Herding the cats...
Posted on 03/25/2022 4:56:55 PM PDT by shadowlands1960
Republican Sen. Ben Sasse (Neb.) announced Friday he would not be voting to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
Sasse, a member of the Judiciary Committee, pointed to Jackson not clearly labeling her judicial philosophy in his decision to vote “no” on her confirmation.
“Judge Jackson is an extraordinary person with an extraordinary American story. We both love this country, but we disagree on judicial philosophy and I am sadly unable to vote for this confirmation,” Sasse said in a statement.
“Judge Jackson has impeccable credentials and a deep knowledge of the law, but at every turn this week she not only refused to claim originalism as her judicial philosophy, she refused to claim any judicial philosophy at all,” he added.
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Sassy must be up for reelection.
Nope. He isn’t up until 2026.
Dems and RInos must have enough votes
Its the equivalent of them trumpeting bills they know won’t pass. The Dems stole enough senate seats to win against the Washington Generals.
That’s already been known since Manchin announced his support for her. Democrats did not need any Republican votes - they are the majority. If any Republicans end up voting for her it is just an academic discussion now as far as her confirmation is concerned as it was assured with Manchin’s announcement.
No he’s just safely signalling his conservative virtue to the folks back home when there’s no risk as his vote won’t make any difference.
All you need for confirmation is 50 plus VP Harris, and Manchin indicated that he would vote for Justice Brown. So the RINOs need not defect, but I suspect the worst, like Romney, Murkowski, and Snowe, will vote for her.
We both love this country,
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Really Ben ?
You going with that ?
She works to free pesos and terrorists, that’s who and what she loves.
Americans, kids, not so much.
We both love this country,
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Really Ben ?
You going with that ?
She works to free pedos and terrorists, that’s who and what she loves.
Americans, kids, not so much.
If he doesn’t oppose this nomination, I suspect McConnell has calculated that he might not be reelected Majority Leader when/if the Republicans retake the Senate in 2022. The calculation of the senators you name might be along similar lines... that is, their votes might signal their support, or lack of, for Mitch.
Fixed it.
She’s a fraud Sasse... Just like you.
Even an ass like Sasse makes the right decision once in a while.
Traitor Roberts would find that there are no Biden Judges....
I’m SOOOOO impressed! NOT!
Any mildly competent human knows a woman who can’t say what a woman is should NOT be on the Supreme Court for the next 40 years! Any one who gives pedophiles a slap on the wrist shouldn’t be allowed on ANY court!
She is glaringly INSANE. She isn’t a success story. She does NOT love America! She should not be on any court anywhere.
The more womanized a society becomes, the faster that society goes downhill towards destruction.
Just means that he knows she’ll get confirmed “without” his vote...
Therefore, he can remain in the closet...
She is gonna get in an be a nutty, terrible justice, against actual civil liberties.
Smarter than Sotomayor, but on the inside is a lefty wackjob.
It does not matter people.
Dems have the votes. Simple majority.
These threads are useless.
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