McConnell ready for another Supreme Court vacancy

Washington Examiner ^ | 10/08/18

[Liberty7732]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is signaling that he is ready and prepared to move another Supreme Court nominee from President Trump through Senate confirmation – including during the the 2020 presidential election season, if another seat were to become available then.

“We’ll see if there is a vacancy in 2020,” McConnell said in an appearance on CBS' "Face the Nation."

McConnell famously blocked a Senate vote on former President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nomination Merrick Garland two years ago, on the grounds that it was a presidential election year.

When asked Sunday whether moving a Trump nominee in 2020 would break the precedent he himself set in 2016, McConnell argued that a Senate case in 1880 justified blocking a nominee in the specific situation in which the Senate is controlled by the party opposing the president.

Trump has boasted that he may have the opportunity to nominate several more justices. Court-watchers are closely tuned in, in particular, to the health of liberal justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who is 85 years old. The second oldest justice, Stephen Breyer, also generally sides with liberals on the court.

[nopardons]

Not to be a picker of nits, but the word is spelled MOOT; "mute" means something entirely different!

[Political Junkie Too]

Whoa!! Slow down there, Mitch.

Is it just me, or does McConnell seem like a guy on Viagra with three hours left?

-PJ

[elcid1970]

Is Mitch doing a Lindsey Graham? Will wonders never cease?

Mitch to RBG: “Well.....bye!”

[KavMan]

We need more GOP Senators!!!! I don't trust Collins or Murkowski to approve Amy Coney Barrett for Ruth Bader Gingsberg!!!!!

[Rebelbase]

“Does anyone really think she can make it more than a year or two?”

The miracle of modern drugs and replacement parts.

[Reno89519]

Yes, I agree and suspect President Trump will get 2-3 or more justices, to tie Nixon’s appointments. Maybe one by end of year?

[Boomer]

Type 1 is not fixed by controlling weight.

[eclectic]

If RBG dies before 2024 can Democrats keep her corpse on the Supreme Court anyway? (cue Norman Bates)

[gcparent]

The interesting thing is the rationale for getting full salary after retirement was precisely so they would not stay on the court til old age. Now they stay til they drop dead for political reasons. Scalia said he was working for free

[Blood of Tyrants]

I’ve read he has a desire to retire. I’m thinking next summer.

[chiller]

Bear claws and a kegger (suggest empty). That’ll break the ice.

[Gay State Conservative]

We should be able to pick up at least one or two Senate seats this year...and very possibly more.Ruth Buzzi Ginsburg can barely complete a sentence these days...but if she were to become completely disabled in the next couple of years we can be damn sure that she wouldn't resign so we'll have to hope that she descends to hell in the next 24 months.

[mewzilla]

Hat trick!

[Boomer]

Thank you. That is one my pet peeves. The other is ‘lose’ vs ‘loose’ two similar words meaning very different things.

[gcparent]

Clarence Thomas is his own man.

[chiller]

Would Mitch have the cajones to entertain another SC replacement if it occurred once the 2020 primary begins. Hypocritical as hell, but also hardball, baby.

[freedomlover]

This guy too

[editor-surveyor]

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One of these days Ruthie is just not going to be able to get out of bed.
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[FLT-bird]

Turtle Power!