Posted on 07/01/2018 3:17:26 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Repukes have 51 Senate votes, with Pence having a tie-breaker vote. But I can’t see Collins and her buddy Murkowski voting for a self-acknowledged, pro-life SC judge. That drops the Rs’ vote to 49. Who knows if McCainiac is still living to cast a vote. He may be embalmed like Lenin by now. Even if still living and able to travel to D.C., he might vote thumbs down again to spite Trump. I’m not sure that even by peeling off shifty Manchin they can get to 50 for a tie.
The best tactic would be to have a pro-life stealth candidate who is silent on the issue during the confirmation process.
It’s like saying that someone spraypainting graffiti all over your house is fine but you washing it off is unacceptable activism.
Souter was a stealth candidate.
“Souter was a stealth candidate.”
He certainly appeared to be a zero. I’m not sure how much vetting was done by Bush, but obviously Souter was a terrible waste of a SC opportunity.
My point is intense vetting of the candidate’s constitutional views, as expressed in written opinions and privately held, by the Trump team to make sure where they stand in order to minimize unpleasant surprises like Souter and Sandra Day O’Connor. But steer away from it in public pronouncements and in Senate hearings.
Collins and Murkowski:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_affiliation_in_the_United_States_Senate#Catholic
Senator Susan Collins:
“I would not support a nominee who demonstrated hostility to Roe v Wade, because that would mean to me that their judicial philosophy would not include a respect for established decisions, for established law, and I believe that is a fundamental tenet of our judicial system.”
The Supremes pulled that one out of their fannies.
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Good thing none were female.
There would have been pulling from elsewhere.
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