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Lawyer turned writer, editor, and speaker. Founder, Above The Law (@ATLblog) and Underneath Their Robes. Author, Supreme Ambitions: A Novel (@SCOTUSambitions).

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    David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Mar 30

    David Lat Retweeted Chris Geidner

    Is @SenFeinstein firing a shot across the White House bow re: the Ninth Circuit? I view this as support for my (controversial) prediction that the CA senators will get 1 of the 3 seats.https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/979795680846852096 …

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    Chris GeidnerVerified account @chrisgeidner
    Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary and a Californian, comments on Judge Reinhardt's death and the path ahead for the "three California vacancies" on the 9th Circuit —> pic.twitter.com/6TLIxKvnTC
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      2. BP‏ @BadgerPundit Mar 30
        Replying to @DavidLat @SenFeinstein

        I pushed back on this yesterday, but that Lucy Koh was blocked in 2016 gives me pause. Maybe Grassley, as part of a *general* policy not to allow blue-slip obstruction, should work out deals to get liberal nominees appointed in blue states where they were unreasonably blocked b4.

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      3. sigh...‏ @cardinals150 Mar 30
        Replying to @BadgerPundit @DavidLat @SenFeinstein

        This would be a horrible deal.

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      4. BP‏ @BadgerPundit Mar 30
        Replying to @cardinals150 @DavidLat @SenFeinstein

        I'm assuming Grassley plans to override past Senate precedent and generally nuke the ability of senators to veto nominees via blue-slip process. He might feel freer to do that in 95% of cases if he makes a few exceptions to deal w/ past obstruction.

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      5. sigh...‏ @cardinals150 Mar 30
        Replying to @BadgerPundit @DavidLat @SenFeinstein

        I think if you are going to nuke blue slips you fill every seat possible with a conservative because the Democrats won't have any barriers when they have power.

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      6. BP‏ @BadgerPundit Mar 30
        Replying to @cardinals150 @DavidLat @SenFeinstein

        Oh, sure. I'm just considering that if I were Grassley, on the one hand I'd nuke any blue-slip veto that didn't reflect any substantive concern about the nominee, but on the other I'd listen to a colleague's complaint that a stellar nominee was unfairly delayed in 2016.

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      7. sigh...‏ @cardinals150 Mar 30
        Replying to @BadgerPundit @DavidLat @SenFeinstein

        I know it is a different state but they would have to throw in Bounds as well.

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      8. BP‏ @BadgerPundit Mar 30
        Replying to @cardinals150 @DavidLat @SenFeinstein

        I guess once you start making exceptions, it gets dicey. Maybe that's why liberals plead to replace liberal lion Reinhardt with another liberal. I don't get that logic. Reinhardt could have retired in 2015, at age 84, and have been replaced by a liberal. He chose not to.

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      1. Ira Goldman  🦆 🦆 🦆‏ @KDbyProxy Mar 30
        Replying to @DavidLat

        Well played! (as the story continues)

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