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jmowreader

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2. Oh, there's a simple way to solve the Garland problem...

Reply to brush (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 02:25 PM

Mar 2016

All the Supremes need do is find a lower-court ruling the Republicans really hate - a case where the lower court found in favor of more regulation would be good - and "affirm by an equally divided court."

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Supreme Court Hands Down First 4-To-4 Decision Since Antonin Scalia�s Death [View all] Cryptoad Mar 2016 OP

Seems if the 4-4 decisions keep on even more pressure will be applied to Turtle Man to hold . . . brush Mar 2016 #1

Oh, there's a simple way to solve the Garland problem... jmowreader Mar 2016 #2

So someone would have to bring such a case to the court and get it on the docket? brush Mar 2016 #3

And it'd have to be quick because there are only a few weeks left in the current session jmowreader Mar 2016 #4

Isn't a tie the opposite of a decision? lagomorph777 Mar 2016 #5

What? greymouse Mar 2016 #6

Yeah, with a 4-4 deadlock from SCOTUS, the circuit court's decision holds. brush Mar 2016 #7

This is nonsense right now. For several reasons. Yo_Mama Mar 2016 #8

The Senate Majority Leader saying there will be no hearing isn't obstructionism to you? brush Mar 2016 #9

It will be, if it comes true. What you wrote is not true now. Yo_Mama Mar 2016 #10

It's still nonsense to say that as party leader, you won't allow hearings. brush Mar 2016 #11

That nuclear option is looking like a great decision now. sofa king Mar 2016 #12

u know if appeals be filled in any Fed Appeal court or,, Cryptoad Mar 2016 #13

Yep. sofa king Mar 2016 #14

4-4 decisions are the fly in the ointment of the Republican strategy. yellowcanine Mar 2016 #15