# Pitting UltraVires

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 22, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734 "2018-09-22T16:05:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734/85 "2018-10-05T16:01:03Z")

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**Evil Economist** sums it up better than I did.

> [@Can Democrats actually stop the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-democrats-actually-stop-the-nomination-of-brett-kavanaugh/820733/6268):
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> Yeah, I doubt that. The details you point out are just you demonstrating your ignorance about:
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> [ul]  
> [li]How memory works[/li][li]That people in America in the 80s typically wore their shoes inside[/li][li]That lots of houses in in middle-class and lower neighborhoods in the 80’s didn’t have first floor bathrooms[/li][li]That lots of people don’t tell their parents about sexual assault[/li][li]That people in 1982 didn’t have cellphones[/li][li]How fear of flying works[/li][/ul]

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