in a frenzy, true barbarians for sure. Destruction, trash and burn are left in their wake.   Rage mode is their paradigm. Beaten to a pulp, their legacy hangs in the balance. Soon it will be Ginsberg entering her eternal rest. The Constitution again will rise from the ashes. The 14th Amendment must be adjudicated in its proper fashion. The Supremes will declare that anchor babies are not United States Citizens. The Founding Fathers never meant it to be.

A man-made stream or watercourse on a family farm should not be the concern of the EPA. The reckless affirmative action laws, statutes and regulations must be eviscerated. Illegal immigrants are ILLEGAL, there are no two ways about it; round them up and ship them out. It is time we got some backbone and dictated to them not the other way around. Let them stand in line like everyone else. No free get out of jail card.

Well what about the dreamers? We don’t want to be called racist so to be fair to them; a routine has to be worked out, one way or another.  We are a compassionate nation, bring them in to the mainstream, after all they did not commit the crime, their parents did. And the Latino gangs, they are a grave threat to the Latino/Hispanic community, but also a threat to the communities across the country. Prosecute, jail and deport. Get them out of here now.

OK, what about the Democ-rats. Call them out, go after them with a vengeance. Bring those who treat our laws with impunity to justice. Arrest the politician who thinks that they are above the law they took a pledge to honor and obey. Those harboring illegals are a threat to our county more so than the illegals. They believe that laws that they don’t agree with don’t have to be enforced. Not so! Activate the National Guard, round up the scofflaws, arrest them, try them and jail them. What a sight to see, sitting governors and mayors in the clink.

Clorox the bureaucracy. They have paralyzed the country with regulations. Free us from the Blue Hand of Big Government.

 

WE WILL DEFEND THE UNITED STATES AT ALL COSTS KEEPING AMERICANS SAFE IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY

“Nattering nabobs of negativism.” 

The United States has seen the infantile paralysis of the mind in full display this past week. Know it-alls have protested the election of Donald J. Trump since November 9, 2016. What has triggered the latest outbreak is his promulgation on extreme vetting of those who come into the United States from seven countries; oh BTW their citizens are mostly Muslim. This is what keeps these Nattering nabobs of negativism up at night.

Trump introduces Judge Gorsuch, a fine jurist, to fill the spot on the Supreme Court left vacant after the untimely death of Antonin Scalia. This has aroused hubris and barbarianism in the Democrat hierarchy. Schumer intones that if the Judge can’t get 60 votes, then there is something wrong with the candidate. Wrong! Nothing is wrong with Trump’s pick, what is wrong is the threat that the Democrats want a MAINSTREAM jurist. The Constitution in their mind does not count. So here we go again, Democrats are against the Constitution while Republicans are for upholding the most sacred of documents.

Kagan and Sotomayor were not filibustered, two flaming liberals who treat the Constitution like a roll of toilet paper. Sotomayor for instances froths from the mouth on the Latina experience. What are you talking about? The Constitution sees all as equal under the law, it does not care about your experience; you as an individual create your own space, your own experience. You have no more rights than any other person. Get that? Based on their decisions and jurisprudence thus far it is easy to understand that these two are not of the mainstream, yet they were approved by the Republicans.

GO NUCLEAR McConnell.

WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR – DO IT

Dear President Trump,

We wish you well as President. Americans want you to succeed. We suggest a few items that should be first and foremost on your agenda. Thank you for considering them, but implementing them will ensure the continuation of your legacy.

  1. Require all schools receiving Federal Dollars to conduct their lessons in English only. This will accomplish two things. First it will instill patriotism and second it will bring foreigners into a cultural alliance with those who are already English proficient. The end result being cultural simulation.
  2. Require proof of citizenship to vote in Federal and State elections; proof to be submitted are the following: naturalization papers, birth certificate or United States Passport. For once and for all this will eliminate election fraud and the stealing of elections. Along with this requirement the voter must physically cast a ballot, therefore the election period shall be increased from one day to one week. Absentee ballots will be allowed with valid excuses. For instance being out of the country, permanently disabled, unable to physically get to the voting venue. In a Presidential election the results must be announced in tandem. Allowing early results from Eastern states have the possibility of influencing voters in Western states.
  3. Require the immediate resignation of all employees of the Department of Education. – no exception allowed. Leave education to the states
  4. Require the elimination of all subsidies, farm, energy, commercial, automotive and environmental. This will level the playing field expected of competitive markets.
  5. Require that new members of the administration refrain from nepotism. Immediately cull those relatives of Congressman and Senators from government. Let them get jobs in the private sector and find out how it is to work for a change.
  6. Require all members of Congress and employees of the Federal Government to pay into Social Security. The result will be the elimination of government pension benefits enriching those who live off the rest of us taxpayers.
  7. At a minimum one or perhaps two Supreme Court Justices will be appointed by President Trump. Their charge should be to immediately rule on the ANCHOR BABY QUESTION.The Citizenship Clause is the first sentence of Section 1 in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which states that “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” This clause represented Congress’s reversal of a portion of the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision which had declared that African Americans were not and could not become citizens of the United States or enjoy any of the privileges and immunities of citizenship. PLEASE NOTE THE “subject to the jurisdiction thereof”, this must be adjudicated. An illegal alien is not subject to our jurisdiction when in fact they are citizens of another country. See below in red. 
  8.  

