A Democrat victory in November will lead to court rulings reversing the First and Second Amendments; so-called individual right to bear arms rescinded or severely curtailed; so-called assault weapons banned; political spending restricted; no opposition to so-called marriage of homosexuals tolerated, lawsuits will impoverish the religious (just take their money and see how fast they turn).
Not in decades. Probably since the beginning.
He’s pro-abortion and anti-gun - it what universe is that considered “centrist”?
In 1992, Joe Biden called for an election-year blockade of Supreme Court nominations
Were there a vacancy, Biden argued, Bush should “not name a nominee until after the November election is completed,” and if he did, “the Senate Judiciary Committee should seriously consider not scheduling confirmation hearings on the nomination until after the political campaign season is over.”
“Senate consideration of a nominee under these circumstances is not fair to the president, to the nominee, or to the Senate itself,” he continued. “Where the nation should be treated to a consideration of constitutional philosophy, all it will get in such circumstances is partisan bickering and political posturing from both parties and from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.”
Senator Barack Obama said in 2006 that he supported the Democratic-led filibuster to stop Justice Samuel Alito from making it to the Supreme Court.
“There are some who believe that the president, having won the election, should have complete authority to appoint his nominee…that once you get beyond intellect and personal character, there should be no further question as to whether the judge should be confirmed. I disagree with this view.”
Obama wasn’t the only Democratic senator to oppose Alito’s nomination. The late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) led an opposition coalition, which attempted to filibuster to block the confirmation process. Kennedy was joined by Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.), and Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), who publicly stated they opposed Alito’s confirmation.
This was reaffirmed in 2007 when Senator Charles Schumer declared, “We should not confirm any Bush nominee to the Supreme Court except in extraordinary circumstances. They must prove by actions not words that they are in the mainstream rather than we have to prove that they are not.”
To this, I add two names, Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. Consider how they were handled by Ted Kennedy.
The Pubs will cave...they always cave to the Dems. They will vote and confirm. I wish it weren’t so but I don’t expect them to stand up now.
No he won’t. Because he ain’t getting confirmed.
Prediction. Gutless GOP cowards will cave and confirm a third Obama justice. Hope I’m wrong.