tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post6278561144401567193..comments2024-03-22T13:06:27.366-05:00Comments on WataugaWatch: This Stinks To High HeavenJ.W. Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694324792688711136noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-86595804801356293032015-06-12T17:56:06.237-05:002015-06-12T17:56:06.237-05:00Twenty other states have judicial retention electi...Twenty other states have judicial retention election laws, among them California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Colorado and Iowa, to name a few. Didn't realize so many states had adopted "Nazi tactics." Really scary! (If you're a paranoid liberal.)Cyclopsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-53186320897164653152015-06-11T06:05:57.895-05:002015-06-11T06:05:57.895-05:00This clearly violates the NC Constitution, which s...This clearly violates the NC Constitution, which says that justices are <b>elected</b> and that the gov can only appoint justices that can't finish their term.<br /><br />Would the ACLU be able to challenge this one in court? Any NC voter could be a plaintiff, since it's taking away that voter's right to cast a vote - elect - a Supreme Court judge.<br /><br />Of course, the Republicans probably came up with this scheme with an eye towards 2016, a Presidential election year when more Dems will be turning out at the polls. They don't care about the long-term prospects of the law as long as it gets them what they want in the next election cycle - they can always try another tactic for packing the court next time around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-42973505722927515872015-06-10T19:49:07.639-05:002015-06-10T19:49:07.639-05:00If this were happening in the old Soviet Union or ...If this were happening in the old Soviet Union or in some African dictatorship, the smug-azz neocons would be all about how we need to teach those backward nations some democracy. These are classic Nazi tactics: just cut little slices away from responsible representative government--each one seemingly tiny by itself-- and pretty soon it's gone and corporate fascism reigns supreme. Eternal vigilance, George W (Washingon) said, is the price of liberty. Wake Up America and Take your country back from these dangerous ideologues.brotherdochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597543573448439126noreply@blogger.com