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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by bluefirebrand on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @12:15PM (#42065553)
Arguably this stacking of the Supreme Court could have been prevented if Justices had retired when the Democrats still had control of appointing their replacements
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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by Shekelphile on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @01:17PM (#42066680)
No, nothing would have changed if that happened. Republicans have no qualms about overtly breaking the law and abandoning their duty and decorum. If they did then Garland would be a sitting SCJ and Gorsuch wouldn't.
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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by bluefirebrand on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @06:20PM (#42071095)
If RBG had retired while Obama was still president, it would have been a Democrat appointment, no?

Am I missing something?

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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by adgjlsfhk1 on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @09:46PM (#42072810)
yes. Scalia died in Feb 2016 (while Obama was president) and the senate refused to hold confirmation hearings on a successor until Trump took office in 2021.
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