GREAT Lawyers here, can you answer this?

[bluestarone]

Will it be possible that the Senate Dems. can STOP this appointment? I mean IS there ANY way for them to completely STOP it? TY.

[PTWB]

1. No.

[Hamlette]

2. no

sorry

[Nevilledog]

3. Nope.

[FBaggins]

4. Not a GREAT lawyer...

... but the only way to stop the appointment is to convince four republicans to not vote for her (including rhetorically or literally being struck by lightning).

So the short answer is "no".

[Rule of Claw]

5. I'm sorry great lawyers are unable to answer

hypothetical questions and can not predict the future. They would have to check with their handlers, spouses, particularly if male, and of course, Charles Koch.

[MineralMan]

6. Sadly, no.

[napi21]

7. Not a lawyer, but the only way they van stop this appt. is to get 2 more Pubs to vote no.

Pubs already lost Collins & Murkowski. If they can get 2 more to say no, there wo't be enough votes to confirm.

[FBaggins]

10. We don't know that it's "2 more"

We have two who have said that they think it should wait until later. I don't think either one has said that they would vote against her if the Senate holds a vote anyway.

[bluestarone]

8. I had a little faith that Chuck Schumer had a way?

Or was it another Dem? that had an idea or trick? STILL NO?

[PTWB]

12. It was always a no.

Either McConnell has the votes or he doesn’t.

[Statistical]

9. No. The minority party in the Senate has essentially zero control over the preceedings.

If a couple GOP senators defected (they won't) or ended up in a coma (they won't) and Mitch had 49 or less votes that is the only this won't happen.

The confirmation is a sham. No matter what she says or doesn't say there will be a (nearly) by party vote and she will be confirmed.

The good news is I am not a lawyer. The bad news is lawyer or not this is a 100% political process just like the prior two justices and just like the impeachment "trial" in the Senate and just like passing the Trump tax cuts.

[Gothmog]

11. No

There was also no way to force a vote on Garland

[melm00se]

13. Ever since the rules on cloture votes

were changed from 3/5 vote to a straight majority vote, the ability of the minority party to delay a presidential nomination was destroyed.

[Dan]

14. Impeach Trump.