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.
That’s true, but my post only addressed the claim that all justices had “judicial experience.”
Unless one interprets that as “being a sitting judge,” even the ho has “judicial experience.” She was the Attorney General of the largest state in the country.
Whether you think she was any good or not (I think she was an enormity), it’s on her resume.
she doesn’t have the juice to warrant such a plum job. People are delusional....
She will be nominated to be the Supreme Chief of Animal Control..
Why not? We didn’t stop her from going against the constitution and becoming VP. We allowed an election to be stolen. Go ahead and place her on the SCOTUS, and let’s accelerate our descent into chaos. IMO, God can’t reboot this planet soon enough. I’ve made my peace. Let it happen.
Amen....Me also, get on with it....It is enevitable, and praying for anything different is a waste of time if you are a believer in Biblical Prophecy.....Enough with the slow death by chaos, suffering, watching the greatest once Christian based Nation in history die bit by bit...It will be unfathomable suffering for all, but get on with it.....
The plan is obvious. Harris goes to the SCOTUS, the Democrats appoint someone they think might be electable as VP and Biden goes off to some memory care facility in Delaware.
Several problems...who do they appoint VP? Hillary? Elizabeth Warren? Bernie? In the last election the list of Democratic candidates was so underwhelming at made senile that old Joe looked like a good choice. Deposing Joe because of senity should raise awkward questions about who one he was senile and when did they know. This is especially problematic when senile Joe has only been in office barely a year.
Alaska?!
By population.
That was my thoughts as well. He has been very firm in his refusal to be pressured to retire in the past. Maybe he decided to retire on his schedule for health reasons, but, if the announcement was made without his approval, (and he sees it as an attempt to box him into it), he may decide to stay for another term in spite.
I think it only takes 51 votes for SCOTUS appointments.
No it wouldn't.
Nor would it be difficult to get approval of an unqualified politically motivated nominee like Kamala Harriet, except that she herself has to agree to it and why in the world would she do that...with 3 years of opportunity to succeed the cadaverous resident, Biden, and become POTUS? Er, make that FirstFemalePOTUS.
This is pretty much where I am at. Anything goes at this point.
Much less a SC justice.
Speaking of plum jobs, there’s no bigger plum in the world than the American presidency. She has a solid chance of getting it without breaking a sweat. Why abandon that for a chance to be the least qualified person in a room of 9? The SCOTUS janitors are probably better versed.
Too bad, Hillary. It’s going to take arkancide again, if you want the job, and then you have to trust Joe, too, to keep his promise and pick you after you relieve him of his little problem.
One commie for another.
Kamala while as prosecutor persecuted minorities continually, usually for minor crimes, in order to boost a bogus record as being tough on crime.
During her 28-year tenure as a county prosecutor, district attorney (D.A.), and state attorney general (A.G.), Harris proved quite willing to live up to the epithet. In the public eye, she spoke of racial justice and liberal values, bolstering her cred as one of the Democratic Party’s rising stars. But behind closed doors, she repeatedly fought for more aggressive prosecution not just of violent criminals but of people who committed misdemeanors and “quality of life” crimes.
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