#ELB: Wake Up Progressives: The 2016 Election is Now All About the Supreme Court and Every Issue You Care About http://electionlawblog.org/?p=87734
If McConnell controls Senate, we may not get a Clinton Supreme Court nominee through. If Schumer does, expect him to nuke the filibuster.
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opting for the nuclear option hurts Garland's odds, right? Why go to all that trouble just to confirm a 64 year old moderate?
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@MarkEHartman Dems won't go nuclear for Garland. He'll get confirmed in lame duck by Mitch McConnell. I'm talking Breyer, Ginsburg -
Once Ct median has shifted to a D, will 40 Rs really filibuster next nominee, knowing that Ds will be willing to nuke?
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yes because that allows GOP to confirm their next nominee with 50 votes?
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Rs can go nuclear at any time in the future if they get majority. Why push it when they're in the minority?
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if you don't use it because you are afraid they will take it away then what good is having it?
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Could be useful for ideologically extreme candidates but backfire if used for routine obstruction.
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there will soon be no filibuster for any SC candidate
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@SenateMajLdr needs to be freakin' removed from speakership!!!#FireMcConnell#DefundTheGOPThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I don’t think Republicans obstruct ANY nominee in the first half of the term, especially for a liberal seat.
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Why not another bipartisan "gang" to rescue the world's greatest deliberative body?
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