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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

One of the lucid analyses of the SCOTUS nomination of Merrick Garland has been written by @natesilver538

One of the lucid analyses of the SCOTUS nomination of Merrick Garland has been written by @natesilver538

FiveThirtyEight: Republicans Could Do a Lot Worse Than Merrick Garland under President Clinton — or President Trump by NATE SILVER

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2016/03/one-of-lucid-analyses-of-scotus.html

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March 16, 2016

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Kevin E. Dayhoff, March 22, 2016 - I do not think that I am going to write about this - so what the heck... I have written a great deal about the local, state and federal judiciary in the past, including covering conferences on the courts and its historic relationship with the presidency. So if I end-up writing an article, please feel free to throw this comment in my face. Whatever.

Although one cannot fully predict the decisions and judicial temperament of an individual once a justice takes a seat on the bench, all indications are that Merrick Garland would be a fine justice.

It is a basic in politics that if you go nuclear with your initial response and approach, it denies you a fall-back position. It is a basic that if you are going to undermine an opponent’s position, you do not telegraph your intentions.

The approach of the current Republican leadership towards appointing a justice to replace Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Antonin Gregory Scalia, 1986-2016, is amateurish at best.

And at this point, if things continue in its current trajectory, the next president will be President Clinton. And she will have the benefit of a Democrat controlled Senate because if things continue the way they are going, the Senate will flip to the Democrats in the next election.

So - this might be the most wrong-headed political approach towards governance in memory - maybe since President F.D. Roosevelt tried to pack the court.... Bring back the monarchy.

Post script: If the Senate moves 11 seats to the Democrats, President Obama could very easily be narrowly confirmed as a justice of the Supreme Court - all as courtesy of the current leadership of the Republican Party. SMH. For me it is a win-win. I get to write about it.

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KMS - at this point, from the viewpoint of a political scientist that has written about politics for 45-years; all indications are that the Senate will swing to the Democrats in the next election. Trump will not prevail against Clinton. If I were a conspiratorialist, I would suggest that Trump's candidacy was brought forward by a secret cabal of Democrat party elites. LOL See: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.html

Related: The Onion - OMG - too funny. Thx @JustinWolfers for sharing @natesilver538:

http://www.theonion.com/article/nate-silver-defends-torture-methods-used-make-elec-52597

“Nate Silver Defends Torture Methods Used To Make Election Projections.” True story… I have written prediction papers. In the interest of full disclosure, I did not use the dog approach… Just saying

Related: NPR - “Ginsburg and Scalia: 'Best Buddies'” updated Fe. 17, 2016 http://www.npr.org/2016/02/15/466848775/scalia-ginsburg-opera-commemorates-sparring-supreme-court-friendship

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Meanwhile, on March 16, 2016, Nate Silver wrote, in part:

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that Republicans won’t hold hearings on Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama’s nominee to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. If McConnell follows through and makes everyone wait until next year, he and his party will be taking a serious risk. The political situation for Republicans could get a lot worse — and McConnell might no longer be in charge of the Senate.

The logic of this isn’t that complicated. Right now, the most likely person to become the next president is Hillary Clinton, who is on the verge of wrapping up the Democratic nomination. The second most likely person is Donald Trump. His path to the Republican nomination is more tenuous than Clinton’s path to the Democratic one. But Trump had a successful day of elections on Tuesday — and if it isn’t obvious how Trump will get to 1,237 delegates, it’s even less obvious how anyone else will become the Republican nominee.

Read more here: One of the lucid analyses of the SCOTUS nomination of Merrick Garland has been written by @natesilver538 http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/republicans-could-do-a-lot-worse-than-merrick-garland-under-president-clinton-or-president-trump/

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

20071112 Poughkeepsie Journal: Panels explore presidents' relationship with Supreme Court By Michael Woyton

Poughkeepsie Journal: Panels explore presidents' relationship with Supreme Court By Michael Woyton

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071112/NEWS01/711120329/1006/NEWS01

Former justice gives keynote speech at 2-day conference

Monday, November 12, 2007

By Michael Woyton Poughkeepsie Journal

Photo by Denise DeVore/For the Poughkeepsie Journal

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor gave the keynote address during “The Presidency and the Supreme Court” conference on Sunday, at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park.

