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Well and happy, thanks. Warm regards to you and yours.

Your "likely not" SC scenario reminds it stopping 2000 Florida recount that gave Bush victory, first in 112 years in which the winner failed to win the popular vote. Trump second.

Pity their SC is so politicized. I was shaken by an interview with William O. Douglas, in middle of his unprecedented years on the Court. So doctrinaire. I admired him but the system seemed whacky.

Well: I see the "Talking Lenin Doll" is still at it here. I suspect his idol Trudeau will be coming up for a good old fashioned Arse Whipping come the next election!
Jim

Why weren't you shaken by the current fellow's statement that he would nominate progressive legislators to the highest court, then kept his promise? Was it because the progress of pc is more important than the Constitution, law, and the content of character?

The Florida recount was never halted for a second, your media colleagues stuck it out in obscurity to the painfully truthful end in the hopes of a gotch'ya. The polling on that was disappointing, so it was never released.

Perhaps, history is repeating itself in Wisconsin? The multimillion dollar recount that could elevate scores out of poverty has netted hill twenty-five votes as of day ten. Maybe there's a corelation between the enthusiasm to 'report' this recount and Florida's?

The people have spoken. Apparently, you're so impressed with the content of Trump's policy and the quality of his transition, that trivial divisiveness dominates the 'conversation'?

California and New York City where all these 3 million votes come from do not elect the President nor do they control the rest of this country, although they would like too. Or think they do.

Read something about how this country was founded and the terrific fight that went on over the ratification of the Constitution and the adoption of a centralized government, what many people considered that 'vile' document.

Yes it is. Just as it's a pity ours is so politicized as well.

It seems that the left likes to push their agenda any way they can in both countries. Including by political appointees, which is what SC justices now are, only too happy to overrule the voice of the people as it comes through their elected representatives.

What's trivial about Russia trying to tilt vote to Trump---Russia, no friend of America---and Trump then asking the Communists to hack Clinton now dissing CIA and both-party probe into what's going on because "I don't believe it"? He asked for it, now says don't go there!

Trump, who says he likes Putin, wants to install as America's secretary of state a person with strong business ties with Russia, presented by Putin its highest honour of friendship. Trivial? To the point your media musing today about an election re-do. The tilt-try happened but we'll never know effect on voters.

In truth, russian meddling in any sovereign nation's election is not trivial. In fact, are we 'discussing' a talking point that's not getting much traction? Not one dem is willing to confirm the validity of the narrative, they're only working the emotional angle. Good enough for you?

We're already seeing the effect on voters, true optimism. If all he does is build hotels for four years, the economy will be so much better, that libs will take advantage of short term memory itis. Remember, the difficulty here is that the smart candidate of the future has been shown that it's possible to not get borked.

Canada's process doesn't bear comparison. I can't recall public controversy over an appointment. Didn't conservative PM Mulroney appoint a known liberal to the SC under the old system? From Wikipedia:

"Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada are appointed by the Governor General-in-Council, a process whereby the governor general, the viceregal representative of the Queen of Canada, makes appointments based on the advice of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. By tradition and convention, only the Cabinet, a standing committee in the larger council, advises the governor general and this advice is usually expressed exclusively through a consultation with the prime minister. Thus, the provinces and parliament have no formal role in such appointments, sometimes a point of contention.

"As of August, 2016 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opened the process of application to change from the above noted appointment process. The new revised process "will permit any Canadian lawyer or judge who fits a specified criteria can apply for a seat on the Supreme Court, through the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs."

Our American friends may be surprised that our Liberal PM appointed a former conservative PM (now teaching at Harvard) as chair of the seven-member advisory board to make a short-list of nominees. The board is comprised of representatives of four legal societies and three prominent Canadians of whom two must not be of legals.

An appointment in Canada gets as much ink as a change of a sign in our village market.

No, craig, the meddling is only part of it. The new president and presumptive secretary of state are friends with close business ties to Putin and his corrupt autocracy who are doing everything to weaken the United States. If that's a trivial emotional angle, count me in. Putin saw a Communist advantage of Trump as president. And, as always with these guys, follow the money

Preposterous. If Putin wanted to weaken America he would have attempted to support Clinton.

Of course Russia penetrated or attempted to penetrate any email system connected to government. It's an intelligence function. As do other hackers, even non political private citizens. Wikileaks showed the Democrats for what they were, as opposed to being a disinformation campaign.

The most asbsurd aspect of this entire subject is that Russian involvement in elections and American society in general has been going on for decades, in the form of Soviet Marxist-Leninist doctrine. Which is the current ideology of the Democrat Party. That's the true Russian involvement in elections. What's going on now is merely a disinformation narrative by the Democrats to attempt to weaken Trump. It's not going to work.