Posted on 03/28/2017 3:13:13 PM PDT by Trump20162020
Neil Gorsuch will be confirmed to the Supreme Court on April 7, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell guaranteed on Tuesday.
Hell be on the floor of the Senate next week and confirmed on Friday, McConnell told reporters. We are optimistic that [Democrats] will not be successful in keeping this good man from joining the Supreme Court real soon.
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Sounds like the Nuclear Option will be invoked.
McConnell is a lot tougher than wuss Paul Ryan.
Mitch held firm on Garland, and HE WILL hold firm on Gorsuch.
I thought the vote was supposed to be on April 3rd?
The committee votes on April 3.
The full Senate will vote to confirm Gorsuch on April 7.
His guarantee isn’t worth spit. We shall see...
April 1 or April 7? ;)
People forget how ballsy that was. The turtle stood up to all the pressure and stood strong. I remember reading how no one on FR believed he would defy Obama but he did!
April 7th is very appropriate. It marks the anniversary of the demonrats greatest defeat. It’s the day Lee contacted Grant to begin the surrender of his pro-slavery army.
Yep, they’ll need to examine McConnell’s Scotch for traces of testosterone, after saying this. Leahy had to walk-back his comments about not filibustering today, as usual, Democrats show 100 times the party unity that Republicans do.
Knowing what is at stake I can’t see the Dems leaving any stone unturned. They may regret losing the filibuster later but in many ways it’s like a Hail Mary pass and if they don’t win the game, it’s over for them anyway.
He held strong on Garland when many thought he would fold. Gorsuch is getting confirmed
He’s still the “The Turtle”.
He will always be “The Turtle”.
Agree. Prove it with actions.
I will be surprised if he is confirmed.
Exactly. Many freepers here thought McConnell would cave. HE DIDN’T.
I also remember how the media kept saying, over and over again, that the Republican Party would pay dearly(come the November election) if they kept Garland from a vote? lol
Lamea$$es in the media were wrong. AGAIN.
Now Reid is gone and the short-term advantage they had back then, will blow up in their faces. Not just when Mitch does this for Grouch, because he theoretically won't change the balance of the court, but they will have 1 or 2 maybe even 3 more liberal Supreme Court justices that Trump could have to replace before his term(s) is out, and that will change the balance of the SC for decades to come.
This, of course, is based on the assumptions that McConnell will be willing to pull the switch on the nuclear option, a couple more liberal justices resign or pass away which Trump can replace and the GOP retains the Senate majority in order to have the votes.
Iffa', coulda', woulda', shoulda'.....
ML/NJ
Meanwhile, the Republicans in the Senate, even the usual suspects (Graham, Collins, Murkowski) are all united for Gorsuch, and are saying a Democrat filibuster would be unacceptable.
Unless Gorsuch gets caught with a live boy or dead woman in his bed before the end of next week, I don't see how he's not confirmed.
Yep, pegged it, after the April 1st deadline for this session.
Thanks for the info.
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