09-18-2020, 06:04 PM
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
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I will be submitting my application to marry...oh. Any Canadian CP member who will have me.
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I’ve always wanted a sham wedding just for the gifts!
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09-18-2020, 06:04 PM
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#22
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Lifetime In Suspension
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Right, if they want to play hardball is there anything stopping them from expanding the bench to 13?
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I don’t believe so, no. I’m pretty sure constitutionally whomever is in power can go hog wild expanding the court if they really want to. Now I will also add that I don’t believe there is any universe that exists where Democrats actually sack up and play hardball so this is a hypothetical exercise but still. The reality is the US is about to become a very hard right country in the judicial branch for a very long time.
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09-18-2020, 06:10 PM
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#23
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
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09-18-2020, 06:10 PM
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Devastating and shocking news. Rest in power. RBG was a tremendous person, and shouldn't just be remembered as a member of the supreme court. She was so much more than that.
This news fills me with dread, and I'm not even an American.
RBG's vacancy could be filled with a Trump lap dog before the election. Then Trump can easily get the election results thrown out if he loses.
There are no words.
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09-18-2020, 06:42 PM
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#25
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Location: Calgary
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F.
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09-18-2020, 06:57 PM
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#26
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09-18-2020, 07:04 PM
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#27
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Well, America is ****ed.
Moscow Mitch didn’t even wait until her body was cold to announce the obvious.
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09-18-2020, 07:05 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Indiana
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was one of those people who are unbelievably smart and hardworking. Extremely driven right until the end.
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09-18-2020, 07:10 PM
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#29
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Don't worry guys, the Republican senators were quite clear on this 4 years ago, so I'm sure they'll abide by that philosophy.
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This vacancy arose during Obama's final year as president, and shortly after Scalia's death was announced, Republican Senate leaders declared that because Scalia's seat had become vacant during an election year, the Senate would not even consider a nomination from the president.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merric...nth%20earlier.
FWIW Obama made the nomination on March 16, 2016. We're now 46 days out from the election. Can the Democratic senators and American public writ large find a way to delay this sufficiently?
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09-18-2020, 07:12 PM
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#30
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Cape Breton Island
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McConnell is already saying the vote will happen.
Get your popcorn.
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09-18-2020, 07:14 PM
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#31
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Oh for Christ's sake you have got to be ####ing kidding me.
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09-18-2020, 07:25 PM
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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I really wish it was Moscow Mitch that died instead of RBG.
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09-18-2020, 07:28 PM
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#34
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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
I really wish it was Moscow Mitch that died instead of RBG.
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Check the calendar; it’s 2020.
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09-18-2020, 07:28 PM
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#35
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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
I really wish it was Moscow Mitch that died instead of RBG.
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Some other Trump stooge would just take his place.
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09-18-2020, 07:59 PM
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#36
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this is devastating
what a giant. I'm not sure we deserved her.
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09-18-2020, 08:06 PM
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#37
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
I really wish it was Moscow Mitch that died instead of RBG.
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Any chance you could get a contract to build a new dam in Kentucky?
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09-18-2020, 08:07 PM
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#38
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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Nm
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09-18-2020, 08:34 PM
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
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McConnell is such an ass. Denying RBG's dying wish on the night of her passing and even further exposing himself as a terrible hypocrite. What a prick.
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09-18-2020, 08:41 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Calgary
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This is the most upset I've been about politics in a long time.
Of all the crappy things Trump has done, there was always Nov 4, 2020. Now with a stacked court and polarized everything, who knows. The US might not even have elections anymore.
I just feel like all my trust in the institutions of justice has been betrayed and I don't know what the future holds for the Western world.
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