Vox: McConnell now says he'd hold SCOTUS hearings in an election year -- in a reversal of 2016

[TomCADem]

I guess we can see why Trump and McConnell were reading a list of Supreme Court nominees.

https://www.vox.com/2019/5/29/18644061/mitch-mcconnell-supreme-court-hearings-2020-merrick-garland

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell now says he’d fill a Supreme Court seat in 2020 if one opens before the next presidential election — a revelation that indicates his refusal to confirm President Barack Obama’s nominee in 2016 was all about partisanship, not principle.

In 2016, McConnell said his refusal to even hold a hearing for Merrick Garland was rooted in the “Biden rule.” That rule resulted from an overinterpretation of remarks then-Sen. Joe Biden made on the Senate floor in June 1992, in the wake of the contentious Clarence Thomas hearings, about how he thought it would be best for the Senate to hold off on additional SCOTUS confirmation hearings until after that year’s presidential election.

“The Senate will continue to observe the ‘Biden rule’ so that the American people have a voice in this momentous decision” on who to name to the court, McConnell said on the Senate floor three years ago.

“Should a Supreme Court justice die next year, what will your position be on filling that spot?” an attendee asked. “Oh, we’d fill it,” McConnell replied with a smile.

[Bettie]

1. He will have some horrible person confirmed by

the middle of next week.

[Jeebo]

9. And it'll be somebody who's about 35.

If he and the orange con man could find some right-wing ideologue who's about 25 and fresh out of law school and just passed the bar exam, they'd do it.

-- Ron

[Bettie]

17. Actually, a SCOTUS justice doesn't even have to

be a lawyer.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/faq_general.aspx#:~:text=The%20Constitution%20does%20not%20specify,been%20trained%20in%20the%20law.

Are there qualifications to be a Justice? Do you have to be a lawyer or attend law school to be a Supreme Court Justice?

The Constitution does not specify qualifications for Justices such as age, education, profession, or native-born citizenship. A Justice does not have to be a lawyer or a law school graduate, but all Justices have been trained in the law. Many of the 18th and 19th century Justices studied law under a mentor because there were few law schools in the country.

The last Justice to be appointed who did not attend any law school was James F. Byrnes (1941-1942). He did not graduate from high school and taught himself law, passing the bar at the age of 23.
Robert H. Jackson (1941-1954). While Jackson did not attend an undergraduate college, he did study law at Albany Law School in New York. At the time of his graduation, Jackson was only twenty years old and one of the requirements for a law degree was that students must be twenty-one years old. Thus rather than a law degree, Jackson was awarded with a "diploma of graduation." Twenty-nine years later, Albany Law School belatedly presented Jackson with a law degree noting his original graduating class of 1912.

[Botany]

2. We have to go all in and leverage Mitch in KY

Hammer and tongs time

[TomCADem]

5. Donate Now To Amy McGrath!

It will not stop Trump/McConnell from appointing another Nazi to the Supreme Court, but at least let us make McConnell sweat for his seat.

https://amymcgrath.com/

[Botany]

16. Mitch Knew!

He knew that Russia was rigging the election for Trump and said nothing. Everybody in KY
needs to see that 24/7. Mitch sold out KY and sold out America. And BTW when the KY coal
miners came to meet w/him he would not even say hi to them.

[enough]

3. Of course he will. He's said it before, with the same smile. NT

[renate]

4. As much as I despise Trump, he's like a stupid monkey; McConnell is literally evil

I hope this gets people to vote for Democratic Senators even if McConnell isn't kicked out.

[In It to Win It]

6. Duh. Of course he will. Especially given that it's an election year and he's on the ballot

[Bayard]

7. No. Just....NO!

McConnell already set the precedent with Merrick Garland, and it wasn't even less than 2 months to election then. We cannot allow them to ram some asshole through.

Tie it up in court, if nothing else.

[russiamommy]

15. Precedents mean nothing

He will do it.

[Statistical]

20. There is no tying it up in court. It is why precedents, decorum, and established order means nothin

[SMC22307]

8. Amy McGrath needs to fucking hammer him on this.

Paint him as a fucking hypocrite and man who doesn't keep his word and ask Kentuckians if they think it's right to support someone like that.

