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In reply to the discussion: We've lost the Supreme Court. What now? [View all]Raster
(20,998 posts)37. But you don't know, because that vote has not yet happened.
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Hopefully, this will be the bridge too far. They have exposed their grap for power at any cost.
olegramps
Sep 2018
#108
Yes. Let's have more history being made. A sexual predator - no, a SECOND sexual predator
calimary
Sep 2018
#123
This is very true, but Kavanaugh is not Kennedy. He's a serial sexual assaulter & blackout drunk.
Texin
Sep 2018
#53
He is a right wing political activist. I was just responding to the OP claiming that we lost the
Trust Buster
Sep 2018
#57
He was supposed to replace right wing Scalia. I was just responding to the OP claiming we
Trust Buster
Sep 2018
#81
We were always going to lose the Supreme Court; the fix was in when Trump was elected.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2018
#28
Yes, but even if Kavanaugh isn't confirmed by that vote they'll just
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2018
#42
I live in one of the bluest and safest for DFL candidates districts in the country
geardaddy
Sep 2018
#47
Not quite yet MM. It isn't over. It still needs the full Senate, though the odds are against us.
still_one
Sep 2018
#54
I pretty assumed that anyway, but it isn't over until it is over. As for Murkowski, there are other
still_one
Sep 2018
#77
Doesn't look good. They wouldn't risk putting C and M on record unless they were sure.
Amishman
Sep 2018
#94
Take back the other two Branches, expand the Court by two and start to rebuild democracy
eleny
Sep 2018
#56
the greater the dems control both houses the more likely it is a SC judge can be impeached
mulsh
Sep 2018
#113
Sooner or later many here will understand that the system of government we curretly have
The Liberal Lion
Sep 2018
#67
If we don't have 51 Senate seats come January 2019 we in even deeper shit than we are now
inwiththenew
Sep 2018
#68
The vote is Tuesday. I hate inaccurate OPs that can cause people to give up. Been seeing them for
bettyellen
Sep 2018
#73
they can't, they're supposed to remain impartial. Selection is up to Congress, not existing SCOTUS
onetexan
Sep 2018
#84
Agreed, rules no longer apply, at all, well they do to us and decent people but not the
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2018
#98
He hasn't been confirmed yet. Yes, Grassley will pass it out of committee on
PatrickforO
Sep 2018
#93
SO far, all we've lost is the Judiciary Committee vote. Kavanawful is not confirmed yet
DFW
Sep 2018
#96
What happened in the 60's when our elected representatives refused to end an immoral War?
jalan48
Sep 2018
#109
The War ended because people organized and protested against it. Without that pressure it
jalan48
Sep 2018
#118
Some how we need to change the process by which SCOTUS nominees get a hearing &
usaf-vet
Sep 2018
#112
I believe I said "some how"! If I knew the answer I would be first to spell it out.
usaf-vet
Sep 2018
#120