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If you listen closely you can hear his campaign manager dropping a full cup of coffee. *
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Posted by doubledown
on March 6, 2024, 21:18:20, in reply to "
no jeffrey dahmer?
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https://twitter.com/Lis_Smith/status/1765564202851139851
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The three liberal justices write a concurring opinion that the majority's decision that only Congress can enforce Section 3 goes too far, but all 9 justices agree that individual states lack the authority.
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Supreme Court *unanimously* reverses Colorado decision removing Trump from the ballot
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GMAW
March 4, 2024, 9:05:46
no jeffrey dahmer?
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snipes824
March 6, 2024, 21:14:41
Republican plant hung out with all the big rapists*
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ATL
March 7, 2024, 9:21:35
If you listen closely you can hear his campaign manager dropping a full cup of coffee. *
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doubledown
March 6, 2024, 21:18:20
Agent Kujan?*
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Sammich
March 7, 2024, 9:24:16
to pick up a fifth of Jack?*
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ATL
March 7, 2024, 9:09:17
Dean Phillips dropping out, endorsing Biden*
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ECEIllinois
March 6, 2024, 12:49:39
I can't get over what a dumbass this dude is.
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CanHartlebHireSnider
March 6, 2024, 12:52:35
Anyone who runs for president has to have a level of self-regard that borders on pathological
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IlliniRunner
March 6, 2024, 13:21:30
He never thought he had a chance
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Sounder
March 6, 2024, 13:24:30
Because Joe Biden won the 2020 Democratic Primary, and then won the Presidency
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IlliniRunner
March 6, 2024, 13:30:26
I did think he might only run 1 term. Beat Trump, save the day, pass the torch
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snipes824
March 6, 2024, 13:49:21
pass the torch to whom?
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Sammich
March 6, 2024, 13:56:26
the only choice would be Harris*
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ECEIllinois
March 6, 2024, 14:48:36
If she’d been more impressive then there might have been some party pressure
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DT
March 6, 2024, 15:03:53
Unfortunately, Biden was not emotionally prepared to run after the death of his son.
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IlliniRunner
March 6, 2024, 15:07:10
I don't think it'd have been her if he dropped out
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CanHartlebHireSnider
March 6, 2024, 15:05:02
Agree, if it had been an open primary
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DT
March 6, 2024, 15:07:48
Yep. I also think that may have been worse for the party as well
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CanHartlebHireSnider
March 6, 2024, 15:12:36
I didn’t give it any thought. I just know in 2020 I thought it was possible he’d be a 1 term
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snipes824
March 6, 2024, 13:58:08
Honestly, I assumed he'd be a one term president
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Sounder
March 6, 2024, 14:02:58
If there were viable candidates who thought they actually had a chance, they would have run
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IlliniRunner
March 6, 2024, 14:10:52
You know what is lunacy
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Sounder
March 6, 2024, 14:32:03
If Republicans hadn't spent the last three years completely prostrating themselves before Trump
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RVA
March 6, 2024, 14:16:57
Again, it's not like concerns about his age aren't observation and information based
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Sounder
March 6, 2024, 13:51:21
You vote for administrations not presidents, so I have no “concerns”
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snipes824
March 6, 2024, 13:55:05
I'm not sure to whom "You" is referring, but I disagree that most people are voting
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GMAW
March 6, 2024, 14:58:02
Ok, I not you
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snipes824
March 6, 2024, 15:00:41
All I'm saying is that it didn't have to be this way
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Sounder
March 6, 2024, 13:57:57
But there's no proof than anyone else on the D side of the aisle would be better than a coin flip.
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Chicago1995
March 6, 2024, 15:15:25
he absolutely should not have run again
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Sounder
March 6, 2024, 13:44:15
Ok, who in this hypothetical situation, who runs in his place?*
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IlliniRunner
March 6, 2024, 13:46:41
Newsom. Pritzker, Whitmer would all have certainly run
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CanHartlebHireSnider
March 6, 2024, 13:55:53
I think Whitmer is the best of the bunch for a race such as this. Newsom & Pritzker riskier IMO*
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cpsteine
March 7, 2024, 9:39:10
As an Illinois outsider, it befuddles me that anyone thinks of Pritzker
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Sounder
March 6, 2024, 13:59:17
Newsom is even less viable nationally, IMO, and I think they're both worse than Joe right now.
