CURRENT EVENTS July 14 - July 31

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I want to be sure everyone understands what's happening here. Emil Bove is an ignoramus. I would be shocked if he has an IQ above 85. But to his credit (I guess), he's been willing to represent Donald Trump in any legal action brought against him, no matter the merits, and no matter how much he would have to compromise his integrity and his ethical obligations to represent his client.

Because of his loyalty to Trump and his willingness to compromise any semblance of legal ethics, Bove was elevated to an absurdly high position in the DOJ when Trump was re-elected to the presidency. In that role, Bove instructed (and there's really no question about this at this point) the DOJ attorneys who reported to him to lie before federal judges in order to advance Trump's preferred talking points on various matters, especially those concerning immigration.

Now, as a further reward for his loyalty, Bove has been nominated by Trump for a lifetime appointment as a circuit judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. If Bove were to submit to an IQ test, there's no question whatsoever he would fall in the bottom 1% of federal circuit judges.

To make matters even worse, if Bove is confirmed, he will automatically be one of the top two or three candidates for the Supreme Court if a spot opens over the next 3.5 years. Bove would be, BY FAR, the dumbest Supreme Court justice in the history of the republic if he were to assume such a position.

Much has been made of the movie Idiocracy. But the fact that Emil Bove is being seriously considered for an appellate judgeship, and is a viable candidate for a Supreme Court judgeship, is one of the most embarrassing things that has happened in the 250 year history of this country. If this happens, we will truly be living in an idiocracy. A kleptocratic idiocracy headed by a meglomaniac.

I'm trying to envision standing before Judge Bove at a Third Circuit argument and avoiding the temptation to laugh in his face. Sorry. I can't do it. It's like if Peewee Herman was nominated to a federal appellate judgeship. Or, to be more visually accurate, Herman Munster.
 
lawtig02 said:
I want to be sure everyone understands what's happening here. Emil Bove is an ignoramus. I would be shocked if he has an IQ above 85. But to his credit (I guess), he's been willing to represent Donald Trump in any legal action brought against him, no matter the merits, and no matter how much he would have to compromise his integrity and his ethical obligations to represent his client.

Because of his loyalty to Trump and his willingness to compromise any semblance of legal ethics, Bove was elevated to an absurdly high position in the DOJ when Trump was re-elected to the presidency. In that role, Bove instructed (and there's really no question about this at this point) the DOJ attorneys who reported to him to lie before federal judges in order to advance Trump's preferred talking points on various matters, especially those concerning immigration.

Now, as a further reward for his loyalty, Bove has been nominated by Trump for a lifetime appointment as a circuit judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. If Bove were to submit to an IQ test, there's no question whatsoever he would fall in the bottom 1% of federal circuit judges.

To make matters even worse, if Bove is confirmed, he will automatically be one of the top two or three candidates for the Supreme Court if a spot opens over the next 3.5 years. Bove would be, BY FAR, the dumbest Supreme Court justice in the history of the republic if he were to assume such a position.

Much has been made of the movie Idiocracy. But the fact that Emil Bove is being seriously considered for an appellate judgeship, and is a viable candidate for a Supreme Court judgeship, is one of the most embarrassing things that has happened in the 250 year history of this country. If this happens, we will truly be living in an idiocracy. A kleptocratic idiocracy headed by a meglomaniac.

I'm trying to envision standing before Judge Bove at a Third Circuit argument and avoiding the temptation to laugh in his face. Sorry. I can't do it. It's like if Peewee Herman was nominated to a federal appellate judgeship. Or, to be more visually accurate, Herman Munster.
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I don't know about the IQ thing. He was G'Town Law, clerked on Second Circuit. While I agree he's far from the brightest light in the judicial sky, there are some true idiots on the bench. Half the Fifth, for instance. That woman on the 9th who wrote the opinion striking down CA's ammunition ban -- note the dissent there was from BYBEE, as somehow the case drew a panel of entirely right wingers.

Oh, and the Eighth Circuit ain't exactly Einsteins either.

But Bove shouldn't be a judge. Full stop. At the same time, it's no more embarrassing than Clarence Thomas being appointed to the Supreme Court as a supremely unqualified token.
 
superrific said:
I don't know about the IQ thing. He was G'Town Law, clerked on Second Circuit. While I agree he's far from the brightest light in the judicial sky, there are some true idiots on the bench. Half the Fifth, for instance. That woman on the 9th who wrote the opinion striking down CA's ammunition ban -- note the dissent there was from BYBEE, as somehow the case drew a panel of entirely right wingers.

Oh, and the Eighth Circuit ain't exactly Einsteins either.

But Bove shouldn't be a judge. Full stop. At the same time, it's no more embarrassing than Clarence Thomas being appointed to the Supreme Court as a supremely unqualified token.
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Fair enough. I certainly haven't been in front of all appellate judges. I have been in the room with Bove, and while you may be right on the whole, I can assure you, that bulb is DIM.
 

Why these two neighbors in Asia launched the world's latest armed conflict​

Armed clashes set off by a century-old border dispute mark the worst fighting in decades between Thailand and Cambodia.

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Why these two neighbors in Asia launched the world's latest armed conflict

Armed clashes set off by a century-old border dispute mark the worst fighting in decades between Thailand and Cambodia.
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“… Since fighting began Thursday, the two sides have been progressively involving heavier weapons, including artillery and rocket systems, with clashes expanding to 12 locations from six. Both blame the other side for starting the conflict, which acting Thai Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai warned Friday “could escalate into a state of war.” …”
 


“… In a diplomatic cable sent July 8, embassy Charge d’Affairs David Greene asked whether the embassy could process claims from other minority groups claiming race-based discrimination such as "coloured" South Africans who speak Afrikaans. In South Africa the term coloured refers to mixed-raced people, a classification created by the apartheid regime still in use today.

The answer came back days later in an email from Spencer Chretien, the highest-ranking official in the State Department's refugee and migration bureau, saying the program is intended for white people.

Reuters was unable to independently verify the precise language in the email which was described to the news agency by three sources familiar with its contents.…”
 
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“… “I was so disturbed by it, that I was like — very loudly and boastfully, like I was a parent or a teacher — I said, ‘What is on your TV? What am I watching?’ He was like, ‘What? What are you talking about?’ He stood up and saw it. He made acknowledgment that he saw it,” Carson recalled. “And I said, ‘Turn it off. Now.’ And he was like, ‘What is this? What is this?’ So he acknowledged it was inappropriate just by those words. And he was like, ‘I can’t get it to turn off. I can’t figure out how to turn it off.’ And I said, ‘Get it turned off.’ So he finally got it turned off, and that was the end of it. He didn’t address it. He didn’t apologize. Nothing was said.”

While both board members described the footage as “retro” in nature but not involving sexual intercourse, Deatherage recalled seeing multiple nude women on the screen and some sort of “chiropractic table.” He found Walters’ reaction to the situation confounding.

“I don’t know if he turned it off or switched the channel, I don’t remember,” Deatherage said. “I was surprised that when he came back to the table, he was not apologetic. I didn’t ever hear an apology for that being on, and he didn’t seem to be fazed that it was on.”…”

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