Posted on 01/26/2022 12:28:04 PM PST by Enlightened1
White House Press Secretary wouldn’t directly confirm that Biden was selecting Vice President Kamala Harris to fill the Supreme Court vacancy soon-to-be-left by retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.
But what Psaki did is narrow down the field to one that would include Kamala Harris. Watch:
https://rumble.com/vtck10-peter-doocy-grills-psaki-on-harris-as-next-scotus-pick.html
“When you were asked about the Vice President, possibly being selected as a Supreme Court nominee, you say you’re not going to speak to any considerations. Does that means she is being considered?” Fox News’s Peter Doocy asked.
Psaki declined to address the question, because she said the retirement “hasn’t been announced.”
She did, however, confirm that he would nominate a “black woman” to the Supreme Court.
https://twitter.com/ElectionWiz/status/1486424657259646978
“Jen Psaki just reaffirmed that the President will only consider a black woman for the next nomination — a threshold gender and race condition that the Court itself has found unconstitutional for schools and unlawful for private businesses,” Constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley noted.
Adding fuel to the fire, Shannon Bream remarks that Breyer hasn’t even confirmed his retirement yet.
https://twitter.com/ShannonBream/status/1486424088654630912
“Multiple sources tell me Justice Breyer was not planning to announce his retirement today,” Bream noted. “They describe him as ‘upset’ with how this has played out. We still await any official notice from his office and/or the #SCOTUS public information office.”
There is some high-level political chess being played, and it may be the case that Breyer is being pushed to retire, presumably so the White House can offload the disgruntled Kamala Harris and replace her with a political operator such as Hillary Clinton.
The New York Times initially reported the news, which does not make it a lock; but when it comes to progressive affairs, the grey lady is typically right.
While Biden is certain to pick a left-wing nominee for the forthcoming vacancy, Byron York earlier noted it is likely to be a black woman:
https://twitter.com/ByronYork/status/1486390931733585921
York noted that Biden said he looked forward to “making sure there’s a black woman on the Supreme Court” in 2020.
The rumor isn’t new that Biden might tap Kamala Harris for the nation’s highest court. In November, we reported that Kamala Harris and Joe Biden may be heading towards a bad breakup. The White House power couple had been locked in a bitter feud going back to the 2020 campaign. There were credible reports of behind-the-scenes maneuvering to ‘get Kamala out’ of the vice presidential role.
Chad Pergram, who is an avid buff of Congressional process and mechanics, disclosed that he received a message from a well-informed insider that told him he should familiarize himself on the process to confirm a “vacancy for the Vice President in the Senate and in the House.”
The mainstream media reacted to the report as Fox News ginning up ‘speculation’ over Kamala Harris’s future. But such reports did not originate with Fox News. After CNN’s admission of the Biden-Harris rift, the Daily Mail reported there was talk of the White House seeking a Supreme Court seat for Harris to get her out of their hair.
“Harris’ approval rating has plunged even further than Biden’s in recent months, with rumors swirling that the president is considering appointing her to the Supreme Court as a backdoor method of selecting a new VP,” the Daily Mail reported.
Kamala Harris’s approval ratings have collapsed to roughly the same abysmal point as Biden’s (CBS/YouGov had them each at a 44 percent approval rating, while 56 percent of respondents disapproved). Her prospects of becoming president have faded fast. The Supreme Court could be her way out… setting the stage for Hillary Clinton.
Harris would first need to be confirmed as Supreme Court Justice, prompting her resignation .Next, Hillary Clinton would need to be nominated for vice president and confirmed by both houses of Congress.
The 25th Amendment to the Constitution, which was passed in 1967. Section 2 states:
“Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.”
It would be a highly contentious battle to get Hillary Clinton through the gates and into the White House once again. If the Democrats have any intention of doing so, time is short. Stranger things have happened.
Biden: "Hillary? Harris? What kind of fool do you think I am?"
Reporter: "I'm not sure. What are my choices.?"
I ask some pretty dumb questions some times but does it really make sense to take a Vice President with very high negatives and nominate her for arguably an even higher job just to get her out of the way for the 2024 race? I mean, won’t most voters figure this out and hold it against Bid*n when it’s time to cast their vote?
(How stupid of me. Dems don’t need real voters now. They can just make up however many they need.)
And, further, wouldn’t putting Hillary on the ticket be like volunteering to be Epsteined?
Also, does Harris actually qualify as a “Black woman” if her mother was an Indian and her father a Jamaican? I see Wikipedia classifies her as “African-American” when, in fact, there’s no African in her and her only claim to being “American” is a U.S. birthplace.
Whoever it is needs to be Bork’d.
Harris is too stupid and her mind is messed up from pot and other things.
Jonathan Turley would lend the Robert's court a certain amount of erudition to what should be IMHO, the Thomas Court...a court that follows the dictates of our US Constitution and law and order...it is far too political under Roberts.
Or maybe they will activate Operation Pelican Brief.
Her Dad is a Jamaican mulatto - comes from a well-off family there, but that’s how it was and is in Jamaica. Check out his picture. So there is black, but not US black.
https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/nationalpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/father-2.jpg
Murkowski would vote for her; probably Collins, too.
Lindsey, romney
I don’t think it would be about 2024. Its a much more immediate problem than that.
They need to get rid of Biden ASAP. They can’t, because then they would have President Harris, who is going to be even worse for their political prospects, so ...
- they need to get rid of Harris first.
- then they need to get Biden to appoint someone more...plausible.
- Biden then resigns.
All this needs to happen before November.
When did everyone start thinking that Biden and Hillary are friends?
He hates her.
She could absolutely vote for herself. She would have to.
Perfect, LOL.
Biden has to hope his luck holds out. He declared Obama was somehow an acceptable black:
"Biden famously said in the New York Observer, “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”"June 27, 2019.
Could he somehow, improbably, against the odds find another such person for the court? Another storybook?
It will take 60 senators to appoint a new VP from what I’ve heard
Kamala was, briefly a Senator, so that may sway some Senators to approving her appointment to SCOTUS in spite of the fact that she is really a legal lightweight. On the other hand her deep unpopularity might give Senators, especially those up for reelection some pause to giving her lifetime appointment.
Republicans would be foolish to ratify any replacement VP if Kam leaves for any reason before this year’s elections. Why give the dems a tie-breaking vote?
The timing is actually good for the Democrats.
If they can replace Biden and Harris by the mid-terms, it throws the whole 2022 election into a tailspin. The 30% approval rating would be gone, and assuming they picked the right person, the favorable could be well over 50%. Fortunately, it's the Democrats. And they will screw it up.
I'd be surprised if that were allowed, but she'll never be the nominee so it's moot.
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