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To: gundog
"Could the Senate stall a replacement, as they did with Garland’s nomination?"

They could but would not. The desire to hamstring a second Trump presidency would find enough GOP senators to push a Biden nomination through.

30 posted on 04/02/2024 3:37:20 AM PDT by buckalfa (Gut feelings are your guardian angels)
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To: buckalfa; gundog

McConnell delayed replacing Scalia under the theory that no SCOTUS vacancy had been filled by a lame duck president in an election year. That’s not the case here.


33 posted on 04/02/2024 4:42:30 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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