Posted on 11/08/2024 7:41:58 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
Any replacement will never be confirmed before Jan 20 so...yes, please resign (and let Trump appoint your replacement).
I believe she has type I diabetes and really bad. I hope she stays on, will probably resign as I don’t think she would want to go 4 more years. I would not be in favor of ANYONE Graham recommends.
still need 60 for USSC nominees
they dont have the votes
She diabetic, obese and has been hospitalized several times over the past few years.
Her making it for four more years is very unlikely, she might not die, but her health is rapidly deteriorating.
Oh and Kagan ain’t exactly a model of health either.
Could back fire, Hugely...
1. She could refuse and No longer go the “dems” way. But, become a strict constitutionalist for the majority of her long career.
2. She could easily start the bidding war. Drive up her price. And then step down the day after DJT takes office.
I’m sure she saw what they dems did to Biden...
take heritage out of the equation
Agreed. Graham needs to go. He’s compromised.
Manchin and Sinema have already said they would not support this.
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If they do not support it, the replacement will not get enough votes for confirmation. But the resignation is not revocable.
So Sotomayor would likely be replaced by Trump appointee!
Not good for Dems
lindsey will wear whatever dress that will get him to the ball
I keep thinking of the movie “The Pelican Brief”.
Stall confirmation for 2 months.
Stay away from anyone named Cheney.
Plus, she’s only 70. There’s every chance she’ll still be there in 2028.
I don’t blame Trump for Kavanaugh. Kennedy said he would step down IF Trump nominated Kavanaugh (his former clerk) but that he would stay on until the next administration if Trump refused to nominate Kavanaugh. OK, I get it. Kavanaugh is better than risking a Democrat nominee.
Amy Coney-Barret was the real bad choice. She’s good on religious liberty and gun rights but she’s just like Roberts on the rest....ie she’s a squish.
Congressman have no say so. That’s a Senate thing. NOTHING any congressman or senator does before Labor Day of an election year matters. They have almost 2 years of service with no consequences anyway
All the wide Latina has to do is refuse to resign and cry racism and those pushing this will shut up.
That’s what I’m wondering about. What kind of time frame does it take? I’m sure the Democrats are willing to cut corners. According to Wikipedia, the average time is 55 days. They’ll all be out of town for part of November and December/January. Not seeing how they’d get through the Judiciary Committee, the interviews with 50 people and then the vote. If they can fast-track that, why didn’t they fast-track a better presidential candidate?
The Wide Latina will never step down. Her pension gets bigger every day.
The Levin senate confirmation hearings would be epic, must watch TV.
I doubt that Trump had any notion about federal judges before 2016, and any opinions he has now are left over from the discussions surrounding his first term picks. He subcontracted the judge picking to the Federalist Society, and he’s probably broadened his kitchen cabinet a bit, but he’s out of his element on judges and he knows it.
Thomas and Alito are our superstars, but they are products of an earlier era. Barrett, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch are all reasonably solid but all have crossed over on some surprising decisions. But this has always been true of the conservative Justices, who do not act in lockstep like the lefties. By definition, the conservatives are originalists and textualists who think legislative history and the framers’ intent matters, as opposed to activists who think they are dictators in robes who can make it up as they go along. So the conservatives have differences of opinion.
The limiting factor on judicial appointments will be the weakest links in the Senate. We are now freed from the Murkowski-Collins bind. So the question is: who are the three next-weakest GOP Senators who could scuttle a pick? And which of the weak links is up for reelection in 2026 or 2028 and, if in a purple state, might be eager to chalk up some high profile markers of independence from Trump?
I wish there were no weak links in the Republican caucus. But I prefer to stay rooted in the reality-based community. Any incoming president’s window of opportunity for significant change is very short, and Trump is now a lame duck. With all the inherited problems, 2026 might well shape up as a big democrat rebound year. Every Republican congresscritter knows this. The Republicans need to hash out their differences behind closed doors, without burning bridges, not in flame wars on twitter.
Both Trump and the congressional Republicans need to chalk up some wins, hopefully on serious and substantive matters — and ideally do so in a way that continues Trump’s 2024 success in expanding the coalition.
Back during GWB’s administration, the democrats kneecapped Miguel Estrada, superb professional resume and compelling personal story notwithstanding, because the leftist commissars thought he was too good. They decided to short circuit his judicial career early rather than have to oppose a brilliant, conservative Hispanic pick for the Supreme Court down the road. That’s now ancient history, but Miguel Estrada is the kind of pick Trump, the Federalist Society, and the Senate pubbies should be looking for. Hispanic, Asian, black ... as long as they’re conservative and above reproach on personal grounds ... look to build the coalition. Don’t play into democrat caricatures. And as a tiebreaker if a suitable nominee can be found, stick a thumb in the eye of the Ivy League and pick a Justice from a top ten but non-Ivy law school.
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