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2016 Postmortem

kudzu22

(1,273 posts)

6. No chance in Hell

Reply to Tiggeroshii (Original post)

Fri Dec 16, 2016, 06:32 PM

Dec 2016

First of all, all it would take to stop it is for one senator to move to recognize the new senators. Per senate rules, this motion is always in order and takes precedence over any other business.

Second, if it were possible, I'm sure it would have been done before already.

Third, if they were to somehow pull it off, you can bet that Trump would expand the court to fifteen members and add six of the rightest-of-right-wing jurists you've ever seen to nullify the democrats' trickery.

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Interesting analysis on the potential Jan. 3 Appointment of Merrick Garland [View all] Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 OP

Another analysis of why that won't be happening... PoliticAverse Dec 2016 #1

Looks like both our sources reference the same person, Sean Davis Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #2

SCOTUS has ruled SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2016 #7

I might be sold on this point, though from your link: Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #3

That's simply not going to happen. It's about as likely as MineralMan Dec 2016 #4

:( Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #5

No chance in Hell kudzu22 Dec 2016 #6

Merrick has no chance... conservatives won budkin Dec 2016 #8