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Re: If Hillary wins, you can damn well bet that Merrick Garland will be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice during the 'lame duck' session... 

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...exactly, one republican can filibuster and the dems won't have the votes to break it. That's not to say that they won't, but if they had balls (or brains) they could shut her down. Same thing would apply if Trump won and the dems didn't want to cooperate.




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Re: If Hillary wins, you can damn well bet that Merrick Garland will be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice during the 'lame duck' session...
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Thu, 01 Sep 16 4:21 AM
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NO, all you need is a simple majority to confirm ANY nomination in the Senate. What you need is 60 votes to force cloture, which would end debate and bring something to a vote.


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