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TwilightZone

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4. It's not either/or

Reply to JHB (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 19, 2020, 08:52 PM

Sep 2020

It can be a symbolic argument, certainly, but that doesn't preclude understanding the circumstances. I would argue that the theft of the seat was placing Kavanaugh in it more than Kennedy's departure.

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so objectively Trump and McConnel stole three supreme court seats. [View all] drray23 Sep 2020 OP

Kennedy wasn't really a surprise. TwilightZone Sep 2020 #1

his son got a sweet deal when he retired. drray23 Sep 2020 #2

I know we have this compulsion to want all the facts neatly arranged, but... JHB Sep 2020 #3

It's not either/or TwilightZone Sep 2020 #4