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Alice11111

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3. ...but we can't block it without 3 more votes.

Reply to JHan (Original post)

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 06:16 PM

Mar 2017

Just the facts. No matter how hard the Dems fight.

Unless something comes out that would be so egregious that he turns off Repubs, it is just arithmetic.

It was egregious that Obama's pick wasn't even giving a hearing. Unfair, and probably unconstitutional. The only thing that could have been done was for Obama to have made a recess appointment. For some reason, he chose not to do that.

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If Gorsuch is confirmed, the legitimacy of the US supreme court won't recover- Russ Feingold [View all] JHan Mar 2017 OP

yeah - that won't happen. He'll be confirmed one way or the other. jmg257 Mar 2017 #1

Agree trof Mar 2017 #2

...but we can't block it without 3 more votes. Alice11111 Mar 2017 #3

They couldn't even derail one of those astoundingly bad cabinet nominees... FenwayDonkey Mar 2017 #4

K&R for visibility! nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #5