Posted on 07/08/2018 7:13:17 AM PDT by slumber1
This week, President Trump will announce his nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the United States Supreme Court. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has promised to schedule the nominee’s confirmation hearings for this fall, before the midterm elections.
If and when McConnell carries through on this promise, Senate Democrats should immediately file a federal lawsuit against him for violating the so-called “McConnell Rule.”.....
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Lol! I love the desperation of the liberals on this. The sad thing is they could probably find some kook Obama appointee Federal Judge somewhere that would gladly agree wholeheartedly and issue an injunction....
It was not just a presidential election. It was at the end of an 8 year term where there is no possibility of re election. At the time it was a foregone conclusion that Clinton was going to be elected so it was not holding out for a republican.
When rbg goes its gonna get real
Pure crap. I don’t even know why you would post it.
Nice.
Laughable. But if dems expect any favors from McConnell maybe they should stop harassing him whenever he goes out for dinner.
“Him/herself” correction...itself
“To cut to the chase, even if Trump waited until after the midterms to choose his nominee, it will still be Trump choosing it, not somebody else.”
With all due respect you miss the point. If the Rats pulled this off the SC would be 4-4 until the congress is seated next year. Renegade Judges will block Trump at every turn until then. The 9th circus can set precedent in the meantime.
So under this argument, no Judicial nominees can be confirmed during the second, fourth, sixth or eighth year of any presidency.
“Ken Levy is the Holt B. Harrison Professor of Law at Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center. ”. Someone at LSU should rescind his legal credentials after the claptrap he wrote in this article. Senate rules and laws are very different.
Schedule by FALL.... what!!!
How about hearings starting August 1st and vote on August 15th?
Dragging the process out is sheer foolishness.
The author needs to READ the Constitution. The process of making LAWS is clearly set out in that document.
Is EVERYONE at “The Hill” so ignorant?
Some opinions are so dumb, they ought be kept private or at the very least not published in a major publication.
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Let people THINK you are a fool, but why open your mouth and REMOVE all doubt??? (As my grandmother used to say about some people in town)...
Lame duck vs not lame duck? How about Presidential election vs mid term...what a dope..
I look for Ginsburg to hold on until 2020 to retire to use this RULE to gin up anti Trump turnout
Thanks for posting this. I’ve never laughed so hard and so long.
Article II section 5 part 2.
Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.
I looked at a few, and The Hill is still The Hill.
This one falls in the same category.
It's The Biden Rule.
The Hill is trying to generate smoke for the Commiecrats again.
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