SCOTUS Thread

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  1. Truman

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    This needs to get done before mid terms
     
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  2. ned's head

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    Can they go through the nomination and vetting process before the term ends?
     
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  3. Gallant Knight

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    Surely

    or else he wouldn’t have stepped down
     
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  4. BudKilmer

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    Now If Clarence Thomas can choke on whatever he has for dinner tonight that would be terrific
     
  5. ned's head

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    Maybe biden can use this opportunity to expand the court to 20. Economies of scale and whatnot
     
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  6. Truman

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    Which Justices do we like here?
     
  7. Gallant Knight

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    I think with this remaining a 6-3 majority for republicans that McConnell will not put up a fight. Might even vote to confirm
     
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  9. Gallant Knight

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    Minority women: good

    another Harvard dickhead: bad
     
  10. afb

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    Riiiiiiiiiiigght

    he will make sure it’s 50-50 regardless
     
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  11. Gallant Knight

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    Theres no upside in doing that
     
  12. NDJOECA

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    Her brother in law is married to Paul Ryan’s sister, lol
     
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  13. Gallant Knight

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    Excellent exactly what we need is another DC insider

    I hate all of these people

    nominate a smart minority woman who went to a state school
     
  14. (Z)

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    McConnell is very shrewd. I imagine they'll ask some hard questions, and then many will vote to confirm whomever as being qualified because it won't do anything to actually shake up the current lineup.
     
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  15. Gallant Knight

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    Agreed
     
  16. Gallant Knight

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    It’s a good opportunity for republicans to vote to nominate a black woman and then be able to use that going forward
     
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  17. Hoss Bonaventure

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    Republicans including McConnell are going to throw a huge fit and refuse to confirm before the midterms. There’s no way they don’t act like children for once.
     
  18. Gallant Knight

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    Lol they can’t
     
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  19. pez

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    Manchin and Sinema are going to be the pains on this , not McConnell
     
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  20. Hoss Bonaventure

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    Oh but they’ll still try and do it. They’re absolutely going to say it
     
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  21. Shawn Hunter

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    Well he can’t block it
     
  22. (Z)

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    No they aren't. If for no other reason they can't.

    Again, McConnell has been awful for America, but he's an incredibly shrewd politician. There's no upside to him playing it that way.
     
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  23. Shawn Hunter

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    Didn’t Trump Barrett done in like a month or something like that?
     
  24. El Tiburon

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    Sinema will vote No and claim it’s because she wants to maintain the balance of the court.
     
  25. Gallant Knight

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    McConnell hasn’t been in power this long because he focuses on fights he has a 0% chance of winning
     
  26. ned's head

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    Not talking about speed - I was just wondering how much work they could do ahead of him actually leaving
     
  27. Gallant Knight

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    No they aren’t. They don’t want to be responsible for nuking the filibuster, which on some level I guess I understand

    McConnell set the precedent for a 50+1 Supreme Court vote. They won’t have an issue following a precede that was set like two years ago
     
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  28. (Z)

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    Exactly. I can't stand the guy, but he's an excellent politician (results wise). There's just no real upside to it for him.

    Kind of like Pelosi never bringing a vote that she doesn't know she's going to win. These people know how to play the political game.
     
  29. Gallant Knight

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    I think it’s likely that Biden and his inner circle have known about this for at least a week or two. And the administration has had plans for nominating justices.

    they can do it quickly if they desire to
     
  30. (Z)

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    I kind of doubt it. Haven't the two of them voted for every Biden judicial nominee?
     
  31. Gallant Knight

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    He has been the best at this for at least 15 years. Hard to argue with the results.
     
  32. (Z)

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    They don't have to rush. They have a ton of time.
     
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  34. Gallant Knight

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    These two are very happy with the status quo

    a liberal Supreme Court justice being replaced by another liberal Supreme Court justice doesn’t change anything.

    they’ll fall in line
     
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  35. pez

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    I’m not saying they’ll kill it but they’ll extract something, especially Manchin. That’s just my guess. But point is more there in a hell of lot more position to do something than any member of the GOP.
     
  36. Gallant Knight

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    I really don’t think so
     
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  37. Lyrtch

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    mcconnell won't fight it. you'll have some ancillary members of the senate/house try to get TV time by being normal race baiting psychos that the gop churns out.

    mcconnell and roberts know legitimacy of the court has never been lower, a losing bitch fit by the gop does nothing to help that and could make it worse. mcconnells life was built on judicial supremacy to walk back civil rights progress, if the court gets delegitimized enough he fails.
     
  38. Lyrtch

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    Manchin has been an auto-yes on all Biden judges including literally the likely replacement last year. It's not going to be a thing.
     
  39. Gallant Knight

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    I actually think they should nominate me to replace Breyer
     
  40. dblplay1212

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    Like the "Potus shouldn't nominate a judge during an election year" precedent?
     
  41. Gallant Knight

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    Do a little critical thinking here and you’ll arrive at the conclusion that republicans won’t put up more than a token opposition
     
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  42. Redav

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    I was worried for a minute that the democrats weren't going to retain their 3-6 minority
     
  43. dblplay1212

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    That's fine, and I don't disagree. I just laughed at the idea that McConnell gives a fuck about precedent.
     
  44. BrentTray

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  45. Gallant Knight

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    He doesn’t? Who said he does
     
  46. dblplay1212

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    Your post made it seem like they'd vote to confirm bc of precedent.
    I agree they won't fight it, but precedent has nothing to do with it.
     
  47. Gallant Knight

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    I really don’t know what you’re arguing

    there are words that form sentences but that’s about it
     
  48. BrentTray

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    If Sleepy Joe really wanted to bring the dem party together he’d appoint one of the following:

    Robert Mueller
    Krassenstein twins
    Liz Cheney
    Jeff Tiedrich
     
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  49. dblplay1212

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    You're the one that brought up precedence. I don't think precedence means anything with McConnell.