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In reply to the discussion: We've lost the Supreme Court. What now? [View all]inwiththenew
(972 posts)68. If we don't have 51 Senate seats come January 2019 we in even deeper shit than we are now
You think it's bad now wait until Trump gets another 1-2 more Supreme Court justices on the bench. If we don't get enough to block the Pence tiebreaker then we are in a world of shit. At a minimum I think that Thomas will retire and we have to hope like hell the other 4 can hold on. Breyer is 80 and RBG is 85. That does not give you a warm and fuzzy.
If we don't get 51 seats then 2016 could end up going down as probably one of the most crucial election in the recent history of the country if Trump gets to put possibly 4 judges on the bench.
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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