• @clearedtoland
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    305 months ago

    Felt the deep pit in my stomach seeing “Elena Kagan.” Then read the rest and went back to being sleepy eyed.

    At least, if it were to happen, Dems still have the Senate and Presidency this time around.

      • FaceDeer
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        135 months ago

        If there was a Supreme Court vacancy right now and the Republicans were pulling some kind of shenanigan to prevent a new one being seated until after the election, that’d be the greatest gift they could possibly give to the Democrats. That would mean that the election was very obviously going to decide the fate of the Supreme Court, which would bring out tons of voters that might have stayed home.

        Whereas if Biden was to seat a new Supreme Court judge right now, and then Trump won, it’s not like the Supreme Court would matter anyway.

          • FaceDeer
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            15 months ago

            Yes, which is why it should light a fire under the voters. The Democrats can literally point to the previous example and say “look, this is exactly what will happen if the Republicans win.”

    • @Quetzalcutlass
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      15 months ago

      Felt the deep pit in my stomach

      It’s depressing how I went from not understanding this expression, to feeling it nearly every time I checked the headlines starting in November of 2016.