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Grassley hints of Supreme Court confirmation in lame-duck
« on: August 30, 2016, 04:29:22 pm »

Grassley hints of Supreme Court confirmation in lame-duck

By Nolan D. McCaskill

08/30/16 11:04 AM EDT

Updated 08/30/16 12:02 PM EDT

Senate Republicans could relent on their hard-line stance in opposition to granting Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland a confirmation hearing this year, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley said Monday.

The Iowa Republican said in February that “it only makes sense” that the upper chamber punt into 2017 holding hearings on a replacement for late Justice Antonin Scalia. Nevertheless, President Barack Obama nominated Garland to the high court in March.

Holding a Q & A at a meeting of the Sioux City Rotary Club, Grassley on Monday said there’s a widely accepted “understanding” that no Supreme Court vacancies be filled in the final year of a presidential term.

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Re: Grassley hints of Supreme Court confirmation in lame-duck
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2016, 04:50:48 pm »
"Senate Republicans could relent on their hard-line stance in opposition to granting" ____________

Fill in the blank, they haven't missed much so far (unless they just didn't have a hard-line stance to relent on in the first place)
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Re: Grassley hints of Supreme Court confirmation in lame-duck
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2016, 05:03:55 pm »
Myst.....

Wonder if GOP rank and file are wondering if Hitlerly will replace liberal Garland with a clone of Socialist Sontemeyer or Ginsberg as SCOTUS nominee.
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