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Chicago1995
March 6, 2024, 15:13:52
Agree to disagree*
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Sounder
March 6, 2024, 15:26:11
Newsom is weird. He'd go over like a lead balloon in upper Midwest, which is what matters most*
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cpsteine
March 7, 2024, 9:40:49
Fair.
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Chicago1995
March 7, 2024, 9:17:15
Or Newsom. *
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IlliniRunner
March 6, 2024, 14:08:09
Is your befuddlement solely due to his weight?*
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CanHartlebHireSnider
March 6, 2024, 14:00:15
That's part of it, but mainly
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Sounder
March 6, 2024, 14:01:47
He's implemented basically the entire dem platform
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CanHartlebHireSnider
March 6, 2024, 14:05:47
All Hail the Great and Mighty Khan of the Prairie and his benevolent leadership!
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KingTalkyTiki
March 6, 2024, 14:10:21
Agreed. Also the Chicago/Illinois connection didn't hurt Obama.
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Warrin'_Illini
March 6, 2024, 14:09:23
The man is clearly working on running as well. "Progressive hero" articles from The New Yorker
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CanHartlebHireSnider
March 6, 2024, 14:13:25
Whoever won the primary that didn't happen
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Sounder
March 6, 2024, 13:48:27
I love Newsom. He'd lose to Trump
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IlliniRunner
March 6, 2024, 13:52:51
Only 36% of people who answer unknown numbers on landlines/open solicitations in their Promotions
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complainant
March 6, 2024, 14:25:08
Polling has become funtionallly useless*
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Sounder
March 6, 2024, 14:34:48
Nonsense. They reassure young people that Hillary will win in a landslide.*
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complainant
March 6, 2024, 14:45:43
this has got to be the worst answer ever to complaints about high gas prices
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ECEIllinois
March 6, 2024, 11:31:09
Her Wiki page is great
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ATL
March 6, 2024, 11:44:29
speaking of gas prices- if you're wondering why yours have gone up in the last couple of weeks
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VIV
March 6, 2024, 11:38:21
Interesting. Noticed a recent jump. And before anyone in Illinois complains about gas prices...
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EffinIllini
March 6, 2024, 11:52:02
I’m in RI and it’s cheaper here than Raleigh*
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TarheelIllini
March 6, 2024, 11:54:30
At least he lives in the state*
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CanHartlebHireSnider
March 6, 2024, 11:31:44
Haley dropping out per cnn. The end to another pathetic campaign
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Mrap24
March 6, 2024, 6:44:51
No one had a chance to beat Trump. Only if he died or got jailed or if Supremes banned him for
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Orangeillini
March 6, 2024, 12:51:22
Her campaign wasn't about this year, it's about '28*
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opey8
March 6, 2024, 6:46:26
maybe. she got her ass kicked. probably done on the national stage *
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Throwsize
March 6, 2024, 11:39:22
Yeah I think the better call would be to not be humiliated like that
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RVA
March 6, 2024, 11:44:41
Well she last longer than the “fellas”*
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JeffFrank
March 6, 2024, 12:24:56
The fellas need to talk to the Big Hurt about Nugenix Total-T.*
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Tortillini
March 6, 2024, 14:09:46
come at the Don, you best not re-be-do-uhhhhhh*
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VIV
March 6, 2024, 11:40:38
Watching Trump's verbal diarrhea is stunning.
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WhitmansFolly
March 5, 2024, 21:36:40
Because they're idiots who would shit their own pants just to make The Libs have to smell it. *
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doubledown
March 6, 2024, 6:54:56
a significant part of trump voters aren't dumb, just assholes*
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torinese
March 6, 2024, 7:37:18
Sinema backs out of Senate race*
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UofIL6
March 5, 2024, 13:34:53
Be nice to get another Marine in the Senate*
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LeatherneckIllini
March 6, 2024, 7:16:34
She must have decided early in her tenure that she'd rather be a lobbyist. Money talks.*
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Warrin'_Illini
March 5, 2024, 14:43:32
She could get a wardrobe allowance
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TarheelIllini
March 6, 2024, 11:53:31
how do things shape up between the two left - who is ahead?*
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cpsteine
March 5, 2024, 14:23:13
It's Arizona, who the F knows?*
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Sounder
March 5, 2024, 14:47:17
Good riddance*
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IlliniRunner
March 5, 2024, 14:06:53
Huge*
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reggiedunlop
March 5, 2024, 13:47:39
pretty interesting that they basically made it not only possible but likely that people convicted
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John Coctostan
March 5, 2024, 9:51:17
Exactly zero people have been convicted of the crime of insurrection relating to January 6
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GMAW
March 5, 2024, 10:13:28
That’s not true. There have been multiple convictions for sedition.
