Will Mitch follow his own standards?

[Hexenbiest]

And if they did stop a nomination that party would be considered spineless and likekly suffer in the general, everyone knows this.

[Bosun]

What happens if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it.

You people said Trump was throwing Pence under the bus and was going to get another VP. You people said the dossier was true. You people said Trump was guilty of collusion. You people said this you people said that.

[Bosun]

If they did not then they would not. Let’s all calm down, including me.

[Bosun]

Snow96, is that you? How goes it Bro. We will get through this and get a supreme court replacement, before the election. God save our Republic.

[Bosun]

Doctor peace be onto you my friend.

Have you heard the Scorpions song, Wind of Change?

The world is closing in
Did you ever think
That we could be so close, like brothers
The future’s in the air
I can feel it everywhere
Blowing with the wind of change

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away (dream away)
In the wind of change

[Ben_Natuf]

not the standard.

[Bosun]

God Bless Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

[coolidge]

@conan

Isn’t that cute…a lib telling us all about standards.

Yeah i find it very ironic. The political games harry reid use to play and not a word from the base about his tactics. Now it comes full circle and bites them in their ass. But all of sudden standards are now important.

[Paul_Thomson]

@Borgia_dude

No chance. And not a single conservative will criticize his hypocrisy. They will applaud it.

However, if Trump nominates someone from his list before the election, the Democrats objection to her appointment will feed in to deliberations re the election, and this debate could force the Dems to present a shortlist of their own. This could force them into being more transparent about their Supreme Court plans.

[fallenturtle]

@SixFoot

How good were Obama’s chances at getting reelected?

When was the last time the opposing party of the President confirmed his nomination during an election year?

1988 Anthony Kennedy

[fallenturtle]

@Guvnah

@fallenturtle

The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice.

They spoke in November 2016 for this replacement.

Great, then you agree we should wait for them to speak in November 2020 as well.

[Samm]

@Borgia_dude

@SpacemanSpiff

@WuWei

Mod Note

This is for you specifically and everybody generally, there won’t be any “political notes” in this thread today. We as a group can offer 24 hours of respect for Justice Ginsburg.

If you all are bound and determined to discuss the politics of this national tragedy, you can start another thread. I would advise extreme caution.

As we’ve all heard, Supreme Court Justice RBG has passed away. As the title asks, will Mitch McConnell follow his own standards and wait until after the election for a new justice to be appointed?

No chance. And not a single conservative will criticize his hypocrisy. They will applaud it.

What hypocrisy? Mitch’s reasoning was that it was a certainty that a new President would be inaugurated soon. No such certainly exists today.

[Bosun]

Ditto.

[rp5x5]

@Borgia_dude

There is a long tradition that you don’t do this in an election year.”

There’s a long tradition, we don’t have, communist, rioting, anarchist, lying, cheating, satanic, crazy people trying to overthrow America and give it to a foreign country.

[once-ler]

@rp5x5

There’s a long tradition, we don’t have, communist, rioting, anarchist, lying, cheating, satanic, crazy people trying to overthrow America and give it to a foreign country.

What a frightening fictional world you describe.

[acsirip]

Will Mitch follow his own standards?
Of course not. These people are corrupt to the core.

[rp5x5]

@once-ler

@rp5x5

There’s a long tradition, we don’t have, communist, rioting, anarchist, lying, cheating, satanic, crazy people trying to overthrow America and give it to a foreign country.

What a frightening fictional world you describe.

Fictional hallucinations of 630,000 dead babies a year, more than enough for divine punishment to the country. Leftists be gone.

[Borgia_dude]

@Safiel

If Biden wins and Democrats take the Senate, they will likely quickly counter this move.

They will do this first by abolishing the legislative filibuster. Next, they will pass an act adjourning the remainder of the October 2020 Supreme Court term and adjourn the Supreme Court until October 2021, an act which Congress did in 1801, adjourning the 1802 Supreme Court terms. This would prevent the Supreme Court from deciding any new cases until Congress can further act.

Congress will likely add two new seats which would be filled by Biden in time for the Supreme Court’s return in October 2021.

During the adjournment of the Supreme Court, the Justices would be required to ride circuit as they did up until 1891.

I have zero doubt Democrats will decisively counter this move should they win full control. The progressive base of the Democratic Party will demand they do so. Additionally, they will not tolerate any possible overturn of Planned Parenthood v Casey.

So a victory by Trump in making an appointment could be a very ephemeral victory.

I’m a Dem and I sincerely hope the Dems don’t do this.

[komobu]

@SpacemanSpiff

Sure, too easy! Mitch wouldn’t even give Merrick Garland any kind of a hearing. He said to wait until after the election in order to give the American people a chance to decide. If he lets a new justice go through before Biden or Trump is sworn in then, ta-da!, hypocrisy!

I see no hypocrisy. The situation then and now are different. Then there was a divided house. Senate held by the Rs and the Executive by Ds. Now, both Executive and Senate are held by the Rs.

Tell me, if you had a Dem senate and a Dem Executive right now, would you support and expect them to wait until after the election to seat the next Justice?

[Borgia_dude]

@kingarthur65

@Bosun

I love red meat. Actually I love steak tartare and steak cooked quickly on a grill or flat top, flipped, and, hit to keep it from twitching.

God bless Senator Mcconnell and the conservative senators.

Trump may disagree with you. We will see what happens. I don’t think trump is gonna want this fight.

Trump loves these sort of fights. He ONLY plays to his base, that has been his m.o. for some time. No, Trump will nominate.