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In reply to the discussion: A top aide for Senator Reid said this on MSNBC and it left me stunned. [View all]former9thward
(33,135 posts)57. I have a different copy of the Constitution than you do.
So does President Obama. Ours says the Senate has to consent.
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A top aide for Senator Reid said this on MSNBC and it left me stunned. [View all]
shockey80
Jun 2019
OP
I think one of the reasons that wasn't attempted was that there was no actual way to force a Justice
StarfishSaver
Jun 2019
#15
Ding, ding, ding, ding ding - This, he'll claim inaction is proof of the witch hunt
bigbrother05
Jun 2019
#12
Ya...evidently it wasn't that bad, unfortunately. supposedly they carry no cash and the
Laura PourMeADrink
Jun 2019
#75
Mueller cleared me, the Dems came at me again with another Witch Hunt, but I was cleared again
StarfishSaver
Jun 2019
#18
Her job is to hold the executive branch accountable for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Gore1FL
Jun 2019
#45
Trump will do this even if he was in handcuffs perp walked to jail. He's not sane
uponit7771
Jun 2019
#61
That wasn't a real option. - The Supreme Court wouldn't have seated him. n/t
PoliticAverse
Jun 2019
#58
unfortunately most of the 'popular sentiment' that media and dem leadership factors into
certainot
Jun 2019
#9
"significantly about not triggering the opposition to be activated " ... you mean like 2016
KPN
Jun 2019
#31
Speaker Pelosi as Atticus Finch. Defend the Constitution in the face of certain jury nullification.
Marcuse
Jun 2019
#16
You think that any other Obama nominee would have been treated differently by McConnell?
ehrnst
Jun 2019
#43
McConnell would have done the same thing - and then Obama would have been blamed
StarfishSaver
Jun 2019
#50
I like and admire Nancy Pelosi generally. She has been remarkably effective at shepherding
KPN
Jun 2019
#27
I don't believe when people say after the fact that they were going to be proactive...
Honeycombe8
Jun 2019
#36