Biden, as a good Catholic, should have no reservations about commuting the death sentence to all federal prisoners. The only thing I agree on with Catholics is abolishing the death penalty.
My biggest disagreement with Catholics is their exclusion of women from the priesthood and other leadership positions. Nuns are subservient to the male patriarchy of the church.
The raw numbers are somewhat misleading unless they are split by degree of importance. Did Biden have more Court of Appeals judges [ETA: he has not]?
Of course, Trump had the mother lode—three Supreme Court justices. I honor the judicial confirmations, but I continue to be dissatisfied for that reason.
One more judge does not compensate three justices. I understand the half-full approach.
As to the death penalty, thank you for the update. I am fully against the death penalty and agree he should commute all the sentences. If he leaves two mass murderers, I will not be APPALLLED. I understand it is bad on principle. I also realize pure principle is not in the cards that often.
Despite the exceptions that Garland has noted. The argument for ALL is the right one. Capital punishment is a holdover from our past. One that should have long been a victim of an enlightened age, particularly as we know from studies that the punish,ent is skewed against minorities and serves no real deterrent purpose. If it did would there have been a Boston Marathon bomber after McVeigh’s execution? It seems a sad commentary on our courts that there is no longer a William Brennan or Thurgood Marshall to stand up against capital punishment. If you want to put it in religious terms as some do, the Catholic position has been opposition to capital punishment . It is an iniquitous punishment. Maximizing vengeance at the expense of mercy, a virtue that should be ever more prominent at this time of year.
I hope Trump won't be able to appoint as many judges this time as he did from 2017-2020. My recollection is there were more vacancies when he took office before because Chuck Grassley had helped obstruct so many of Obama's nominees. Is that right?
Biden, as a good Catholic, should have no reservations about commuting the death sentence to all federal prisoners. The only thing I agree on with Catholics is abolishing the death penalty.
Catholics support things like helping the poor. I suppose you agree with them on that too.
My biggest disagreement with Catholics is their exclusion of women from the priesthood and other leadership positions. Nuns are subservient to the male patriarchy of the church.
Join the civilized world. Commute every death sentence.
The raw numbers are somewhat misleading unless they are split by degree of importance. Did Biden have more Court of Appeals judges [ETA: he has not]?
Of course, Trump had the mother lode—three Supreme Court justices. I honor the judicial confirmations, but I continue to be dissatisfied for that reason.
One more judge does not compensate three justices. I understand the half-full approach.
As to the death penalty, thank you for the update. I am fully against the death penalty and agree he should commute all the sentences. If he leaves two mass murderers, I will not be APPALLLED. I understand it is bad on principle. I also realize pure principle is not in the cards that often.
Give then Hell Joe!
They ain’t calling you Sleepy Joe now!!!!
Despite the exceptions that Garland has noted. The argument for ALL is the right one. Capital punishment is a holdover from our past. One that should have long been a victim of an enlightened age, particularly as we know from studies that the punish,ent is skewed against minorities and serves no real deterrent purpose. If it did would there have been a Boston Marathon bomber after McVeigh’s execution? It seems a sad commentary on our courts that there is no longer a William Brennan or Thurgood Marshall to stand up against capital punishment. If you want to put it in religious terms as some do, the Catholic position has been opposition to capital punishment . It is an iniquitous punishment. Maximizing vengeance at the expense of mercy, a virtue that should be ever more prominent at this time of year.
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I hope Trump won't be able to appoint as many judges this time as he did from 2017-2020. My recollection is there were more vacancies when he took office before because Chuck Grassley had helped obstruct so many of Obama's nominees. Is that right?
More McConnell than Grassley, but, yes. I covered it in the second section here: https://www.lawdork.com/p/biden-appeals-court-judges-election-trump-harris
I hope trump goes to jail!