Can a judge be put on the SC before the election?

[brettdale]

What happens now??

[Claustrum]

1. In a normal world. yes.

Obama was supposed to be able in 2016 but republicans changed their own rules... Of course, now that a republican is in office, they will have no problem rushing one in even if Trump loses in November.

[regnaD kciN]

2. Absolutely...

McConnell will ram one through in record time.

[tinrobot]

3. It absolutely can happen.

But I think it will actually happen after the election, when there will be no consequences. They have two months between the election and the new Congress to put whomever the hell they want in that seat.

[Lithos]

4. That is what I am expecting

The period between Nov 3 and Jan 3 will have some ugly fruit in it.

L-

[ego_nation]

8. If it happens, I hope expanding the USSC

is easy to justify.

[Raven123]

15. They might use this to bolster threatened GOP seats.

[RockRaven]

5. McTurtle and Trump could have it done by the end of the month if they wanted to.

There's nothing stopping them.

But they also don't need to, they've got 5-3 now. They could wait until after the election and do it in lame duck. I suspect Turtle will want to ram it through before, just to avoid Trump's unpredictability if he loses, or appears to.

[GemDigger]

6. According to McConnell, not in an election year.

[uncle ray]

7. which McConnell? not Mitch McConnell.

[GemDigger]

16. I should have used the sarcasm tag.

That was his deal with Garland

[uncle ray]

17. I know it was implied.

[GemDigger]

18. Am giggling here, maybe you should have used the sarcasm tag.

Sometimes I am slow.

[Thomas Hurt]

11. Hypocrisy is a feature not a bug for the christofascists.

[PTWB]

19. McConnell has already said he will fill any vacant seat this year.

He said the situations are different - that it is appropriate for a senate of the same pasty as the President to confirm a nominee. He said it is only inappropriate in an election year or the president and senate majority are from different parties.

[In It to Win It]

9. Yup. What happens now is that they will install one

[Demsrule86]

10. Yes and a justice will be put on...

[dalton99a]

12. Moscow Mitch will rush another monster through.

Just watch.

[Hekate]

13. I think we're about to find out

[russiamommy]

14. They will try

Hypocrites. Our only hope is that Collins and Romney refuse to do it.