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.
It would be another miracle.
Can you imagine that cackling during oral arguments?
Oh......how...reassuring........
Since when has appropriateness for the job mattered to the dems.?
“Harris is inappropriate for the role.”
While I agree with you, Biden’s singular qualification seems to be that the next justice be a “woman of color”.
Nope ... he’s not African black, but a dark Hispanic
She’s inappropriate for vice president, but that didn’t stop them, did it?
But has she raped anyone back in college? That's the dividing line.
If sh!tmuffin is stupid enough to take sh!tlery as his vp, then he deserves his upcoming scheduled suicide.
Heh, just think how low the Supreme Court’s already laughable reputation will sink when when the HO gets in there.
You are right, she is a heterosexual ...
There is an excellent summary of the complications in the trash sheet leftist rag Time Magazine, unfortunately.
I won’t post a link.
Brief quote here:
Why does this matter? If all 11 Republican members of the Judiciary Committee oppose Biden’s pick and all 11 Democrats back her, the nomination goes inert. (A pretty safe bet in a committee where at least half of the Republican members have White House ambitions of their own.) The nomination doesn’t die, but it does get parked until a lawmaker—historically, the Leader of the party—brings it to the floor for four hours of debate.
A majority of the Senate—51 votes, typically—can then put debate about the issue on the calendar for the next day. But that’s the last easy part. When the potential pick comes to the floor again, it’s not as a nomination. At that point, it’s a motion to discharge, a cloture motion that requires 60 votes. In other words, 10 Republicans would have to resurrect the nomination of someone already blocked in the Judiciary Committee.
Given this is an election year and Republicans have historically shown they’re not willing to give Democrats any wins on the Supreme Court in such a politically charged environment, there’s a good chance that Biden’s nominee spends her summer waiting for invites that never come from GOP lawmakers asking her in for typically cordial and informal coffees.
So, yes, Biden may get to nominate a pick for the Supreme Court. But there’s no guarantee that the full Senate will take it up. After all, McConnell successfully rejected Merrick Garland’s nomination in 2016 and waited for Donald Trump to win the White House to install a replacement for Antonin Scalia. McConnell narrowly carved out selected history and dug his heels in that he wouldn’t bring Garland up for a vote. There was simply nothing Democrats could do about it.
And given the rules of the Senate as they stand, a resolute Republican Party can pull a sequel to the Garland nomination. Sure, the Democrats could try to change the power-sharing agreement, but as the debate on voting rights showed us in recent weeks, one hold-out voice among Democrats in favor of the filibuster can tank the plan with little consequence. Which means all of the odds-making about who might get the call from White House Counsel in the coming days, who might get tapped to sherpa the nomination through the Senate or even what this means for the next term are all likely for naught. Republicans, should they want to, can sink this nominee. And if history is predictive, that’s exactly what they’ll do.
Philip Elliott, Jan 26, 2022.
It always has. Just maybe not the way you think. They don’t just nominate any lawyer. They nominate people with certain experience, and you can expect a lot of pushback if it’s not there.
In reality, there are almost no qualifications to be VP. You could be a rutabaga.
If sh!tmuffin nominates sh!tlery to be vp and she is confirmed by congress, and then if President Trump regains the presidency in the 2024 election, sh!tlery will no longer be in office once President Trump takes the oath of office on Jan 20, 2025. There will be no need to “nominate her replacement,” as she will once again be a private citizen and not be holding any office from which she can leave due to ill health.
Agree completely. I just don’t think we are dealing with chess players here. I’m not sure they actually care about the institution, or the Constitution, etc.
This article is VERY COOL!
Every major personnel move and appointment was gamed-out by the senior-level Democrat Party operatives before Bernie and Mayor Pete were forced out of the primaries. That was the price Joe paid to be called ‘President’.
I know he isnt dumb...but kamala can do the same thing since thomas already showed the way in the current era.
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