Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died
by zacksinclair on Friday September 18, 2020 @07:44PM
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Do you recall when the republican party blocked Obama's ability to appoint in the run-up to the last election? (parent commenter is referencing this)
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"In the run up" meaning that Scalia died in February 2016, nine months before the election, and the very solemnly contemplative senator from Kentucky announced “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president."
It wasn't even in the "run up" to the election - Scalia died in early February. Garland was nominated in mid March. Obama had 10 more months in the Presidency (~23% of his presidency left when Scalia died and McConnell said we shouldn't fill a vacancy in an election year).
Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died
by hindsightbias on Friday September 18, 2020 @07:45PM
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Biden Rule!
Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died
by tick_tock_tick on Friday September 18, 2020 @08:01PM
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