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Can Democrats keep the SCOTUS fight alive all year?

Everything you need to know about appointing a Supreme Court justice. When was the last Supreme Court nomination in which stakes were this high? Maybe never. Why do we pretend Supreme Court justices are anything but political officials? Appoint a few more Scalias, kiss democracy goodbye. No, Joe Biden didn’t say that the Senate should block Supreme Court nominees during an election year. How the New York Times is helping Republicans frame the Supreme Court controversy. There is no modern precedent for the coming SCOTUS nom battle royale. Senate Republicans and the Supreme Court: Where is this headed exactly? Senate Republicans are a lot weaker than they look. Will Mitch McConnell pay for his Supreme Court jiggery-pokery? The only way Republicans win this Supreme Court fight is by confirming Barack Obama’s nominee. How Republicans are breaking the Senate.

Can Democrats keep the SCOTUS fight alive all year? Four paths Obama could take with his Supreme Court nominee. GOP senator Mike Lee explains why he’ll never vote to confirm an Obama Supreme Court pick: “President Obama’s free to nominate, and we’re free not to confirm”. Mitch McConnell is already threatening to block the next president’s Supreme Court nominee too. Supreme Court snub is ultimate delegitimization of first black president (and more). Will the Supreme Court just disappear? Yes, you’re entitled to enjoy the death of Scalia.