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LeatherneckIllini
March 6, 2024, 13:34:14
Fair enough. People who participated in what we all know was an insurrection and convicted
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John Coctostan
March 5, 2024, 10:21:11
Who was convicted of "insurrection" and will be on the ballot?
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Potomac
March 5, 2024, 12:32:17
nobody, as GMAW corrected me. and none are on ballots now. what this does is make it
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John Coctostan
March 5, 2024, 14:54:05
Yeah -- that part is seriously f'd up in this ruling*
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Quiz
March 5, 2024, 9:54:28
No surprises there*
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Blazer
March 4, 2024, 14:07:04
Unfortunately, this ruling presumes a Republican party that does not exist*
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reggiedunlop
March 4, 2024, 10:00:45
I think the Republican judiciary (including the Supremes) have been pretty good on the
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ATL
March 4, 2024, 10:08:41
Well their natural inclination is to strictly interpret stuff.
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SurfTheBoneyard
March 4, 2024, 11:01:39
Moreover, Trump's people are too stupid to understand the distinction between judicial activism
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complainant
March 4, 2024, 11:52:59
Yes, for the most part, but that's much different than the GOP members of Congress*
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reggiedunlop
March 4, 2024, 10:13:46
I guess the other enforcement mechanism would be the judiciary?
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DT
March 4, 2024, 9:54:32
ACB did not write on whether congress is the exclusive enforcement mechanism either
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CanHartlebHireSnider
March 4, 2024, 9:42:40
easy as 1-3-2*
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VIV
March 4, 2024, 9:54:44
as simple as do mi re
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IlliniSax05
March 4, 2024, 10:03:44
it's the correct decision*
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VIV
March 4, 2024, 9:35:44
The founders would not be pleased with how we are handling sedition and insurrection.*
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Toonces
March 4, 2024, 9:21:05
Because you think the current court is misapplying a Constitutional Amendment
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GMAW
March 4, 2024, 9:27:46
By "more than 70 years" do you mean 80 years?
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complainant
March 4, 2024, 9:33:29
More than 70 years includes 80 years, yes*
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GMAW
March 4, 2024, 9:35:53
Barrett wrote a similar concurrence though less verbose*
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gvibes
March 4, 2024, 9:20:39
I'm kind of surprised they ruled on the enforcement part
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CanHartlebHireSnider
March 4, 2024, 9:19:10
Any judge or elected official who played a part in removing Trump should resign*
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bigbop85
March 4, 2024, 9:13:54
As soon as every judge or elected official who played a part in Jan 6 resigns. *
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doubledown
March 4, 2024, 9:24:36
I think we all knew that decision was coming*
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Tooldresser
March 4, 2024, 9:10:46
It’s the correct decision. Big picture I don’t understand why states have the right to make decision
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Mrap24
March 4, 2024, 9:12:59
It could but that's not how our system was set up*
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GMAW
March 4, 2024, 9:17:45
Curious what you thought of the Congressional term limits case in 1995
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Potomac
March 4, 2024, 10:37:35
I'll get more granular. I don't understand how states can determine how elections for federal office
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ATL
March 4, 2024, 9:25:58
Granular reminds me of scarf Covid lady*
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JeffFrank
March 4, 2024, 11:37:54
right. isn't the obvious upshot of this that states enacting rules on who can vote in federal
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John Coctostan
March 4, 2024, 10:52:36
I think the "time, manner and places" clause is unaffected by this
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Potomac
March 4, 2024, 11:18:26
So ... abandon the Electoral College?*
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complainant
March 4, 2024, 9:35:30
More than that. Why can some states foreclose voting for felons while other states don't?
