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HongKongFluey -10 points ago +9 / -19

But McConnell’s reason was that the senate would not make appointments during an election year. Nothing would happen until after November

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Crimson_Identity 34 points ago +34 / -0

Would the left follow this precedent? No? Then why the fuck should the right?

It's time to stop playing by rules that hamstring us but not them.

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Two_Scoops__ 8 points ago +8 / -0

exactly. Why do we play by the rules when the other side doesn't even recognize any rules?

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MightyEighth 12 points ago +13 / -1

Thinking like this is why we’re in the mess we’re in, time to stop taking the high road and pretending there’s some set of rules to follow.

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spezisacuckold 5 points ago +5 / -0

There are rules to follow. The rules are that we’re allowed to make Supreme Court Justice appointments whenever we want so long as we have the numbers and there’s a vacancy. We have the numbers and there’s soon to be a vacancy. Any “rule” other than that is NOT a rule, it’s a “suggestion”.

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Marshall 3 points ago +4 / -1

That's because he had the power to do it. Reasoning is political and changes with who has power. There's never any principal from any Washington politician anymore. That's why we still need outsiders.

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HongKongFluey 3 points ago +5 / -2

Sorry but the double standards are the left’s way of doing things. We’re better than that.

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Bouldabassed 1 point ago +1 / -0

And if we lose we will know the first thing to point to.