Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland

PJ_Soul

Good. This whole issue on the part of the GOP and the way they are trying to pretend the President isn't the President has been almost as ridiculous as the Republican primaries have been. I am glad this is going to go away now.

mrussel1

This is the way to bring Bernie voters back into the camp. We know the GOP won't let him out of committee. The election becomes a referendum on the SCOTUS. Considering Garland's age, he may have been a sacrificial lamb. Hillary could very well put up Sri, who would be on the court for years.

Cliffy6745

JimmyV said:

"The American people may well elect a president who decides to nominate Judge Garland for Senate consideration. The next president may also nominate someone very different. Either way, our view is this: Give the people a voice in the filling of this vacancy.”

-- Mitch McConnell on why the 65 million Americans who already voted for our current President should not have their voices heard in the filling of this vacancy which occurred during the term of our current President.

These congressional Republicans are an embarrassment.

Indeed Americans had the only voice that counts in 2012 when Obama was elected.

mickeyrat

2012 IS that voice.

How a party THINKS the nominee may "shape this court for decades to come" is fucking irrelevant. Asking how they would rule in hypotheticals isnt necessary to the process imo.
What IS relevant and of primary consideration is whether his previous rulings comport with the constitution he was sworn to uphold and interperet.

Getting harder to not actively wish harm and or death on these fucking washington con-artists

josevolution

JimmyV said:

"The American people may well elect a president who decides to nominate Judge Garland for Senate consideration. The next president may also nominate someone very different. Either way, our view is this: Give the people a voice in the filling of this vacancy.”

-- Mitch McConnell on why the 65 million Americans who already voted for our current President should not have their voices heard in the filling of this vacancy which occurred during the term of our current President.

These congressional Republicans are an embarrassment.

His a prick of the highest order ...

dignin

mrussel1 said:

This is the way to bring Bernie voters back into the camp. We know the GOP won't let him out of committee. The election becomes a referendum on the SCOTUS. Considering Garland's age, he may have been a sacrificial lamb. Hillary could very well put up Sri, who would be on the court for years.

This.

The republicans should take this deal....because it's the best deal they are gonna get. Otherwise they are going to get a far younger and lefty justice.

Dirtie_Frank

The thing I find ironic is that the Senate wants to wait for the next POTUS. Now I know it is not a given but Trump seems to be the one that will win the Republican Nomination and could be the next POTUS. Are they not going to confirm his nomination if he wins? The Senate was very foolish to say they would not confirm they showed their hand too fast and it will bite them.

mrussel1

dignin said:

mrussel1 said:

This is the way to bring Bernie voters back into the camp. We know the GOP won't let him out of committee. The election becomes a referendum on the SCOTUS. Considering Garland's age, he may have been a sacrificial lamb. Hillary could very well put up Sri, who would be on the court for years.

This.

The republicans should take this deal....because it's the best deal they are gonna get. Otherwise they are going to get a far younger and lefty justice.

But they won't. And it's because their 'grass roots' is angry and irrational. So they block it and it will be worse for them.

JimmyV

There are 806,787 voices that matter to Mitch McConnell. He is accountable only to 56% of the electorate in Kentucky.

https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_elections_in_Kentucky,_2014

Go Beavers

riotgrl said:

I've long thought that it would be great if all the justices were centrists. Most Americans have a tendency to be more moderate and land somewhere in the middle. This extreme divisiveness between the political parties has created untenable situations in that we see less and less compromise.

Of course it depends on how you would define and measure centrist. I think the majority fits into left and left of center. Meaning that amount is greater than 50%. Some people just laugh when I tell them I think Obama is mostly centrist.

PJ_Soul

It does seem that more and more fanatics are getting into politics rather than moderates. It's pretty terrifying.

Jason P

PJ_Soul said:

It does seem that more and more fanatics are getting into politics rather than moderates. It's pretty terrifying.

You have to be nuts or to want to be POTUS these days.

cincybearcat

I was waiting for the people to complain about it being a white man. Honestly I thought there was no chance in hell.

Don't know much about this guy, but again, nothing pops out saying he should be disqualified and the president is fullfilling his constitutional duties...time for congress to do the same.

Cliffy6745

This is infuriating

“Rather than put Judge Garland through more unnecessary political routines orchestrated by the White House, the leader decided it would be more considerate of the nominee’s time to speak with him today by phone,” Mr. McConnell’s spokesman, Don Stewart, said in a statement.

“The leader reiterated his position that the American people will have a voice in this vacancy and that the Senate will appropriately revisit the matter when it considers the qualifications of the person the next president nominates. And since the Senate will not be acting on this nomination, he would not be holding a perfunctory meeting, but he wished Judge Garland well.”

PJ_Soul

Jason P said:

PJ_Soul said:

It does seem that more and more fanatics are getting into politics rather than moderates. It's pretty terrifying.

You have to be nuts or to want to be POTUS these days.

You practically have to be nuts just to run for city council at this point. The people we WANT and NEED running the country are completely off-put by the creeps who ARE running the country - the ones who have made corruption and dirty tactics completely systemic. It's terrible. I think it is literally going to be the ultimate downfall of our civilization TBH.

JimmyV

Cliffy6745 said:

This is infuriating

“Rather than put Judge Garland through more unnecessary political routines orchestrated by the White House, the leader decided it would be more considerate of the nominee’s time to speak with him today by phone,” Mr. McConnell’s spokesman, Don Stewart, said in a statement.

“The leader reiterated his position that the American people will have a voice in this vacancy and that the Senate will appropriately revisit the matter when it considers the qualifications of the person the next president nominates. And since the Senate will not be acting on this nomination, he would not be holding a perfunctory meeting, but he wished Judge Garland well.”

They are no longer interested in governing and enough of their constituents are OK with that so there are no repercussions. This is shaping up to be one more shameful episode on Capitol Hill.

Jason P

The fact that Obama skipped Scalia's funeral, I don't see how just calling a nominee is a big deal.

JimmyV

Jason P said:

The fact that Obama skipped Scalia's funeral, I don't see how just calling a nominee is a big deal.

Not following you here. What?

Jason P

JimmyV said:

Jason P said:

The fact that Obama skipped Scalia's funeral, I don't see how just calling a nominee is a big deal.

Not following you here. What?

The guy is just a nominee, not a justice. What is the big deal if Mitch just calls him?

Cliffy6745

Nothing to do with calling. The content of what was said