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If the GOP senate had let Obama fill the post in 2016, w/ Merrick Garland, I'd be 100% fine w/ them moving forward w/ ACB. But since they are being 100% total hypocrites, to put yet another activist Judge on the court to try and stop all progress in this country, I think the Dems have a duty to add 4 new justices when we take the Senate and Biden wins.
Total hypocrites? What about Joe Biden? Merrick Garland was the victim of the Biden rule. The Republicans did to Garland exactly what Biden promised to do to any of HW's nominees.
The Democrats would have done exactly the same in those circumstances.
A lot of Democrats complained about Roberts, yet he turned out to be the deciding factor in approving Obamacare.
Kavanaugh has already gone against Trump's wishes in decisions.
How about just approving judges who can properly read law, and have Congress Critters write better laws with less room for judicial interpretation?
I do believe it is worthy of a good hard look by a bipartisan commission including constitutional scholars. Obviously others disagree. Either way an analysis seems the first step.
Lol so the normal process of replacing a deceased SCOTUS justice is "authoritarian"? This from someone who supports stacking SCOTUS to push unconstitutional authoritarian policy to steal from the people....
Its happened all the time. A number of justices have been approved even after the election. You are just repeating stupid talking points.
Its the president doing his job. 29 times a vacancy has happened in an election year. 29 times a president has appointed a replacement. EVERY time. And except for LBJ who appointed a really controversial judge, every time the president had the senate, the nominee was approved. Many justices have been approved in a week or two.
Lol so the normal process of replacing a deceased SCOTUS justice is "authoritarian"? This from someone who supports stacking SCOTUS to push unconstitutional authoritarian policy to steal from the people....
You're not even trying.
You missed my point.
This is NOT the normal process.
Show me some time in the last 150 years where a justice has been confirmed less than 10 days before an election, and especially one where the majority party confirming the justice is favored to lose.
If you can't do that, then don't complain to me that a justice has not been added or subtracted in 150 years.
Either that, or if they had let the winner of the election fill RBG's seat like a majority of the American people wanted.
Since they played hardball both times, they have only themselves to blame if Dems give back the same and readjust the court.
Sadly for you, it doesn't work that way. The Senate decides, not the people in a Democratic vote. You really should brush up on this stuff so you don't sound like a moron.
The process happened as it always does. There was a vacancy, the president nominated a candidate, the Senate gives advice and consent if they see fit, and if the Senate approves the candidate becomes a SCOTUS justice.
That's exactly how it always happens, you're just upset because it spells the death of your far left authoritarian agenda. You might as well admit it.
Show me some time in the last 150 years where a justice has been confirmed less than 10 days before an election, and especially one where the majority party confirming the justice is favored to lose.
If you can't do that, then don't complain to me that a justice has not been added or subtracted in 150 years.
Harrison did it in 16 days AFTER he lost the election.
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