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Stick with the King!
- Aug 3, 2003
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The republicans already have a majority. To push this far is greedy, and as a coworker of mine put it "pigs get slaughtered". the GOP needs to ensure they keep at least one of the presidency, senate, and house. rushing in a new conservative justice will just drive up voting on the democratic side, and at this point, they have no reason to play nice if they take all 3 houses. The filibuster, all the gerrymandering thats been done, stacking of courts... The dems will play hardball.That would be kind of funny, but IMO, Trump only cares about the USSC as far as it's able to fire up his base, and Garland won't fire up his base.
Another low-probability scenario is that Trump deliberately holds off on nominating a replacement until after the election, using his "restraint" to paint himself as a dignified gentleman statesman of sorts, while also using the open seat to fire up conservatives who were on the fence about him.
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