Posted on 09/19/2020 9:37:57 AM PDT by Mariner
Wouldn’t it be nice if Democrats and Republicans could just agree that the fair and right course would be to not replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg until after the presidential inauguration in January? We could simply stick, for now, with the precedent established by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell when he refused to hold a vote on the nomination of Merrick Garland to replace Justice Antonin Scalia.
At the time, nearly nine months before the 2016 presidential election, he declared, “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.”
But just hours after the announcement of Ginsburg’s death on Friday, McConnell declared, “President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.”
There is little Democrats can do to stop Trump from nominating someone and the Republicans from confirming that person quickly, if that’s what they choose to do. Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate, and they have eliminated the use of the filibuster in Supreme Court nominations. So the hope must be that four Republican senators — perhaps those facing tight reelection races — will have the courage to stand up to their party and refuse to allow a confirmation to be rushed through.
That is probably a distant hope. So far, Senate Republicans have shown little inclination to stand up to Trump and McConnell, as was evident in their confirming Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, despite compelling testimony about an alleged sexual assault and perjury — and despite clear evidence that he lacked judicial temperament. Nor did Republicans demonstrate any independence or courage during the impeachment of Trump.
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There is a difference between a LAME DUCK President—Obama—and a President who is running for his 2nd term.
"That can be confirmed" is the key phrase. McConnell can't lose more than three squishes. Murkowski has already folded. Would pro-choice Susan Collins vote to confirm Amy Coney Barrett? Or anyone else perceived as pro-life? Collins walked quite a tightrope on Kavanaugh and, in the end, probably saved his nomination with an outstanding speech that probably had more to do with her outrage at democrat thuggery than support for Kavanaugh. My guess is that had the democrats had the slightest modicum of decency and fair play, Collins would have come down the other way. I have to believe McConnell knows exactly where everyone in the caucus stands. The wild card is that the underbrush has now been burned away. There is nowhere to hide, and the vote will be immediately before the most pivotal American election since 1860. Will the squishes man up in the crisis? Will the hidden pro-aborts who have been trying to have it both ways run up their true colors? We are about to find out.
This line of thinking by eff'n commies is reason enough to confirm a new justice in record time.
We might as well do the right thing.
Black females make up 5.8% of the population. Not very inclusive.
That was when demonRATs put the Country at least on equal footing with their party.
Those days are long over, today's demonRATs are full blown COMMUNISTS, THEY HATE AMERICAN VALUES AND WANT TOTAL CONTROL.
Why didn't Left talk about the Democrat House and Senate when
Obama was in office? Didn't the Democrats in Congress
have a duty to "stand up" to Obama back then?
It must be that only the Republican members of Congress
are expected to be disloyal to a President their party
managed to get elected to the presidency.
Most of the American media sings this same tune.
The American media is nothing more than a mammoth,
continuous psychological operation against the
politically conservative population of the USA.
How might we in force that upon Republicans? Support trumps nominee or resign from the party and Congress
That's completely asinine, sexist and racist. It would be just as bad as me saying I want a conservative white male. How about someone that is conservative and a strict textualist? In other words, someone that is qualified.
Only Republicans are punished for appearing to oppose a black or a woman.
Bill and Hilary Clinton attacked Obama ruthlessly and they never fell out of favor.
If word were to come down for Democrats to destroy a black woman nominated by Trump it would be done.
And the attack would be supported by Hollywood, the media, and the billionaire class. There would be no consequences to the Democrats by their base.
Wondering if the dems have a strategy here. Let Trump have his pick(with the usual fake/real outrage of course), then use this(along with new voter fraud apparatus)as an issue to defeat Trump AND take over the Senate.
...then hope to replace Thomas(72) Alito(70) with a flaming(RBG)clone(or worse).
Perhaps maybe even a deal with squish Roberts(who decides to retire due to "illne$$")...???
“There has to be a conservative black female somewhere in this country.”
It is amazing the number of deep thinkers who are calling for an affirmative action hire. Identity politics is supposed to be a favorite democrat trick.
Hewitt had Chemerinsky on weekly to debate John Eastman from Claremont.....generally to shoot down Erwin’s liberal illogic.
And they grilled the sh*t outta her three years ago for her current position in a hearing full of anti-Catholic bigotry courtesy of Dianne Feinstein so there's no need for a hearing now. Just put her name up there and put it to a vote.
WRONGO!! Cross Eyed Communist won most of those arguments.
Author demonstrates his inability to see reality. Adding 4 more SC judges at once is only slightly more batsheeeite crazy.
This is politics son. Winning is the name of the game.
Doesn’t even have a college degree let alone legal experience.
The only explanation for this analysis of yours is that you agree with Chemerinsky. No other evaluation makes an ounce of sense. Only occassionally did Erwin make a defensible argument. Defensible, not winning.
Good let them, they would hand the election to the Republicans on a silver platter.
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