Will Trump nominate yet another swamp creature to SCOTUS?

[oyarde]

Yeah, right. Like there is anyone he could nominate that would actually lead the Orange man to winning the election. There are no votes to pick up with a nomination. True chartreuse constitutionalists aren't going to change their mail-in ballot from Jorgensen or Blankenship for orangie porngie.

XNN

Yep . Get who you want . It wont cost anything

 

[eleganz]

Uh huh. We had a 4-4 Court 9 months before the 2016 election but I don't recall Cruz demanding that Merrick Garland or any other nominee get a hearing, much less a vote. It appears McConnell isn't the only hypocrite in the Senate.

Why are there still people who don't understand the logic? Obama and Senate were different parties during the election year. This time its the same party. Thats the entire point of why a president chooses to nominate and the senate can choose to confirm or not.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Why are there still people who don't understand the logic? Obama and Senate were different parties during the election year. This time its the same party. Thats the entire point of why a president chooses to nominate and the senate can choose to confirm or not.

Don't bring logic into this, you are spoiling the "there's not a dime's worth of difference" high.

 

[Michael Landon]

My choice is Dan Griffith.







- ML

 

[ProBlue33]

An interesting option that the left would have a hard time attacking, a Cuban American.

 

[Sonny Tufts]

Why are there still people who don't understand the logic? Obama and Senate were different parties during the election year. This time its the same party. Thats the entire point of why a president chooses to nominate and the senate can choose to confirm or not.

No one's disputing the Senate's authority to confirm. I was merely pointing out the gross hypocrisy of McConnell and other Trump enablers. McConnell's statements in 2016 weren't based on the fact that the presidency and senate were of different parties -- he and other GOP Senators argued that the voters should have a say.

McConnell: "The American people are perfectly capable of having their say on this issue, so let's give them a voice. Let's let the American people decide. The Senate will appropriately revisit the matter when it considers the qualifications of the nominee the next president nominates, whoever that might be."

Grassley: "A majority of the Senate has decided to fulfill its constitutional role of advice and consent by withholding support for the nomination during a presidential election year, with millions of votes having been cast in highly charged contests. As Vice President Biden previously said, it's a political cauldron to avoid."

Cornyn: "At this critical juncture in our nation's history, Texans and the American people deserve to have a say in the selection of the next lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. The only way to empower the American people and ensure they have a voice is for the next President to make the nomination to fill this vacancy."

Cornyn also said the following on the Senate floor: "It’s only a matter of fundamental fairness to apply the same rules to the same situation, no matter who’s in the majority or who’s in the minority,” Cornyn argued on the Senate floor on March 17, 2016.

Then there's Lindsey Graham, arguably the biggest hypocrite, who said in 2016, "I want you to use my words against me. If there’s a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say Lindsey Graham said let’s let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination."

 

[Voluntarist]

Per registered decision, member has been banned for violating community standards as interpreted by TheTexan (respect his authoritah) as authorized by Brian4Liberty Ruling

May God have mercy on his atheist, police-hating, non-voting, anarchist soul.

 

[XNavyNuke]

To be human is to be a hypocrite. I for one look forward to the day of our computer overlords with humans becoming mere batteries for silicon sentience.



XNN

 

[enhanced_deficit]

Latest reporting suggests that if Prez Trump altered gender diversity and did not pick a woman, alternate would most likely boost ethnic diversity along the lines of Biden's "First South Asian VP pick in history, Kamala Harris' diversity play that in the past has raised question about big money role in judicial picks.

Trump's shortlist down to 4 Supreme Court nominees, sources tell ABC News
Saturday, September 19

From left to right: Amul Thapar, Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa.

 

[Swordsmyth]

No one's disputing the Senate's authority to confirm. I was merely pointing out the gross hypocrisy of McConnell and other Trump enablers. McConnell's statements in 2016 weren't based on the fact that the presidency and senate were of different parties -- he and other GOP Senators argued that the voters should have a say.

