# Are liberals facing the equivalent of political checkmate with the Supreme Court for the next 25-30 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 9, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-liberals-facing-the-equivalent-of-political-checkmate-with-the-supreme-court-for-the-next-25-30/817566 "2018-07-09T14:05:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-liberals-facing-the-equivalent-of-political-checkmate-with-the-supreme-court-for-the-next-25-30/817566/121 "2018-07-10T22:57:21Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > Yeah, how come Clinton has never been investigated? Damn right! How come we never had an investigation into Benghazi? And why didn’t someone look into her emails? Hillary lied, people died, right? Surely all it would take would be one congressional investigation by the opposition party to put her in prison for life? Why have Republicans never tried to attack Hillary? And why don’t they ever question where Obama was born? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-liberals-facing-the-equivalent-of-political-checkmate-with-the-supreme-court-for-the-next-25-30/817566/122 "2018-07-10T23:20:23Z")
Dignity, decorum and civility. As is their wont. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-liberals-facing-the-equivalent-of-political-checkmate-with-the-supreme-court-for-the-next-25-30/817566/123 "2018-07-11T01:03:43Z")
> [@Silver\_lining](#): > > What does Muller have on Trump himself? Nothing, Nada, Zilch. > > The media is whipping the left into a frenzy over this Russia business, but once the cards come down for us to see, it will be paned like a badly hyped movie. > [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Unless you are actually on Mueller’s investigative team, you haven’t a bleedin’ clue as to what Mueller may or may not “have on Trump himself”. So kindly cut the crap. Anyone who makes a sweeping pronouncement like “Nothing, Nada, Zilch.” has outed themselves as a partisan cheerleader willing to delude themselves, and mislead everyone who’s too ignorant to look up any facts for themselves. I will no longer take anything these unprincipled posters say seriously again, and I’m dismayed by the people here who seem to give these talking points validity by marshaling arguments that they hope will be taken to heart in an honest debate. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-liberals-facing-the-equivalent-of-political-checkmate-with-the-supreme-court-for-the-next-25-30/817566/124 "2018-07-11T03:14:57Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Anyone who makes a sweeping pronouncement like “Nothing, Nada, Zilch.” has outed themselves as a partisan cheerleader willing to delude themselves, and mislead everyone who’s too ignorant to look up any facts for themselves. > > I will no longer take anything these unprincipled posters say seriously again, and I’m dismayed by the people here who seem to give these talking points validity by marshaling arguments that they hope will be taken to heart in an honest debate. Hahahaha. Of course you will. And others may do the same to you. I doubt if you have broken anyone’s will to live. Life will go on. Democrats fucked themselves when they chose to spent so much time, and money, fucking over Bernie and his supporters instead of concentrating on who would be picking the next Supremes. Life is tough, it’s tougher when people act stupidly. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-liberals-facing-the-equivalent-of-political-checkmate-with-the-supreme-court-for-the-next-25-30/817566/125 "2018-07-11T04:39:24Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Hahahaha. Of course you will. And others may do the same to you. I doubt if you have broken anyone’s will to live. Life will go on. > > Democrats fucked themselves when they chose to spent so much time, and money, fucking over Bernie and his supporters instead of concentrating on who would be picking the next Supremes. Life is tough, it’s tougher when people act stupidly. I think you’re wrong. Bernie was the one waging a Holy War against the Democratic Party. Idiot Sanders believed that starting his so-called revolution was far more important than actually winning elections ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-liberals-facing-the-equivalent-of-political-checkmate-with-the-supreme-court-for-the-next-25-30/817566/126 "2018-07-11T05:18:20Z")
> [@Silver\_lining](#): > > Like I said before, if someone investigated Obama or Clinton to the same degree, you’d get the same. I think I’ve indulged this long enough so I’m just gonna say :rolleyes: and call it a day. ---
**Author:** ![JB99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JB99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JB99)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-liberals-facing-the-equivalent-of-political-checkmate-with-the-supreme-court-for-the-next-25-30/817566/127 "2018-07-11T12:49:45Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Hahahaha. Of course you will. And others may do the same to you. I doubt if you have broken anyone’s will to live. Life will go on. So tiresome. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-liberals-facing-the-equivalent-of-political-checkmate-with-the-supreme-court-for-the-next-25-30/817566/128 "2018-07-12T01:57:10Z")
> [@Silver\_lining](#): > > Like I said before, if someone investigated Obama or Clinton to the same degree “If”? What color is the sky on the planet where this is a hypothetical possibility rather than an orders-of-magnitude understatement of the actual situation? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-liberals-facing-the-equivalent-of-political-checkmate-with-the-supreme-court-for-the-next-25-30/817566.md?page=6)