[dem4decades]

11. What makes you think Kentuckians are honorable? Mitch and Rand are their Senators.

[SMC22307]

29. I'm not going to condemn an entire state. Perhaps the Democratic Party...

needs to swoop in and "educate" them. If there's one thing we've learned over the past few decades (and recent years with Fat Nixon) -- Americans are HIGHLY susceptible to propaganda. Start propagandizing, Democratic Party! Something! Kentuckians love their version of Obamacare (KYnect?) but McConnell wants to destroy the ACA. They consider themselves military-loving patriots; well, McGrath served, McConnell didn't. Remind them that their state ranks near (at?) the bottom as far as poverty, education, health, etc. And I guarangoddamntee that Republicans are coming for Social Security -- perhaps with a stacked court they'll finally be able to kill off the program.

[TomCADem]

12. Just donated to her.

We need to vote.

[SMC22307]

30. Thank you. I did too...

not a lot, but at least something.

[Jeebo]

14. Yes, hammer away relentlessly at his naked hypocrisy.

Don't let the voters in Kentucky forget about it.

I've donated twice to Amy McGrath's campaign, and I'm going to donate to her again now.

-- Ron

[TomCADem]

21. McConnell Is Just As Much of a Liar as Trump

If you take away the tweaks, you have the same naked desire for power at all costs.

[SMC22307]

31. Seriously, they consider themselves military-loving patriots...

well, McGrath served and McConnell didn't. McConnell and Rand have been in office for waaaaay too long and Kentucky ranks at the fuggin' bottom WRT jobs, poverty, healthcare, etc. IN SPITE of all the blue tax dollar they take! My disgust levels are off the charts.

[Crunchy Frog]

24. Kentuckians don't care about anything except...

saving teh baybeez and controlling women's reproductive tracts.

[Bayard]

26. Seriously?

Do you know how many DU members are Kentuckians? That's like saying every American is an idiot because trump is our president.

[Crunchy Frog]

27. I apologize for generalizing. I should have said the *majority*

of Kentuckians. Even the worst states have significant minorities of good and decent people in them.

[Bayard]

25. Received this from Amy earlier

"Bayard,
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a legend and a fierce advocate for justice throughout a towering life. She should be admired, remembered, and mourned tonight.
It would be nice if our politics would let even a day pass before pouncing on the death of a patriot for partisan gain. But my opponent has already done so—showing the world once again exactly who he is.
I’m going to save politics for another day. But tonight, I want you to know: If the McConnell Rule was good enough in 2016, it should be good enough in 2020, and I will fight him every step of the way on this.
Amy"

[SMC22307]

33. "The McConnell Rule" -- throw it back in his face.

He won't care, but maybe some others will.

[Chili]

10. Here's that list trump released of his SC judges

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/additions-president-donald-j-trumps-supreme-court-list/

[DFW]

13. McTurtle is the definition of pure evil.

He wished nothing but ill on anyone but people like himself.

** Had to edit this as I hadn't seen that she had died. I hope this doesn't turn out to be the tragedy it could be.

[WyattKansas]

18. The sleazy Moscow Mule will use the excuse that he had seen how unpopular the dilemma was before, so

He is rushing through a pick just for what the American People want and to make up for the last time, when he denied President Obama's pick.

The sleazy little fucker will even snicker when he holds a press conference to show the American People how much he cares about their concerns.

[LiberalFighter]

19. I wish something bad would happen to him.

[Volaris]

22. He said this last year. Because playing by even your own rigged rules is for Cuck Suckers, obviously

[Crunchy Frog]

23. Gosh, I'm so surprised by that.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

28. a true whore

he sold his soul for money.

Why can't more people in Kentucky see it ??

[honest.abe]

32. Not an ounce of integrity.

They simply dont care about what is right or wrong or what is ethical or not.

Republicans have become a selfish, arrogant, evil party with zero morals.

[TomCADem]

34. This Is Why They Will Go All Out to Subvert Democracy...

So what if Biden is leading in the polls if they can prevent you from voting with long lines and intimidate you.