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RT @Arianedevogue: R's on Judiciary Committee who participated in a compressed hearing for Justice Barrett, feel differently this time pe… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ZcohenCNN: “Instead, much of the party remains tightly bound to Trump, and his vendetta against the 2020 election.” Good read via @Sar… — PolitiTweet.org

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New - GOP not swayed by Biden’s plans to name Black woman to court. “I think it sends the wrong signal to say, 'Well if a person is of a certain ethnic background, that we don't care what their record is,” Hawley says. (Dems can confirm along party lines) https://t.co/l3i2dMuPyM — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @joshscampbell: Biden reportedly told Ukrainian counterpart: - No US troops sent to Ukraine to defend it - No further sophisticated wea… — PolitiTweet.org

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A divided 5-4 Supreme Court cleared the way for the execution of death row inmate Matthew Reeves by lethal injection, reversing a lower court opinion. Barrett sided with the liberals, per @Arianedevogue — PolitiTweet.org

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Scott spox adds: “The senator will carefully consider the qualifications of whomever is eventually nominated, as he’s done in the past.” — PolitiTweet.org

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GOP Sen. Tim Scott weighs in on potential nominee pushed by Clyburn: “Senator Scott is aware of Michelle Childs’ respected reputation as a judge in South Carolina, which has earned her universal acclaim, and he looks forward to engaging with her if she is the nominee,” spox says — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AnnieGrayerCNN: NEW: It's been nearly 2 months since former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark has heard from 1/6 committee. Clark was schedule… — PolitiTweet.org

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Justice Stephen Breyer informed his colleagues on the bench of his retirement plans after the news broke on Wednesday, source tells @Arianedevogue   Breyer told at least one colleague he hadn’t wanted that person to learn of his retirement through media reports — PolitiTweet.org

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Speaking in Kentucky, McConnell tells reporters there he's going to give Biden's SCOTUS nominee a "fair look." He also praises Breyer as one of the most respected justices in history and talks about how he was a "vigorous opponent of packing the court" — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @FossumSamuel: WH Press Sec responds to McConnell w/o naming him: "If anyone is saying that they plan to characterize whoever he nominat… — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell issues statement on SCOTUS vacancy: “The President must not outsource this important decision to the radical left. The American people deserve a nominee with demonstrated reverence for the written text of our laws and our Constitution.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Kyrsten Sinema says she will evaluate the next SCOTUS nominee on three criteria: “whether the nominee is professionally qualified, believes in the role of an independent judiciary, and can be trusted to faithfully interpret and uphold the rule of law.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden says his pick will be qualified and says “that person will be the first black woman nominated to the United States Supreme Court.” He says he will make a decision before end of February and hasn’t made a selection yet — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden recalls how he voted to confirm Breyer to an appeals court spot in 1980 and then to SCOTUS in 1994 when he presided over the Judiciary Committee hearings — PolitiTweet.org

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Breyer says he won’t step aside until June/July. Dems, though, plan to start the process soon and are confident they’ll have nominee confirmed by then. https://t.co/DFAuDtNgAU — PolitiTweet.org

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Durbin says in Chicago he got a call from Ron Klain about 9:30a Weds. about Breyer's retirement, before news broke. He said he asked Klain if they have a nominee yet. Said they don't and "we're in the process." Durbin: "It's little early to predict a timetable for this hearing" — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin says he can support a nominee more liberal than he is. Says it’s more important to judge nominee’s character and if she’s “fair” "It's not too hard to get more liberal than me. … As far as their philosophical beliefs, that would not prohibit me from supporting somebody” — PolitiTweet.org

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WH makes it official: “In the afternoon, the President will deliver remarks on the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will also attend.” 12:30pET — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jmhansler: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will hold a call with US President Joe Biden today at 2pET, his office told @mchancec… — PolitiTweet.org

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Leahy on quick timeline: “Mitch McConnell has declared these things have to be done very quickly, as we saw during the last nominee. I think it's going to be awfully difficult for the Republicans, after setting that precedent, to stretch things out," per @morgan_rimmer — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @byHeatherLong: NEWS: The US economy grew at a 5.7% pace in 2021, a strong rebound from -3.4% in 2020 (the Worst Since WWII). Q4 GDP ca… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jmartNYT: In May, only about 8% of Black voters disapproved of Biden’s performance. That number had more than quadrupled in the AJC’s l… — PolitiTweet.org

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Collins, who voted for Kavanaugh but opposed ACB because it was too close to election, said of the process: “It involves extensive questionnaires and also individual interviews I always want with the nominee and extensive hearings. So that takes a fair amount of time.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Collins also told reporters in Maine yesterday that Durbin called her “to tell me that he will help to facilitate access not only to the nominee, but to materials or anything I need to guide my decision making and we talked a little bit about the timetable.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Susan Collins: “As you know, I felt that the timetable for the last nominee was too compressed. This time there is no need for any rush. We can take our time, have hearings, go through the process, which is a very important one it is a lifetime appointment after all.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HowardMortman: JOGGING: Stephen Breyer and Bill Clinton May 16, 1994 MEDIA: “Who's faster: The judiciary or the executive?” BREYER: "… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kpolantz: That’s not all! Eastman then has to make lists of docs he wants to keep as privileged. House gets the lists daily, can challe… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Kevinliptakcnn: Biden is giving Breyer plenty of room to announce his retirement on his own terms after revelation today. But quietly h… — PolitiTweet.org

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Clyburn says on CNN he predicts Michelle Childs would have the support of “several Republicans, including the two Republican senators from South Carolina.” Childs was confirmed to her district judgeship by voice vote in 2010. Clyburn has been lobbying for her for SCOTUS — PolitiTweet.org