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Yeah, they didn't hold a hearing for Garland because they knew they would have had to confirm him. It would have been difficult for most Republicans to say no.
I'm looking forward to the day McConnell is finally out of the House, but let's face it. There will always be another McConnell to take his place.
They did not hold a hearing for Garland because the 2016 presidential contest was well underway and it had been the tradition in the Senate for over 100 years not to confirm a Supreme Court Justice in the last year of a president's term.
A SCOTUS appointment is a lifetime appointment, while an AG virtually never serves the entirety of a two-term presidency, which is eight years. They typically last between 2-6 years.
Also, it has been the tradition of the Senate, at least until Trump was elected, to confirm a president's cabinet picks on a bipartisan basis without much push-back, unless the nominee is egregiously unqualified or something like that, which does not apply to any of Trump's nominees. And certainly this does not describe William Barr, who previously served as AG under the first Bush administration.
Barr just agreed with The President on several immigration issues including a wall. That most likely won't go over well with the lawless ideas of the democrats. That is likely to effect the votes he will get from democrats with their open border voter drive.
They did not hold a hearing for Garland because the 2016 presidential contest was well underway and it had been the tradition in the Senate for over 100 years not to confirm a Supreme Court Justice in the last year of a president's term.
A SCOTUS appointment is a lifetime appointment, while an AG virtually never serves the entirety of a two-term presidency, which is eight years. They typically last between 2-6 years.
Also, it has been the tradition of the Senate, at least until Trump was elected, to confirm a president's cabinet picks on a bipartisan basis without much push-back, unless the nominee is egregiously unqualified or something like that, which does not apply to any of Trump's nominees. And certainly this does not describe William Barr, who previously served as AG under the first Bush administration.
Except of course there has never been such a tradition that a President in his final year doesn't get to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court. It hasn't been a circumstance that arose very often, but there is absolutely no history or tradition of leaving a seat vacant. That was a GOP lie to justify stealing a Supreme Court seat from a validly elected president they didn't like.
And it's also BS to claim that push back on Cabinet picks only started now. Unless you want to pretend that McConnell didn't start off with the claim that his goal was to make Obama a one term president and do every thing he could to obstruct him for 8 years? The Dems can't prevent Barr from being confirmed but they are still entitled to ask questions and get him on the record
At the beginning of this hearing, Lindsey Graham took over as the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee from former chairman Chuck Grassley. This is a big deal.
Also noteworthy were the announcements of two new Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Joni Earnst (R-Iowa) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn). These two woman will hopefully diminish the appetites of Senate Democrats to instigate anymore hyper-devisive and despicably dishonest gender-oriented hatchet jobs against nominees that they regard as their political adversaries.
Finally, after Diane Feinstein's grotesquely despicable conduct during the Kavanaugh hearings, I do not know how anyone can look at her and recall that thoroughly disgraceful display without having the urge to vomit.
At the beginning of this hearing, Lindsey Graham took over as the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee from former chairman Chuck Grassley. This is a big deal.
Also noteworthy were the announcements of two new Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Joni Earnst (R-Iowa) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn). These two woman will hopefully diminish the appetites of Senate Democrats to instigate anymore hyper-devisive and despicably dishonest gender-oriented hatchet jobs against nominees that they regard as their political adversaries.
Finally, after Diane Feinstein's grotesquely despicable conduct during the Kavanaugh hearings, I do not know how anyone can look at her and recall that thoroughly disgraceful display without having the urge to vomit.
naw, Kavanaugh was the vomiter. He testified to that under oath.
But anyway, I'm done with idiocy and sexism for today.
With Jeff Flake gone and the Republican control of the Senate increasing now to 53 votes, there really is no way that the Democrats could block this vote, even if they wanted to.
But why would they want to? Barr is a reasonable guy who has been the AG before. Anyone who thinks that Trump should renominate Eric Holder for the job is a raving lunatic. Surely he needs to have someone who he can have confidence in.
This really is not a controversial pick in any meaningful sense. Of course truth be told, neither was Brett Kavanaugh, and we all saw what a horror show the Democrats made that into.
I really hope they are not going to do anything like that again.
They are doing exactly what they always do. They are trying to question him so that people think Trump will keep him from doing his job. It's so transparent, at least to some of us.
Barr testified he does NOT think Mueller is on a witch hunt.
Trump must've hated that
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