It's a tradition ... it's not like it's a constitutional requirement. Time to do away with this "tradition" as well.
Nearly all these so-called “traditions” only work to the benefit of 1 party.
It’s a big reason so much of the judiciary can be used to thwart conservative initiatives.
Time to place them in the circular file.
Why the heck is Mitch not doing away with these unconstitutional traditions?
In addition, the tradition is a way for Senators to blackball a nominee that they can’t stand, for personal reasons. It is a way for all Senators to have power over people in their home state: “Cross me and you will pay for it”. It was not intended to be a way for Senators to kill the nomination of someone they don’t know for ideological reasons alone. That is why the rule should be ignored, the Dems are misusing it, and that is why the filibuster should be ended for legislation as well.
The Constitution is just a quaint document written by a bunch of dead white supremacists to the Senate. But Senate tradition? By gawd that's sacred!
Mitch is too much of a coward to do away with this unconstitutional “tradition”.
To hell with these traditions. They are just devices designed to create excuses.