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Deuxcents

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13. It's ridiculous. There's not enough time, for one thing. McConnell will never let it happen in the senate

Reply to VeryProgressive (Reply #9)

Sun Nov 10, 2024, 03:20 PM

Nov 10

For another thing. Justice Ginsburg had every right to stay..who among us knows when our time is up? Even a 50 year old justice could die at 51. We’ve got other battles Biden could win before the end of the year and that’s where the energies should be..not pressuring our justice to resign.

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