Posted on 02/16/2016 2:00:42 PM PST by Bratch
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is leaving open the possibility of holding a hearing for President Barack Obama's choice to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, amid signs of uncertainty about how Republicans would treat a nominee to replace the late Antonin Scalia.
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said he backs Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's view that Obama's successor should make the nomination of a lifetime appointment. But Grassley didn't rule out holding confirmation hearings and a vote by his panel on an Obama selection.
"I would wait until the nominee is made before I would make any decision," Grassley said Tuesday in a conference call with Iowa radio reporters. "In other words, take it a step at a time."
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We’d be raging mad if a Republican president were barred from nominating a replacement.
72 hours to start caving....not quite a record, but close.
Yup expecting Mitch McConnell to say no is like expecting a horse not to go water.
I'm of this mindset too.
They should welcome a nomination, shut him/her/it down, and repeat. Thru January 2017.
Let the SCOTUS be a campaign issue, and play it up.
“Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said he backs Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s view that Obama’s successor should make the nomination of a lifetime appointment.”
Then why is he even open to having a hearing? Typical mealy mouthed Republican.
The Muppets Swedish Chef is known for saying words that rhyme with “Ork”. Like a well known Supreme Court nominee that was ruthlessly hammered. Bork, Bork, Bork...
UNIPARTY!
SPIT!
They can drag the hearings out 11 months with no problem. It might not be a bad idea.
Well, that didn’t take long.
Explain to me again why we have an opposition party.
Au Contraire. Repub's have been barred from nominating replacements, and 18 months out as opposed to this mere 10 months out. I don't recall any raging or madness...
We Should Not Confirm Any Bush Nominee To The Supreme Court'
We MUST stop this NOW.
FORWARD. MARCH !
Get on the phones, email, threaten, cry, ...
THIS IS THE HILL TO DIE ON !
Yes, that would be the smart thing to do, all the while proclaiming that the nominee is “in process”, just like the Dems do...
Even RINO Supreme Hugh Hewitt agrees there should be NO HEARINGS.
“They can drag the hearings out 11 months with no problem. It might not be a bad idea.”
Or they could just not have any hearings.
There’s nothing wrong with being open to a hearing. Schedule it between election day and thanksgiving when things calm down.
No, this isn’t a cave. It is called “going through the motions.”
Let Valerie send her nominee up. Hold two months of hearings, then vote them down.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Until February 2017, when President (Carson, Cruz, Rubio, Trump) can send their nominee.
Trump yes. Republican Party no.
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