Trump's wish for the Supreme Court may be his downfall: CNN OP ED

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/05/opinions/trump-supreme-court-pick-downfall-tusk/

By Bradley Tusk Updated 8:54 AM ET, Fri July 6, 2018

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There's no easily foreseeable reason the Senate won't be able to confirm whomever Trump nominates. In theory, Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, could join the 49 Democrats and slow the process, but it may not be realistic to expect every Democrat to stick together, particularly ones up for re-election in red states.

That means the next Supreme Court justice will likely view Roe v. Wade as bad law and eventually vote to overturn it. If the Republicans are smart, they'll do everything in their power to persuade the court to wait until after the 2020 election, since according to the latest Pew poll, a majority of Americans support abortion in all or most cases.

But let's say the five conservative justices can't restrain themselves, accept a case that challenges the underpinnings of Roe, and then overturn 45 years of precedent giving women the right to choose. From a moral standpoint, it's hard to imagine a worse outcome. But from a political standpoint, it may be the only way to beat Trump.

I agree. Get people voting. They don't even know the gop wants their healthcare, their social security, and their medicare and pensions.

Every vote counts. We can't sit around and worry that we're no in love with a candidate. We can't expect to find an Obama every 4 years. We can't sit home after a disappointing primary. We have to vote. Period.

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1. Perfectly reasonable to expecct all Democrats to stick together on this

rather they are in red states or not. I don't see no one saying it is unreasonable to expect Dean Heller to vote for Trumps nominee sense he is up for reelection in a blue state.

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2. Roe v. Wade is a tried an true wedge issue that consistently turns out the sheeple voters....

why would they want to get rid of it?

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3. Only way to beat trump in 2020?

That's ridiculous. Trump will get beat in 2020. To act like we need roe overturned to make that happen really sells democrats short. If voting happened today trump would be beat.