Posted on 09/18/2020 5:55:13 PM PDT by Helicondelta
The Senate and the nation mourn the sudden passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the conclusion of her extraordinary American life.
Justice Ginsburg overcame one personal challenge and professional barrier after another. She climbed from a modest Brooklyn upbringing to a seat on our nation’s highest court and into the pages of American history. Justice Ginsburg was thoroughly dedicated to the legal profession and to her 27 years of service on the Supreme Court. Her intelligence and determination earned her respect and admiration throughout the legal world, and indeed throughout the entire nation, which now grieves alongside her family, friends, and colleagues.
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In the last midterm election before Justice Scalia’s death in 2016, Americans elected a Republican Senate majority because we pledged to check and balance the last days of a lame-duck president’s second term. We kept our promise. Since the 1880s, no Senate has confirmed an opposite-party president’s Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year.
By contrast, Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary. Once again, we will keep our promise.
President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.
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Jones won’t. He’s going down and looking to the Demn plantation for his future.
Voting on the nomination can be a problem for many Senate Dems up for election this year though.
Liberals should’ve saved some of their riotous energy for this instead of blowing their wad on every violent felon that deserved to be shot by the cops. Now they’re threatening to riot if President Trump tries to push through RBG’s replacement. The rest of us roll our eyes, “Riot? Yes, we know you will. So what else is new?”
The reason the Dems did not press for a replacement for Justice Scalia at the end of Obumer’s second term was the same reason they left all those Federal Judge slots unfilled, because they were were certain that Hitlery was going to win the election. This is absolutely the reason and it backfired on them.
I mean the junior traitor from Utah.
“This will get uglier. Be vigilant and be safe.”
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Time for DJT to nominate Coney Barrett...
Then, watch the DNC to fire up some BLM riots in DC...
Sleepy Joe will denounce the pick and re-tell his Corn Pop story...
More PopCorn please...
I don't know about that, I'm gonna' crack a cold one and breath a big sigh of relief myself.
On another thread a Freeper noted that it would be great to leave the SC @ 5 conservative and 3 liberal. It would be very advantageous in case the SC is needed to settle any “election issues” that might arise.
Exactly! We can lose mjrkowski, Collins, and Romney. It’s then a 50 50 tie and Pence casts the deciding vote. We can’t lose any others. I don’t see that happening. They know this is for all the marbles and the democrats have gone full crazy left and will end the filibuster and ram through their agenda if they win. The Supreme Court will be the only thing to stop them. All the rest will vote with Mitch McConnell. Bank on it.
Trump is playing with house money now.
If China Mitch can get this one done then I’m gonna’ take back some of things I’ve said about him.
Bingo=Game on.
It won’t be pretty. Be prepared.
Amy coney Barrett pick her and when the dems start trashing her the gop can say that dems hate women it’s brilliant
I noticed that omission as well. Time will tell...
excellent. Great statement from McConnell.
I just donated to McConnell, McSally and Graham. WHEE!!!!!
Do the same through WINRED, you should already have an account set up and it makes donations really easy.
Just when California thought life couldn’t get any worse.
“He should even order a bunch of “SCOTUS Nomination” pens for President Trump — just to hammer home the point.”
Too funny!!!!
Entirely possible. I never thought I’d see it, now I expect to.
it’s critical to fill this slot before the election, or otherwise it will motivate leftists to vote in droves ...
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