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Rakin · 11-05-2020, 02:32 PM

The Senate is here to "Consent". Nominate a Moderate and you might get them through.

Mr. In-Between · 11-05-2020, 02:33 PM

No. Zero chance. The Supreme Court as it is now will be the Supreme Court for at least the next 4 years.

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Originally Posted by Rakin

The Senate is here to "Consent". Nominate a Moderate and you might get them through.

Good point! Maybe someone like, for instance, Merrick Garland!

Oh... wait....

mascoma · 11-05-2020, 02:36 PM

I think they would let him replace Breyer, but not Thomas.

hawkeye2009 · 11-05-2020, 02:37 PM

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With the GOP controlling the senate will they allow any Biden nominee to take a seat on SCOTUS? Should they? Thomas is getting up there in age. If he leaves will the GOP let him be replaced with a liberal? Breyer is older though, but he's liberal. If Breyer leaves will Biden be able to replace him?

Not as a private citizen, particularly one on trial for corruption.

shiftymh · 11-05-2020, 02:39 PM

They should do their duty and put him up for a vote and then vote no.

Mr. In-Between · 11-05-2020, 02:41 PM

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Mitch won’t allow any hearings, holding a seat open for four years if necessary.

Susan Collins will send a strongly worded email expressing her disappointment.

Chuck Schumer will tweet that it’s not supposed to be like this.

That's it in a nutshell. There won't be any new SCOTUS appointments for at least 4 years, possibly 6 or 8.

emm74 · 11-05-2020, 02:49 PM

It's looking like control of the Senate is going to depend on two run off elections in Georgia in January

atltechdude · 11-05-2020, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Rakin

The Senate is here to "Consent". Nominate a Moderate and you might get them through.

Yeah he should just renominate Garland, a good moderate that McConnell has previously praised.

PullMyFinger · 11-05-2020, 02:57 PM

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Yeah he should just renominate Garland, a good moderate that McConnell has previously praised.

It would be a unifying act by the Senate

ellemint · 11-05-2020, 03:00 PM

Not unless the Dems win the Senate.

I can just see Mitch saying, "Well, 4 years is not enough time to nominate a judge. What do you take us for? Cooperative? Never mind that the GOP did so when an election had already started. What's good for the GOP is good for the GOP. We're not hear to serve the American people. ha ha heh heh heh"