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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Gorsuch should not be confirmed because Trump is in the final year of his presidency.
Republicans set the precedent."
NYT reader comments rule. This was the top one here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/us/politics/congress-republicans-health-care-infrastructure-taxes.html
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)JHB
(37,160 posts)Since it's campaign season, obviously we can't seat a new SC justice until the people have made their will clear.
Hey, their rules!
Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)But, like you said, that is their rules not ours.
Response to JHB (Reply #2)
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Rincewind
(1,203 posts)56% voted against trump, a veritable landslide of historic proportions.
Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)the McConnell rule is that no SCOTUS nominee may be appointed while there is an election cycle going on. Trump has already announced and filed his paperwork for the 2020 election, so by their own rules, the GOP cannot allow any SCOTUS to fill the vacancy!
LisaM
(27,813 posts)Try to weasel out of that one, McConnell.
neeksgeek
(1,214 posts)MFM008
(19,814 posts)he wont be there in 2020.
procon
(15,805 posts)Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Kaleva
(36,307 posts)pbmus
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klook
(12,155 posts)malaise
(269,020 posts)Love it
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)BSdetect
(8,998 posts)McConnel is the weasel in chief.
Old Terp
(464 posts)and his appointment might even be worse, especially with regard to rights of women to control their bodies, and just general rights of people to determine their sex lives.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)manicraven
(901 posts)UTUSN
(70,698 posts)peggysue2
(10,829 posts)Perfecto!
Liberal In Red State
(442 posts)struggle4progress
(118,288 posts)tinrobot
(10,903 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)BSdetect
(8,998 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)SunSeeker
(51,559 posts)Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)According to the GOP...
Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Sure wish the Dems would go with this. That would be so gooood.
kairos12
(12,862 posts)Laf.La.Dem.
(2,943 posts)dae
(3,396 posts)louis-t
(23,295 posts)Jeez, I spit coffee out of my nose!
DinahMoeHum
(21,791 posts)Right now it stands as #2907.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)logosoco
(3,208 posts)C Moon
(12,213 posts)mvd
(65,174 posts)K&R