Posted on 09/18/2020 8:42:10 PM PDT by conservative98
If a Supreme Court vacancy opens up between now and the end of the year, Republicans should fill it. Given the vital importance of the Court to rank-and-file Republican voters and grassroots activists, particularly in the five-decade-long quest to overturn Roe v. Wade, it would be political suicide for Republicans to refrain from filling a vacancy unless some law or important traditional norm was against them. There is no such law and no such norm; those are all on their side. Choosing not to fill a vacancy would be a historically unprecedented act of unilateral disarmament. It has never happened once in all of American history. There is no chance that the Democrats, in the same position, would ever reciprocate, as their own history illustrates.
For now, all this remains hypothetical. Neither Ruth Bader Ginsburg nor any of her colleagues intend to go anywhere. But with the 87-year-old Ginsburg fighting a recurrence of cancer and repeatedly in and out of hospitals, we are starting to see the Washington press corps and senators openly discussing what would happen if she dies or is unable to continue serving on the Court. Democrats are issuing threats, and some Republicans are already balking.
They shouldn’t.
History supports Republicans filling the seat. Doing so would not be in any way inconsistent with Senate Republicans’ holding open the seat vacated by Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016. The reason is simple, and was explained by Mitch McConnell at the time. Historically, throughout American history, when their party controls the Senate, presidents get to fill Supreme Court vacancies at any time — even in a presidential election year, even in a lame-duck session after the election, even after defeat.
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Of course Senate Republicans should fill an open seat on the Supreme Court. History and tradition make that clear.— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) September 18, 2020
The people have spoken. We have a Republican President and Senate.
Definitive case for immediately filling the open seat on the Supreme Court https://t.co/dXCwBYUosZ— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) September 18, 2020
Tell me what’s the difference between now and when Obama had the appointment of Garland? They held up the conformation until after the election. I am at a loss?
Exactly.
Timelines are just that.
Do you hear that PA and MI?
Different party in the WH. Now - same party.
One difference is that both the White House and Senate are controlled by the same party.
Another difference is that Obama was not allowed to run for re-election, whereas Trump is running for re-election, so that voters can weigh in on the choice, by voting for, or against Trump, as the case may be. Voters would have had to change to weigh in by voting on Obama’s election because he was term limited out at that point.
Did Obama appoint Garland?
The Dems had the Presidency but didn’t control the Senate!
should read “voters would have had no chance” to weigh in on Obama.
No gasbag, the senate was republican, obama a demorat. Therein lies the difference.
Now they are both republican and an appointment must be made.
Convince me if it was a dem president and a dem senate that they would wait.
GIMME A BREAK!!— AZKayte (@AZKAYTE) September 19, 2020
Nancy won't be agreeing to any phase 4 Covid relief bill.
exactly.
If the shoe was on the other foot, the Democrats would not wait for the election. I think we all know that.
Exactly.
Turn about, is certainly FAIR, and CONSTITUTIONAL game.
Yes, fill it
I’ll make it simpler. Republicans control the senate. It’s not any great principle involved. A republican nominee is likely to pass, a Democrat nominee is not.
The rest is window dressing on pure power politics.
There is nothing wrong with holding the vote, or blocking a vote when you’re in control. That’s how it works.
After the House election of thomas Jefferson in 1800, and while a lame duck, John Adams nominated John Marshall, his Secretary of State to the court and got him confirmed.
Before Jefferson took office.
John Marshall served as Chief Justice for 34 years thereafter.
Even more fun is to examine the election of Jefferson...in the House of Representatives...as neither he or Burr had a majority in the Electoral College.
Jefferson won on the 36th ballot in the House, 9 states to 7.
The democrats were all in on the Garland confirmation a few months before the election.
So what’s the argument against confirming the Trump nominee now?
They can go pound sand.
No you but others that I call the doormat wing of the RINO party is now out in full force.
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