Posted on 09/22/2020 2:36:07 AM PDT by USA Conservative
Senate Republicans have enough votes to confirm a replacement for late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the Nov. 3 election, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told "Hannity" Monday.
"It's pretty obvious that if they [Democrats] want an outcome, they'll just destroy anybody's life to keep the seats open," Graham told host Sean Hannity.
"They said they tried to destroy Brett Kavanaugh so they could fill the seat -- they were dumb enough to say that," Graham added. "I've seen this movie before. It's not going to work, it didn't work with Kavanaugh.
"We've got the votes to confirm Justice Ginsburg's replacement before the election. We're going to move forward in the committee, we're going to report the nomination out of the committee to the floor of the United States Senate so we can vote before the election. Now, that's the constitutional process."
Protesters gathered outside Graham's Washington D.C. home Monday morning after he pledged to move the nomination process along in the Senate.
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Graham's critics have pointed to his statements after Senate Republicans refused to move forward on Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Merrick Garland in 2016. As recently as October 2018, the South Carolina Republican stated: "If an opening comes in the last year of President Trump's term, and the primary process has started, we'll wait till the next election."
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Elections have consequences....The House with a majority brought a frivolous impeachment against the POTUS. Obama nominated a Supreme Court nominee, but the Senate had the majority to not go ahead. Now President Trump is going to nominate as his duty under the Constitution and like I said before the Senate will vote on the selection. Again...Elections have consequences. I also believe that Justice Ginsberg would have retired if she thought Clinton would have lost the election.
Good point. Ginsberg was a lousy jurist, but politically savvy. Once the Senate was in 'Pub hands, with an election looming, there was no way anyone nominated by Obinga would get in. The Merrick Garland situation proved that. RBG was then boxed in. There was no choice other than try to run out the clock on the Trump presidency and hope for a win in 2020, then retire. It almost worked, and still may, if enough wobbly 'Pubs cave.
As an aside, I had this nightmare of Biden winning and around mid-Dec. having RBG kick the bucket but Congress has not adjourned, so the 'Rats do an El Cid and prop RBG up in the saddle until Congress reconvenes and Biden nominates a justice. Not sure that could happen, but its a scary thought, and is nothing the 'Rats wouldn't try to get away with if they thought they could.
The President is supposed to nominate.
The Senate is supposed to vote to confirm.
Prior to Election Day, this matter seems 100% straightforward — just perform your Constitutional duty.
I can see the point, however, that if the people reject the current president and/or senate on Election Day, then perhaps time should be allowed so that the justice placed on the bench will perhaps be more in line with the opinions expressed by the voters. In short, if Trump loses, maybe the next president should fill the slot.
I, personally, don’t feel that way. But I can see how that argument could be put forward.
Best solution: get it all done before the election. Why not?? Do it now.
DO IT!
Why I don’t 100% believe what Linseed is saying? Perhaps it’s because his mouth is moving.
Maybe Graham can have another Magic Moment at the next Supreme Court hearing.
Average time for conformation 67 da, we don’t have 67 days.
The problem with retiring under Obama was Scalia’s death.
Had Scalia not passed away and Ginsburg retired, I believe that the Republicans (perhaps by being persuaded by the usual gang) would have cursed their luck but then proceeded to pass a Merrick Garland type justice. He was likely the best you might’ve gotten from Obama.
However, Scalia died and there was no way that the GOP was going to allow Obama to replace him. Once that happened, there was no way for RBG to step down. There was no way the two sides would negotiate to replace only one. The best argument would be that the Court couldn’t be two seats down.
I will believe it when I see it.
How many times has Lindsay made statements or promises that turned out to be bogus? I’m not falling for it. He’s more than useless. If he loses his seat, it won’t matter.
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