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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 22 Jul 2020
      Replying to @baseballcrank @keithedwards

      Stop being so disingenuous: Watch the video, as Ernst explains it as though it's the 37th amendment to the Constitution, and it's just how it is, and no one could possibly imagine contravening that. She's ducking the issue by making it seem like it's just a rule that exists.

      2 replies 2 retweets 44 likes
    2. Dave Weigel‏Verified account @daveweigel 22 Jul 2020
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom @baseballcrank @keithedwards

      I think the difference is a scenario where voters booted the president and several senators, but they get to pick a justice anyway. (If Trump wins and there’s a December vacancy there’s nothing really for Dems to complain about.)

      6 replies 1 retweet 13 likes
    3. Dave Weigel‏Verified account @daveweigel 22 Jul 2020
      Replying to @daveweigel @RadioFreeTom and

      Pure power decision but imagine if Trump and Ernst lose and try to fill a vacancy. Maybe it’s my odd memory for political ads but I don’t think that’s what the 2016 “let the people decide!” ads envisioned

      1 reply 3 retweets 17 likes
    4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 22 Jul 2020
      Replying to @daveweigel @RadioFreeTom @keithedwards

      The most famous example is John Adams picking John Marshall after the Federalists got routed.

      2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
    5. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 22 Jul 2020
      Replying to @baseballcrank @daveweigel @keithedwards

      I've read your writing on Garland. I completely understand your thoughts on this.

      1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes
    6. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 22 Jul 2020
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom @daveweigel @keithedwards

      IOW, you're bringing nothing to the table in terms of fact, history, or principle, just feelings & ad hominem & mistrust of historical expertise.

      3 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
    7. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 22 Jul 2020
      Replying to @baseballcrank @daveweigel @keithedwards

      I understand that you feel this way.

      1 reply 0 retweets 12 likes
    8. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 22 Jul 2020
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom @daveweigel @keithedwards

      I've put my case on the record at length, based on my research & expertise on the topic. If you had more than feelings behind your case, you'd offer it.

      1 reply 1 retweet 12 likes
    9. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 22 Jul 2020
      Replying to @baseballcrank @daveweigel @keithedwards

      I completely comprehend why you are making this argument and I fully understand your reasoning behind it.

      1 reply 0 retweets 13 likes
    10. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 22 Jul 2020
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom @baseballcrank and

      (I just happen to think you're full of crap, and that if a Democratic president were defeated by a Republican in November, even with a Dem senate - you'd figure out how to make it a principle in the name of God and country that no one could fill that seat until the next year.)

      5 replies 6 retweets 79 likes
      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 22 Jul 2020
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom @daveweigel @keithedwards

      This is another way of saying you do not actually believe in expertise. Be better, Tom. You were not always like this.

      5:49 PM - 22 Jul 2020
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        1. Right of Left‏ @RightOfLeft_TX 22 Jul 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @RadioFreeTom and

          Never go full Rubin.

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        2. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 22 Jul 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @daveweigel @keithedwards

          I have always objected to the politicization of expertise. I even wrote about it in a book. I have always respected your intelligence and writing, Dan, but when it comes to a the sparkling prize of a SCOTUS nom, I do not trust your political motives. Not one nanometer.

          3 replies 0 retweets 26 likes
        3. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 22 Jul 2020
          Replying to @RadioFreeTom @baseballcrank and

          Also, remember that you changed the subject from "Ernst is making up a principle" to "but this thing has happened in history." You disingenuously changed the terms of debate from her normative implications to your shrug that "it happens." To take a phrase: Be better, Dan.

          2 replies 0 retweets 37 likes
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