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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 14 days
Dems were one Comey letter away from a 5-4 liberal court!
Avatar Micah @rincewind.run · 16 days
“democrats have to win every election forever” is not a sustainable solution and it is quite literally the one we are facing unless we break the power of this court
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scott @stahl.bsky.social · 14 days
this presumes anthony kennedy would have still resigned
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 14 days
No, open Scalia seat. Hillary wins, appoints her judge, 5-4 liberal court.
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alex moar @moar2ax.bsky.social · 14 days
do you think they'd have actually held hearings and approved her nominations? IIRC at least one sitting senator (Graham) was on record as saying they would not.
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Torr Leonard 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 14 days
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Avatar Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 14 days
That was Ted Cruz, and I'm the guy he said it to. I noted in that piece that Grassley, the committee chair, had promised to hold a vote if Clinton won. www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-po...
Cruz says there’s precedent for keeping ninth Supreme Court seat emptywww.washingtonpost.com He appeared to suggest that the blockade on nominee Merrick Garland could last past the election.