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  1. Comment on How we know Brett Kavanaugh is lying in ~misc

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    It's also possible that a distinguished judge and lawyer might speak in specific terms that might sound weird to the layperson, while not being at all vague.

    It's also possible that a distinguished judge and lawyer might speak in specific terms that might sound weird to the layperson, while not being at all vague.

  2. Comment on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination is in big trouble in ~news

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    So you would be fine if the conservatives put Cavanaugh plus 3 new judges in right now?

    So you would be fine if the conservatives put Cavanaugh plus 3 new judges in right now?

  3. Comment on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination is in big trouble in ~news

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    This seems like a terrible idea. Just like Harry Reid getting rid of the supermajority requirement to stop a filibuster, what is to stop the republicans from doing the same thing when the pendulum...

    This seems like a terrible idea. Just like Harry Reid getting rid of the supermajority requirement to stop a filibuster, what is to stop the republicans from doing the same thing when the pendulum swings back? Why take the blame for setting the precedent of "If things don't go my way, I'll just break the system." We're arguably worse off without the filibuster requirement. I posit that packing the court would be much much worse.

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  4. Comment on Lying to buy a gun? Don’t worry about the feds in ~news

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    Isn't that true though? If we can't enforce the laws we already have on the books, what's to think that more laws will do anything except to hamper the law-abiding gun owner?

    Isn't that true though? If we can't enforce the laws we already have on the books, what's to think that more laws will do anything except to hamper the law-abiding gun owner?

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