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Don’t Bet the Court: Confirm Garland In August
American Spectator ^ | 3/18/16 | Wohlstetter

Posted on 03/18/2016 2:11:36 PM PDT by pabianice

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21 posted on 03/18/2016 2:54:43 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: pabianice

We allowed Democrats to put “moderates on the court beofre.It might indeed be smart to confirm him if it looks like were are going to lose.But,, I wouldn’t bet were are going to lose this November not with a scandal ridden Hillary on the donk ticket..


22 posted on 03/18/2016 2:56:32 PM PDT by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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To: pabianice

Agree with you.

Actually it’s in the best interest of both sides to keep this hanging fire at least until after the general elections. Keeps their bases stirred up and committed to voting. IMO


23 posted on 03/18/2016 2:57:20 PM PDT by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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To: fwdude

Not even a year. Even if the Senate commenced hearings by Mid-April, there would be no confirmation until the after the end of the term in June. The next term starts October 1. Cruz or Trump announces the nominee on January 20th. Confirmed by mid-February and hears 70% of the cases for the term.


24 posted on 03/18/2016 3:11:18 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: pabianice

Sure. Why not confirm Garland sooner? Then Obama has 5 or 6 more months to thank Ruth Bader Ginsburg for her brilliant contribution etc. and nominate a younger version to take her place making sure that the Court is 6-3, all six very left, for another generation at best. Next up, Breyer who is no kid and may want to have some time with his grandchildren and the beat goes on.


25 posted on 03/18/2016 3:16:34 PM PDT by masadaman
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To: pabianice

welp scratch one more ‘conservative blog’ from my list-

What the hell kind of liberal defeatist mentality is this crap from AS? IF we get a democrat president- then we’ve lost the SC anyways as that president will likely appoint a couple more SC justices as some are ready to retire- IF however a republican gets in then we’ve slit our own throats by buckling to the defeatist idiotic agenda of those declaring we should hire this judge ‘we might get something worse later IF a democrat wins’

Cripes! What the hell is wrong with ‘conservatives’ lately? Even fox news is trotting this nonsense out nonstop!


26 posted on 03/18/2016 3:25:42 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Dilbert San Diego

[[And there will.probably be two or three more Supreme Court vacancies for the next president to fill. If that president is Democrat then we lose the court anyway.]]

Exactly but people like American Spectator columnists apparently think we should just throw in the towel now


27 posted on 03/18/2016 3:26:52 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: pabianice

“The odds simply aren’t there that a more conservative nominee can emerge.”

Perfect example of why patriots and conservatives despise the GOPe. They’re cowards, losers and surrender monkeys. They need to be squashed like bugs.


28 posted on 03/18/2016 3:39:06 PM PDT by sergeantdave ( If not you, who? If not now, when?)
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To: pabianice; All

This is the most stupid argument that I have seen made about the court.

Insure that you get a far left jurist, to prevent that you might get a far left jurist?

Insanity.


29 posted on 03/18/2016 3:44:37 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: exit82

They’re out of session July, Aug, September.


30 posted on 03/18/2016 5:06:48 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: TigersEye
The editor-in-chief of the Spectator is R. Emmett Tyrell, who yesterday was described to you as a great, visionary, bedrock conservative.

Not.

31 posted on 03/18/2016 5:12:17 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey (..)
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To: scrabblehack
They’re out of session July, Aug, September.

Excellent point.

That's 308-92 days = 216 days the Court is in session until Obama leaves office.

Another point is that it is three months until the end of the present term,so a new justice should not be brought in to vote on cases already heard and which are now being decided.

32 posted on 03/18/2016 5:15:02 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Fightin Whitey

To be honest I was confusing his name for someone else but the first paragraph of his article did nothing to dispel my mistake. It could have been written by a radical liberal.

Stuff happens!


33 posted on 03/18/2016 5:18:25 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: pabianice

Wait until after the election to decide whether to hold hearings or not.


34 posted on 03/18/2016 5:55:03 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (The most vocal supporters of a good con man are the victims.)
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To: fwdude

We can only hope that it goes to 7! One less leftist


35 posted on 03/19/2016 12:59:21 PM PDT by nobamanomore
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