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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 09:51 PM Sep 2020

Senate is targeting 10/28 or 10/29 for the Supreme Court Rapture Vote.

Lisa Desjardins
@LisaDNews
BREAKING: SCOTUS SCHEDULE.

Sen. Graham says confirmation hearings in Judiciary Committee will start Oct. 12, in 16 days.

Oct 12: Opening statements.
Oct. 13+14: Questions
Oct. 15: Begin markup, get ready to vote in committee.
9:11 PM · Sep 26, 2020·TweetDeck




Lisa Desjardins
@LisaDNews
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@LisaDNews
SO, FOR YOUR CALENDARS:

- Oct. 22: is when Judiciary Committee could vote. (Dems can hold over a nomination one week.)
- Oct. 26: When, the full Senate can start work on the nomination.
- Oct. 28 or 29th: When the full Senate could vote, given Senate procedures.
9:16 PM · Sep 26, 2020·TweetDeck


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Senate is targeting 10/28 or 10/29 for the Supreme Court Rapture Vote. (Original Post) Miles Archer Sep 2020 OP
I don't see how that will assist Trump. David__77 Sep 2020 #1
She'll be able to hear arguments on November 2nd... regnaD kciN Sep 2020 #5
The timing is perfect BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #2
October 12 is Columbus Day moose65 Sep 2020 #3
Halloween falls on a Saturday, so the 31st is out. eppur_se_muova Sep 2020 #4

David__77

(23,553 posts)
1. I don't see how that will assist Trump.
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 09:54 PM
Sep 2020

If anything it seems like it freezes the race to some extent which cannot be helpful.

regnaD kciN

(26,045 posts)
5. She'll be able to hear arguments on November 2nd...
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 10:24 PM
Sep 2020

...invalidating the extended deadline for Pennsylvania mail-in voting (ballots can be received up to three days after the election, as long as they're postmarked by Election Day), at the point where lots of those ballots will in the mail already and, with SCOTUS overturning the deadline and requiring them to be received by Election Day, will be ruled to have arrived too late to be counted.


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