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McConnell says he would fill 2020 Supreme Court vacancy

Discussion in 'Current Events' started by Larryjohn, May 29, 2019.

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  1. Larryjohn

    Larryjohn Active Member

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    Larryjohn, May 29, 2019
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    Yulee, May 29, 2019
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    Hoosier8 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Gosh, following the democrats lead would certainly be that.
     
    Hoosier8, May 29, 2019
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  4. Yulee

    Yulee Well-Known Member

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    Merrick Garland? Who by all means was a worthy Supreme Court nominee. Even a judge Trump has had good things to say.

    Funny. Garland is the sitting judge ruling on the Presidents appeal. Can’t wait to hear the great words about him when he rightfully rules for Trump.
     
    Yulee, May 29, 2019
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    Hoosier8 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So, which is it. Is he a good judge or is he a political tool?
     
    Hoosier8, May 29, 2019
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    Yulee Well-Known Member

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    My reply is not inconsistent.

    He’s a good judge who will rule correctly. Which I believe Trump will win his appeal.
     
    Yulee, May 29, 2019
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  7. Larryjohn

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    No, because he's smart.
     
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    His comments were interesting, to say the least. He surely knew that comparisons would be drawn to his stance in 2016. And he surely knew - based upon the smirk - that he would appear inconsistent and hypocritical.
     
    Pants, May 29, 2019
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    He lacks integrity. What’s knew. People need to remember what goes around comes around
     
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    Ronstar Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    scumbag, dishonest POS

    I'll never join the GOP
     
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    Obama was a lame duck after 8 years with an opposition Senate. Trump is not and has a supportive Senate.
     
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    following McConnel's repeated logic in 2016, if there is a vacancy in 2020 no justice should be seated. Let the voters decide.
     
    Ronstar, May 29, 2019
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    So why the smirk?
     
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    Do you honestly think that if this were 2024 and we were in the final months of Trump's second term, that McConnell would refuse to confirm a Trump nominee?

    He's a political hack. He's good at what he does, but don't pretend he has any principles beyond amassing power.
     
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    he's a liar and a hypocrite.

    if this was 2024, he would certainly allow Trump to pick a new justice.
     
    Ronstar, May 29, 2019
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    It's a darn good thing GrubHub was invented because it's very unlikely Mitch McConnell will ever get spit-free food in a restaurant in the US again...

    Need to take that Senate in 2020 and it's very doable...
     
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    Posted in another thread:

    I agree that the actions of the Repubs over the Garland nomination were inappropriate and underhanded. I think that if the Dems were not so over confident that HC would be the next President that they might have pushed the issue more.

    However, for some reason, I think that if the shoe was on the other foot, and it was the Dems preventing the Repubs was filling a SCOTUS pick under the same circumstances, there would be many on this forum (that are now grousing) that would be cheering the actions.
     
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    Was that your position when the GOP applied the Biden rule?
     
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    I would support it exactly once, as payback for McConnell's 2016 stunt.

    My default attitude is that, in general, president's are entitled to the SCOTUS pick they want. The Senate can certainly reject candidates on the merits, and one of those merits can be "extreme judicial views". But those views must actually be extreme, not merely "I disagree with them."
     
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    there is no "Biden Rule".

    however, it is silly to not allow a President to sit a SCOTUS judge during his lame duck year.

    the GOP was wrong to do this.

    and for them to now flip and do the opposite, looks like pathetic partisan hypocrisy.

    if McConnel has any integrity, he will follow his logic in 2016 and not let Trump fill any SCOTUS vacancies in 2020.
     
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    raytri, May 29, 2019
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    Biden never said that a lame duck President should not be allowed to nominate a justice. He only said that if such a vacancy arrived in the middle of a campaign year, the nomination and approval should wait till AFTER Election Day.
     
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    And the Gingsberg death watch continues
     
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    i hope she has secret service protection, Trump may try to snuff her
     
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    "As a result, it is my view that if a Supreme Court Justice resigns tomorrow, or within the next several weeks, or resigns at the end of the summer, President Bush should consider following the practice of a majority of his predecessors and not — and not — name a nominee until after the November election is completed." - Biden

    I don't believe they were wrong to do it. I believe that GOPs generally want a more constitutionalist jurist while Dems prefer one who believes in a living document. GOPs invoked the Biden rule more as an excuse but the obvious real reason was in the hopes that they could get a justice more consistent with the values that they believed in. I think we both know that if Dems were in the exact same position they would have done the exact same thing and I don't think you can deny this.
     
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