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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts) Fri Sep 28, 2018, 11:01 PM Sep 2018

The Turtle could have given Garland a hostile hearing and up or down vote like Kavanaugh.

Was the Turtle afraid that Garland was going to get confirmed to the US Senate by couple of Republican US Senators?
The Conservatives could have regain control of the US Supreme Court when Ginsburg or Breyer were to step down while Trump is in office.
The Turtle and the Republican US Senators were greedy.

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The Turtle could have given Garland a hostile hearing and up or down vote like Kavanaugh. (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Sep 2018 OP

Yes he was scared to death. Wellstone ruled Sep 2018 #1

My guess is that Turtle thought that 10 (or maybe even more) Republicans would vote for Garland Polybius Oct 2018 #2

Wellstone ruled

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1. Yes he was scared to death.

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Sat Sep 29, 2018, 12:03 AM

Sep 2018

Polybius

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2. My guess is that Turtle thought that 10 (or maybe even more) Republicans would vote for Garland

Reply to nkpolitics1212 (Original post)

Sun Oct 7, 2018, 01:11 PM

Oct 2018

Remember, he was a very non-controversial pick. How many seats did Republicans have in March 2016, like 55? Garland only needed to persuade 5 of those.

A better question is what would Turtle have done if Hillary had been elected? Hold it open for four years? Allow it to move forward? Also, Garland's nomination expired in January 2017. Are we certain that she would have nominated Garland again?

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