Don’t laugh. They will try. And they will recruit leftist judges to issue edicts to stop the constitutional process from going forward.
“And they will recruit leftist judges to issue edicts to stop the constitutional process from going forward.”
Truthfully if they read the Constitution, there is a capacity to head them off even more than they think.
Constitution /article II, Section 2:
“He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.”
What this basically says is: the senate can invest the appointment of a supreme court justice totally in the hands of the president as there are no laws that cover replacement. So a simple majority, no questions asked, is all that is required. And it doesn’t have to be a vote on the person. Mr. McConnell moves right on by the discussion, require a vote for having the president make the choice, and when the conservative majority passes the vote with even one more vote than the liberals, it’s over. The libs have no say in it beyond the vote by amendment. No discussion of the candidate, nothing more. It’s in the Constitution and is quite clear.
Get ready for trying the person in the papers.
rwood