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vi5

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18. He was replacing liberal justices

Reply to savalez (Reply #16)

Wed Aug 13, 2014, 07:05 AM

Aug 2014

When the conservative justices retire there will be 10 times the pressure to appoint someone in keeping with those justices philosophies.

And we've all seen which way things break in this adminstration when there's pressure from the left and pressure from the right.

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Obama tries to motivate Democrats with Supreme Court warning [View all] IDemo Aug 2014 OP

"tries" Iliyah Aug 2014 #1

No shit. Bias reporting all the way. savalez Aug 2014 #15

What makes us think Pres. Obama would nominate a Democrat? MrTriumph Aug 2014 #2

What makes us think any of them would actually step down? durablend Aug 2014 #3

no kidding. His whole administration can be described in three steps ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2014 #4

We MUST keep the Senate. We need a check on unrestrained "bi-partisanship" blkmusclmachine Aug 2014 #12

Exactly vi5 Aug 2014 #6

No doubt BHO would replace a righty with another righty. Gotta keep "bi-partisanship" burning bright blkmusclmachine Aug 2014 #13

What do you think of Sotomayor and Kagan? Cali_Democrat Aug 2014 #11

Sotomayor and Kagan savalez Aug 2014 #16

He was replacing liberal justices vi5 Aug 2014 #18

Obama picked Kagen and Sotomayor, yes? What's your beef with them, overall? nt Hekate Aug 2014 #17

Well that was a nice little chat. L0oniX Aug 2014 #5

He's right Dopers_Greed Aug 2014 #7

Anything Obama says needs to be amplified, because the media will only report on the things Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #8

Corporate media is horse. .shit Iliyah Aug 2014 #9

Some posters here are also victims of the mass media mass propaganda...it is used because it works. Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #10

TOO many people think voting is a waste of time. rickyhall Aug 2014 #14