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Grassley: Judiciary Panel Won’t Consider Supreme Court Nominee for 2020 Vacancy
rollcall ^ | October 9, 2018

Posted on 10/09/2018 5:42:33 PM PDT by SMGFan

Declaration could put Iowa Republican at odds with Mitch McConnell

Revealing a potentially contentious Republican chasm, Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley told Fox News on Tuesday night that if he still leads the committee in 2020 and a Supreme Court seat becomes vacant, the panel would not consider a nominee.

That could put the Iowa Republican at odds with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

McConnell signaled last week that he could reverse himself and consider what would be a third high court nominee for President Donald Trump should a vacancy arise in 2020. The Kentucky Republican famously blocked President Barack Obama’s election-year nomination of Merrick Garland in 2016.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: 115th; 2018election; 2020election; abortion; brettkavanaugh; chuckgrassley; election2018; election2020; elections; grassley; iowa; kentucky; maga; mitchmcconnell; scotus; stupidparty; trump; trumpscotus
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

McConnell declared that in an election year, a President who doesn’t have a Majority party in the Senate would not be allowed to nominate a Justice.

The GOP controls the senate and will likely at the mid terms which means Trump can according to the McConnell stipulation, nominate a candidate.


41 posted on 10/09/2018 6:16:18 PM PDT by blackberry1
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To: Paladin2

Maybe Trump should have boosted the ethanol ratio to a percentage higher than the 15% he proposed.


42 posted on 10/09/2018 6:18:54 PM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: whistleduck

Garland was nominated by a lame duck president. Trump will not be a lame duck in 2020.


43 posted on 10/09/2018 6:20:07 PM PDT by philled (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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To: SMGFan

I believe this is Grassley’s sense of fair play shining through. Because McConnell used the Biden rule to prevent a nominee from being considered because 2016 was a Presidential election year; Grassley feels this Senate, if it’s in the majority in 2020 should not put forth a nominee using the same Biden rule.

I actually get it. What’s good for the goose... Sure, the circumstances would be somewhat different but the basic Presidential election year Biden rule would be the same, although it would not be Trumps last possible term and (assuming) the republicans would be still in the senate majority would be different.

I agree with Grassley on this in the name of fair play. Sometimes it’s best to be magnanimous to prove one plays fair. The dems would have ignored Biden’s rule and pushed through Merrick. We (theoretically) have an opportunity to show we are better than the dems by playing by the same rules.

I believe if we hold the majority in the senate at that time; it would help keep it that way for the 2020 elections.


44 posted on 10/09/2018 6:20:13 PM PDT by Boomer (Cheers to the Triump of the Trump Admin.)
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To: Wallace T.

I might have to put some more money into my high mileage (both total miles to date and high mpg) Turbo Diesel cars if they shutdown the availability of the E0 I use for my new (gas) car.

I’m NOT going to make that car eat E15 or worse, much less E10.


45 posted on 10/09/2018 6:23:03 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

“He just told Ginsberg she can retire on 1/1/2020 and that no one will be nominated until after the election of Nov. 2020. What a terrible mistake.”

Let’s see her retire first. Then we can worry about replacing her. My guess is as long as she is on life support she will never resign or be allowed to resign. So it’s all moot.


46 posted on 10/09/2018 6:23:29 PM PDT by RonnG ( v)
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To: Boomer

You can’t play around and if the positions were reversed the Democrats would ram through whoever. It called playing hardball and playing to win no matter what, exactly what Trump does everyday, and you can bet he won’t be dissuaded from not naming another Justice on the court if he can.


47 posted on 10/09/2018 6:25:16 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: RonnG
"So it’s all moot."

Absolutely...

Why did Grassley discuss it much less set out a position?

Stupid Party....

48 posted on 10/09/2018 6:25:38 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: SMGFan

Bait to get ginsberg to retire or die.


49 posted on 10/09/2018 6:37:36 PM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (Demon-Rats beware your time is coming on Nov. 6th.)
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To: SMGFan

Ruth Bader Ginsberg will only need little more than a year of life support. However if Trump wins in 2020, she may have to be converted to some form of life support with flashing lights for answers like Capt.Pike in Star Trek.


50 posted on 10/09/2018 6:38:19 PM PDT by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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To: SMGFan

like Momma used say - “never say never.”


51 posted on 10/09/2018 6:41:58 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: SMGFan

wont consider a nominee? what is he talking about? someone tell this jackass its not up to him. they dont have a choice. if he refuses then just swear in the nonminee and seat him on the bench. the senate could reject a particular nominee but thet cant stop the president from filling the vacancy. if grassley needs clarification on this then the president could send it to the supreme court. ha, lol


52 posted on 10/09/2018 6:42:39 PM PDT by precisionshootist
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To: SMGFan

He’s trying to be consistent. Applying the same rules in 2020 that they used in 2016.


53 posted on 10/09/2018 6:49:53 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (I'm really starting to believe in term limits.)
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To: Not A Snowbird

That is not consistency. In 2016 the executive was democrat and the senate republican. It looks like in 2020 the executive will be republican and the senate republican, So it is not the same situation.


54 posted on 10/09/2018 6:52:49 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: SMGFan

He’s not going to have to wait that long. RBG is obviously terminally ill. She needs to bow out. She’ll never last till 2020. As I’ve said before, I doubt she’ll last the winter.
Whether it’s her next, or one of the others, President Trump will probably get another two picks. Three, if the prophecy is accurate. Definitely three if he wins a second term.


55 posted on 10/09/2018 6:59:49 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: SMGFan

Isn’t MConnell Grassley’s boss?


56 posted on 10/09/2018 7:01:28 PM PDT by KevinB (If I'm ever arrested, I'm switching parties.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin; All

Stop with the panic, Grassely’s remarks are explained in the posts above.


57 posted on 10/09/2018 7:06:15 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: Paladin2

Grassley is misunderstanding how it works. If the Senate and President are from opposite parties in an election year, it’s pointless for a nomination. The opposing senate wouldn’t vote to confirm and it would be a waste of time.


58 posted on 10/09/2018 7:09:00 PM PDT by damper99 (pu)
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To: Stingray51

Ginsburg is looking baaaaad, I would be surprised if she makes it to next spring
Trump curse


59 posted on 10/09/2018 7:12:37 PM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: SMGFan
WWTDD?

What Would The Democrats Do? in the same position.

They would ram a nominee through

Enough with the cheese-eating surrender monkey schtick.
60 posted on 10/09/2018 7:13:08 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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