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Trump shouldn't be allowed to choose a justice... (Original Post)
ehrnst
Feb 2017
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DFW
(54,436 posts)1. He didn't choose this one
Bannon did.
Solomon
(12,319 posts)2. I think you missed it.
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What did I miss? It's 2 PM here, and I've had 5 hours sleep in the last 2 days. California could have seceded and then blown up the San Adreas fault to have a natural border, and I would have missed that, too.
Blue_Warrior
(135 posts)8. Implying this is the last year of his presidency...
DFW
(54,436 posts)9. That is what I didn't
I referred to their excuse that they blocked Garland due to the fact that it was Obama's last year of his presidency, and pointed out that there had been other cases where a Supreme Court Justice was nominated and confirmed in the last year of the presidency of other presidents, some of whom were Republican.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)4. LOL!
Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)5. most excellent nt
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Initech
(100,102 posts)6. Excellent!!
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)7. Bingo!