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applegrove

(118,426 posts) Thu Nov 22, 2018, 10:56 PM Nov 2018

I guess they are not happy with Roberts pick as a Supreme Court Judge.

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I guess they are not happy with Roberts pick as a Supreme Court Judge. (Original Post) applegrove Nov 2018 OP

I hope they become even less happy with him in the future... regnaD kciN Nov 2018 #1

Me too. I hope he isn't tapping down Trump now to create a precedent for applegrove Nov 2018 #3

Yes they are. Iliyah Nov 2018 #2

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)

1. I hope they become even less happy with him in the future...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Nov 22, 2018, 11:02 PM

Nov 2018

To be frank, his previous votes, aside from the one concerning the ACA, have been pretty abysmal (and just about what the Heritage Foundation would want), but I'm hoping this week's interchange will mean at least that he may prove resistant to Trump's claims of "unitary executive" powers, because he's the only one standing in the way of a series of 5-4 decisions that could give us an "imperial presidency"...permanently.

applegrove

(118,426 posts)

3. Me too. I hope he isn't tapping down Trump now to create a precedent for

Reply to regnaD kciN (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 22, 2018, 11:07 PM

Nov 2018

not allowing democrats to complain when the right wing Supreme Court gets going on enforced monogamy or whatever they have planned.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

2. Yes they are.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Nov 22, 2018, 11:04 PM

Nov 2018

smoke.

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