The Dems may not like what the GOP Senators consider "disqualifying" going forward

[Mac1958]

We may as well carve out a department of the FBI for partisan political investigations.

Save time.

Better make it a BIG department.
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[Hiryuu]

So what if he didn’t have to? He did.

Yeah, that's my point, so what? If he told anyone anything, it was because someone asked and he felt compelled to answer (or for political purposes that served something other than the actual need to).

 

[rightwinger]

No, by telling a sitting president he would not be allowed to seat any more Supreme Court justices for the remainder of his presidency.

Majority Leader McConnell didn't have to tell the President anything, the vote wasn't happening, because he wasn't bringing it to the floor and had the power necessary to make it so.

So what if he didn’t have to? He did.

McConnell was not the fist Senate Majority Leader to have an opposition President fill a seat
He is the first to unilaterally deny a President that right

The court system will never be the same

 

[rightwinger]

If those were the same standards for congress and the senate, we would have no one in washington.....that would be good.

Congressmen and Senators have to run for election and do not get lifetime appointments

 

[rightwinger]

We may as well carve out a department of the FBI for partisan political investigations.

Save time.

Better make it a BIG department.
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It is not a partisan investigation. Democrats lack the power to do so

The investigation is happening because REPUBLICANS like Flake, Collins and Murkowski want the facts before they vote

 

[Hiryuu]

McConnell was not the fist Senate Majority Leader to have an opposition President fill a seat
He is the first to unilaterally deny a President that right

The court system will never be the same

First, Second, Last, Left, Right, it doesn't matter, he didn't deny anything. The President had the right to nominate a Supreme Court Justice, and did. Majority Leader McConnell used the power he was granted, as the result of elected representatives in Congress, to vote on whatever he felt the desire to vote on. The President's nomination for Supreme Court Justice just wasn't what he chose.

Perhaps you meant Majority Leader McConnell used his power to block on a vote on the nomination, and President Obama failed to nominate a Supreme Court Justice that compelled the Senate Majority Leader to bring the vote to the Senate Floor.

You may see where this is going, no one has more power than they are granted, and if anything changes, it will be because the people involved with the power they have granted to them, agree on a nominee (minus the idea that some folks that don't have the power may play politics, and do even more to keep anything from happening).

 

[Mac1958]

We may as well carve out a department of the FBI for partisan political investigations.

Save time.

Better make it a BIG department.
.

It is not a partisan investigation. Democrats lack the power to do so

The investigation is happening because REPUBLICANS like Flake, Collins and Murkowski want the facts before they vote

Good gawd
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[rightwinger]

McConnell was not the fist Senate Majority Leader to have an opposition President fill a seat
He is the first to unilaterally deny a President that right

The court system will never be the same

First, Second, Last, Left, Right, it doesn't matter, he didn't deny anything. The President had the right to nominate a Supreme Court Justice, and did. Majority Leader McConnell used the power he was granted, as the result of elected representatives in Congress, to vote on whatever he felt the desire to vote on. The President's nomination for Supreme Court Justice just wasn't what he chose.

Perhaps you meant Majority Leader McConnell used his power to block on a vote on the nomination, and President Obama failed to nominate a Supreme Court Justice that compelled the Senate Majority Leader to bring the vote to the Senate Floor.

You may see where this is going, no one has more power than they are granted, and if anything changes, it will be because the people involved with the power they have granted to them, agree on a nominee (minus the idea that some folks that don't have the power may play politics, and do even more to keep anything from happening).

Yes he did
All previous Majority Leaders refused to use that power and respected a Presidents right to select Supreme Court Justices

Now, the genie is out of the bottle and the selection process will never be the same

 

[rightwinger]

We may as well carve out a department of the FBI for partisan political investigations.

Save time.

Better make it a BIG department.
.

It is not a partisan investigation. Democrats lack the power to do so

The investigation is happening because REPUBLICANS like Flake, Collins and Murkowski want the facts before they vote

Good gawd
.

