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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
(23,765 posts)JHB
(37,161 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
(1,205 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
(27,830 posts)Try to weasel out of that one, McConnell.
neeksgeek
(1,214 posts)MFM008
(19,818 posts)he wont be there in 2020.
procon
(15,805 posts)Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Kaleva
(36,341 posts)pbmus
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klook
(12,165 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Love it
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)BSdetect
(8,999 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
(49,036 posts)manicraven
(901 posts)UTUSN
(70,734 posts)peggysue2
(10,839 posts)Perfecto!
Liberal In Red State
(442 posts)struggle4progress
(118,334 posts)tinrobot
(10,916 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)BSdetect
(8,999 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)SunSeeker
(51,683 posts)Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)According to the GOP...
Lucky Luciano
(11,258 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Sure wish the Dems would go with this. That would be so gooood.
kairos12
(12,871 posts)Laf.La.Dem.
(2,944 posts)dae
(3,396 posts)louis-t
(23,297 posts)Jeez, I spit coffee out of my nose!
DinahMoeHum
(21,808 posts)Right now it stands as #2907.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)logosoco
(3,208 posts)C Moon
(12,221 posts)mvd
(65,180 posts)K&R