BREAKING: Lindsey Graham just broke committee rules to advance Amy Coney Barrett's nomination

[EleanorR]

And Barrett is apparently fine with that.

Link to tweet

[Voltaire2]

1. Maybe DiFi can give him another hug. NT.

[Sherman A1]

2. Rules do not apply to republicans

I hope he gets his backside handed to him on November 3rd.

[EleanorR]

3. and here's a 'fun' fact

Link to tweet

[PJMcK]

17. Minority rule

It's the only way Republicans can hold onto power. They have no interest in working for the American people.

They aren't Americans. They're autocrats and theocrats.

And criminals.

[bluestarone]

4. THIS should help Joe!!

EXPAND to 13 on the SC!!!

[MoonRiver]

6. Yes!

[BKDem]

5. We believe in upholding the rule of law, unless cheating can help us win.

And guess what? It can!

[Takket]

7. I heard they were just going to change the quorum requirement so they could pass her

[Claustrum]

8. Did anyone actually believe they wouldn't break every rules in the book

if it means getting her on the SC? My opinion hasn't changed since the day RGB died that we have lost that seat. There is no public opinion or anything else that will stop the republicans.

Only solution is to get a democratic trifecta and unpack the court.

[samsingh]

9. so she can be impeached or the Democrats can do whatever they need to constitutionally to fix

[PTWB]

11. There is no scenario we will have enough votes to remove her if she is impeached

Which she almost certainly will not be.

Impeachment and removal should not be considered a solution - ever - unless we have a 2/3rds majority in the senate.

[WSHazel]

19. Democrats wouldn't need to impeach her.

They would just state that she was never validly confirmed. the Supreme Court would be in legal no man's land if they let her rule on a single case.

[PTWB]

20. It doesn't work that way.

Asserting that someone isn't validly confirmed is not a remedy.

I assert that Donald Trump wasn't validly elected. Must he step down now?

[WSHazel]

22. If I show up at a company and claim I work there

just because I had an interview and a friend of mine at the company said that I could work there doesn't mean I was legally hired. I have to be offered by someone that is legally authorized to do so.

Likewise, if there was a legal procedure for confirmation, and the Republicans did not abide by it, then the confirmation did not occur. Is that what happened? What is the legal process for confirmation?

[PTWB]

23. Your analogy doesn't work.

The President has nominated her. The senate is going to vote to confirm her. Once nominated and confirmed it is over - it is a lifetime appointment.

Show me where the constitution says that we can remove a Justice because Republicans played fast and loose with committee rules.

Our recourse is to expand the court, implement the Wyoming rule, add states to the union, and enact meaningful voter protections.

[WSHazel]

27. The Constitution?

We are way past the Constitution at this point.

Democrats have to decide how tough they want to play. If there is a legal process for nominating a Justice that was not followed, then that Justice was not confirmed. Notify the Court that any ruling she makes will be invalid and nullified. Biden should say, paraphrasing the shithead Andrew Jackson, that "McConnell has made his decision, now let him enforce it." That will be hard for the Senate Minority Leader to do.

I am personally in favor of destroying the Supreme Court completely and starting from scratch. That would take both sides ignoring all accepted norms and customs about the Court. One side has already done that, now it is our turn.

[FBaggins]

26. No

There is no constitutional requirement for the judiciary committee to even make a recommendation.

So, even if we could argue that the vote was not valid... there would still be nothing that could be done if a majority of senators voted to confirm her.

[comradebillyboy]

10. If Dems take the Senate I hope Chuck Schumer

is willing to play hardball. He needs to be as tough and ruthless as Mitch.

[LenaBaby61]

15. "He needs to be as tough and ruthless as Mitch."

Sadly, I'm not seeing that happen. A little hard ball here and there is going to do NOTHING to stop the party of putin. Dems have to be WILLING to grind the broken glass bottle into the party of putin's hands until their hands bleed and are completely shredded.

Do you think Schumer is capable of that? I don't. Even though the party of putin is willing to murder more people by doing nothing to stop tRumpcaronavirus-45, but by also removing the ACA in total only to replace it with NOTHING, so that many more will die without health care or pre-existing coverage.

Prove me completely wrong Schumer should the Dems get the trifecta on November 3rd.

[FoxNewsSucks]

18. I agree with you,

and I hate that. I am afraid Schumer will be a repeat of Harry Reid.

[CrispyQ]

12. Ratfuckers of the highest order.

[Hoyt]

13. Barrett's nomination was what's wrong. Going ahead with a vote when the entire opposition

party refuses to show up, is something I'd expect if Democrats controlled the Committee. Heck, if we are fortunate enough to regain Senate, I'd hate to see similar protests by GOPers stopping nominations, new legislation, etc.

[LiberalArkie]

14. Need to have new rules.

[Lars39]

16. LIVE Live: Senate Democrats Speak After Boycotting Vote To Advance Amy Coney Barrett NBC News

[Norbert]

21. I hope he gets handed a pink slip in a couple weeks.

[bdamomma]

25. Who Lindsey???

He's nothing but a parasite.

I hope Jaime beats him.

Crap another worthless Judge.

This is how they honor RBG??? with a Handmaid??? She is bad news period.

[Piasladic]

24. This is why I think Linsey must have some real dirt to hide

I don't think this will help him with his reelections (which I fervently pray he'll lose). It must be something else compelling him to be such a toady.