# From a legal POV, can the republicans just leave the supreme court seat vacant until 2021+

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 24, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-legal-pov-can-the-republicans-just-leave-the-supreme-court-seat-vacant-until-2021/746950 "2016-02-24T04:28:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-legal-pov-can-the-republicans-just-leave-the-supreme-court-seat-vacant-until-2021/746950/81 "2016-03-02T14:53:08Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> And yet a couple of posts ago you were telling us which were most important.

And you would be wrong. Consistent, but wrong.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-legal-pov-can-the-republicans-just-leave-the-supreme-court-seat-vacant-until-2021/746950/82 "2016-03-02T15:05:37Z")

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You do know people can see your previous posts, right?

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-legal-pov-can-the-republicans-just-leave-the-supreme-court-seat-vacant-until-2021/746950/83 "2016-03-04T17:46:13Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> And yet a couple of posts ago you were telling us which were most important.

He did say “IMHO”, which means it’s _his_ opinion which is most important, not necessarily any justice’s opinion of which is most important.

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**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-legal-pov-can-the-republicans-just-leave-the-supreme-court-seat-vacant-until-2021/746950/84 "2016-03-04T19:11:16Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> You do know people can see your previous posts, right?

Yes, I do. Some people might actually read what I actually wrote. Some might not. Life goes on.

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