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Nevilledog

(51,078 posts) Tue Oct 20, 2020, 12:46 PM Oct 2020

Letting Trump damage the Supreme Court's integrity could ruin SCOTUS when we need it the most

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Barb McQuade
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GOP’s race to fill #RBG’s #SCOTUS seat after denying Merrick Garland a vote is a “bald political power play unbefitting the Supreme Court and the justices who serve on it.” ⁦@JoyceWhiteVance⁩ in @MSNBC

Letting Trump damage the Supreme Court’s integrity could ruin SCOTUS when we need it the most
Our government cannot function properly when people lose confidence in it.
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Letting Trump damage the Supreme Court's integrity could ruin SCOTUS when we need it the most (Original Post) Nevilledog Oct 2020 OP

For 'Could' Read 'Will', Ma'am The Magistrate Oct 2020 #1

Thanks, msnbc, for that hypocritical comment when you've carried as much water for abqtommy Oct 2020 #2

What are you smoking? hedda_foil Oct 2020 #4

Not just "Trump." Never just "Trump." He's not doing this by himself... JHB Oct 2020 #3

too late, done deal already, SCOTUS "integrity" died in 2017 (or 2000 by some reckonings) 0rganism Oct 2020 #5

The Magistrate

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1. For 'Could' Read 'Will', Ma'am

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Tue Oct 20, 2020, 12:50 PM

Oct 2020

'Old Hickory' is none too popular in these parts, but before long a reprise of 'Justice Marshall has made his decision, let him enforce it' may become a necessity in our political life. A court has no power to enforce its decisions, enforcement is a prerogative of the Executive....