No-they provided facts. Especially at the bottom, when they listed the circumstance of every single vacancy in SCotUS history.
No, I found guys who did actual research and demonstrated that what happened nearly 200 years ago does not set a precedent for what happened 2 years ago.
No, I’m not ignoring that-the “dissent” was “here’s why I don’t agree with why they made distinctions they made” and the study explained exactly why, with historical context.
You and B’en want to pretend that what happened 200 years ago is exactly the same, in exactly the same circumstances, as happened in 2018. The study demonstrates why that is not historically accurate to do.
No-the study itself addresses the complaint in the rebuttal. The rebuttal doesn’t want to consider the context that the study provides, just like you don’t want to. Context is important. I get that context shatters the precedent argument, and some people don’t like that, but it’s what is, not what I want to be.
There is no bias-there are facts. And there is context to those facts. I want the entire picture to be considered. You don’t want the entire picture to be considered.
You’re judging the Mona Lisa based upon a 1 square inch portion of the painting. I’m looking at the entire thing.
I’m looking at the whole picture. I’m considering the entire context of what happened 200 years ago compared to now. You’re not looking at the entire picture. You’re not considering all of the circumstances of 200 years ago v now. I’m looking at it through an empirical lens. You’re looking at it through a feelings lens.
What it has to do with is your claim that the Judiciary committee now “got the documents” it requested. They were NOT requested by the chairman, ignoring the minority. Those that have been delivered were not delivered in a useful timeframe, as opposed to the Kagan docs requested and delivered well before the hearings.
the committee did get the documents the committee requested. what they did not get is the same thing they did not get with kagan and the gop was wise enough to not ask for. the minority can request whatever they want and then go pound sand, the minority is not the committee.
made up excuses to deviate from precedent does not change the context.
the context is
scotus vacancies opened in the last year of a presidency when the potus ans senate are from opposing parties. that is the context, there is no other context.
During the Kagan hearings, the committee chairman, a Democrat, requested the documents asked for by the minority. This time: not. Because, Republicans.