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In 1980, President Jimmy Carter 📷 picked her for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. 13 years later, with the retirement of #SCOTUS Justice Byron White, Clinton had the opportunity to appoint a justice for the first time and selected Ginsburg https://t.co/WRFRr0RAbT https://t.co/HInCLO5ilf
19 September
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In allowing the asylum rule to take effect, "the Court sidesteps the ordinary judicial process to allow the Government to implement a rule that bypassed the ordinary rulemaking process." Justice Sotomayor, dissenting SCOTUS is permitting the Trump admin to ignore the #RuleOfLaw. https://t.co/gViYQgVzVW
11 September 2019
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ICYMI: @RepJerryNadler & @RepHankJohnson are demanding access to Kavanaugh's records from the Bush White House, and that's BIG. The GOP worked nonstop to keep these docs locked up during his confirmation hearings—why? Surely no one lied under oath—right? https://t.co/E8wc41MFMH
07 August 2019
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#BREAKING:Will House #Democrats subpoena retired Justice Kennedy's son over the very questionable loans he made to #Trump as an Exec at #DeutscheBank? cc @OversightDems #TheResistance #TrumpRussia #MoneyLaundering #CNN #MSNBC #Yahoo #HuffPost #FBRParty https://t.co/s5wY6E1MIY
02 December 2018
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Today 9th Circuit upheld district court order requiring government to keep Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in place; ruling means not only that #SCOTUS "is now more likely to take up the DACA dispute, but that it could do so this term," @ahoweblogger reports https://t.co/fQz37TGyvU
08 November 2018
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The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 passed the Senate 78-22. These 6 Republicans voted against it: Senators Grassley, Hatch, Graham, Cornyn,Lee & Cruz. These 6 senators are ranking members of Senate Judiciary Committee #BelieveSurviviors #SCOTUS #StopKavanaugh
25 September 2018
Dems aren't powerless. They can: 1. Abolish filibuster. 2. Statehood for DC, PR. 3. Increase # of federal judges. 4. Add 3 Justices to #SCOTUS. My @NewYorker column https://t.co/wmJ88Vxvkt