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Originally Posted by BoLevi
"The one thing I think is important to dispel is any notion that somehow that this is some well established tradition, or some constitutional principle, that a president in his last year in office cannot fill a Supreme Court vacancy. It’s not in the text of the constitution, and ironically these are Republicans who say they believe in reading the text of the constitution and focusing on the intent of the constitution. None of the founding fathers thought that when it comes to the president carrying out his duties, he can do it for three years and then on the last year stop doing it."
- Barrack Obama on Merrick Garland
(Also, when people say "both sides, many side...rheeee", I just assume they have exhausted any good arguments.)
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Yes, because that is the way it was always done... up until 2016 when the Republicans blocked Obama from doing it.
The statement was correct at the time Obama made it, and the Dems are correct right now for trying to hold Republicans to the standard that they themselves set.
Sure you can see why one is hypocrisy and the other isn't.
Of course politics is full of hypocrisy on both sides, but this is not an example of "both sides doing the same things".