History American Presidents – and the Supreme Court Conference at FDR Presidential Library Nov. 11 and 12 2007

HYDE PARK - Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, speaking on "The Presidency and the Supreme Court," focused on four historic moments "in which the two large offices (the executive and the judiciary) have intersected, overlapped and even clashed," she said.

The first two involved Thomas Jefferson and the establishment of judicial review by the court and Abraham Lincoln's suspending habeas corpus, or the right to petition for relief from unlawful detention, during the Civil War.

The third centered on FDR and his desire to pack the court with his justice picks.

"He was more than a little annoyed that the justices were giving thumbs down to his legislation," O'Connor said.

The final example took place during the Korean War, when Harry Truman was prevented by the Supreme Court from taking over the steel mills to prevent a strike.

O'Connor was the keynote speaker at the conference organized by the presidential libraries and held at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park.

Read the entire article here: Poughkeepsie Journal: Panels explore presidents' relationship with Supreme Court By Michael Woyton

Sunday, November 11, 2007

20071111 The Presidency and the Supreme Court conference Agenda

This weekend I am attending a conference on the Presidency and the Supreme Court – November 11^th and 12^th, 2007 at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum

The Presidency and the Supreme Court conference brings together a wide range of speakers, including scholars, policymakers, and journalists to deliberate on the complex relationship between the Court and the Presidency and the impact of that interaction on American society. Panels focus not only on the political process of Supreme Court nominations and confirmations, but examines the Court's influence on social issues, civil rights and governmental power in times of crisis. The conference also includes a keynote address by former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

This conference is sponsored by the nation's twelve Presidential Libraries, their foundations, the National Archives, the Foundation for the National Archives, and the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute with generous support from:

Thomson West, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, Frederick P. Furth, Wiley Rein LLP

The Presidency and the Supreme Court conference Agenda

AGENDA

Sunday, November 11, 2007

1:00 p.m.

Welcoming Remarks

Professor Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States;

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Co-Chair,

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute;

Former President George H. W. Bush (via video).

1:15 - 3:00 p.m.

Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt and the 1930s Supreme Court

The consequential Supreme Court decisions, appointments, and presidential politics of the 1930s.

Chair: Alan Brinkley, Provost, Columbia University; Professors William E. Leuchtenburg and G. Edward White; Author and Newsweek Senior Editor Jonathan Alter.

3:00 - 4:45 p.m.

Shaping the Modern Court: Presidents Truman through Clinton

Insider accounts of Supreme Court appointments and how the appointment process has changed over the past sixty years.

Chair: Allen Weinstein; Ambassador C. Boyden Gray; Professors Douglas Brinkley and Laura Kalman.

5:00 p.m.

Keynote Address: The Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor

Monday, November 12, 2007

9:15 a.m.

Welcoming Remarks

Sharon Fawcett, Assistant Archivist for Presidential Libraries;

The Hon. Judith S. Kaye, Chief Judge of the State of New York.

Moderator for the day: National Public Radio Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg.

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

The Presidency, the Supreme Court and Civil Rights

The interactions of Presidents and the Supreme Court on topics relating to race, discrimination, equality and civil rights.

Civil rights leader and former Assistant Attorney General Roger Wilkins; Professor David A. Nichols; former Secretary of Education the Hon. Shirley Hufstedler; Professor and former President of the American Civil Liberties Union Norman Dorsen; National Public Radio Senior Correspondent Juan Williams.

Lunch Break

12:45 - 2:45 p.m.

The Presidency, the Supreme Court and the "Culture Wars"

Presidential and Supreme Court concerns and decisions relating to abortion, the death penalty, gay rights, religion and other topics of societal division.

The Hon. Michael W. McConnell; Professors Heather Gerken and Michael C. Dorf.

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

The Supreme Court and Presidential Power

Supreme Court adjudication of the limits of executive power under the Constitution, especially in times of war and crisis.

Professor John Q. Barrett; former White House Counsel John W. Dean; Author and New York Times Columnist Anthony Lewis; former White House Counsel Beth Nolan.

5:00 p.m.

Concluding Remarks

Ambassador William J. vanden Heuvel, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute.