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no_hypocrisy

(46,100 posts) Tue Sep 22, 2020, 09:12 AM Sep 2020

The whole process of nominating a USSC candidate is wrong, even if a moderate jurist were involved.

It's plain anti-democratic. It has the illusion of democracy, but it isn't.

McConnell uses two standards to install, not vote in, the next Associate Justice. Making the Court a solid conservative, if not outright right wing for at least a generation.

This is not how the Founders intended for the Constitution to work. It's gaming the System. Pure and simple.

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The whole process of nominating a USSC candidate is wrong, even if a moderate jurist were involved. (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Sep 2020 OP

we have known this for a 100 years and the SC has always been a political weapon both sides beachbumbob Sep 2020 #1

The process was not intended to be democratic by that definition FBaggins Sep 2020 #2

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)

1. we have known this for a 100 years and the SC has always been a political weapon both sides

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Tue Sep 22, 2020, 09:15 AM

Sep 2020

want control of. 2016 outcome gave us what we have today. Thank the Jill Stein voters and Putin

FBaggins

(26,735 posts)

2. The process was not intended to be democratic by that definition

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Tue Sep 22, 2020, 10:07 AM

Sep 2020

It was designed to almost be as far from democratic as possible.

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