just have the Senate vote to recess for a day and during that recess, President Trump makes a Recess Appointment of whomever he wants and that new Justice will serve two years before he comes up for Advise and Consent from a new 2018 Senate that should have more new Republicans members to beat a future Democrat filibuster.Have the dems ever nominated a mainstream candidate?
nine is NOT carved in stone... wait for Ginsburg to go and leave it at seven for the next eight plus yearsYou know, if the Pres could work out a deal with Mc Connell,!if Chucky Cheese persists, of having the Senate go into recess for a day an put his nominee in as a recess appointment... In 2018, so many donk incumbents are up there could be 60 GOP sens in 2019, then the point about a filibuster would be moot
You mean he is not going to reach across the aisle?
And if Hillary had won, would he feel the same? Hell no! Hey Chuckie, get those stupid glasses off your pointy nose and look around. You lost! We get another Scalia. Then another, and another...
It won’t take long to turn 8 Democrat Senators.
22 of them are up for reelection in 2018, and 12 of those from States that Trump won.
When Trump starts preaching about “obstructing the American people” and decent, acceptable behavior from the swamp denizens, Schumer’s party will fracture.
Shmuckie Schumer...
They always explained to us how weak they really were.
-PJ
I have a GREAT IDEA put Cruz in the seat the senate CANT STAND him they would be hard pressed to say NO to getting him out of the senate!! HOWEVER who the HELL is IN CHARGE HERE!!!!
SCALIA WAS MAINSTREAM.
Nuclear option. With Trump looking for at least 2 picks or more, the nuclear option is viable.
The advice and consent of the Senate means 51 votes, not 60.
The filibuster was fine and a useful tool to share democratic principles, but the left has continuously shown they’re willing to break prior political agreements (Reid’s nuclear option) for transient gains.
We should not hold back. The filibuster is dead and if there’s any doubt in your mind that they wouldn’t have broken it for a Supreme court pick then I have a bridge to sell you.
Pass Scotus nominations using the Reid method. Pass a few. Then go back and ask the Democrats in Congress if they wish to renegotiate and restore the Filibuster in a manner that can’t be changed so callously.
One would think the Dims couldn’t pick out anyone more odious than Dingy Harry Reid. Then they pick Up-Chuck Schumer.
Another strident, nasty, mean-spirited clown to be the public face of the far-leftist party the Dims have become.
Let’s hope Trump doesn’t back down Send a full-bore, full-spectrum, conservative constitutionalist as the first nominee If Schumer balks, keep sending them, each one more hard-core than the previous one.
Trump will tweet that Schumer is obstructing the will of the people who elected him, and he will call on his base to pressure Democrats.
Schumer will resist and call these people "extremists."
Trump will say that Schumer's "extremists" are the same as Clinton's "deplorables," and will urge his base to redouble their efforts to pressure Democrats into supporting Trump's nominees, because that's what they voted for.
Schumer will dig in and further alienate Democrats from the American people.
-PJ
Bipartisan + Mainstream = Good Old boy Member
Chain Chuckie and McCain together and drop them from the steepest wall of the Grand Canyon.
Or I would settle for the Royal Gorge, I’m in a generous mood.
(a) all Senators eligible to and desiring to speak have done so, or
(b) there is a super majority (60 votes) to cut off debate.
When either of these occurs, the Senate is able to move to a vote where only a simple majority is required for approval.
I believe there is a rule that restricts any one senator from speaking on the floor more than once in any “legislative” day. While a “calendar” day is only 24 hours, a “legislative” day is whatever length the majority wants it to be. Extending the legislative day beyond the calendar day is how the traditional one senator filibuster is broken. When a determined minority is intent on stopping a nomination it would be more complicated to break the joint filibuster, but not impossible.
Considering the average age and infirmity of the Democratic senators, they could probably engage in non-stop speaking on the floor for an average of less than 5 hours each. If up to 45 of them could be counted on to participate, this would be a maximum of 225 hours or a little over 9 calendar days. If the Republican leadership would demonstrate they were willing to play hard ball, they could break this nonsense of allowing the minority to control the process. The democrats would likely cave within a couple of days when they realized they were going to lose. If nothing else, it would be good theater.
Sorry Chucky - give the Repubs even the slightest reason to carry out the nuclear option which Y’All did when you ran things.....