Stay_Disappointed wrote:this made me lol

Feehery: Trump landslide is only way to save the republic as we know it

06hawkalum wrote:

lethal wrote:

JUburton wrote:

slugsrbad wrote:

heyeaglefn wrote:POLITICO
@politico
BREAKING: Romney sides with McConnell on SCOTUS, giving Trump all the votes he needs to fill RBG's seat

Shocker, Romney is an empty suit.

dude is obviously going to shoot his shot on getting roe overturned.

Romney hates Trump personally, but he probably hates abortion and affirmative action more. Maybe he'd vote to keep Obamacare becasue its based on his own ideas. I never had much hope that he'd not side with McConnell on this.

Personally, Supreme Court justices was my number one issue in 2016 (you can tie all sorts of things into a court majority, health care, voting rights, affitmative action, abortion, political contributions/dark money, immigration, criminal justice reform, gun control, antitrust and monopolies) and I didn't think Hillary emphasized it enough. Maybe Clinton herself didn't garner sufficient enthusiasm from some sectors who may have decided that if not Sanders, then there was no difference between Trump and Clinton, but getting them to understand that a favorable court composition could get them progressive friendly decisions for the next 30 years (Thomas has been on the Court for 29 years).

I wonder how long Mitch would've been able to keep any seats open or who Clinton would've nominated that could get 50 votes (and you assume Sessions is still in the Senate under that scenario, so no Jones).

Also, if Turmp fills this seat, he can save himself from criminal prosecution and releasing his financial documents/tax returns, so he has personal incentive to fill this before he's out of office.

Just a disaster all around that's going to have repercussions for half a century or at least the entire rest of my lifetime.

The next President probably gets Breyer's replacement (hopefully certainly if Biden wins and Ds control the Senate). Thomas and Alito are the next oldest, but they may be able to go another 10-15 years. Its going to be 6-3, maybe even 7-2 for a very, very long time.

It could also be 5-4 liberal in 10 years so the half century prediction will hopefully end up being hyperbole. I think the Supreme Court ruling against policies the majority of Americans are accustomed to and support will ultimately be a disaster for the GOP. Americans won't put up with minority rule for long.

Mitch doesn't care because he knows he will be dead by the time shit hits the fan.

Augustus wrote:Another story people overlook is the "liberal wing" of the court slouching to the center. Marshall, John Paul Stevens, William O. Douglas, etc. were to the left of Ginsburg and the three other liberals currently on the court

Squire wrote:Although I sincerely wish Romney had come out on the other side of this, asking him to not support a vote on a Supreme Court justice that he would otherwise support because of a position taken by the Senate of which he wasn't a part of, when those very same Senators who took the position are weaseling out of it doesn't seem realistic. Asking him to personally right all of the malfeasance and treachery of McConnell seems like a long shot. That being said, this whole thing seems like a dumb political move which may end up flipping the Senate. The Dems would be perfectly justified in eliminating the filibuster and packing the court. The Republicans have shown that they don't care about fairness in the least.

CalvinBall wrote:not that Rs are unaware of this but the "senate and president are the same party" argument is so laughable. If people wanted a democratic senate they would have voted for one in 2018! It does not acknowledge that the whole country is not voting for a new senate every two years. voters did overwhelmingly choose the other chamber and gave them a large majority, however. so no, americans in whole do not want you to be in power you fuckers.

Squire wrote:Although I sincerely wish Romney had come out on the other side of this, asking him to not support a vote on a Supreme Court justice that he would otherwise support because of a position taken by the Senate of which he wasn't a part of, when those very same Senators who took the position are weaseling out of it doesn't seem realistic. Asking him to personally right all of the malfeasance and treachery of McConnell seems like a long shot. That being said, this whole thing seems like a dumb political move which may end up flipping the Senate. The Dems would be perfectly justified in eliminating the filibuster and packing the court. The Republicans have shown that they don't care about fairness in the least.

JFLNYC wrote:So the PA Supreme Court has ruled that naked mail in ballots (those without secrecy envelopes) are invalid. Estimates are that 100,000 mail in ballots could be tossed out.