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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by TylerE on Monday July 01, 2024 @06:47PM (#40851654)
It would have put a lot of prominent Republicans - including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell - in an awkward position because a number of them had previously said he was a great candidate for the court.

So, they either make a liar out of themselves, or become a rank hypocrite.

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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by danielmarkbruce on Monday July 01, 2024 @07:19PM (#40851876)
They are politicians...

Anyway, I'll grant it's symbolically different and it wasn't a good look. In practice though, the senate has to be on board with the nomination and in both cases they were not and it didn't go through in either.

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