    The Civil Rights Act of 1866 had already granted U.S. citizenship to all persons born in the United States not subject to any foreign power“. The 39th Congress proposed the principle underlying the Citizenship Clause due to concerns expressed about the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act during floor debates in Congress. The framers of the Fourteenth Amendment sought to entrench the principle in the Constitution in order to prevent its being struck down by the Supreme Court or repealed by a future Congress.

    the jurisdiction thereof.”

    Overwhelming evidence against the interpretation of “subject to the jurisdiction thereof,” or “not subject to any foreign power” as reaffirming the common law doctrine of citizenship by birth to aliens can be found following the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment. In 1867 George Helm Yeaman, United States Minister to Denmark, in his well received treatise on allegiance and citizenship, which was presented to Secretary of State William H. Seward, said: “But the idea of a double allegiance and citizenship united in the same person, and having reference to two separate, independent, and sovereign nations or governments, is simply an impossibility.”

    In the year 1873 the United States Attorney General ruled the word “jurisdiction” under the Fourteenth Amendment to mean, which Justice Gray would recognize in Elk v.Wilkins years later:

    The word “jurisdiction” must be understood to mean absolute and complete jurisdiction, such as the United States had over its citizens before the adoption of this amendment… Aliens, among whom are persons born here and naturalized abroad, dwelling or being in this country, are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States only to a limited extent. Political and military rights and duties do not pertain to them. (14 Op. Atty-Gen. 300.)

    House Report No. 784, dated June 22, 1874, stated, “The United States have not recognized a double allegiance. By our law a citizen is bound to be ‘true and faithful’ alone to our government.” There is no way in the world anyone can claim “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” affirms the feudal common law doctrine of birth citizenship to aliens because such doctrine by operation creates a “double allegiance” between separate nations.

    If there is one inescapable truth to the text and debates, it is this: When Congress decided to require potential citizens to first be subject to the complete jurisdiction of the United States they by default excluded all citizens of other nations temporarily residing in the U.S. who had no intention of becoming citizens themselves or, disqualified of doing so under naturalization laws. This was no oversight because it was too simple to declare the common law rule of jus soli if indeed that was truly the desired goal by these very competent lawyers (both Howard and Trumbull were lawyers).

    Aaron Sargent, a Representative from California during the Naturalization Act of 1870 debates said the Fourteenth Amendment’s citizenship clause was not a de-facto right for aliens to obtain citizenship. No one came forward to dispute this conclusion.

    Perhaps because he was absolutely correct. What do you think about that TED CRUZ?

The above are starters.

AMERICA GANG RAPED UNDER OBAMA/CLINTON/KERRY – THEY ARE THE “EVIL EMPIRE”

The ink isn’t dry yet, but it is obvious to all Patriotic Americans that we have been raped in broad daylight  by a bunch of  gangbanger tyrants. The press wants you to believe that Trump’s transgressions are the most important stories of the day. We know otherwise, sex is sex, there is no two ways about it. But Rape is something else and we have been gang raped.

Obama/Clinton/Kerry are complicit in the violations we have incurred. China, Russia, Iran have treated us like roadkill, plucking away at our dead carcass clear to the bone. They watched us being violated and did nothing.

This has been their plan, a win by Hillary will eviscerate the Supreme Court, a rationalization of our military will occur, the press will fall in line, as is they have not already, government will rapidly intervene in our personal lives by declaring martial law, searching our homes for defensive weapons and sending us to jail without a trial.

What have they done, first and foremost they took sides in the Black Lives Matter movement, they put an exclamation point on our downfall by allowing hundreds of thousands of Syrians, Yemenis and Somalis enter the country without vetting, not to mention the illegals coming in from Mexico. Then to top it off they gave Iran everything they bargained for and we got absolutely zilch. Third, they have taken sides with the Shia Muslims throwing Saudi Arabia, Egypt under the bus; also they treated Israel with disdain. Overall, Obama has defied court orders and cited executive privilege in many instances, but we cannot forget the politicalization of the FBI and court system. Jail the Bird.

Only we can stop this from occurring. 

