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markpkessinger

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17. This shit needs to stop!

Reply to TheProle (Original post)

Wed Apr 3, 2024, 09:44 AM

Apr 3

It is based, in the first place, on the mistaken notion that if only Ruth Bader Ginsburg had retired while Obama was president and Democrats held the Senate, we would be in a different situation with respect to the Supreme Court. But what these folks fail to remember is that McConnell was hellbent on preventing Obama from naming a third justice to the court. And Republicans, at that point, still had the filibuster with respect to Supreme Court nominees, and they wouldn't have hesitated to use it!

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Some Legal Scholars Push For Justice Sonia Sotomayor To Retire [View all] TheProle Mar 28 OP

Could they get a nominee through this senate? Doc Sportello Mar 28 #1

Manchin said no more judges will be approved by him unless a Rethug votes for them as well Celerity Mar 28 #3

We need to fix this process, but it'll take a Constitutional amendment to do so. dawg Mar 28 #2

I have an idea. why don't these 'leading lights' urgently request stopdiggin Mar 28 #4

Uh, because those urging are Democratic, and thus urging Rethug justices would be pissing in the wind. NoRethugFriends Mar 28 #11

I mean....I think it's pretty simple. Sotomayor presumably wants to be replaced by a Democratic president tritsofme Mar 28 #12

doesn't seem to be any real indication that Sotomayor is interested stopdiggin Mar 28 #16

Of course snowybirdie Mar 28 #5

Well, that doesn't really make sense to me being thought of as misogyny NoRethugFriends Mar 28 #8

Where were these legal scholars or those especially on the left in 2016 JohnSJ Mar 28 #6

Appoint Trump prez already. Cartoonist Mar 28 #7

NO! And we are not going to lose the senate. onecaliberal Mar 28 #9

I've been enjoying Justice Sotomayor Sympthsical Mar 28 #10

It's very possible that this summer will be the last opportunity for a decade Democrats will have to fill a SCOTUS tritsofme Mar 28 #13

Yeah, not happening. maxsolomon Mar 28 #14

Understand the logic. But what a shame to remove one of our best voices. Fla Dem Mar 28 #15

This shit needs to stop! markpkessinger Apr 3 #17

What's with the slam at the end of the excerpt Marthe48 Apr 3 #18