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Titchou 09-28-2020 08:25 AM

I have a friend who is a KD alum from Rhodes who.is appalled at her nomination.

Sen's Revenge 09-28-2020 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Sen's Revenge (Post 2479801)
Congrats to KD. If she is confirmed, she'd be the second NPC woman on the supreme court. (I think?)

Welp, I misread the room. LOL

33girl 09-28-2020 10:00 AM

Does anyone know if she was this kind of Xtreme Catholic when she was still in school, or did it only come about after her marriage?

carnation 09-28-2020 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by TXDG (Post 2479847)
And many Rhodes alumni - including her roommate and many sorority sisters who know her well - are speaking out against her nomination.


“There are people who are literally friends, sorority sisters, close friends and even a roommate,” Marus said.

The letter says the undersigned don’t think Barrett’s past comments about subjects like the Affordable Care Act, abortion and immigration meet the school’s principles of “truth, loyalty and service.”

Whether you felt that she conforms to her sorority's values would definitely depend on not only your political leanings but also your definition of those values. I know a bunch of KDs who are 100% behind her nomination.

TXDG 09-28-2020 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by carnation (Post 2479858)
Whether you felt that she conforms to her sorority's values would definitely depend on not only your political leanings but also your definition of those values. I know a bunch of KDs who are 100% behind her nomination.

I thought it was more telling that many of her own FRIENDS from college don’t think that she meets the Rhodes College values of “truth, loyalty and service.” I have a lot of friends who were her contemporaries at Rhodes in the 1990’s and they are appalled at her nomination.

I’m sure many KD’s support ABC especially with KD being so strong in the Deep South. But the Rhodes KD alumni largely do not support her nomination. And they are the ones who’ve known her for 25 years...

33girl 09-28-2020 11:13 AM

Then why didn’t they terminate her ass if she was so awful? It makes them look just as bad as her.

ChioLu 09-28-2020 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Sen's Revenge (Post 2479853)
Welp, I misread the room. LOL

Wish we had a Like button! :D

Shellfish 09-28-2020 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 2479862)
Then why didn’t they terminate her ass if she was so awful? It makes them look just as bad as her.

A person's political views wouldn't be grounds for expulsion.

carnation 09-28-2020 01:45 PM

I never heard of her before but it sounds like she had a stellar record at Rhodes.

Quoting that article in the first post: "“It is an honor for a graduate of Rhodes to be considered as a possible nominee for the nation’s highest court,” says President Marjorie Hass. “Judge Barrett excelled as an English major on campus, just as she has in her professional and academic law career.”

Barrett, originally from Metairie, LA, graduated from Rhodes magna cum laude with a B.A. in English. As a student, she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board, and Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society. She was a member of Kappa Delta Sorority, participated in Model United Nations, and was elected to serve on the Honor Council. Barrett was also chosen to be inducted into the Rhodes Student Hall of Fame.

After graduating from Rhodes, Barrett attended law school at the University of Notre Dame, where she graduated first in her class in 1997."

***One thing about the Supreme Court, though: political parties have been hugely surprised through the years about how certain justices have voted on certain issues. You can never know for sure.***

Cheerio 09-28-2020 03:47 PM

At which law schools did the other eight justices study?

[Google is not cooperating w/me today]

ForrestGrump 09-28-2020 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheerio (Post 2479871)
At which law schools did the other eight justices study?

[Google is not cooperating w/me today]

Four at Harvard (Roberts, Kagan, Gorsuch and Breyer) and four at Yale (Alito, Kavanaugh, Sotomayor and Thomas)

Cheerio 09-28-2020 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheerio (Post 2479871)
At which law schools did the other eight justices study?

[Google is not cooperating w/me today]

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Originally Posted by ForrestGrump (Post 2479873)
Four at Harvard (Roberts, Kagan, Gorsuch and Breyer) and four at Yale (Alito, Kavanaugh, Sotomayor and Thomas)

So then, is one of President Trump's reasons for choosing the ND Law Grad he didn't want to break that 4 from Yale/4 from Harvard tie?

thetalady 09-28-2020 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheerio (Post 2479874)
So then, is one of President Trump's reasons for choosing the ND Law Grad he didn't want to break that 4 from Yale/4 from Harvard tie?


:D:D:D:D:D:D hilarious!

33girl 09-28-2020 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Shellfish (Post 2479865)
A person's political views wouldn't be grounds for expulsion.

That’s not what they are saying - they are saying she doesn’t meet the Rhodes values of “truth, loyalty and service.” Being untruthful, disloyal and shirking your obligation to serve seem like things that would pave the way for termination from your GLO.

Alumnae who knew her personally saying “Amy is my chapter sister and we lived in the house together for two years but she’s terrible” just makes them sound shallow or backstabby. It’s one thing for that to come from a classmate, it’s another to come from a sorority sister.

AnchorAlum 09-28-2020 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 2479862)
Then why didn’t they terminate her ass if she was so awful? It makes them look just as bad as her.

I agree with you. And they're her "friends"? I have some sisters I've seen on FB whose views I don't espouse at all, but I wouldn't speak ill of them.


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