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Botany

(70,635 posts)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 02:29 PM Oct 2020

Barrett could be at work on the Supreme Court as early as Tuesday.

If Judge Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court today as expected, she will almost immediately confront a host of issues concerning the election and the policies of President Trump, who placed her on the court. Here are some answers to frequently asked questions.


As soon as she is sworn in, meaning she could be at work on Tuesday. Under the court’s usual practices, she cannot participate in cases that have already been argued. Should the court deadlock in some of those cases, though, the court can set them down for re-argument before the full court.


https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10/26/us/trump-biden-election

Enjoy your victory GOP/Judicial Crisis Network. It will be a pyrrhic one.

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Barrett could be at work on the Supreme Court as early as Tuesday. (Original Post) Botany Oct 2020 OP
Just in time to hear the second case on PA mail in ballot counting. Nevilledog Oct 2020 #1
It's not pyrrhic really ... mr_lebowski Oct 2020 #2
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
2. It's not pyrrhic really ...
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 02:33 PM
Oct 2020

It's a full-on victory putting someone as young and extreme as her into a lifetime appointment into the 2nd most-powerful position in the government after POTUS.

It's not going to be what costs them POTUS and possibly Senate, so ...

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