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Brittain33
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« on: January 26, 2015, 10:10:56 PM »
Alternatively, it means they can stand aside for a moderate Dem nominee with only a few defections from their caucus instead of letting Ted Cruz make it impossible for any Dem president to ever get a SCOTUS nominee approved, which McConnell knows is a constitutional crisis.
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« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2015, 08:16:51 PM »
Quote from: Ray Goldfield on February 02, 2015, 07:53:31 PM
Alito and O'Connor were still roughly on the same side of the fence.

O'Connor was pro-choice and essentially pro-affirmative action.
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