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icymist

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Wed Feb 24, 2016, 04:26 PM Feb 2016

Judiciary Committee Letter Opposing Supreme Court Hearings

Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee sent this letter to the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, vowing not to hold hearings on a nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia. FEB. 23, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/02/23/us/politics/document-Senate-SCOTUS-Letter.html?_r=0

So there we have it! US Senators putting in writing that they will completely ignore their Oath of Office to uphold the Constitution of the United States.

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