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Chuck Schumer Reaps What He Sowed
Power LIne ^ | October 26, 2020 | Paul Mirengoff

Posted on 10/26/2020 7:03:06 PM PDT by Qiviut

The Senate has voted to confirm Amy Coney Barrett as a Supreme Court Justice. She will be sworn in tonight, probably around the time I finish writing this post.

It’s remarkable to me how quickly Mitch McConnell was able to drive this nomination through. I’m also surprised that only one Republican Senator (the embattled Susan Collins) voted against confirming Judge Barrett.

President Trump is said by some to be a divisive influence within the Republican Party. Yet, GOP Senators and House members have been extraordinarily united during the past three and a half years.

During today’s proceedings, Chuck Schumer lashed out at Republicans for hypocrisy in judicial confirmations. He cited the case of Merrick Garland, whom President Obama nominated in 2016. Judge Garland wasn’t confirmed. The GOP controlled Senate didn’t even give him a hearing.

Maybe Garland should have received a hearing out of courtesy. However, the hearing would have been a waste of time. Garland did not have the votes to be confirmed.

Amy Coney Barrett has the votes. That’s the difference between these two election-year nominees.

Why is it, though, that these days Supreme Court nominees likely can’t get the votes needed for confirmation if the opposing party controls the Senate? The answer has lots to do with the efforts of Chuck Schumer.

Jonathan Adler provides the history:

Prior to [Shumer’s] arrival in the Senate, senators were generally reluctant to openly oppose judicial nominees on ideological grounds, but Schumer worked to change that. He enthusiastically supported a blockade of Bush appellate nominees and rejected President Bush’s appeal for a presumptive confirmation schedule.

Once Republicans retook the Senate, Schumer pushed for the repeated filibusters of President Bush’s nominees and, even after the “Gang of 14” deal, continued in his attempts to use this obstructionist tactic.

Schumer led an unsuccessful effort to filibuster confirmation of Justice Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. Afterwards, in a 2007 speech to the American Constitution Society, he proclaimed he should have done even more to block Alito’s confirmation, and argued that the Senate should not confirm any additional Bush nominees to the Supreme Court should any more vacancies arise. In his view, senators should seek to prevent judicial confirmations that might tilt the balance of the Court in a way they do not like, including by simply refusing to confirm them – something he would conveniently forget in 2016.

Senator Schumer did not think both parties should have recourse to the same tools of obstruction, however. When Senate Republicans started filibustering some of President Obama’s appellate nominees he eagerly joined then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s decision to go nuclear, even though Republicans had (at that point) not blocked any more Obama nominees than Democrats had blocked Bush nominees (five each). No matter. The filibuster was gone, and three of Obama’s five blocked nominees were confirmed (all to the D.C. Circuit).

During the closed session, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) rebuked Schumer for his short memory: “I hope our colleague from New York is happy with what he has built. I hope he is happy with where his ingenuity has gotten the Senate.” There is no question that McConnell upped the ante over the past four years. One might say he hit back twice as hard. Nonetheless, if Schumer is unhappy, he should consider his role in getting the Senate to this point.

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Because of the power it exerts over our politics and our lives, and because Justices tend to divide along party lines in the big cases, the Supreme Court invites hypocrisy from both sides of the aisle over the manner in which nominees gain the ability to exert such awesome power. But with the possible exception of Joe Biden, there is no bigger hypocrite than Chuck Schumer when it comes to the confirmation process.



TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: amybarrett; amyconeybarrett; barrett; chuckschumer; garland; mcconnell; newyork; nominations; schumer; scotus; supremecourt; upchuckschumer
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Keep on 'reaping' Schmucky.
1 posted on 10/26/2020 7:03:06 PM PDT by Qiviut
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To: Qiviut

Schumer also packed the DC court.


2 posted on 10/26/2020 7:06:03 PM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: Qiviut

Chuck Schumer Reaps What He Sowed
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Well, you can’t say the Dems don’t wallow in heavy amounts of manure in which to sow things. A bumper crop amount.