Why was there no vote last week?
Democrats could not have forced it. McConnell was ready to call a vote. Dems could not have stopped it

 

[Hiryuu]

It is not a partisan investigation. Democrats lack the power to do so

The investigation is happening because REPUBLICANS like Flake, Collins and Murkowski want the facts before they vote

Good gawd
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The investigation is happening, because Senators Flake, Collins, and Murkowski haven't indicated they will vote to confirm Judge Kavanaugh. Everything else involved is the result of partisan politics to some measure or another.

 

[Mac1958]

It is not a partisan investigation. Democrats lack the power to do so

The investigation is happening because REPUBLICANS like Flake, Collins and Murkowski want the facts before they vote

Good gawd
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The investigation is happening, because Senators Flake, Collins, and Murkowski haven't indicated they will vote to confirm Judge Kavanaugh. Everything else involved is the result of partisan politics to some measure or another.

And there's no reason to believe that this won't get worse going forward.
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[rightwinger]

It is not a partisan investigation. Democrats lack the power to do so

The investigation is happening because REPUBLICANS like Flake, Collins and Murkowski want the facts before they vote

Good gawd
.

The investigation is happening, because Senators Flake, Collins, and Murkowski haven't indicated they will vote to confirm Judge Kavanaugh. Everything else involved is the result of partisan politics to some measure or another.

And there's no reason to believe that this won't get worse going forward.
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Why wouldn’t it get worse?

The gloves are off. Anything goes in Supreme Court selections
Dems didn’t do this with Gorsuch. He had no skeletons in his closet.

 

[Hiryuu]

Yes he did
All previous Majority Leaders refused to use that power and respected a Presidents right to select Supreme Court Justices

Now, the genie is out of the bottle and the selection process will never be the same

No he didn't, he just used the same parliamentarian procedures to add Supreme Court Justices to the stipulations Democrats had already used the same procedure to amend for Federal Justices. I have said once , and I will say it again, your excuses don't matter.

If a President wants to get a Supreme Court Justice confirmed, they are going to have to nominate an Associate Justice that can make it past the Majority Leader of the Senate. If you want compromise, get to compromising.

 

[Hiryuu]

And there's no reason to believe that this won't get worse going forward.
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Worse than what? How is anything going to make it worse? Now if you would like to fix what is wrong, that can be done.

 

[Mac1958]

And there's no reason to believe that this won't get worse going forward.

Worse than what? How is anything going to make it worse? Now if you would like to fix what is wrong, that can be done.

Obviously, I mean that any nomination that can be contested will be, no matter how blatantly or transparently, to the point of absurdity. This can certainly get even worse.
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[Hiryuu]

And there's no reason to believe that this won't get worse going forward.

Worse than what? How is anything going to make it worse? Now if you would like to fix what is wrong, that can be done.

Obviously, I mean that any nomination that can be contested will be, no matter how blatantly or transparently, to the point of absurdity. This can certainly get even worse.
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That would be assuming we are not already there.
I get your point though, if you mean no justice will ever be confirmed.

(Edit)
I say we Amend the Constitution and require a 75% confirmation vote for Supreme Court Justices, and let the assholes in Washington DC figure out how the fuck they are ever going to get or keep the five Associate Justices, and one Chief Justice that are required for the Supreme Court to operate.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

No, by telling a sitting president he would not be allowed to seat any more Supreme Court justices for the remainder of his presidency.

Majority Leader McConnell didn't have to tell the President anything, the vote wasn't happening, because he wasn't bringing it to the floor and had the power necessary to make it so.

A weasel move.

 

[Hiryuu]

A weasel move.

Welcome to partisan politics.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

A weasel move.

Welcome to partisan politics.

Uh, thanks?

 

[Auld Phart]

There is now a McConnell Rule that says a Senate controlled by an opposition party is under no obligation to consider his Supreme Court picks

Odd, that sounds JUST like the Biden Rule, which he created, while he was Chair of the Judiciary Committee.

It does? Then it should be no problem for you to quote Biden saying no nominee Bush names will get a confirmation hearing for the remainder of his presidency...

presidency?

who said that, other than you?

Biden said til after the Nov PRESIDENTIAL election.