re: Dems to filibuster Gorsuch

I hope you're right.

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Sure. That was a lot of text to say "judges should judge shite."

Even RBG probably has a case out there that went "against her side." But we're speaking in shorthand on a message board.

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I wasn't really referring to you in particular, but more the general political projection, most troubling from the Senate.

I only listened to a bit of the hearing the other day, but I think it was Al Franken who was asking Gorsuch about remarks from Bannon at CPAC about him. He kept asking Bannon's remakes meant. It was ridiculous to ask that.

Worse yet, everytime Gorsuch said something about the difference between his personal views and his legal opinions as a judge, Franken would condescendingly say "we've heard that response before" as if it can't be true. Seemed like projection by Franken.

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montanagator

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Just STFU, nobody cares.

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Merrick garland would have voted in lockstep on dem talking points



So like Neil Gorsuch would for the right?

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What about Roberts and Kennedy?

Both appointed by a Republican.

When was the last time a lib justice dissented from the other libs?

You're a mental midget.

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I would like to think my opinion would remain the same. I would think it acceptable for HRC to name a SC Justice if she were president and under investigation.

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I assume you mean UNacceptable?
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FWIW I like the way you worded it. None of us know how we would react in any situation, until that situation happens.....it is accurate, and honest to say "I would like to think...."
Your honesty is appreciated!

Gorsuch never mattered. The plan was always to obstruct.

There were organized protesters in DC hours before Gorsuch was announced. When the organizer was asked by a journalist "what have you been protesting for last several hours before you knew that Gorsuch was the pick?", her response was "we reviewed Trumps entire nominee list and none of them are acceptable." The journalist followed up, "what decisions by Gorsuch trouble you?". She couldn't give an answer.

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I think Schumer is wrong in his justification, I disagree with my party on this one, and I think Gorsuch should be approved.

I don't think it right to hold the investigation over Trump's head as a means to prevent his nomination. If we Dems want to push the issue and filibuster, then do it for reasons about Gorsuch, not the man that nominated him.

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My bad. I thought you were saying you thought a President under FBI investigation should NOT be allowed to name a SCJustice, but you thought Schumer should not fight it.
In principle I could agree with this, but then the GOP and Dems would find a way to put every President under FBI investigation to keep them from appointing a nominee.

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If we Dems want to push the issue and filibuster, then do it for reasons about Gorsuch, not the man that nominated him.

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As it should be! make it about the man and his abilities to perform the duties. I wish political ideology had stayed away from the Supreme Court. There is not place for it. (I am talking about both sides)