A VIOLENT, VICIOUS WOMEN FILLED WITH HATE – THE SUPREME COURT IS FILLED WITH VERMIN

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has finally spewed hateful invective from her socialist twisted mind. Freedom loving Americans knew it before hand that she did not interpret the law, but was the law in her own mind, twisted it to suit her own liberal philosophy. Her decisions were examples of a vicious socialist with a Marxist/Lenin bent. There is nothing worse that a twisted liberal thinker sitting on the bench adjudicating hot button issues with a predisposed outcome. Once again she proved here mouth is in reverse proportion to her brain.

From the New York Times: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s well-known candor was on display in her chambers late Monday, when she declined to retreat from her earlier criticism of Donald Trump and even elaborated on it.

He is a faker,” she said of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, going point by point, as if presenting a legal brief. “He has no consistency about him. He says whatever comes into his head at the moment. He really has an ego. …”I can’t imagine what this place would be — I can’t imagine what the country would be — with Donald Trump as our president,” she had said in the Times interview published Monday.
Time for the lady to go, her mind is paralyzed, she is senile, hospice is the only place for her.

But after being roundly criticized for a remarkable series of interviews in which she mocked Donald J. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, Justice Ginsburg on Thursday did something highly unusual for a member of the nation’s highest court: She admitted making a mistake. Barry Friedman, a professor of law at New York University who describes himself as a friend of Justice Ginsburg’s, said her comments were a stark example of a breach in the neutrality that justices must adhere to.

“Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office,” she wrote in a brief statement issued by the court, admitting her remarks were “ill advised” and expressing regret. “In the future I will be more circumspect.”

Click here for the NYPOST story. Our take, Ginsburg did more to help Donald Trump than anyone else ever could. In another words she did what Obama did for gun sales, SENT THEM THROUGH THE ROOF.” Great job Ginsburg, pack your bags for New Zealand.

OBAMA “PISTOL WHIPPED” BY THE SUPREME COURT

Obama’s executive order allowing 4 million criminals to stay in the United States was found to be illegal. The court, on a 4 to 4 vote, left in place  the previous court decision which ruled that the parents who came here illegally (anchor baby parents) are persona non grata. In other words they are illegal, gaining entry into the United States by a criminal act.

As of 2015, about 533,000 undocumented immigrants in Texas — roughly 40 percent of the state’s undocumented-immigrant population — had children legally in the country,according to the Washington-based Migration Policy Institute. About 1.17 million undocumented immigrants living in Texas have been in the country for at least five years, including about 222,000 who have lived here for more than 20 years.

Texas and 16 other states initially sued the Obama administration in early December 2014 after the executive action was announced; eight more eventually signed on. Hanen’s decision was upheld twice by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

“Today’s decision keeps in place what we have maintained from the very start: one person, even a president, cannot unilaterally change the law,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement. “This is a major setback to President Obama’s attempts to expand executive power, and a victory for those who believe in the separation of powers and the rule of law.”

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NO WAY JOSE – EAT YOUR WORDS DEMOCRATS

The Republican lap dogs are once again putting the dagger into the American people. Mind you that the People’s House is controlled by the Elephant party. The Elephant in the Room: Republican National Convention Open Forum 8 ...The appointment of the next Supreme Court Justice must wait until after a new President is sworn into office.  Time for the American people to decide.  We warn McConnell in no uncertain terms that No hearings, No vote is to take place. Look at the decisions during the past four years, the liberals never broke rank. Questions arise why; and the answer is that their agenda is to not follow the Constitution. Breyer, speaking at Yale last week, said “I’ve seen change, The change, I think one of the changes and perhaps the most remarkable change, is the change in the number of cases that require a judge to know something beyond our shores in order to make a sensible decision on the case.”  Pardon us, making a decision on the laws, behaviors and attitudes of foreigners. How did he ever pass the nomination process? Give us a break.

The Democrats are clamoring for a vote, hollering, screaming, spitting, doing anything they can to denigrate the Republicans. These blowhards think that by doing this the Republicans will suffer a backlash in November. The Democrats will call the Republicans obstructionists. Let us set the record straight. Obama and his cadre of criminals are on record, including Biden and Chuck Schumer, to filibuster previous Supreme Court nominees.

President Obama, who is demanding that Republicans vote on his nominee to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, “regrets” his 2006 filibuster of a conservative nominee to the court, his spokesman said Wednesday.

To set the record straight read below to see the outing of the Democrat liars.

The media have taken to acting as if this move is unprecedented, and that a senator has never publicly stated he would intentionally block a presidential nomination. Not true. Not only have there been several lengthy Supreme Court vacancies, but there are plenty of past instances when senators refused to confirm a president’s nominations.

Here are 10 other times Democrats vowed to block Republican court nominees.

