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Merkley: Supreme Court vacant seat 'is being stolen from the Obama administration'
The Washington Examiner ^ | November 11, 2016 | Ryan Lovelace

Posted on 11/11/2016 11:53:43 AM PST by kevcol

"The seat that is sitting empty is being stolen. It's being stolen from the Obama administration and the construct of our Constitution and it's being delivered to an administration that has no right to fill it," Merkley said.
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When pressed on his answer further, Merkley said he thought any nominee put forward by the president-elect in the next administration would be "illegitimate."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: jeffmerkley; scalia; scotus; trump
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To: kevcol

And should care what this a$$hole thinks because..........


61 posted on 11/11/2016 12:44:36 PM PST by ontap
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To: kevcol

We should ask justice Bork about this...oh wait!!!!!


62 posted on 11/11/2016 12:46:22 PM PST by ontap
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To: kevcol
Yes, you are right. We stole it for a conservative justice. That was the whole point of the little exercise we just went through, stiffening the spines of our weak sisters in the Senate to hold out confirmation until the election, and fighting like hell against globalist RINOs, democrats, to get someone in who would make good supreme court choices.

Now that we have stolen the seat fair and square, you are going to have to get things through the legislature and executive and can't just advance a "progressive" agenda through judicial fiat.

Sad I know, but their you are.

63 posted on 11/11/2016 12:47:30 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: kevcol

Waaaaaahhhhhhh! Waaaaahhhhh! Waaaaaaaahhhhhh!

Elections have consequences. We won. Deal with it.


64 posted on 11/11/2016 12:51:33 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: kevcol

The seat was paid for. McConnell won it on a bet. He was ready to go down with a worse Hillary appointment had she won.


65 posted on 11/11/2016 12:55:11 PM PST by jimfree (In November 2016 my 16 y/o granddaughter will have more quality exec experience than Barack Obama)
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To: wastoute
The one that we are being screwed out of is Ginsberg said she would quit if Trump won, so we’re even.

The Left is furious with Ginsburg that she refused to take the hint and retire ... before the election.

Obama wanted to replace her with a young and healthy appointee who would plague our country for another 50 years.

66 posted on 11/11/2016 1:03:36 PM PST by shhrubbery! (NIH!)
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To: shhrubbery!

The Rats were so confident the Hag would win they really screwed up. I love the smell of napalm in the morning!


67 posted on 11/11/2016 1:06:27 PM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: kevcol

What’s a Merkley?


68 posted on 11/11/2016 1:07:37 PM PST by ozzymandus
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To: kevcol

“...stolen from that Obama administration...”

As if a Supreme Court nomination is a possession which can be owned.


69 posted on 11/11/2016 1:21:51 PM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: RummyChick

Good reminder!


70 posted on 11/11/2016 1:23:07 PM PST by lacrew
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To: kevcol

Heck Merckley you better hope this new Congress does not take the nuclear option. I mean, after all, Harry Reid thought it was a great idea!!


71 posted on 11/11/2016 1:37:53 PM PST by Demanwideplan
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To: kevcol

Supreme Court appointment gives us a chance to take it back.


72 posted on 11/11/2016 1:46:48 PM PST 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: kevcol

Wow, this idiot is a US Senator? Never heard of him.


73 posted on 11/11/2016 1:57:42 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: kevcol

Payback for you guys stealing citizens’ sovereignty first.


74 posted on 11/11/2016 1:57:47 PM PST by 198ml ("Profit")
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To: kevcol

One time the Repubs stood up to the RAT thugs and this dork gets his panties in a wad. GFY pusscake.


75 posted on 11/11/2016 2:22:53 PM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (The first step in ending the War on White People, is to recognize it exists.)
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To: kevcol

A lot of people think Obama is illegitimate.


76 posted on 11/11/2016 2:25:25 PM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: kevcol

Is that bill nye the science guy or the nutty professor


77 posted on 11/11/2016 3:53:51 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: kevcol

Folks, not to me a downer but they will fillibuster everything in the Senate.
You can bet your house that McCain will be at the center of allowing them to get away with it and pushing Trump to nominate some moderate weenie. Even worse, he will be at the center of pushing for the Senate to vote on Merrick Garland.


78 posted on 11/11/2016 3:54:24 PM PST by FlipWilson
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To: NohSpinZone

He already got two bites at that apple. Hell no to a third bite


79 posted on 11/11/2016 4:01:55 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: wastoute

Appoint this Justice and get them on the court. Expand it to 11 with 2 more conservatives and then appoint others as Breyer and Ginsburg and Kennedy quit or die. Leave the Wise Latina and Kagan to themselves.


80 posted on 11/11/2016 4:32:38 PM PST by taterjay
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