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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcConnell: We can rush SCOTUS pick now because of this other totally different thing
By Oliver Willis -September 21, 2020 5:52 PM
The Senate majority leader blocked hearings and a vote on Merrick Garland in 2016, 237 days prior to Election Day.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday cited the nomination process for Justice John Paul Stevens, which occurred 340 days before the 1976 presidential election, as justification for considering a nomination to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg weeks before the 2020 election.
McConnell said in a speech on the Senate floor that it was a "myth" that a nomination fewer than 43 days out from an election would not be sufficient time to "examine and confirm" a nominee.
"Justice John Paul Stevens was confirmed by the Senate 19 days after this body formally received his nomination. Nineteen days from start to finish," he said.
But Stevens was not nominated in an election year. He was nominated by President Gerald Ford on Nov. 28, 1975. The presidential election in that cycle did not happen until Nov. 2, 1976, when Ford lost to President Jimmy Carter.
https://americanindependent.com/mitch-mcconnell-supreme-court-merrick-garland-john-paul-stevens-ruth-bader-ginsburg-donald-trump-obama/
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McConnell: We can rush SCOTUS pick now because of this other totally different thing (Original Post)
turbinetree
Sep 2020
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. He is full of shit . .
desperation, and yes karma is a bitch.
TDale313
(7,820 posts)2. Let's get real.
Last edited Tue Sep 22, 2020, 11:22 AM - Edit history (1)
We can do this now cause we wanna. We blocked Obamas Nominee cause we wanted to. Theres no bigger picture justification here.
BKDem
(1,733 posts)3. And Stevens was confirmed quickly because he was supremely qualified...
Frat boy rapists like Kavenaugh and religious freaks like Amy Barrett take longer.
The Roux Comes First
(1,296 posts)4. Except Here in the Real World . . .