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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts) Fri Feb 15, 2019, 09:58 PM Feb 2019

Supreme Court Justices that could and will rule against Trump's national emergency.

Ginsburg
Breyer
Sotomayer
Kagan
Roberts

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Supreme Court Justices that could and will rule against Trump's national emergency. (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Feb 2019 OP

Roberts will side with the Libs as he doesn't want his court's... brush Feb 2019 #1

Roberts' vote on Health Care was probably tough. This one will be easy. bitterross Feb 2019 #2

Interesting discussion about this on MTP today... 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2019 #3

brush

(53,815 posts)

1. Roberts will side with the Libs as he doesn't want his court's...

Reply to nkpolitics1212 (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2019, 10:09 PM

Feb 2019

legacy to be further stained by voting for this ridiculous non-emergency.

bitterross

(4,066 posts)

2. Roberts' vote on Health Care was probably tough. This one will be easy.

Reply to nkpolitics1212 (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2019, 10:14 PM

Feb 2019

Roberts probably had a tough time with his vote upholding ACA. This one won't be tough at all. It's clear this is an abuse of power. An attempt to go around the Constitution. I don't think he'll want that stain on his court and legacy.

50 Shades Of Blue

(10,031 posts)

3. Interesting discussion about this on MTP today...

Reply to nkpolitics1212 (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2019, 10:32 PM

Feb 2019

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Constitutional law expert (starting at about 13:23) explains why the Supreme Court may not want to intervene.

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