“Should a vacancy occur in 2020, Democrats will argue, just as Axelrod has, that this is the precedent and McConnell should table any Supreme Court nomination until after inauguration day 2021.”
The problem the Democrats have is that they PROMISED to stack the court if they win in 2020...so ALL OF THE RULES ARE OUT.
Also, it won’t be as easy as with Kavenaugh to make a spectacle. We have 53 Republican Senators now, not 51, and we have slightly less of a RINO problem with those 53. The confirmation of a well-qualified Justice will likely happen very, very, quickly.
Precedent shmecedent. It’s one citizen’s opinion. It is definitely not codified law. I am sure, if push comes to shove, that President Trump is fabulously suited to making sure all of America becomes aware of that fact.
I agree...The Rats won't be able to pull off another spectacle like they did with Justice Kavanaugh.
Two or three of which are very vulnerable in the election, up to three of which could be vulnerable with the right opponent, and at least three who might vote against Trump just because he's Trump. Filling a seat between now and January 2021 is not a done deal.