Posted on 04/06/2017 7:53:11 AM PDT by Dave346
That has been the talk, but Chuckie will probably be demanding some promise that they won't go nuclear on other nominations. Say No to Schumer!
Chuck U, Schumer!
That option has been on the table for weeks. That’s why is boggles peoples minds that the DIMs let it get to this point. They are basically blowing their one negotiation on a nominee whose election will not change the makeup of the court (electing a ‘Scalia’ to replace Scalia). But they squandered their chance.
Hatch in the Big Boy chair now
Will not wait until 5pm.
Okay this is the “Reid rule” vote. We want the “no’s” to prevail on this one because this is to vote to say the chair ruling against McConnell’s motion will not be upheld.
oh yes...
Senator Hatch is now in the seat of the Senate President. Thanks will get interesting quick.
He’s the Senate President Pro Tempore - I guess they decided he should be the one sitting there for a vote this big.
Pence puts the question, should the decision of the chair (rejecting McConnell) be upheld.
The only ramification of the chair supporting or rejecting McConnell's motion is the phrasing of the "nuclear" question, and the historical position of the parliamentarian in this theater.
Oh, yeah...that took courage. We’ll see.
Our guys have grown a pair?
They’re actually ready to lead?
God bless ‘em.
Voting to go Reider!
Did Count Schumer slip off to his casket for some shut eye.
The Dems do NOT want the Supremes to agree that Trump has the power to bar foreigners from entering the US, according to whatever criteria Trump deems necessary for national security. They do NOT want Trump to stop the flood of Third Worlders to the US.
>>The number of justices on SCOTUS is set by Congress. 28 USC 1
The number has not always been set at nine.<<
I’m pretty sure that the original number was six and we should probably go back to that. The framers were onto something when they set it at six.
When it was six, a law was deemed constitutional unless the Justices ruled 4-2 against it. That is, it took a 2/3 majority of the court to find a law unconstitutional, or to change the current reading of a law. Now it’s 5/9, or a little over 55 percent.
I also read that the main reason for increasing the size of the Court was because as the country expanded its boundaries, additional Justices were added because each Justice oversaw a certain set of States when it came to filings with the Court. The workload increased, so they increased the size of the Court. Maybe we should return to six someday?
LOL, Count Schumer.
I wouldn't bet on it.
Schumer's going to call for another 5,000 votes in the hope we all get bored and stop watching. Not sure how he gets to do that... I thought Republicans had a say in how the place was run.
Why not in the case of a tie? The Vice President of the United States is the ex officio President of the United States Senate, as provided in Article I, Section 3, Clause 4 of the United States Constitution:
“ The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided."
It's not at all clear that all 52 Republican Senators want to give that up.
The Dems under Reid had no problem in giving it up. They are used to being in the majority and even govern when in the minority. Any Rep that fails to vote in the affirmative to change the Senate rules to allow just a majority to confirm an appointment to SCOTUS should be primaried and buried under an avalanche of calls to his/her office. McConnell should strip them of their committee assignments.
There has been no partisan filibuster of SCOTUS nominees in our history. Even Clarence Thomas was given an up or down vote. In essence, abolishing the filibuster for SCOTUS nominees, is returning back to custom and tradition by allowing an up or down vote. The Dems are the ones who are really changing the rules by filibustering Gorsuch.
Let’s hope Kennedy retires this summer.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.