“And, if McCain is elected and has a majority democrat Congress how will it be different?”
He won’t nominate a Justice Ginsberg.
What makes you so sure? What record of supporting conservative Justices can you point to that will support your claim.
“And, if McCain is elected and has a majority democrat Congress how will it be different?”
He won’t nominate a Justice Ginsberg.”
Really?
In 1993, McCain voted to confirm the pro-abortion, liberal, bench activist, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. But when Bush set out to restore constitutionalism, McCain formed the Gang of 14, seven senators from each party.
All agreed to vote to block the GOP Senate from invoking the “nuclear option”—i.e., empowering the GOP to break a filibuster of judicial nominees by majority vote—unless the seven Democrats agreed
He won't? Why so? Study much history??
FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES: Vol. 18414
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the confirmation of the nomination of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, of New York, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
The yeas and nays have been ordered. Senators are reminded to vote from their seats.
The clerk will now call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Michigan [Mr. RIEGLE] is necessarily absent.
I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Michigan [Mr. RIEGLE] would vote "yea."
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber who desire to vote?
The result was announced—yeas 96, nays 3, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 232 Ex.]
YEAS—96
Akaka
Baucus
Bennett
Biden
Bingaman
Bond
Boren
Boxer
Bradley
Breaux
Brown
Bryan
Bumpers
Burns
Byrd
Campbell
Chafee
Coats
Cochran
Cohen
Conrad
Coverdell
Craig
D'Amato
Danforth
Daschle
DeConcini
Dodd
Dole
Domenici
Dorgan
Durenberger
Exon
Faircloth
Feingold
Feinstein
Ford
Glenn
Gorton
Graham
Gramm
Grassley
Gregg
Harkin
Hatch
Hatfield
Heflin
Hollings
Hutchison
Inouye
Jeffords
Johnston
Kassebaum
Kempthorne
Kennedy
Kerrey
Kerry
Kohl
Lautenberg
Leahy
Levin
Lieberman
Lott
Lugar
Mack
Mathews
McCain
McConnell
Metzenbaum
Mikulski
Mitchell
Moseley-Braun
Moynihan
Murkowski
Murray
Nunn
Packwood
Pell
Pressler
Pryor
Reid
Robb
Rockefeller
Roth
Sarbanes
Sasser
Helms
Shelby
Simon
Simpson
Specter
Stevens<
Thurmond
Wallop
Warner
Wellstone
Wofford
NAYS—3 Helms
Nickles
Smith
NOT VOTING—1
Riegle
So the nomination was confirmed.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. As previously ordered, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table and the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action confirming Judge Ginsburg's nomination. Under the previous order, the