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rlegro

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3. And let's note this, from Heather Cox Richardson:

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Tue Oct 13, 2020, 10:35 AM

Oct 2020

"In 2016, when it looked like Hillary Clinton was going to win the presidency, Republicans announced that they would not fill any Supreme Court seats during her term, and if that meant they had to reduce the size of the Supreme Court, they were willing." Anyway, let's stop feeding into the GOP frame by calling any redress "packing the courts." That's what they did already. We're re-balancing them, for sure.

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Republicans are trying to make court expansion a mortal sin. Don't let them. [View all] Zorro Oct 2020 OP

i hope we understand that what repugs say is unimportant if we get back into power samsingh Oct 2020 #1

The Republicans have thrown the rulebooks out the window Chainfire Oct 2020 #2

Yup - it's Mitch's Rules now. Gloves off, brass knuckles on. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #4

And let's note this, from Heather Cox Richardson: rlegro Oct 2020 #3

Unpack the Trump Court, or live forever under their rule dalton99a Oct 2020 #5