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2016 Postmortem

In reply to the discussion: SCOTUS Idle Speculation [View all]

davidpdx

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6. It seems doubtful that President Obama would be able to get through a nominee
Sun Aug 24, 2014, 06:48 AM
Aug 2014

with the Congress he has now. I don't see it getting any better in the next Congress either. If one of the justices died, I think he'd be forced to choose between picking a very moderate to right nominee or not picking one at all.

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