Posted on 04/16/2022 6:58:32 AM PDT by untenured
Would pay good money to watch that plot twist play out.
What happens if Brennan rescinds his resignation? That would be fun
DOJ’s Office of Legal Council says:
“Since 1986, twelve individuals have been nominated prospectively to the Supreme Court, including Judge Jackson.”
Why do I not recall even one instance other than Jackson.
Article III judges and justices don’t serve at the pleasure of POTUS, and can’t be forced by same to make good on a professed intention to resign, so, presumably, the KBJ era would have to wait, or, if delayed long enough, would be ended before it were even to begin.
IIRC, the USSC is statutorily limited to 9 seats.
This is a bad idea, why do we have elections?
So,packing the court is legitimate.🙄🖕
Except the uniparty wouldn’t have allowed him to.🙄
We don’t
I have this distinct feeling that it will be discovered that she is actually a he in the next couple of months.
“Jackson will not, however, assume the office of Associate Justice until Justice Breyer’s resignation is effective. . . . “
Been wondering about this. Can Breyer change his mind? Would sure like to know why he “resigned”.
I have many professed intentions that I have not completed on. Justice Stephen Breyer should not vacate the Supreme Court, just for some fun and Dems heads exploding.
I believe that without the pressure, Breyer would have stayed 4 or more years. Look who replaced him. Some dumbass rebel, with an African name, clown with an washable mop of hair,
Exactly. As the late Joe Sobran liked to remind us, the Constitution poses no threat whatsoever to our current form of government.
I think it would be funny as hell if Breyer said, “on further consideration, I have decided to postpone my retirement until after the 2024 elections
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That’s the rub.
If Beyer stays till after 2022 , when the house and Senate have CHANGED
Then this
pre appointment
has
usurped
the next representatives prerogative.
Aka
Theft.
Democrats being what they are, I’ve been nagged by the idea that Breyer won’t resign after all, Jackson will be sworn in, and the left will have begun the process of packing the court.
Who’s going to stop them?
IIRC, no Congress (i.e., the numbered Congress sessions) is bound by that set forth in statute by any prior Congress....
What does that mean? To me it means that the ‘confirmation’ is not finalized - the new Congress (here, the Senate) would have to decide. I guess it really all boils down to ‘how official did Breyer make his impending announcement, and is there a means by which the regulations allow him to rescind it?
..I meant “that NOT set forth by statute”.....
I don't recall an instance in the past several decades when this has been anything more of a minor obstacle for the dems, and in fairness, it's occasionally also been just an afterthought for Republicans as well.
If the senate starts looking like a loss and Schumer thinks there is even a fleeting chance of Thomas retiring or having medical issues, this wouldn't surprise me in the least.
To me it all stinks of end running the constitution.
There is no vacancy,
they have no legal standing to confirm kjb.
This sets bad precedent
to backfill the court ,
usurping the actual represenatives that are in place
at the time of actual vacancy.
If Beyer stays till after 2022, she can not be considered confirmed by a past body.
There is no vacancy
There is only an potential vacancy
This is theft.
Our rule of law is being raped by the Washington district of cartels.
I agree
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