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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 20 Mar 2017

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Mike Sacks

      This is completely untrue, setting up a false choice.https://twitter.com/MikeSacksEsq/status/843903459699179521 …

      Chris Geidner added,

      Mike SacksVerified account @MikeSacksEsq
      "#SCOTUS is almost always nearly unanimous" and "not all cases are ideologically divisive" are canards, or none of this would matter.
      2 replies 15 retweets 28 likes
    2. Mike Sacks‏Verified account @MikeSacksEsq 20 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      pray tell. And please, let's be good to each other in doing so.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    3. Mike Sacks‏Verified account @MikeSacksEsq 20 Mar 2017
      Replying to @MikeSacksEsq @chrisgeidner

      Mike Sacks Retweeted Mike Sacks

      and in expectation of good faith & reasonable intelligence that should govern, here's a clarifier:https://twitter.com/MikeSacksEsq/status/843904908957044738 …

      Mike Sacks added,

      Mike SacksVerified account @MikeSacksEsq
      Replying to @wrdcsc
      by "none of this," I mean why we all really watch these things, and why these things are such knock-down fights.
      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 20 Mar 2017
      Replying to @MikeSacksEsq

      I mean, that totally changes what you said.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 20 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner @MikeSacksEsq

      I also think — particularly when it comes to (1) new technology; (2) criminal procedure; & (3) executive authority — that ...

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 20 Mar 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner @MikeSacksEsq

      ... "not all cases are particularly divisive" is very true.

      12:38 PM - 20 Mar 2017
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        2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 20 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @MikeSacksEsq

          As to why it sets up a false choice, it can both be true that most cases aren't ideologically divided AND that nominations ...

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 20 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @MikeSacksEsq

          ... get political attention that they do because of some key ideological issues and cases. Talking about both is important!

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        4. Mike Sacks‏Verified account @MikeSacksEsq 20 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Agree again! And Gorsuch is right to point it out. But it's to strategically to minimize his future votes that will line up.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        5. Mike Sacks‏Verified account @MikeSacksEsq 20 Mar 2017
          Replying to @MikeSacksEsq @chrisgeidner

          and on that, I call "canard." He's saying "look, forget that I'll vote one way on all the things that make headlines."

          2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
        6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 20 Mar 2017
          Replying to @MikeSacksEsq

          If you actually think that, we disagree on the "all the things" point.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        7. Mike Sacks‏Verified account @MikeSacksEsq 20 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          maybe *your* headlines because you admirably report on all the things that should matter. I'm talking undisputed blockbusters.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        8. Mike Sacks‏Verified account @MikeSacksEsq 20 Mar 2017
          Replying to @MikeSacksEsq @chrisgeidner

          Abortion, religion, guns, LGBT, voting rights, campaign finance, arbitration (yes, arbitration!).

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        9. Mike Sacks‏Verified account @MikeSacksEsq 20 Mar 2017
          Replying to @MikeSacksEsq @chrisgeidner

          sure, there are cases here and there in those categories (oh, affirmative action, too!) that aren't 5-4 ideological splits.

          2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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        1. Mike Sacks‏Verified account @MikeSacksEsq 20 Mar 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          yes! agree! but that's not why these hearings are such fights. Or why people (when they care) go to polls based on SCOTUS.

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