Thursday, September 24, 2020
To fill her seat
Oklahoma State's Shane Illingworth hugs teammate LD Brown after a win over Tulsa during their first game of the season at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater. JOHN CLANTON, TULSA WORLD
LD Brown's early involvement alludes to future
OSU students share thoughts on Trump selecting a new Supreme Court justice before the election By Chloe Morrissey After the passing of supreme court justice Ruth Badger Ginsburg, the question arose: should President Donald Trump elect a new Supreme Court justice before the presidential election? The O’Colly received statements from members who have been involved in College Republicans and College Democrats who shared their opinions on this: Michael Baughman, a junior marketing major at OSU who is a registered Republican: “The tragic death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg shocked the country as we lost a brilliant judicial scholar and a pop culture icon. While I did not agree with a number of her stances, I immensely respected her service to the bench on the highest court in the land. The president however, has a constitutional obligation to fill that vacant seat on the Supreme Court. Since we do not live in a dictatorship, the Senate as well, has a constitutional obligation bestowed by the people to check the president’s power. Many have pointed to Senate majority leader Mitch McConell’s actions in 2016 when President Obama nominated Merrick Garland and Republicans blocked his nomination from getting to a vote. The people elected a Republican Senate during Obama’s last year to check his power. I would say the exact same thing if the people elected a Democrat Senate in 2018. It is all up to who has control of the Senate and the White House. If the country had elected a Democrat Senate and a Republican president, then they would have to negotiate on the pick. The people, right now, want conservative justices on the bench, justices who look at the constitution as set and stone that can only be amended by congress, that is why they elected a Republican Senate and a Republican President.”
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Sam Barron, a senior agriculture business major with a pre-law emphasis and a minor in legal studies at OSU who is a registered Democrat: “In light of the recent passing of progressive Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, all politically-inclined eyes will be trained on the senate and their upcoming confirmation hearings once a nominee is announced, which President Trump said will happen Saturday. With Mitch McConnell leading the Republican controlled senate, progressives fear there is little they can do to stop President Trump from creating the most conservative Supreme Court since the 1950s. Unfortunately, they are correct. Trusting McConnell to conform to his own precedent set in 2016 during the infamous Garland blockade is a fool’s errand. That leaves Democrats with very few options, given that Republicans already have the 51 necessary votes to move to the hearing stage. On one hand, they could continue to call on the preservation of our country’s “norms” as they have throughout Trump’s term. This strategy has yielded little success. On the other hand is a more interesting option. If the House of Representatives were to vote to impeach President Trump a second time, the confirmation process would likely be ground to a near standstill, potentially buying the Democrats enough time to vote Trump out of office. It would be a petty move, but given what’s at stake, it may be the only feasible option left. If I were a House member, I would certainly be urging Speaker Pelosi to do this.”
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A new exciting talent has arrived in Stillwater, and it’d be crazy if anyone thought who it might be just seconds before kickoff. LD Brown had nine carries for 63 yards on Saturday against Tulsa. His rushing output shows the Cowboys are already showing that the running back position is strengthening — and quickly. Brown rushed for 221 yards and two touchdowns as a redshirt junior in 2019, but he looked a lot better against Tulsa. In a game of sloppy play on offense, nothing was going right. Chuba Hubbard couldn’t get anything going for a while with the Tulsa defensive line swarming the backfield. Hubbard averaged 3.4 yards per carry, with Brown averaging an even seven yards per carry. And his contributions went beyond that. “In pass protection, he stepped up and hit people in the face, when he had the chance to rush the football, he ran extremely hard and he did a really great job with ball security,” Gundy said. “I was thrilled with him, he played better and more aggressive and had more fun in that game than he had in his career here.” Hubbard, who went for a rushing touchdown to start the opening quarter, complimented Brown on his performance. “I’ve said it since day one, our running back group is talented, as you can see, LD is LD,” Hubbard said. Brown was all smiles and credited his teammates when asked about his game last Saturday. “I’m just playing football, that’s what that
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is,” Brown said. “Offensive line was creating holes and it’s our job to hit them, so that’s really all there was to it.” On how he could improve his game, even Brown himself thought his way of excelling was unusual. Brown said he’s gotten bigger, playing over 200 pounds, which allowed him to be more phsyical on the field.. But he was in a tough spot trying gain weight in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. The solution was to be in a routine — and repeatedly. “Eat, sleep and really repeat,” Brown said. “Our nutritionists do a good job of watching what we partake into our bodies.” Dillon Stoner, who is one of Brown’s longtime teammates, had nothing but the best of words to say to him. Not only have they been teammates, but they’ve been closer than that ever since their first year of college. “I was so freaking happy for him,” Stoner said. “We came in together, we were roommates freshman year, so to watch him get those opportunities to make the most of it has been really cool to see.” From camp, all the way to now is exactly why people will be seeing more of Brown on the field in the near future. Stoner said Brown has had a great camp and is going to continue to squeeze out all he can from his opportunities. But Brown’s appeal goes beyond that. “If you don’t like LD, then something is wrong with you,” Stoner said. “He is one of the most likeable dudes on the team and everyone respects that guy, so everyone loves to see him be successful on Saturdays.” sports.ed@ocolly.com