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If you want to de-politicize the Supreme Court, asking ten partisan justices to *literally vote on their remaining five potential colleagues* seems like a bad way of going about it!
Also, this entire thing is just a diabolical, nightmarish constitutional law issue-spotter final exam
One of the biggest tactical advantages Republicans hold over Democrats right now is that Democrats want neutral courts, and Republicans want explicitly conservative and/or Republican ones. Dems don’t realize the fight isn’t for fairness—it’s for power.
DEMOCRATS: merrick garland is a marginally left-of-center jurist with unimpeachable credentials, an excellent compromise at this time
MCCONNELL: lol
MCCONNELL: lol
DEMOCRATS: the Supreme Court’s integrity must not be compromised at this critical juncture in our history
TRUMP: here’s a literal GOP operative, he’s your new 9th justice, also the sexual assault allegations only make us more determined to confirm him over your objections
TRUMP: here’s a literal GOP operative, he’s your new 9th justice, also the sexual assault allegations only make us more determined to confirm him over your objections
There is no such thing as an objectively correct and neutral application of a 250-year-old document riddled with vagaries, inconsistencies, and anachronisms. Anyone who says otherwise is trying to justify their political/policy agenda, and hoping you won’t notice.
I think about this like 3x a week and still can’t believe it actually happened amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/07/05… 
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