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rateyes

(17,438 posts) Thu Jun 28, 2018, 08:41 AM Jun 2018

If Dems get control of the Senate and we elect a Dem POTUS in 2020

the new president can nominate additional Supreme Court justices. Nothing in the Constitution that says s/he can’t pack the court, and with filibuster gone for SC picks, nothing Republicans can do to stop it.

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If Dems get control of the Senate and we elect a Dem POTUS in 2020 (Original Post) rateyes Jun 2018 OP

They would just pull the same stunt itsrobert Jun 2018 #1

itsrobert

(14,157 posts)

1. They would just pull the same stunt

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Thu Jun 28, 2018, 08:43 AM

Jun 2018

When they are in control. Let's seek real solutions.

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