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The best they can do now is back off, shut up, and hope it all ends soon.

It is unprecedented that a federal de novo review be mandated by the Congress, bypassing eight years of state court review.

The Democrats are making some good points here. You can bet they've polled this, and they know that a large number of Americans are listening to this debate.

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Yep. And the sad thing is, the fanatical zealots out there are too deep into their echo chamber to realize how they look to a vast swath of Americans. But then, they also thought that the last election showed that they "were in charge".

Dealing with reality is not the strong suit of the zealot, no matter the cause.