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Didn't Republicans take control of the Senate in 2015?
Yes, they did. But Clinton is likely to win, and the Senate is likely to flip.
If so, the current Congress still has a nomination in front of it, and will have the time to act. Merrick Garland received high praise from both Rs and Ds before Obama nominated him - in fact, some Rs urged Obama to nominate Garland - GOP leaders praised SCOTUS pick Merrick Garland -- a lot - CNNPolitics.com.
If Clinton is elected and the Senate flips, Garland will be confirmed so fast you'll get motion sickness. They'll just drop their pretense about waiting for the next president's choice.
Yes, they did. But Clinton is likely to win, and the Senate is likely to flip.
If so, the current Congress still has a nomination in front of it, and has the time to act. Merrick Garland received high praise from both Rs and Ds before Obama nominated him - in fact, some Rs urged Obama to nominate Garland - GOP leaders praised SCOTUS pick Merrick Garland -- a lot - CNNPolitics.com.
If Clinton is elected and the Senate flips, Garland will be confirmed so fast you'll get motion sickness. They'll just drop their pretense about waiting for the next president's choice.
They ought to--that would be most logical. But they won't. They're dug in too hard to dig out fast enough.
The congressional Republicans weren't elected to "work with" Obama and the Executive branch. They were elected by their constituents to throw up every roadblock they could think of to oppose Obama.
The congressional Republicans that were elected in 2014 didn't do this and Trump is the result.
They were not elected to create a constitutional crisis, which the Republicans in the Senate have done. What is the solution to a Senate that won't do it's mandated duty?
If Clinton is elected and the Senate flips, Garland will be confirmed so fast you'll get motion sickness. They'll just drop their pretense about waiting for the next president's choice.
Providing Obama does not withdraw the nomination and nominate a younger and more liberal judge. I think control of the Senate will come down to the New Hampshire race. Amazing how a small plurality of a small state may shape our nation for a couple generations.
If not for the USSC I would prefer Hitlery over Trump.
Providing Obama does not withdraw the nomination and nominate a younger and more liberal judge. I think control of the Senate will come down to the New Hampshire race. Amazing how a small plurality of a small state may shape our nation for a couple generations.
If not for the USSC I would prefer Hitlery over Trump.
I doubt he'd do that.
Because, in spite of what many people think, Obama is not much of a leftist.
The check is the ability to vote him down. No vote at all is simply not doing your job.
nope.
not according to the constitution.
Advise and consent is the wording of the Constitution....THAT and that along is the Charge of the Constitution to the Senate.
Voting is part of that. but it is not the only part and the history of this relationship going all the way back to the early 1800s is clear. many times the senate has refused to grant hearing, or vote on a nominee.
Actually YOU may want to do some more research on the Biden Rule. Biden did not suggest a sitting POTUS not get to nominate a justice at all and let the next POTUS do so, but simply that the nomination be done after the election , so that the nomination did not itself become a part of the political campaign . That still left 2 1/2 months or so after the election to nominate and vote on the current POTUS nominee .
"Biden did not suggest a sitting POTUS not get to nominate a justice at all"
NO ONE said the POTUS could NOT nominate.
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