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Chief Justice Roberts Prevents Conservative Colleagues from Handing GOP a Stay in Significant Pa. Mail-in Ballot Counting Case
lawandcrime.com ^ | Oct 19th, 2020

Posted on 10/19/2020 7:27:46 PM PDT by Helicondelta

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To: CatOwner

“Waiting to confirm” Barrett? Graham is turbo-charging the Judiciary Committee process, even scheduling a Sunday session. What did you want him to do, send the nomination to the floor without hearings? Not only would bypassing hearings for a SCOTUS nominee for the first time in over half a century hurt Trump and other Republicans in the elections (it would be the only evidence to which RATs could point credibly of the process being unfair), but those hearings have been the best advertisement for Trump’s reelection since the start of the campaign. ACB will be on SCOTUS before Halloween and will form part of the SCOTUS majority that blocks Democrat attempts to violate federal law or the Constitution, including in Pennsylvania.


81 posted on 10/20/2020 5:53:10 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
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To: Helicondelta
Chief Justice John Roberts joined the liberal wing again
82 posted on 10/20/2020 5:53:55 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (FILL THE SEAT)
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To: Rembrandt

“Roberts becomes irrelevant with the exception of deciding which cases to bring before the court (I think that’s the job of the Chief).”
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No, certiorari can be granted by the vote of any four justices; the chief justice has no special power there. The only special power that the CJ has is to appoint the author of the Opinion of the Court *when he is in the majority*. If there’s a 5-4 decision with Roberts in the minority, Justice Thomas (as the senior-most justice in the majority) gets to assign the opinion (which can be to himself).

And while Roberts has been disappointing, it is silly to claim that he’s now filling Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s role on the Court.


83 posted on 10/20/2020 6:01:25 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
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To: Helicondelta

He acts like someone who is compromised.


84 posted on 10/20/2020 6:17:20 AM PDT by LilFarmer
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

The old excuse about federal judges simply does not hold water. I will personally never forget Bush giving us Roberts. W is a turd who is no better than Obama.


85 posted on 10/20/2020 6:19:10 AM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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To: TJC

I heard it would be Oct. 23. Now it’s 26th? :(


86 posted on 10/20/2020 6:35:20 AM PDT by Buttons12
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To: OldGoatCPO

But...but...Graham already told the Democrats that they’ll probably win the election! He’s delaying this as long as he can to please them. You’re right, ACB should have been confirmed by now.


87 posted on 10/20/2020 6:46:33 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: Helicondelta

This guy has been a serious disappointment almost from Day One.

Much like the guy who appointed him. (sigh)


88 posted on 10/20/2020 6:53:27 AM PDT by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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To: Helicondelta

David Souter Redux. The Bushes have been a curse on this country.


89 posted on 10/20/2020 6:55:14 AM PDT by Antoninus (The press has lost the ability to persuade. They retain the ability to foment a panic.)
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To: entropy12

Because Gore or Kerry would have been so much better...


90 posted on 10/20/2020 6:57:56 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

He is such a complete jerkoff... I wonder what kind of blackmail info the dems have on him?


91 posted on 10/20/2020 7:45:53 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Fiddlstix

Roberts is just like John McCain, but in the SCOTUS.

Stabs us in the back at every opportunity.


92 posted on 10/20/2020 7:49:10 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: metmom

Yeah, no doubt, but that’d leave — what— eleven people in Congress, our something like that?


93 posted on 10/20/2020 7:54:53 AM PDT by HKMk23 (You ask how to fight an idea? Well, I'll tell you how: with another idea!)
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To: Ancesthntr

If Gore or Kerry did not start a war in Iraq, it is possible.


94 posted on 10/20/2020 8:21:45 AM PDT by entropy12
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To: NFHale
Roberts is compromised. He's on the Epstein flight logs.


95 posted on 10/20/2020 8:23:49 AM PDT by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: HKMk23

That would be a win.

Then they couldn’t meddle in our lives so much.


96 posted on 10/20/2020 9:44:32 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: entropy12
I have very few regrets in my life. Voting for Bush-43 is one of them.

I remember when statements like that here would require flame retardant underwear. Times they do change like Linda 2.0 is beginning to disappoint those that thought he changed, for that matter some are waking up to the real Barr, Durham, Wray and Sessions.

97 posted on 10/20/2020 10:44:55 AM PDT by itsahoot (The ability to read auto correct is necessary to read my posts understanding them is another matter.)
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To: StolarStorm
When Trump wins, Roberts needs to be investigated. He may well be compromised.

They won't even investigate Hunter or Joe and you expect them to touch Roberts?

98 posted on 10/20/2020 10:50:44 AM PDT by itsahoot (The ability to read auto correct is necessary to read my posts understanding them is another matter.)
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To: Helicondelta
I believe here in Washington State, ballots only have to be POSTMARKED before 8pm Pacific Time on Election Day. Washington is totally a vote by mail state so there are ballots being received days after the election.

No wonder this state is and will probably always be blue. Like clockwork, any close race with the Republican in the lead slowly evaporates in the days after the election as these late ballots get unloaded from the trunks of Dim operatives and into the counting centers while the post office "loses" ballots that might be from more "red" precincts. Unfortunately, the Dims have this down to a science.

I brought up the issues with my state senator and he basically said that vote by mail is here to stay because it would be too unpopular to go back to in-person voting. Only leaves us the option to cheat better than they do I really hate to say.
99 posted on 10/20/2020 11:02:37 AM PDT by copaliscrossing (Comparison is the beginning of discontent.)
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To: Ancesthntr
Because Gore or Kerry would have been so much better...

There have been three presidents I actually voted for Nixon, Reagan and Trump, the rest of my votes have been against the other guy, because the other guy would have been far, far worse. Let's be realistic isn't that likely the reason most politicos have their jobs?

100 posted on 10/20/2020 11:09:10 AM PDT by itsahoot (The ability to read auto correct is necessary to read my posts understanding them is another matter.)
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