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tblue37

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11. But can you imagine the effect he would have on the SCOTUS--and how it would get Roberts',
Tue Oct 25, 2016, 08:11 AM
Oct 2016

Alito's, and Thomas's panties all twisted up--not to mention Ryan's, McConnell's, and the rest of the GOP crime syndicate.

If we take the Senate and Schumer ditches the filibuster for judges, Hillary will get her SCOTUS picks through.

Oh, and imagine if she pulled the nomination of Garland and then nominated Obama to replace him, since several GOP senators had said before Garland's nomination that he would be the best pick the GOP could hope for from a Democratic president but that they didn't think Obama would ever make such an excellent choice.

Oh, what a marvelous dream!

Obviously Obama is too nice and respectful to to accept a nomination in place of the judge he himself had nominated, but still, the idea gives me serious delight.

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