HopefullyOne of the dumbest aspects of our entire system is a lifetime appointment. Now what’s McConnell going to do, ram through some 35 year old to serve for the rest of my life?
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HopefullyOne of the dumbest aspects of our entire system is a lifetime appointment. Now what’s McConnell going to do, ram through some 35 year old to serve for the rest of my life?
That is exactly what the constitution says he is supposed to do.One of the dumbest aspects of our entire system is a lifetime appointment. Now what’s McConnell going to do, ram through some 35 year old to serve for the rest of my life?
Trump will 100% put one through. Say bye, bye to anything progressive getting passed, thankfully.
Good for you. The average American is notI’m good. Thanks for the concern though.
I suspect the next nominee will be a woman. Obviously she will be anti women's rights, lol.RIP women's rights. It was a good run.
This is the truth. When one party tries to achieve their goals through the courts because they can not do it with legislation, this is what happens. Laws were meant to be made and changed by congress. The court was never supposed to be making laws.It's a shame this matters so much. The Supreme Court should rule based on the Constitution instead of advancing political agendas. Once that happened, it became a political body with immense power. It shouldn't have been that way. We were warned about this many times over yet we just kept on pushing in that direction. Well at least one group of people did.
She was a true powerhouse of a woman. She lived a very meaningful life. God bless her family and may she always be remembered for truly significant contributions for women!
What law has the court made?This is the truth. When one party tries to achieve their goals through the courts because they can not do it with legislation, this is what happens. Laws were meant to be made and changed by congress. The court was never supposed to be making laws.
One of the dumbest aspects of our entire system is a lifetime appointment. Now what’s McConnell going to do, ram through some 35 year old to serve for the rest of my life?
You’re missing what I’m saying as well I believe haha. Internet disconnect! But I’m thinking in terms of getting that nomination in like now (very soon) and having the process play out over the next few months. Whoever wins the presidency (if god forbid it was Biden) isn’t sworn in until mid January and the new Congress isn’t until early January. Plenty of time!That’s not what I said. Its up to Mitch to accelerate the process especially should Trump lose, and given Senate processes and rules, Schumer has tools to delay it. If he can delay by the rules until January he will do so. Then Biden could retract the nomination. Mitch has only shown me he has some balls on a few occasions, and I don’t believe they will change the rules for a SC nomination whatsoever.
for example Gorsuch was nominated on Jan 31 and sworn in April 10, So about 2 months, with nothing big in between like holidays or an election. Kav was nominated on July 9 and in on Oct 6, and they fought tooth and nail. They’ll do the same thing here and they have holidays to try extending it out with. Its up to Mitch
What Senate Republicans have said about election-year Supreme Court vacancies
Senate Republicans have different views over whether a vacancy on the Supreme Court should be filled this late in an election cycle.thehill.com
Then he's a hypocrite.Lindsey Graham said today that he would vote one in. I would not pay attention to that article one single bit.
Then he's a hypocrite.
Another conservative appointment makes me really feel for all the middle class workers on this board. Y’all are so screwed.
Whoever is nominated, better batten down the hatches, send your spouse and children into seclusion, and hope you didn't do anything inappropriate in the 5th grade.
RIP.
Who should I be rooting for to be nominated?
Rooting for Barrett. If it will be at least be a woman who has three initials, the troll factor will be epic.It will be a woman. A few names I have heard are Amy Coney Barrett, Allison Jones Rushing, and Barbara Logano (I think)?
Rooting for Barrett. If it will be at least be a woman who has three initials, the troll factor will be epic.
Yeah, anyone who thinks that if the shoe was on the other foot that things would be different is crazy.
I will say this, Trump had 2 SCOTUS appts that were expected and that was a major reason he was elected so yeah, he was elected to fill these seats. He owes it to the american public that voted him into office to do his actual job.
This seat may be more important than him actually beating Biden.
Oh, and I actually do not believe for 1 second that RBG said that quote on her deathbed. I fully believe that is some crap lie that Schumer is dragging around on her name. Or worse her family specifically politicized her death.
It would - and I'm all for trolling the uber-liberal dems - but I'm not too interested in that. I didn't agree with a lot of RBG's opinions and stances but she led an impressive life and is to be respected. I truly wish she had just retired and not died.
Plus - cancer can go fvck itself.
Her life was impressive. But her plan to retire and have the first woman POTUS and a Democrat appoint her successor didn't work out so well. The grim reaper made the stop on the goal line. I can't feel bad about that.
Now, since the POTUS doesn't stop being POTUS just because it is an election year, it is his job to nominate a successor, and he needs to get on with it and then the Senate can do it's job (or not).
There are several scenarios that could play out here...
1. If Moscow Mitch wants to ram this appointment down the American public's throat, he cannot lose four votes in the senate. He has lost Murkowski and Collins (2), and will likely not get Romney to go along. Kelly wins senate in AZ, and by their state law is given immediate voting power in the senate. He is the 4th vote against. The confirmation gets pushed to next year.
2. Trump is going to nominate someone and the republican senate is going to start the process. The dems are going to control congress, win the senate and win the presidency. The lame duck senate is going to seat trump's pick, against the will of the American people, because the likely no votes will have lost their elections by hat point. In 2021 the dems are going to abolish the super majority and pack the court. The dems are going to them restore the soul of this nation. They are going to undo every executive order that Trump ever made. Donald Trump and Eric Trump (the family scape goat) will be convicted of multiple crimes and go to jail.
I think #2 is most likely at this point.
garland was nominated 9 months before the election. This is six weeks before an election. And don’t even get me started on a lame duck senate confirming a judge if this goes beyond the election. If that happens, expect a scorched earth policy by the dems in 2021.
I would expect nothing less than scorched earth from Dems. We've been watching democrat-fueled riots scorching lawless, dem controlled cities almost nightly all over the country. (but i will say they have backed off since polling has shown that sane, rational, America is turned off by it).