3 posted on 10/26/2020 7:06:28 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud,harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Qiviut

Senator Chuck Schumer missed his opportunity to join the ‘Jews for Trump’ motorcade this past Sunday. He instead chose to continue siding with his Communist Democrat Party which works diligently to harm Jewish and black Americans.


4 posted on 10/26/2020 7:07:43 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Qiviut

Senate Majority Leader McConnell deserves our appreciation. I have already tweeted my thanks to him.


5 posted on 10/26/2020 7:11:08 PM PDT by Lopeover (Democrats, MSM, Black Lives Matter & Antifa are evil people.)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Correct me if I’m wrong, but Schumkie is financed by a Jew. George Soros. Both I think are Jewish in name only. MHO


6 posted on 10/26/2020 7:12:58 PM PDT by Equine1952
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To: Qiviut

A little late for your post Mirengoff. This supremely redundant and verbose poster on one of the best sites on the net needs to just go away. John, are you listening?


7 posted on 10/26/2020 7:14:59 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: frank ballenger

Schumer will have them flinging poo to vote “No” before too long.

He is a disgusting creature who has done a lot of damage to American politics.


8 posted on 10/26/2020 7:18:08 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: 2banana

Chuck you, Fumer!


9 posted on 10/26/2020 7:18:29 PM PDT by theyreallthesame
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To: Equine1952

George Soros was a Nazi stooge


10 posted on 10/26/2020 7:18:35 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Huskrrrr

I believe he also was a Jewish stooge.


11 posted on 10/26/2020 7:20:27 PM PDT by Equine1952
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To: Empire_of_Liberty
Schumer will have them flinging poo to vote “No” before too long. He is a disgusting creature who has done a lot of damage to American politics.

Yuck. Let's not give him any ideas.

Remember George W. Bush was speaking in a foreign country and an Arab (in what they say is a tradition of insult) threw his shoe at his face. It missed and hit Press Secretary Dana Perino. (She didn't lose her looks permanently but was bruised.)

Dems will probably start with that soon. Don't tell the Squad.

12 posted on 10/26/2020 7:23:41 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud,harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Qiviut

DemoRAT Harry Reid got rid of the supermajority to elect judges, That came back to bite him in the ASS. DemoRATS, always forward looking...NOT


13 posted on 10/26/2020 7:24:51 PM PDT by wetgundog
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that vile frunt Collins could have abstained or voted present and dint, primary her ratchet azz next go round
14 posted on 10/26/2020 7:25:33 PM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: Fungi

It is an excellent post; a reminder of the Schumer hypocrisy, undeserving of the criticism you flung.


15 posted on 10/26/2020 7:26:38 PM PDT by Real Cynic No More (Make America Great. Prosecute Dems who break the law!)
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To: Qiviut

I’m also surprised that only one Republican Senator (the embattled Susan Collins) voted against confirming Judge Barrett.
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That makes it Bipartisan.


16 posted on 10/26/2020 7:27:50 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM 'information', maybe more so!)
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To: Equine1952

No, there were four Jewish Stooges: Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Curly Howard, and Shemp Howard.

Please don’t insult these fine comedic gentlemen by labeling Sore-a$$ with this moniker.


17 posted on 10/26/2020 7:31:15 PM PDT by Ratman0823 (Q. What did California have before democrats? A. Electricity)
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To: Scrambler Bob

I’m afraid Collins will lose her reelection bid for this smarmy Romneyesque move. Disgusting!


18 posted on 10/26/2020 7:32:04 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("Pres. Trump doesn't wear glasses. That's because he's got 2020.")
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To: Ratman0823

Sorry I should have described Soros as a “Judas Goat”.


19 posted on 10/26/2020 7:36:05 PM PDT by Equine1952
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To: elcid1970

Maine has one or two urban cesspools that drive politics, much like IL and CA.


20 posted on 10/26/2020 7:38:42 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (I'd rather have a rude President than a polite tyrant.)
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