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Trump shouldn't be allowed to choose a justice... (Original Post) ehrnst Feb 2017 OP
He didn't choose this one DFW Feb 2017 #1
I think you missed it. Solomon Feb 2017 #2
Not impossible DFW Feb 2017 #3
Implying this is the last year of his presidency... Blue_Warrior Feb 2017 #8
That is what I didn't DFW Feb 2017 #9
LOL! fleur-de-lisa Feb 2017 #4
most excellent nt Fresh_Start Feb 2017 #5
Excellent!! Initech Feb 2017 #6
Bingo! dalton99a Feb 2017 #7

DFW

(54,436 posts)
3. Not impossible
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 08:51 AM
Feb 2017

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.

DFW

(54,436 posts)
9. That is what I didn't
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 01:08 PM
Feb 2017

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.

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