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Someone explain Obama-Reid's nuclear long-game.

-The DC Circuit, while important, has a very low caseload, a...
clear point mood
  11/21/13
Slide and let do.
Irate Bull Headed Meetinghouse
  11/21/13
I have to wonder if the GOP won't have a majority of senator...
metal goyim casino
  11/21/13
We'll find out in about 15 minutes. They voted to end clotur...
clear point mood
  11/21/13
Dems think they will have both senate and WH at last through...
maroon striped hyena quadroon
  11/21/13
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Aromatic mediation coldplay fan
  11/21/13
lol
frum trailer park
  11/21/13
lol is this a fucking joke? Hillary is literally UNTOUCHED f...
lime multi-colored dysfunction digit ratio
  11/21/13
not to mention the electoral math simply doesn't favor the r...
frum trailer park
  11/21/13
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nighttime site wagecucks
  08/14/18
Come back harry
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clear point mood
  04/17/19
Lol
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s.e.g.a.
  04/15/26
(Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
clear point mood
  11/21/13
I believe this is called the "QUICK DO SOMETHING...ANYT...
Jet odious karate
  11/21/13
(Karl Rove)
lime multi-colored dysfunction digit ratio
  11/21/13
But, but, Benghazi!!!
ocher market fortuitous meteor
  11/21/13
death to israel
Concupiscible Brethren Locus
  11/21/13
supposedly: they expect the Republicans to eliminate the fil...
light big-titted locale faggot firefighter
  11/21/13
the democrats have a structural advantage in the electoral c...
supple halford lettuce
  11/21/13
dems do not have a structural advantage in the senate
light big-titted locale faggot firefighter
  11/21/13
I know, but my point is that they have a structural advantag...
supple halford lettuce
  11/21/13
Elaborate, shitlib
lime multi-colored dysfunction digit ratio
  11/21/13
Obama has done all sorts of things using the EPA and the Dep...
supple halford lettuce
  11/21/13
"the democrats have a structural advantage in the elect...
clear point mood
  11/21/13
VA going blue seems to make GOP done here.
Magenta spectacular box office
  11/21/13
demography is destiny
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clear point mood
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  04/17/19
(chuck grassley aide)
haunting hairraiser library
  11/21/13
How you been, friend.
clear point mood
  11/21/13
how mad are you that john roberts thinks dc circuit requires...
haunting hairraiser library
  11/21/13
Stupid to say DC Circuit requires 11--when it had 12, they c...
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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:50 AM
Author: clear point mood

-The DC Circuit, while important, has a very low caseload, and these three judges are not going to have a very significant impact, especially with a lot of senior Reagan-era nominees still staffing cases.

-Maybe his goal is to staff the bench with 50- to 52-year-old judges who'll be shortlisted for the next Democratic administration for SCOTUS. But that's a very very long game and assumes that no one else in the wings is any good for a short list.

-There's only a couple of years left in his term for him to even get nominees through, and he's nominated at a lower rate.

So while I get that Obama and Reid have advantages to going nuclear, doesn't this, in the long run, likely fail a Rawlsian test in terms of long-term advantage?

Anyone liberals want to defend on the basis of something I'm missing. tyia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24481933)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:51 AM
Author: Irate Bull Headed Meetinghouse

Slide and let do.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24481959)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:55 AM
Author: metal goyim casino

I have to wonder if the GOP won't have a majority of senators pretty soon, in which case Reid will be glad to have been bluffing. He's a shrewd, craft parliamentarian, so I assume it's a bluff.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24481974)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:57 AM
Author: clear point mood

We'll find out in about 15 minutes. They voted to end cloture on a nominee (failed), they vote to adjourn (failed), they're voting on whether to reconsider the cloture vote at the moment. Endgame now, unless a last-second negotiation comes through.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24481985)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:57 AM
Author: maroon striped hyena quadroon

Dems think they will have both senate and WH at last through 2020

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24481986)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:01 PM
Author: Aromatic mediation coldplay fan



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:29 PM
Author: frum trailer park

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482162)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: lime multi-colored dysfunction digit ratio

lol is this a fucking joke? Hillary is literally UNTOUCHED from this rollout 3 years before the election