1. Sen Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in 2007 that President George W. Bush shouldn’t get to pick any more Supreme Court justices because Schumer was afraid the bench leaned too far Right. Schumer made this remark a whole 19 months before the next president was inaugurated.

“We should not confirm any Bush nominee to the Supreme Court, except in extraordinary circumstances,” Schumer said in a speech to the liberal American Constitution Society. “They must prove by actions, not words, that they are in the mainstream rather than we have to prove that they are not.”

2. His remarks in 2007 weren’t the only time Schumer vowed to stop a Republican nominee. In 2004, he said he would do everything in his power to stop Bush from elevating Charles Pickering to a federal appeals court in 2004.

“I’m prepared to do everything I can to stop the nomination of Justice Pickering,” Schumer said. “We can do a lot better.”

3. Schumer again promised to make the nomination process difficult for President Bush amid a confirmation battle over Carolyn Kuhl, who was nominated as a judge to the Ninth Circuit Court.

In 2004, his office released a statement saying Senate Democrats planned to “hold nominations until the White House commits to stop abusing the advise and consent process.”

The statement was part of Democratic coalition to stop Bush from using his recess appointing powers. The president eventually conceded and promised he would stop appointing judges while Congress was on vacation in exchange for them stopping filibustering.

4. Then-Senator Barack Obama said in 2006 that he supported the Democratic-led filibuster to stop Justice Samuel Alito from making it to the Supreme Court.

There are some who believe that the president, having won the election, should have complete authority to appoint his nominee…that once you get beyond intellect and personal character, there should be no further question as to whether the judge should be confirmed. I disagree with this view.

Obama wasn’t the only Democratic senator to oppose Alito’s nomination. The late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) led an opposition coalition, which attempted to filibuster to block the confirmation process. Kennedy was joined by Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.), and Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), who publicly stated they opposed Alito’s confirmation.

“The record demonstrates that we cannot count on Judge Alito to blow the whistle when the president is out of bounds,” Kennedy said.

5. In 1960, the Democratic-controlled Senate passed a resolution to block President Eisenhower from being able to make any more recess appointments to the Supreme Court. The resolution stated:

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the president should not make recess appointments to the Supreme Court, except to prevent or end a breakdown in the administration of the Court’s business.

6. Kennedy led a gang of eight senators in 2003 to block Bush nominee Miguel Estrada from rising to the Court of Appeals.

“Instead of looking for candidates who are extreme ideologues, the president should work with the Senate in nominating individuals who have the highest qualifications,” Kennedy said, while taking a victory lap after the Bush administration withdrew Estrada’s nomination.

7. The AFL-CIO union vowed to block then-President Ronald Reagan’s nominee Robert Bork by soiling his public reputation so badly that any Democratic senator who voted in favor of confirming him would have to explain it to his constituents. Kennedy continued this line of rhetoric in a well-known floor speech. He infamously said:

Robert Bork’s America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens’ doors in midnight raids, schoolchildren could not be taught about evolution, writers and artists could be censored at the whim of the Government.

8. Joe Biden wrote the playbook for how to “bork” a Supreme Court nominee, a descriptive verb that now means to publicly pillory a nominee’s reputation to make it politically difficult for senators to vote for them. It’s named, of course, after what Democrats did to Robert Bork.

Then-Senator Biden was the chair of the judiciary committee, and he put together what’s now been deemed a “Biden report,” a document detailing Bork’s judicial history and personal background. The judiciary committee voted against Bork’s confirmation by a vote of 9-5.

9. Democratic groups vowed to “bork” Justice Clarence Thomas, George H.W. Bush’s nominee to the Supreme Court. They failed, but the personal attacks on Thomas were brutal.

“We’re going to bork him,” said National Organization for Women’s Flo Kennedy. “We need to kill him politically.”

10. In 2008, Democrats banded together to filibuster Bush’s decision to nominate Priscilla Owen to a federal circuit court.

Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation, urged Senate Democrats to “stand up and fight as they have been doing with Miguel Estrada.”

“At this time of global turmoil, we don’t need extremists in the courts willing to make a Dred Scott decision in the area of women’s fundamental rights,” she said.

THE SUPREME COURT FIGHT TO THE FINISH

Two venerable foes enter the Octagon, the Senate and the Anointed One,  the crowd cheering from the peanut gallery, not a person sitting in their seat; clamoring, cheering,  shouting, fists in the air for their man. In the Red Corner is Mitch McConnell, in the Blue Corner is Barack Hussein Obama. The Judges are the audience, the American people; this will be a blood match, Winner take all.

Does McConnell have any swagger in his clinging/clanging bones or will he lie down waiting for the Barack steamroller to flatten him like a wabbit? Soon the outcome will be known.