SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Sept 18, 2020 18:56:10 GMT -5
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Sept 18, 2020 19:24:08 GMT -5
What an incredible life and legacy. May she RIP.
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Sept 18, 2020 20:25:16 GMT -5
Please tell me there's no way they can get a new justice in place before the election, right?
She held out as long as she could. An amazing person. RIP.
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Sept 18, 2020 21:07:04 GMT -5
Please tell me there's no way they can get a new justice in place before the election, right? She held out as long as she could. An amazing person. RIP. Hypocrite scumbag McConnell has already said that Trump's nominee will get a vote by the Senate when he denied Judge Merrick Garland even a hearing because it was an electoon year. Republicans are pure scum.
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blueeagle
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Post by blueeagle on Sept 18, 2020 21:29:23 GMT -5
Truly an inspirational figure, a jurist of historic significance... How to honor her legacy? Rest in power, Justice Ginsburg.
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DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Sept 18, 2020 21:47:31 GMT -5
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Sept 18, 2020 23:44:38 GMT -5
I hope they're wearing masks during their tribute.
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Sept 18, 2020 23:45:02 GMT -5
Please tell me there's no way they can get a new justice in place before the election, right? She held out as long as she could. An amazing person. RIP. Hypocrite scumbag McConnell has already said that Trump's nominee will get a vote by the Senate when he denied Judge Merrick Garland even a hearing because it was an electoon year. Republicans are pure scum. "Electoon" is my favorite typo of all time. Freud would smile.
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Sept 19, 2020 6:04:47 GMT -5
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Elvado
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Post by Elvado on Sept 19, 2020 6:43:21 GMT -5
100% the right thing to do.
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Sept 19, 2020 6:59:49 GMT -5
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Elvado
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Post by Elvado on Sept 19, 2020 7:09:27 GMT -5
Hopefully moot. As there is no way that a nominee can, or should, be proposed, vetted or questioned under these circumstances. Sauce for the goose demands no nominee until after the election.
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hoyajinx
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Post by hoyajinx on Sept 19, 2020 7:31:27 GMT -5
Prior to the unfortunate passing of RBG, a contested election was going to be a run-of-the-mill nightmare. Just par for the 2020 course. Now, a contested election is going to be an absolute, unfathomable nightmare.
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Post by bicentennial on Sept 19, 2020 12:10:52 GMT -5
100% the right thing to do. The irony was that Trump won the election by a minority of the popular vote so if the people were allowed to decide, Trump would not have appointed any Justices. Still will never understand why Obama did not make a statement immediately before stepping down as president that Merrick Garland was to assume his position on the supreme court as the senate republicans had been derelict in their constitutionally delegated duty. The possible appointment of another Trump Justice threatens the honest checks and balances of our government.
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hoya9797
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Post by hoya9797 on Sept 19, 2020 12:20:33 GMT -5
She or Colins will get permission to vote no from Mitch.
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Elvado
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Post by Elvado on Sept 19, 2020 12:58:37 GMT -5
I hope that no nomination is made and no one is considered before the election.
It is only the right and fair thing to do.
Having said that, should Trump win in November (long shot at best) I will have no interest in any argument that he need temper his appointment to fill the seat held by RBG in order to preserve someone’s idea of balance.
As Mr Obama so brilliantly said, elections have consequences.
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Post by prhoya on Sept 19, 2020 14:04:50 GMT -5
She or Colins will get permission to vote no from Mitch. Lisa M. is not up for re-election. She would be going rogue. Collins, Gardner, Sullivan, McSally and Tillis have a problem. Also, what will Romney do?
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Sept 19, 2020 16:03:34 GMT -5
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EasyEd
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Post by EasyEd on Sept 19, 2020 20:13:05 GMT -5
Please tell me there's no way they can get a new justice in place before the election, right? She held out as long as she could. An amazing person. RIP. Hypocrite scumbag McConnell has already said that Trump's nominee will get a vote by the Senate when he denied Judge Merrick Garland even a hearing because it was an electoon year. Republicans are pure scum. First of all, I don't believe the republicans can garner enough republican votes to confirm a nominee before January; and, there will surely be no Dems to support such a move. However, the Democrats created this situation. Prior to Robert Bork, for the most part a president was afforded the privilege of placing his nominee on the bench but, with Bork, the Democrats started treating it as blood sport. They destroyed Bork, almost did the same to Clarence Thomas (50-48), and attempted to do likewise to Neil Gorsuch (54-45) and Brett Kavanagh (50-48). Even Samuel Alito garnered but four Democrat votes. Only John Roberts enjoyed more than a few Dem votes. All the while the Republicans, for the most part, played nice. Ginsberg was approved 96-3, Sotomayor 68-31. Then, to top it off the Dems changed the rules to allow judges to be confirmed by majority vote. They made their bed, now they are crying they might have to sleep in it. Boo hoo. All you who are saying it's the right thing to do to wait until after the new president is installed, have no moral ground on which to stand. I hope Trump submits a qualified candidate, preferably female, and McConnell rams it through.
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Sept 19, 2020 21:37:15 GMT -5
Hopefully moot. As there is no way that a nominee can, or should, be proposed, vetted or questioned under these circumstances. Sauce for the goose demands no nominee until after the election. This made me chuckle.
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