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The Stolen Supreme Court Seat
The New York Times ^ | December 24, 2016 | The Editorial Board

Posted on 12/25/2016 5:37:35 AM PST by Trump20162020

Soon after his inauguration next month, President-elect Donald Trump will nominate someone to the Supreme Court, which has been hamstrung by a vacancy since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February. There will be public debates about the nominee’s credentials, past record, judicial philosophy and temperament. There will be Senate hearings and a vote.

No matter how it plays out, Americans must remember one thing above all: The person who gets confirmed will sit in a stolen seat.

It was stolen from Barack Obama, a twice-elected president who fulfilled his constitutional duty more than nine months ago by nominating Merrick Garland, a highly qualified and widely respected federal appellate judge.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: bhoscotus; donaldtrump; fakenews; garland; gop; mcconnell; merrickgarland; mitchmcconnell; newyorktimes; nyslimes; obama; scotus; senate; supremecourt; trump; trumpscotus; trumpstillwinning; trumpwinsagain
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To: Trump20162020

Stop the genocide. End legalized murder/abortion.


81 posted on 12/25/2016 6:04:30 AM PST by Theophilus (#RepentTrump)
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To: StAntKnee

StAntKnee

LIKE - LIKE


82 posted on 12/25/2016 6:04:59 AM PST by Pit1 (CROOKED HILLARY. Has such a nice ring to it. CROOKED HILLARY.)
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To: Lockbox

How much longer does this country have to suffer with the NY Slimes? Seems like very year we read that their advertising revenue and paper sales are down double digits, but somehow they never go out of business. What does it take to put the final nail in this abomination’s coffin?


83 posted on 12/25/2016 6:05:20 AM PST by vette6387
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To: Trump20162020
When Harry Reid invoked the nuclear option the New York times said,
"Democracy Returns to the Senate"

The US Senate was democratically elected too. If they oppose the president, it is their constitutional right to do so. The NYT only likes democracy when democrats have power.

The opinion piece finished by saying,
"Democrats made the filibuster change with a simple-majority vote, which Republicans insisted was a violation of the rules. There is ample precedent for this kind of change, though it should be used judiciously. Today’s vote was an appropriate use of that power, and it was necessary to turn the Senate back into a functioning legislative body." http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/22/opinion/democracy-returns-to-the-senate.html

84 posted on 12/25/2016 6:06:03 AM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: Former Proud Canadian

That is because they are 100% evil. They are of their father, the Devil. Evil never rests. Evil never takes a day off. Evil never takes a holiday. Evil must be confronted and fought constantly. Otherwise, like water being held in check by a dam, it will find a weak spot and breach the dam. And when a dam is breached, disaster usually ensues. Such is evil. The U.S. defeated evil this time. We won a battle not a war. Satan and his disciples, a/k/a, Democrats, Socialists, Leftists, and Progressives have by now regrouped, licked their wounds, and are planning for the next battle.


85 posted on 12/25/2016 6:06:19 AM PST by sport
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Nothing was stolen!

The American People gave Republicans the Majority in the Senate because of Obama's overreach!

86 posted on 12/25/2016 6:06:39 AM PST by KavMan
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To: Trump20162020

It was stolen from Barack Obama, a twice-elected president who fulfilled his constitutional duty more than nine months ago by nominating Merrick Garland, a highly qualified and widely respected federal appellate judge.

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And Congress did its constitutional duty of defending the Constitution from people like Obama and Merrick Garland.


87 posted on 12/25/2016 6:07:53 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: madprof98

They are saying McConnell will go down in history.


88 posted on 12/25/2016 6:08:13 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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To: Trump20162020

Maybe I overlooked this during the presidential campaign, but I don’t ever remember the Clinton campaign ever making a big deal about this stalled Supreme Court nomination — or about Supreme Court nominations in general. Trump sure did, but I don’t recall Clinton doing the same thing.


89 posted on 12/25/2016 6:08:51 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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To: SMGFan

Ah the Biden Rule. A delicious Christmas memory. Thanks for that.

Look the Libs are going to continue to whine. We need to give them the contempt they deserve and throw their nonsense back in their faces at every chance. The time for pity is over. Beat them like a drum then do it again. I’m normally a pretty forgiving guy, but this time, no. We’ve turned a corner here and we’re headed a different direction than they want to go. Not going back, not slowing down. Time to fix what they’ve broken and restore our country.


90 posted on 12/25/2016 6:09:04 AM PST by RKV (He who has the guns makes the rules)
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To: Trump20162020

We don’t want to be ruled by NY and LA counties!


91 posted on 12/25/2016 6:09:04 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: Trump20162020

I wish some of Trump’s rich friends would get together and buy the NY Times and put it out of its miserable existence.

They would be doing America a great service.

For over 80 years it has been anti-American, pro-Communist and a supporter of all Leftists causes.

Enough already.


92 posted on 12/25/2016 6:09:35 AM PST by exit82 (Making America Great Again begins with........me.)
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To: Trump20162020

Scalia was murdered.

Obama’s puppet masters tried to steal the seat of a conservative.

Liberals constantly accuse sane people of doing what they (liberals) are actually doing.


93 posted on 12/25/2016 6:09:42 AM PST by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed (Yahuah Yahusha)
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To: Da Coyote

[What’s a NYT?]

A pink nighty?


94 posted on 12/25/2016 6:10:45 AM PST by RetSignman
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To: Trump20162020

I can’t find my WHOGIVESAFLYING$HIT card . . . gotta’ get it punched


95 posted on 12/25/2016 6:11:48 AM PST by laweeks
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To: akalinin
Ohh those delicious tears!!!! Best election ever in the last few thousand years!!!

It is even more delicious that Trump the outsider won it away from the other 16 GOPee types.




96 posted on 12/25/2016 6:12:04 AM PST by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: JT Hatter

According to his disciples and worshipers, everything belongs to obama. He is their god. These individuals are not human. They have no soul. They gave that to obama in 2008.The only things they have in common with mortals are: They eat, sleep, and have the same basic bodily functions.


97 posted on 12/25/2016 6:12:15 AM PST by sport
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To: Trump20162020
New Yack Himes, tell us about stolen truth.
98 posted on 12/25/2016 6:12:20 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: RKV
Look the Libs are going to continue to whine. We need to give them the contempt they deserve and throw their nonsense back in their faces at every chance. The time for pity is over. Beat them like a drum then do it again. I’m normally a pretty forgiving guy, but this time, no. We’ve turned a corner here and we’re headed a different direction than they want to go. Not going back, not slowing down. Time to fix what they’ve broken and restore our country.

So very true!!

And the 2018 mid terms is when we must send the Dems into the ash-heap of history.

We have had 50 years of their liberalism, Communism and anti-Americanism.

Time for their reign of error to end.

99 posted on 12/25/2016 6:13:01 AM PST by exit82 (Making America Great Again begins with........me.)
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To: Trump20162020

The NYT is trying to corner the cheese market with all their whines. . . .


100 posted on 12/25/2016 6:13:26 AM PST by Godzilla (1/20/2017)
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