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Stinky The Clown

(67,790 posts)
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 08:34 PM Feb 2016

John Roberts has it in his power to be a calming voice of reason

He could take a place at a podium someplace and tell the country his preference is to have a ninth as soon as possible.

He could take a place at a podium someplace and tell the country he intends to shelve all cases that will have a 4-4 tie, placing the lower court ruling on hold.

He could prevail on his colleagues and issue a joint statement that they want a ninth.

Any of those is the right thing to do.

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John Roberts has it in his power to be a calming voice of reason (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Feb 2016 OP
Power? Or will power? ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2016 #1
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