Replies

My memory from the Kavanaugh hearings and others, is that a vote in the Judiciary Committee is not required. The Senate Majority Leader’s prerogative to bring it to the full Senate without a Judiciary Committee vote. In fact, my memory is that even if it is voted down in the Committee, the nomination may still be brought to the floor. Anyone know for sure?

That would mean no hearings, which would probably not fly, except that the likely nomination is the Catholic judge who's recently been through hearings.....the one to which Feinstein said " the dogma certainly lives within you." Was it Barrett ?---strongly pro-life

Kavanaugh will look like play-time compared to the next. Trump should not necessarily, but probably will replace a lady with a lady.

My memory from the Kavanaugh hearings and others, is that a vote in the Judiciary Committee is not required.

The Judiciary Committee considered forwarding Kavanaugh's nomination without a vote or recommendation because they did not at the time have the votes to recommend confirmation. But Graham is saying he will not entertain hearings at all, like Grassley did with Merrick Garland in 2016. There is no way a nominee is confirmed without hearings with the current Senate. If we had a solid majority even without any RINOs, sure.

But McConnell has been extremely effective in pushing Judicial Nominees through, so I think with Lidsey Graham facing a tough reelection campaign in 2020, he would almost certainly lose his seat if he blocked a Trump Supreme Court appointment.