OK, how can the Dems stop or even slow down the SCOTUS nomination?

[trof]

As the minority party in the senate, I know of no way.
If you know better, please explain.
Thank you.

[ecstatic]

1. Can we beg Kennedy to wait 6 months?

Or do the russians have something on him? He's been siding with the rethugs lately....

[Nay]

5. His last day is July 31. nt

[onenote]

12. We can beg all we want. But why do you think that would work?

He's retiring as of July 31 so that the Court can start it's October term with its full membership (and thus avoid having some cases heard by only 8 Justices). It's the way it's been done by most retiring Justices in recent memory (except when they retire due to health reasons).

[FBaggins]

2. Find a skeleton in nominee's closet

Better be a big one.

Drop it on him during the confirmation hearing.

[progressoid]

10. That was my first thought. But...

The standard is so low today. I wonder what it would take for the GOP to turn on a nominee.

[lagomorph777]

16. We've been touring Trump's closets piled with skeletons for years.

Doesn't seem to help much.

However, jails full of babies seem to be having some effect. Let people know that all those babies are endangered by SCOTUS right-wingers. I believe that's literally true.

[progressoid]

17. Even with overwhelming proof, I bet most Trumpers would think it's fake news.

[Dennis Donovan]

3. Unless the nominee is a real asscarrot that Collins and Murkowski couldn't vote for...

...no, not much else we can do.

*What if* Trump nominates Judge Jeanne Pirro or Judge Judy or even Judge Reinhold? It's certainly in the realm of possibilities!

[Freethinker65]

4. Show a little support for Jeanine

Just enough to make Trump nominate her and for the GOP to have to support her. Get her seated.

See her make a mockery of the court by running to FoxNews when she can with privileged information. She might get bored. Who knows how the other justices will react and treat her.

[dalton99a]

6. Democrats should expand the court when they regain power

Get rid of the filibuster and push everything through on a simple majority. Ignore the Republicans. Fuck them. It's the only way to repair the damage and save our country.

[uponit7771]

7. +1, by 6 seats and then make a ... LAW... that changing the USSC takes 60 votes in senate

... and 2/3rd's in house.

Fuck em, McConnell isn't being civil why should we !?!?

[dalton99a]

9. Exactly.

[onenote]

13. I understand increasing the court's membership. But what is the point the law you propose?

If you assume that the Repubs will never again have a bare majority in both Houses (and control the WH), you don't need a law making it harder to change the number of justices. And if you assume that at some point the Repubs will have a majority in both houses and control the WH, there is nothing that would stop them from repealing the law you just described. Laws can be passed. And laws can be repealed.

[lagomorph777]

20. If we ever get 2/3 we should absolutely play Republican rules for a while.

And their current behavior may just be making that possible.

[FBaggins]

11. What do you think it would take?

Majority in the House and Senate... get rid of the legislative filibuster... plus the WH?

[standingtall]

14. Yep and that should be part of the message of Democrats going forward

that if we get back the house,Senate and White house we will stack the supreme court.
The legislative filibuster is only hanging on by a thread now any way with republicans trying to do everything through reconciliation and Trumps repeated calls for its repeal. Probably the only reason why republicans haven't repealed it already is they are afraid if Democrats ever take back the houses they will do exactly what I'm talking. So if we take back the Government we should repeal the legislative filibuster and then repeal the 1860s law that limits the number of supreme court justices and go right for the jugular.

[FBaggins]

18. I think you're missing a critical point

Republicans have those things now.

How would you feel if they did it?

[standingtall]

24. They will probably do it any way

and the only way to correct it is to fight fire with fire. I know what republicans are doing now and I feel pretty shitty about it. For the sake of justice Democrats are going to have to do this. We cannot just sit back allow republicans to use procedures to pack the court in their favor to hoard power and to facilitate injustices when they are the minority in terms of the citizens.

[fallout87]

8. There is no way

No way to stop the confirmation.....



I'm interested in these three right now:
Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Joe Manchin of West Virginia. They all voted for Gorsuch because they are in very vulnerable seats.

What is better, for the to vote for the nominee and keep their seat? Or to vote against and lose it?

This....seriously....sucks.

[Tatiana]

15. No unanimous consent on anything.

To begin with.

[FBaggins]

19. We're already doing that

Slowing the roll of lower judges

[lame54]

21. Flake Corker...

And a couple others might be a key

Flood their offices with calls

[Flaleftist]

22. I think the best we can hope for is a couple Republican senators

to insist on a nominee that is comparable to Kennedy. I'm not going to hold my breath.

[lame54]

23. If dems don't put up a fight...

Even a losing one

No ones gonna turn up on November