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Sen. Merkley: If Gorsuch Is Confirmed, Every 5-4 Decision Will Be Illegitimate
Real Clear Politics ^ | March 30, 2017 | Tim Hains

Posted on 03/30/2017 5:06:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Sen. Jeff Merkely says a decision to use the 'Nuclear Option' to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court would "destroy the integrity of the Senate" and "highly politicize the [Supreme] court."

"If this process goes through, every 5-4 decision will be one we will look at and say that it is not really legitimate, because that Supreme Court Justice wasn't really legitimate," he said.

"If we change it to a simple majority, that means the next president will have an easier time approving appointments, and might decide to go further to the left or right outside of the mainstream. Obama went right down the middle, and unfortunately, President Trump has not."

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TOPICS: Oregon; Issues; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: democrats; gorsuch; merkley; oregon; scotus; supremecourt; trump
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Amen.


21 posted on 03/30/2017 5:16:14 PM PDT by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: Sasparilla

“Evey Republican decision about anything will be one we will look at and say that it is not really legitimate, because the __________ (fill in the blank) isnt legitimate,
Democrats are very nasty people”.

You will appreciate this:

http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/266197/civil-war-here-daniel-greenfield


22 posted on 03/30/2017 5:16:46 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Democrats know something about illegitimacy....many of their offspring are.


23 posted on 03/30/2017 5:16:58 PM PDT by clintonh8r (AMERICA! THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY SCREEN NAME OBSOLETE!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Harry Reid set the precedent already.


24 posted on 03/30/2017 5:17:38 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: publius911

Jeffy assured me that Obamcare was Constitutional under the
“promote the general welfare” clause, as if that were an enumerated power.


25 posted on 03/30/2017 5:18:28 PM PDT by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Obama went right down the middle

Good Lord, the sheer brazenness of this liar's lie.

There is absolutely nothing about Kagan or Sotomayor that's "down the middle;" the latter is the most liberal justice on the Supreme Court, according to The New York Times.

26 posted on 03/30/2017 5:19:09 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Merkley is a total jerkwad...It’s sad because there’s many good people in Oregon despite the the amount of bats*** crazy libs.


27 posted on 03/30/2017 5:20:22 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: blackbetty59

I don’t know about Sotomayor, but I have heard Kagan goes straight down the middle.


28 posted on 03/30/2017 5:20:26 PM PDT by I-ambush (If we make it, we'll all sit back and laugh, but I fear tomorrow I'll be crying)
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To: SkyDancer

I’m so sick of these people.Without the rule of law we don’t really have a country.What we have is a neverending low grade riot.


29 posted on 03/30/2017 5:21:33 PM PDT by Farmer Dean ("Do you want me to shoot,I'm rested.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

and he said the exact same thing when dirty harry said they were going to do this.

ohno he didnt


30 posted on 03/30/2017 5:22:39 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obama hit the libtard target both times. He even got a no judicial experience hack on board.


31 posted on 03/30/2017 5:24:24 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Shut up Jeff, you crybaby moron. You’re going to get nuked, quit whining, get used to it, and take it like a man. Elections have consequences.


32 posted on 03/30/2017 5:25:33 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

FU Merkley. Anytime those two ditzy bimbos Sotomayor and Kagen make a decision it is illegitimate. Those two should be sitting on their asses at home eating bon bons, watching the view and taking turns taking Ginsberg’s pulse. They’re all brain dead.


33 posted on 03/30/2017 5:29:37 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (McCain has got to go. The boy is crazy.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hey talk to Harry Reid. He broke the system not the republicans.


34 posted on 03/30/2017 5:30:14 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I guess the Senator is too young to remember Justice Earl Warren.


35 posted on 03/30/2017 5:31:28 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Gorsuch is going to be confirmed.

Trump will probably be seeing Anthony Kennedy retire soon

Ruth Bader Ginsberg is 84 and in very poor health and will probably be replaced under Trump.

Justice Bryer will be 82 at the end of Trumps first term.

Trump may end up replacing 4 supreme court Justices - maybe more f some of the younger Justices decide to retire.


36 posted on 03/30/2017 5:31:53 PM PDT by rdcbn (.... when Poets buy guns, tourist season is over ...)
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To: Farmer Dean

Remember all those riots and protests when 0bama was elected? Twice? Me neither. These snowflakes are going around saying that Trump is not their president since they wanted the Hilldebeeste and are all boo-hooing over it.


37 posted on 03/30/2017 5:31:54 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Believe In The Law Until It Interferes With Justice)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Democrapts are finally showing their desire to actually destroy this nation without any concealment. Every call for resistance is a blatant statement that they want control to establish a dictatorship.


38 posted on 03/30/2017 5:32:59 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How many seconds would it take for Dems to take nuclear option ?


39 posted on 03/30/2017 5:33:19 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Trump20162020

Yep, the libtards are VERY consistant. No diversity of opinion.


40 posted on 03/30/2017 5:33:52 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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