TCruz has recommended Senator Mike Lee. Would Lee be able to vote on his own confirmation if he were selected?
TCruz has recommended Senator Mike Lee. Would Lee be able to vote on his own confirmation if he were selected?
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Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t Mike Lee a never-Trumper who was so full of hatred for Trump that he said he wouldn’t accept a Supreme Court nomination even if it was offered to him?
Excellent question. In general, Senators have great personal privilege, which suggests he could and would. I'm certainly unaware of any Senate rule preventing it.
He’s crazy.
“TCruz has recommended Senator Mike Lee. Would Lee be able to vote on his own confirmation if he were selected?”
Mike Lee is a never Trump operative who did everything possible to sabotage the Trump campaign and help get Hillary Clinton elected.
Mike Lee is not a conservative. He is not a patriotic American.
Mike Lee is a slimy, two faced, never Trump Clinton operative.
He should never be appointed to SCOTUS.
If Mike Lee was nominated, he could resign from the Senate and the Republican governor of Utah could immediately appoint a replacement. So it wouldn’t impact the voting lineup. But Mike Lee is too partisan a choice, with too many positions which are open to attack.
My guess is that President Trump will nominate a woman, for political reasons. Sykes is too old, so she’s out. My money is on Amy Barrett, who just ran the confirmation gauntlet after being attacked for her Catholic religious views. A re-run of that fight would alienate a lot of Catholics from the Democratic Party, and would let Republicans take the high ground of the Constitution’s “no religious test”. And the three Democrats who just voted to confirm her to the 7th Circuit Court would have a really tough time saying she was qualified for that but not the Supreme Court.
I have stuff on Mike Lee. Don’t wanna go there. His Mormon family mentor growing up in DC was Harry Reid. I have worse.
TCruz has recommended Senator Mike Lee. Would Lee be able to vote on his own confirmation if he were selected?”””
Mpt only is that a sticky question, we don’t need to lose a Republican Senate member.
TCruz has recommended Senator Mike Lee. Would Lee be able to vote on his own confirmation if he were selected?”””
NOT only is that a sticky question, we don’t need to lose a Republican Senate member.