Posted on 01/26/2022 12:01:49 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats who have played defense for the last three Supreme Court vacancies plan to move swiftly to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, using the rapid 2020 confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett as a new standard.
Barrett was confirmed exactly a month after then-President Donald Trump nominated her to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — and just five weeks after Ginsburg’s death in September of that year. Democrats sharply criticized that timeline then, arguing that most confirmations had taken much longer and that Republicans were trying to jam the nomination through in case Trump lost reelection.
But now that they hold the presidency and the Senate, though just barely, Democrats navigating the complicated politics of a 50-50 chamber are eyeing a similarly swift schedule, even if Breyer does not officially step down until the summer.
The Senate plans to launch the confirmation process as soon as Biden makes the nomination, regardless of when Breyer officially steps away, according to a Senate aide who was not authorized to publicly discuss the planning and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Democrats could quickly hold committee hearings and even a full vote in the Senate before Breyer steps down, the aide said. The Senate would just refrain from sending the president the paperwork on the final confirmation vote until Breyer has retired.
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Asspress having a party today.
The have to try to do it before the Republicans “pounce.”
You can bet the repubs will not put up a fight. Hell, several of them will vote for whoever biden says.
(1) She’ll be black
(2) She’ll Probably be gay
(3) She’ll hate the constitution as it’s written
“Yeah I’ll bet the house on it, what odds are you giving on this again?”
Give them the same treatment that they give the same treatment that they gave our candidates.
“You can bet the repubs will not put up a fight. Hell, several of them will vote for whoever biden says.”
After all, it’s just one of “their” Dem seats anyway.
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Whoever he picks won’t have any more votes than Breyer did, no matter how crazy the person is.
Jack Posobiec was tweeting that “Mancin and Sinema get to make the next SCOTUS pick.
Since replacing Breyer won’t change the balance of the court, and since there is no chance in hell that Biden will ever send the Senate a decent pick, why bother mustering the resources to fight it?
Just let it go through and fight elsewhere.
Has this ever happened before?
Even if it is legal, it surely must go against what the founding fathers intended. I don't see how the Senate can simply hold judgeships in reserve and play them like a Trump card.
The Bush League Senators will be climbing over top of each other to vote to confirm.
Popcorn! Peanuts! Getcha hot nuts while you’re waiting for the show to begin!
I will surprised if Sniffer does not nominate the Ho.
I hope he picks a wild-eyed radical socialist angry black woman like Stacy Abrams. Show your hand, Joe.
What fight? They don’t control the Senate thanks to Loon Wood and the trailer park crowd.
But CoVid? I say no justice is allowed to retire until Jan 21, 2025.
Here comes another Radical BOZO DEMAGOGUE making use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power! Any bets it Merrick “F”ing Garland?
Look on the bright side: Biden can’t nominate Joseph Rosenbaum.
A GOP nom probably wouldn’t be any better.
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