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482166)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:32 PM
Author: frum trailer park

not to mention the electoral math simply doesn't favor the republicans anymore no matter how you arrange the swing states. Even if they could take FL, OH and VA back they'd still lose

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482182)



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Date: August 14th, 2018 10:41 PM
Author: nighttime site wagecucks



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#36618339)



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Date: August 14th, 2018 10:41 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy talented tanning salon persian

Come back harry

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#36618343)



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:16 PM
Author: clear point mood



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#38102393)



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:17 PM
Author: Stubborn floppy legal warrant public bath

Lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#38102401)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 12:14 PM
Author: s.e.g.a.



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: clear point mood

(Ruth Bader Ginsburg)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482007)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 11:58 AM
Author: Jet odious karate

I believe this is called the "QUICK DO SOMETHING...ANYTHING...TO CHANGE THE CURRENT MEDIA NARRATIVE" tactic.

Or perhaps that tactic's cousein, the "WE'RE GETTING DESTROYED IN THE MEDIA ALREADY, MIGHT AS WELL CRAM IN AS MUCH BAD SHIT AT ONCE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAVE SO MANY MINUTES OF AIRTIME TO BLAST US" gambit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24481995)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: lime multi-colored dysfunction digit ratio

(Karl Rove)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482172)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:51 PM
Author: ocher market fortuitous meteor

But, but, Benghazi!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482602)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:00 PM
Author: Concupiscible Brethren Locus

death to israel

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482001)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:05 PM
Author: light big-titted locale faggot firefighter

supposedly: they expect the Republicans to eliminate the filibuster when they win a narrow majority (possibly as soon as 2014), so just do it now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482027)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:06 PM
Author: supple halford lettuce

the democrats have a structural advantage in the electoral college and will probably hold the white house for the foreseeable future, even though gerrymandering and rural districts will keep the gop in control of the house. if a democratic president has a friendly DC circuit he can simply do whatever he wants and get them to rubber stamp it.

obama is already going this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482034)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:27 PM
Author: light big-titted locale faggot firefighter

dems do not have a structural advantage in the senate

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482156)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: supple halford lettuce

I know, but my point is that they have a structural advantage in the electoral college. They want to get these DC circuit nominees confirmed so the president act unilaterally.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482167)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:31 PM
Author: lime multi-colored dysfunction digit ratio

Elaborate, shitlib

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482181)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: supple halford lettuce

Obama has done all sorts of things using the EPA and the Department of Justice. He's done everything from imposing new coal regulations to unilaterally stopping the deportation of "Dreamers." He's become an imperial president.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482184)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:41 PM
Author: clear point mood

"the democrats have a structural advantage in the electoral college"

lol@ this post-November 2012 meme.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482539)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:47 PM
Author: Magenta spectacular box office

VA going blue seems to make GOP done here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482574)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:51 PM
Author: supple halford lettuce

demography is destiny

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482608)



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Date: November 9th, 2017 8:58 AM
Author: clear point mood



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#34641763)



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Date: August 14th, 2018 10:39 PM
Author: clear point mood



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#36618330)



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:17 PM
Author: clear point mood



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#38102394)



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:18 PM
Author: Stubborn floppy legal warrant public bath



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#38102403)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:55 PM
Author: haunting hairraiser library

(chuck grassley aide)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482633)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:56 PM
Author: clear point mood

How you been, friend.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482644)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 1:59 PM
Author: haunting hairraiser library

how mad are you that john roberts thinks dc circuit requires 11 judges and that "lowest caseload" is a crock of horseshit as a metric

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482666)



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Date: November 21st, 2013 2:24 PM
Author: clear point mood

Stupid to say DC Circuit requires 11--when it had 12, they cut a vacant seat and moved it over to the Ninth Circuit in 2007 because the DC Circuit caseload is so low. They should cut it to 9. But the GOP is stupid for saying "well it's so low so we should just leave it vacant." No, the solution is to statutorily amend the number of seats on the DC Circuit, not to refuse to fill vacancies.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#24482851)



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Date: April 17th, 2019 4:18 PM
Author: Stubborn floppy legal warrant public bath



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2419495&forum_id=2...#38102404)