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DallasNE

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11. Her Response Was Feeble

Reply to Laelth (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 15, 2020, 11:20 AM

Oct 2020

Sen. Klobuchar did not insinuate that THE reason she was nominated was for her work on Bush v. Gore. But with her being the 3rd person to be elevated to the highest court with a background of working on that case it sure looks like icing on the cake to many of Americans.

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Barrett "can't remember" her work on Bush v Gore. Amy Klobuchar helps jog her memory. [View all] Miles Archer Oct 2020 OP

Senator Klobuchar wasn't expecting an answer. Laelth Oct 2020 #1

Regarding your "P.S." MyOwnPeace Oct 2020 #3

Yes. Indeed. n/t Laelth Oct 2020 #5

Her Response Was Feeble DallasNE Oct 2020 #11

K&R for Amy K! Blue Owl Oct 2020 #2

What doesn't make sense to me is why this young lawyer is being considered for highest court lettucebe Oct 2020 #4

Because She's A Far Right Vote For The Next 4-5 Decades nt sfstaxprep Oct 2020 #8

Because we stupidly appoint justices for life. tinrobot Oct 2020 #16

Because she has proven that she will do what she's told to do. Yavin4 Oct 2020 #17

Barrett can't remember what she did 20 years ago? gratuitous Oct 2020 #6

+1 GeorgeGist Oct 2020 #10

On a case that changed the course of an American election? Please. LuckyLib Oct 2020 #12

I'd say pretty damn stoopid to be a Supreme Court justice, ain't she?...... lastlib Oct 2020 #14

Deceptive -- Not a good trait for someone in the judiciary deciding other people's credibility. TheBlackAdder Oct 2020 #7

+1 Exactly. She knows that the Federalist Society has ranked her, but would never say on what. ancianita Oct 2020 #25

"That doesn't make sense to me." flotsam Oct 2020 #9

What are the odds of the court trying to overturn a Biden win? Marius25 Oct 2020 #13

Zero. Esp. if Biden wins big. Yavin4 Oct 2020 #18

Trump and the Republicans are normalizing the idea of SCOTUS being involved. NYC Liberal Oct 2020 #24

There was absolutely no reason for SCOTUS to be involved in Bush v Gore, either. Yet here we are. ancianita Oct 2020 #26

She has trouble "remembering" her lies from 3 years ago Arazi Oct 2020 #15

Way to go, Sen. Klobuchar! Kid Berwyn Oct 2020 #19

it's only the biggest most influential case she has ever been on. RANDYWILDMAN Oct 2020 #20

Test her for Alzheimers and disqualify her. nt Ilsa Oct 2020 #21

When are we going to start impeaching justices who lie to congress? ArizonaLib Oct 2020 #22

It's an idea that has been floated over the last 2 years bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #23