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Mr.WeRP

(1,050 posts)
Tue Nov 11, 2025, 12:52 PM Tuesday

The Real Question about The Great Surrender

Did Ketanji Brown Jackson know it was coming and is why she granted the stay?

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tritsofme

(19,727 posts)
1. No. Why would you think such a routine procedural action was related to shutdown negotiations?
Tue Nov 11, 2025, 01:00 PM
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Mr.WeRP

(1,050 posts)
2. Let's be real. Nothing is normal when it comes to Trump's legal battles
Tue Nov 11, 2025, 01:10 PM
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And her grant of a stay had most legal analysts scratching their heads and scrambling to explain it.

tritsofme

(19,727 posts)
3. Really? I didn't read any serious legal analysis that described her stay as anything but routine.
Tue Nov 11, 2025, 01:16 PM
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Plenty of outraged and ill informed political commentary, to be sure.

Mr.WeRP

(1,050 posts)
4. You sound like a Garland apologist
Tue Nov 11, 2025, 01:18 PM
Tuesday

Good luck to you. The Great Surrender has pretty much killed the party, any chance of affordable healthcare in the US and has completely blown the Midterms

Mr.WeRP

(1,050 posts)
6. That's every day here lol
Tue Nov 11, 2025, 01:27 PM
Tuesday

The Dems are playing 3d chess
Don’t worry, Garland has it covered
It was only 8 dems who caved

See how that works? Not great. You should learn to be more realistic.

tritsofme

(19,727 posts)
7. You are all over the place. As to OP, still not sure why you think Justice Jackson's actions were anything but routine
Tue Nov 11, 2025, 01:32 PM
Tuesday

And the implication it had anything to do with congressional negotiations is just wild.

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tritsofme

(19,727 posts)
9. If you care for my opinion, it's that if the shutdown should have happened at all, it shouldn't have lasted more than a
Tue Nov 11, 2025, 01:52 PM
Tuesday

week.

Historically, no party forcing a shutdown has ever had its demands met, this time was destined to be no different.

If Republicans are determined to strip health insurance from millions of Americans, that’s something they’ll have to defend before voters.

What is the point of punishing federal workers indefinitely while SNAP families live in fear as Trump tries to starve them?

But I assume the lack of engagement on the actual topic of the OP means you are leaving that bit of goofiness behind?

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