No time to confirm a new Justice, eh? RBG was confirmed in 42 days
You’re hearing a lot of talk now that there isn’t time to confirm a new Supreme Court Justice before the election – that the 46 days between now and Election Day simply aren’t enough to schedule hearings and hold a vote.
That’s not true. Not only can it be done, it’s been done before. And one Justice who was confirmed more quickly than the 46 days that are now available before the 2020 election was Ruth Bader Ginsburg:
Ginsburg’s confirmation process wasn’t “rushed,” either. It was efficient for sure, and it included everything you’d expect from a confirmation process. The Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings, all the members got to ask questions, there was a floor debate.And then there was a vote. By the way, in case Joe Biden makes the claim that no responsible Senate Judicary Committee chairman can make this happen in the time available, you might be interested to know that the chairman of the Senate Judicary Committee in 1993, when Ginsburg’s confirmation process occurred, was . . . Joe Biden.
Of course, no one launched slanderous personal attacks on RBG as they did on Brett Kavanaugh. That tends to prolong the process. But to take this process seriously and do it right does not need to take more than the time between now and the election. We’ve already seen examples from recent history in which it was done more quickly than that.
It’s incumbent upon President Trump to name a nominee as quickly as possible to get the process started. And it may be that certain Republican senators (looking at you Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney) object to the process out of animus for the president. But there is plenty of time to do this.
Anyone who says otherwise is simply ignoring the track record.
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09-19-2020, 04:07 PM #1
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Take a seat, libs. RBG was confirmed in a mere 42 days.
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09-19-2020, 09:43 PM #17
See, I used to be in favor of compromise and middle ground. You are the example of why it doesn't work. People like you and establishment dems must be fought against tooth and nail. Trump and the senate are well within their power to confirm a new justice. You don't get to cry and change the rules when you don't like the outcome.
Conservatives need to stop "playing fair" and ceding ground to anti American lunatics like you.
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09-20-2020, 04:38 AM #21
Legit question, what do you believe the point in this is?
If you up the court size the next time Republicans win they'll just double the courtsize too. Before you know it within a couple of elections the Supreme Court is going to be 100+ members, doubling in size every time the parties switch.
Just accept your loss.Het bier zal weer vloeien
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09-20-2020, 08:02 AM #22
Very sad...party of losers.
Dem policies are such trash that they can't get Americans to vote for them, so they import 3rd world poors and buy them with handouts.
All the cheating isn't enough to win, so they actually have to change the rules of the game lol...
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09-20-2020, 10:49 AM #25
lmao do the maga idiots itt really not remember when mitch was like nah the "people" should decide the scotus appointment by voting for a new president. according to mitch, it doesnt matter if its possible to confirm a new justice in 42 days. this entire thread is about something that doesnt matter - whether or not its technically possible to confirm before the election
according to mitch, we should wait for the people to vote for president
but of course maga boys are hypocrites so this time its "different"
thats why the rest of the non-maga-boy world knows maga boys are the dumbest people on the planet
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09-20-2020, 11:44 AM #26
You want to know what the difference is?
Obama and the democrats lost the senate during midterms. This indicates a strong voter shift from democrat to Republicans and was a prelude to them losing the 2016 presidential elections. Despite that, Obama tried to push a justice through even though the election results clearly showed he did no longer represent the political views of the population.
In this case Republicans control both the presidency and the senate, and on top of that they increased their lead in the senate during the 2018 midterms. This is a clear ratification of the 2016 results showing that the population is still fully behind President Trump and there is absolutely no reason as to why he shouldn't get to pick a justice.
The only hypocrisy shown here is your camp first trying to push a justice through without support and then criticizing the other camp for getting a justice with full support.Het bier zal weer vloeien
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