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NYT Says GOP Stole Supreme Court Seat From Obama
dailycaller.com ^ | 12/25/16 | Kevin Daley

Posted on 12/25/2016 2:07:41 PM PST by ColdOne

The New York Times’ Christmas Day editorial tags Senate Republicans for “stealing” a seat on the Supreme Court that should have been filled by President Barack Obama.

The Times accuses Republicans of impugning the institutional integrity of the court by a hyper-partisan charade, arguing the justices derive their legitimacy from their separation from the two political branches of government.

“Mr. McConnell and his allies took a torch to that idea — an outrageous gambit that, to nearly everyone’s shock, has paid off,” the Grey Lady says. “But while Republicans may be celebrating now, the damage they have inflicted on the confirmation process, and on the court as an institution, may be irreversible.”

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bhoscotus; newyorktimes; nyt; obama; scalia; scotus; trumpscotus
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To: ColdOne

Yep! Sucks to be them......
Hahahaha..... it’s even more fun to mock them now!


81 posted on 12/25/2016 4:03:58 PM PST by nevergore
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To: ColdOne

Has Buzzy Ginsburg left the country yet?


82 posted on 12/25/2016 4:05:20 PM PST by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: gibsonguy

“Maybe l’m giving O’Connell too much credit”. .Make that McConnell, curse you autofill


83 posted on 12/25/2016 4:06:29 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: ColdOne

Yeah...so what?


84 posted on 12/25/2016 5:23:18 PM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: ColdOne

HOORAY GOP!


85 posted on 12/25/2016 5:24:35 PM PST by PGalt (CONGRATULATIONS Donald J. Trump)
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To: ColdOne

Why didn’t they make more of a big deal for the last sixth months? Because they were holding their breaths hoping that the silent majority would not think about all the lawlessness thrust upon the country by an Obama/Clinton majority court.


86 posted on 12/25/2016 5:27:21 PM PST by petitfour (Americans need to repent.)
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To: ColdOne

Sour grapes hypocrisy. THE Dems threatened this time and again. Look what they did to Bork and Thomas they turned the court into a sister boom boom Freak Show. Now they want to get sanctimonious. Reid would do this if given the chance.


87 posted on 12/25/2016 5:37:00 PM PST by Titus-Maximus (It doesn't matter who votes for whom, it only matters who counts the votes - Joe Stalin)
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To: ColdOne

Hey, NYT, I believe that “hyper-partisanship” was started by the Democrats in the 1980s with a certain Robert Bork. When I look at Justice Kennedy I think of the opportunity the Democrats “stole” from us. Then not even that many years later, they tried it again with Clarence Thomas, who barely squeaked by in his confirmation.

If you dislike the Court being politicized, take it up with the Dems. McConnell was working within the politicized framework that the Dems created. And this move was the highlight of his career. If the Dems didn’t want him to have this power, they should have worked harder to win the Senate during the mid-terms.


88 posted on 12/25/2016 5:45:19 PM PST by FenwickBabbitt
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To: Jim Noble

Kelo v. New London


89 posted on 12/25/2016 5:51:14 PM PST by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: ColdOne

Even if it was true, NYT, there’s not GD thing you can do about it. We frolic and dance in your tears.


90 posted on 12/25/2016 6:16:29 PM PST by katana
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To: wjcsux
Has Buzzy Ginsburg left the country yet?

She may very well leave the planet during one of President Trump's two terms.

91 posted on 12/25/2016 6:18:57 PM PST by Jim Noble (Die Gedanken sind Frei)
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To: ColdOne
cripes....just like FDF'nR trying to pack the court - and the Times today is for it. ( Times back then ? Who knows)

The Times wanted the Obama RATS to expand the number of associate justices on the SCOTUS....

If the current five-man majority persists in thumbing its nose at popular values, the election of a Democratic president and Congress could provide a corrective. It requires only a majority vote in both houses to add a justice or two...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/26/opinion/26smith.html
92 posted on 12/25/2016 6:35:43 PM PST by stylin19a (Hey obamas-it's Ray Charles time - "Hit the Road Jack"...you know the rest)
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To: stylin19a

Obama and Dems are impotent and NYT doesn’t know who to blame, Trump or the Russians!

NYT is nothing more than a media stool sample collector.


93 posted on 12/25/2016 7:11:21 PM PST by austinaero
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To: ColdOne

It isn’t Obama’s. The seat belongs to the American Republic formed by we the people.


94 posted on 12/25/2016 8:17:27 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: ColdOne

Libertylover to New York Times: elections have consequences. Don’t miss the tagline.


95 posted on 12/25/2016 8:32:06 PM PST by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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To: ColdOne

That baby tantrum editorial was my best Christmas present. Ever.


96 posted on 12/25/2016 8:33:42 PM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: ColdOne
The Deplorables hereby declare that ANY future vote by Ruth Bader Ginsburg is illegitimate.

Mouth off some more, and we'll declare ANOTHER Lefty Supreme Court justice's future votes to be illegitimate, also.

97 posted on 12/25/2016 8:35:39 PM PST by kiryandil (Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
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To: samtheman
Raise your hand if you care what the NYT thinks.

I have it on good authority that the NYT predicts that there's an 80%+ chance that Hillary will win the Presidency 6 weeks ago...

98 posted on 12/25/2016 8:38:38 PM PST by kiryandil (Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
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To: ColdOne
Notice to The Old Gay...oops, The Old Gray Lady...you lost, we the people, including your few remaining readers, won!

Leni

99 posted on 12/25/2016 8:51:57 PM PST by MinuteGal (GO TRUMP !!!.......GO PENCE !!!)
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To: FenwickBabbitt

That “hyper-partisanship” has been around since Burr shot Hamilton.


100 posted on 12/25/2016 9:35:58 PM PST by thoughtomator (Purple: the color of sedition)
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