To: gwjack
Timing is not good for Trump. Isn’t there a senate rule that no hearing held on Supreme Court Justice on election year ?
9 posted on
08/23/2019 11:41:37 AM PDT by
Lee25
To: Lee25
It’s not a firm rule, it’s the so-called “Biden Rule,” which is something he announced one day. It’s more of a guideline.
Even if you accept the Biden rule, it doesn’t apply if the Presidency and Senate are held by the same party.
To: Lee25
Hi Lee25 -
There is no rule mandating that. When McConnell held Merrick Garland’s nomination because it was an election year lame duck. McConnell referred to it as the ‘Biden Rule”based on JB’s position in the past.
26 posted on
08/23/2019 11:46:16 AM PDT by
gwjack
(May God give America His richest blessings.)
To: Lee25
It’s just a tradition..........
28 posted on
08/23/2019 11:47:34 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: Lee25
To: Lee25
Timing is not good for Trump. Isn’t there a senate rule that no hearing held on Supreme Court Justice on election year ?The "Biden Rule" isn't a rule. It was an excuse for not acting when Biden's Democrats held the Senate and Bush was in the WH. It was repeated when Obama was in the WH and the Republicans held the Senate.
It's not a rule, it's an exercise in Constitutional power.
(However, I wouldn't be so quick to write RBG's obituary -- she's tough old lady and if her cancers were aggressive tumors she wouldn't be here now.)
53 posted on
08/23/2019 11:56:29 AM PDT by
Sooth2222
("Every nation gets the government it deserves." -Joseph de Maistre)
To: Lee25
Timing is not good for Trump. Isn’t there a senate rule that no hearing held on Supreme Court Justice on election year ? ONLY comes into play if the GOP holds the WH and Senate.
Dims would ram through a nomination regardless of the consequences.
88 posted on
08/23/2019 12:26:20 PM PDT by
ealgeone
To: Lee25
McConnell has clearly stated that if there is a vacancy, he will move to fill it. The problem is with the Senate Judiciary Committee chair Lindsey Graham, who says he will not push a nominee through in 2020. We will see if Graham can be brought to heel.
107 posted on
08/23/2019 12:38:06 PM PDT by
ETCM
To: Lee25
Not an election year…Yet.
144 posted on
08/23/2019 1:34:36 PM PDT by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Lee25
Isn’t there a senate rule that no hearing held on Supreme Court Justice on election year ? NO.
146 posted on
08/23/2019 1:36:00 PM PDT by
Go Gordon
(I gave my dog Grady a last name - Trump - because he loves tweets.)
To: Lee25
McConnell already said he’d have the vote and not postpone.
175 posted on
08/23/2019 5:01:44 PM PDT by
Alas Babylon!
(The media is after us. Trump's just in the way.)
To: Lee25
Timing is not good for Trump. Isn’t there a senate rule that no hearing held on Supreme Court Justice on election year ?Not a formal rule, but it is a practice. Keep in mind, this is not a Presidential election year; that's 2020.
204 posted on
08/24/2019 12:30:35 PM PDT by
Repeal 16-17
(Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
To: Lee25
224 posted on
08/26/2019 3:17:47 PM PDT by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
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