Such is the nature of politics under a system of divided government. Certainly if the House of Representatives is given the power to open Articles of Impeachment against the president, the Senate has the power to decide whether or not to hold confirmation hearings for a Supreme Court nominee. Americans should in fact celebrate these checks on the power of the executive branch, especially those Americans who profess concerns about authoritarianism.
Too many Americans WANT Authoritarianism with THEIR SIDE in charge.
I feel sorry for any conservative Christian pick. Hopefully whoever it is can deal with all the false accusations and lies.
Why I love Trump.
An idiot Romney, Jeb or Rubio would nominate some “moderate” in order to “reach across the aisle.”
Later, the same moderate will turn into an uber marxist who couldn’t find the Constitution if he/she was locked into the National Archives.
And democrats have never ONCE, reached across the aisle, on a supreme court nominee.
It is not even debatable. The Dems would confirm a justice within 90 days if they had the opportunity.
If it were purely a Constitutional question, nobody would care. But this will be a fight over ideology...............
We need a RBG dead pool.
Angry about Garland? Bammy shouldn’t have had Scalia assassinated. So sorry.
If RBG is gone, the triggered mob of the left will go crazy. Any chance to put in a strict constitutionalist would be best for our country.
Bet RBG is not even showing up to work. You know, a dedicated public servant receiving non deserved pay to do diddly-squat.
It would be ironic if everyone has spent all this time agonizing over Ginsburg, and then something happened to Kagan or Bryer instead.
PDJT should start tossing the name around of the nominee BO had in mind.
That ought to get liberal heads exploding and MSM digging up all kinds of dirt on him....
The more they dig, the more PDJT should dig his heels in.
THEN, at the appropriate moment, PDJT tells the world that BOs choice is/was tainted, thank the MSM and sit down and come up with another way to ‘F’ with their heads.
Absolutely, another young conservative replacing an ancient, hard core leftist will finally swing the court to the common sense side and hopefully bring Roberts along too since he would not be the deciding vote on controversial decisions. It will be beyond brutal.
And, there is NO Constitutional requirement for the circus that is the Senate Committee Hearings on the candidate(s).
Those have devolved into partisan mudslinging and sound-bite gardens for the elitists.
President should make the nomination, and the Senate can vote on it. Their damnable debate can be in the full Senate.
I would be ok with following the so-called “unwritten rule” of not nominating during an election year.
Let’s go ahead and make this next election about SCOTUS. We seem to do well when that’s an issue.
How can this be the end of America as we have known it, if the SCOTUS justices each adhere to the Founding Documents in their rulings?
They only way for this nation to become something different, would be if the Founding Documents were ignored, and anti-Constitutional laws became the law of the land.
The Left is so screwed up in the head.
The difference is that Trump will have a chance at a second term, while Obama was a lame duck. So, the view was that the new President should have the right to nominate the SC judge, not a lame duck one. If a seat is open, Trump will fill the seat.
It’s my understanding that pancreatic cancer is basically a death sentence. I wouldn’t be surprised if she lasts only a month or two.
All hell is going to break loose.
Trump should be nominating someone today.
Our representatives should be urging RBG to retire.
We have no representation.
EVERY GOP Senator must we WARNED that “cooperating with” the LEFTIST DIMocRATS on “vetting” any SCOTUS nominee by President Trump will be LETHAL for their fund-raising & re-election chances.
Personally, I’m sick to death of RINOs & DIMocRATS = I want them ALL G-O-N-E, GONE from every position of public trust.
Yours, TMN78247