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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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.
Maybe Trump should have boosted the ethanol ratio to a percentage higher than the 15% he proposed.
Garland was nominated by a lame duck president. Trump will not be a lame duck in 2020.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
Absolutely...
Why did Grassley discuss it much less set out a position?
Stupid Party....
Bait to get ginsberg to retire or die.
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.
like Momma used say - “never say never.”
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
He’s trying to be consistent. Applying the same rules in 2020 that they used in 2016.
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.
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.
Isn’t MConnell Grassley’s boss?
Stop with the panic, Grassely’s remarks are explained in the posts above.
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.
Ginsburg is looking baaaaad, I would be surprised if she makes it to next spring
Trump curse
What Would The Democrats Do? in the same position.
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