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ATL
March 4, 2024, 9:53:05
many things are "below the line" - Constitution is silent on them
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Potomac
March 4, 2024, 10:41:11
Why do "established" political parties enjoy statutorily protected advantages,
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complainant
March 4, 2024, 10:27:22
That's another one*
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ATL
March 4, 2024, 10:37:32
I complained recently about one in Maryland for state boards
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Potomac
March 4, 2024, 10:43:24
ideally*
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VIV
March 4, 2024, 9:40:37
Can't wait the see the utter madness of Trump winning the popular, but Biden taking the EC 270-268*
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GMAW
March 4, 2024, 9:54:32
Do you think there is a planet where Trump wins the popular vote?*
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Sounder
March 4, 2024, 10:05:47
possibly, if turnout is low enough*
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Potomac
March 4, 2024, 10:44:42
Sure*
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GMAW
March 4, 2024, 10:20:24
You've got more faith in Sleepy Joe than I do.*
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Warrin'_Illini
March 4, 2024, 9:59:09
There's not really a path to that, is there?*
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ATL
March 4, 2024, 9:58:33
dots
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GMAW
March 4, 2024, 10:00:21
Interesting. I'm still against the EC because whatever prudential value the founders ascribed to it
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ATL
March 4, 2024, 10:05:46
I think the compact would fail on its first attempted use
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Potomac
March 4, 2024, 10:48:23
And TSA will administer elections? Obviously it can't be left to states/local authorities now.*
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complainant
March 4, 2024, 9:52:08
today on non sequitur theater*
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VIV
March 4, 2024, 9:58:24
he's been having a meltdown about this case (which I told him would be 8-1 or 9-0) for a month*
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GMAW
March 4, 2024, 10:01:55
It's like you're clairvoyant or something. I mean, who could have seen this coming?
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complainant
March 4, 2024, 10:21:53
I agree that the result was obvious from the day of the argument
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GMAW
March 4, 2024, 10:57:21
I don't recall your taking a position, or postulating an outcome, until *after* oral arguments
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complainant
March 4, 2024, 11:09:34
Please re-read my post*
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GMAW
March 4, 2024, 11:14:03
Yes?*
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complainant
March 4, 2024, 11:22:19
If you don't see it, I can't help you*
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GMAW
March 4, 2024, 11:26:30
You want me to just read all of your posts and then decipher which one you might be referencing
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complainant
March 4, 2024, 11:36:46
I'm shocked, shocked that you're laying down again.*
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complainant
March 4, 2024, 21:23:48
You're asking me to link something that I didn't claim I said
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GMAW
March 5, 2024, 10:15:09
It's not that hard.
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complainant
March 5, 2024, 17:17:07
There's no goalpost moving. Conservative and liberal justices alike agree
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GMAW
March 6, 2024, 10:13:14
It's a simple question. Why aren't you answering?*
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complainant
March 6, 2024, 11:27:54
I make abundantly clear in this thread here:
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GMAW
March 6, 2024, 11:37:16
So "re-read my post" means find something I wrote last December?
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complainant
March 6, 2024, 11:47:32
Are you really this fucking stupid? Re-read my post means that what I said - exactly -
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GMAW
March 6, 2024, 11:54:09
Oh, so it's wrong of me to critique the court because everyone could see where they were headed.
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complainant
March 6, 2024, 12:11:30
Critique away, but your view of “states’ rights” as a dispositive factor here
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GMAW
March 6, 2024, 12:20:40
"I make abundantly clear" that the states' rights argument is the conservatives' position
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complainant
March 6, 2024, 12:39:21
Good lord, dude. Did someone kick you as child?
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GMAW
March 6, 2024, 13:07:08
No, it was not 9-0.*
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complainant
March 6, 2024, 13:13:25
Yes, it was. And I’m done here.
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GMAW
March 6, 2024, 13:21:43
So you don't know what per curiam means, but "IT'S MY BALL!"
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complainant
March 6, 2024, 13:28:52
A per curiam ruling need not be unanimous, but this one was
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GMAW
March 6, 2024, 13:44:57
this is the farthest right i've seen a fight go in a long time.*
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VIV
March 6, 2024, 14:17:47
TWSS*
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VIV
March 5, 2024, 17:23:14
There was no possible way this would be upheld*
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Sounder
March 4, 2024, 10:13:22
And the immunity decision ought to be 9-0 the other way
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GMAW
March 4, 2024, 9:12:53
I'm annoyed they didn't take up the case on an emergency basis like Smith asked them to
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ATL
March 4, 2024, 9:22:44
The notion that a President has absolute immunity from criminal conduct
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GMAW
March 4, 2024, 9:25:39
If they rule in Trump’s favor, Biden should have seal team 6 take him out*
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Sounder
March 4, 2024, 9:47:28
You would think so*
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ATL
March 4, 2024, 9:26:36
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