McConnell: "The American people are perfectly capable of having their say on this issue, so let's give them a voice. Let's let the American people decide. The Senate will appropriately revisit the matter when it considers the qualifications of the nominee the next president nominates, whoever that might be."

Grassley: "A majority of the Senate has decided to fulfill its constitutional role of advice and consent by withholding support for the nomination during a presidential election year, with millions of votes having been cast in highly charged contests. As Vice President Biden previously said, it's a political cauldron to avoid."

Cornyn: "At this critical juncture in our nation's history, Texans and the American people deserve to have a say in the selection of the next lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. The only way to empower the American people and ensure they have a voice is for the next President to make the nomination to fill this vacancy."

Cornyn also said the following on the Senate floor: "It’s only a matter of fundamental fairness to apply the same rules to the same situation, no matter who’s in the majority or who’s in the minority,” Cornyn argued on the Senate floor on March 17, 2016.

Then there's Lindsey Graham, arguably the biggest hypocrite, who said in 2016, "I want you to use my words against me. If there’s a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say Lindsey Graham said let’s let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination."

The only reason the voters were an issue is because they had not made their will clearly known in past elections, they had elected a leftist POTUS and a right wing Senate.

The voters made their will clear in this cycle by giving us a Republican POTUS and a Republican Senate to handle any vacancies that occurred in this period.

There is no hypocrisy.

 

[Working Poor]

What occurred to me right away was that they could delay Ginsberg's actual burial for weeks, to prevent Trump from naming a nominee. He could derail that by appointing someone now.

I think I heard he is going to nominate someone this week and that they will be a woman. For sure he will nominate a woman.

 

[Sonny Tufts]

The only reason the voters were an issue is because they had not made their will clearly known in past elections, they had elected a leftist POTUS and a right wing Senate.

The voters made their will clear in this cycle by giving us a Republican POTUS and a Republican Senate to handle any vacancies that occurred in this period.

There is no hypocrisy.

Of course there is. Read again what Cornyn and Graham said, especially Graham, who described exactly the situation we're currently in.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

An interesting option that the left would have a hard time attacking, a Cuban American.

EM.

LOL

Left's attacks on cuban-american political opponents have been so harsh that some might not be even fit to be printed in history books.

In this recent example, both honorable figures are minorities and guy depicted in blue suit is Cuban American :

Another Cuban American Rafael Ted Cruz faced horrific attacks during 2016 election primary season from his political opponent (even if not hardcore Left). Many these days seem to think everything is fair in love, war and politics.
Or perhaps it's been always the case, left's attacks on another minority SCOTUS pick Clarence Thomas probably also cannot be repeated in history books.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Amy Coney Barrett was one of the top choices last time so I assume she's still in the running or first choice this time.

Anyone know much about her? All I see are fluff pieces about her gender and religion.

If somebody can give me a list that summarizes all the good rulings Amy Coney Barrett has made, it would be greatly appreciated.

It would be good to know more about her. A one issue Supreme Court nomination would be very bad. Everything I hear about her revolves around abortion, nothing about anything else. We don't need another Roberts in there.

 

[dannno]

Merely "getting someone better than RGB" is not the threshold for quality here.... the threshold and metric should be "how in line are they with the Constitution?"

The Senate has to approve it.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

[h=3]Trump pick Kavanaugh Emerges as Liberal Hope[/h]

 

[Anti Globalist]

That Pennsylvania judge that recently said that the governors lock down of the state was unconstitutional would be a pretty good choice.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

'Drain the Swamp' slogan will not be easy to drop in 2020 despite wishful thinking of some politicians.

 

[Sarge]

Brian4Liberty,

I do find in interesting that RBG has not shown up yet on the funeral list for Arlington National Cemetery. I have checked each day. Might be done today but not on this weeks list.

https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Funerals/Funeral-Schedule/Daily-Funeral-Schedule

Sarge

 

[dude58677]

It’s not hypocrisy, it’s strategy. The Democrats would have done the same thing.