Posted on 09/19/2020 7:24:34 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
In June 1983, I arrived in Judge Roger Robb’s chambers to begin a clerkship on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. But Robb had suffered a stroke. He was gone from chambers for many months. So Judges Robert Bork, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Spottswood Robinson and Antonin Scalia got together and agreed to keep my co-clerk, Terry Ross, and me occupied. They each gave us multiple cases to research, brief and help with their opinions before Judge George MacKinnon returned from a long vacation and “adopted” us until his closest friend on the court, Robb, recovered and returned.
For the summer and early fall of 1983, then, I got the most amazing clerkship ever: a shared time with five legal giants from across the spectrum of the law. And the nicest of these judges was Ginsburg, the sweetest — and smallest — big brain I have ever met.
So, through her long illnesses, I have prayed for her recovery. She was, however, no stranger to deep disagreement or to the need to outline in clear, concise language why one takes the positions they do on matters of law.
The Constitution is our nation’s highest law. It commits to the president the sole power to nominate a justice to the Supreme Court, and I expect President Trump to move rapidly to do just that now that Ginsberg has died — he told me on air on Aug. 11 that he would — and probably from a recent successful circuit court appointee, such as Judge Amy Coney Barrett or Judge Allison Jones Rushing, both of whom could have their full FBI background investigations updated quickly and their records from confirmation brought up for quick distribution.
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I seldom read an article at the Washington Post that I agree with. Almost never. Hugh Hewitt is spot on with this opinion.
Yes
And they better do it
And they beter not screw it up with another souter or roberts
The Congress can impeach a President all by themselves.
The Senate can confirm a SCOTUS all by themselves.
Totally agree.
Yes. Indeed.
Do or Die, GOP
THANK YOU Harry Reid, you magnificent turd
There is NO Constitutional requirement for ‘committee hearings’ for Judicial appointments. NONE. ZIP. NADA.
There is nothing stopping Turtle from bringing Trump’s nominee straight to the full Senate.
Flimsey Grahamnesty is chair of Judiciary, best if it went straight to the floor.
When Lincoln nominated Chase, the Senate confirmed him that same day.
All they have to do is ask themselves “what would the Democrats do?” and do it.
Too many of them ask “what do the Democrats want?”.
history is 100% clear on this subject when this has happened in the past
if the senate is controlled by the same party as the president, the president’s nominee gets voted on
if the senate is not controlled by the same party as the president, the nominee does not get voted on
holds true for both parties
end of discussion
Trump will get his nominee appointed
Not only that - 45 Democrats and two "independents", plus Susan Collins, have announced their votes already.
THEY certainly didn't need hearings to do that. They already KNOW how they are going to vote.
If that's legitimate - and who dares say otherwise - then, if there are 50 certain "yes" votes on Monday morning, just CALL THE ROLL.
This was just 6 years after Dems like Ted Kennedy destroyed Robert Bork's nomination.
Notice that Republicans have always given Dem SCOTUS nominees a fair hearing and most of them will confirm that nominee.
it’s boring hearing MSM talk about 45 days isn’t long enough to confirm blah blah.
there are 45 days to Nov 3, plus 78 days until 20 Jan 2021, which means 123 days to confirm President Trump’s SCOTUS nominee, without needing to consider who does or doesn’t win the election.
Gregg Jarrett was on Fox today talking of nominations following election date. they are listed in the following:
Following is a list of recess appointments that have been made to the Supreme Court:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appointment_and_confirmation_to_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
FakeNewsMSM had no problem reporting the following in 2016:
29 Feb 2016: WaPo: One third of all US Presidents appointed a Supreme Court Justice in an election year
by Barbara A. Perry
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/02/29/one-third-of-all-u-s-presidents-appointed-a-supreme-court-justice-in-an-election-year/
That’s all well and good... if you have a majority. Unfortunately, 4 turncoat RINOs have already sworn they will NOT vote for confirmation before the election.
McConnell has said there will be a Senate vote.
RINOS get pressure from more than Soros.
Daxton Brown here on FR, wrote the only biography of Harry Reid. He knows all about him.
I heard about Collins and Murkowsky, who are the other two?
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