More details on the Biden-McConnell deal for that Kentucky judgeship

[LonePirate]

Link to tweet

A Repub district court judge in KY is stepping down as part of the deal and will be replaced by another Repub. Biden will then be able to name a Dem candidate for US Attorney in KY who will serve the Justice Department.

The judge receives a lifetime appointment once confirmed.

The US Attorney serves only as long as a Democrat holds the White House. If a Republican is elected President, that attorney will be fired and replaced by a Republican.

Does this sound like a good deal to you?

[msongs]

1. hmm a 40 year job for a fascist vs a temp job for an attorney.... nt

[cbabe]

2. Biden should go first. Can't trust Mitch to keep any so called promise.

[TheRealNorth]

11. That was my first thought too

I don't even think we can trust the Turtle even if he promised his soul as collateral. He sold that to Satan long ago.

[Faux pas]

3. No No

a million times NO!!!!!!!!!!!

[Vinca]

4. Isn't the federal court a life long appointment while the US Atty. can be removed at will?

Throw in the absolutely bonkers notion McConnell can be trusted and it's a shit stew.

[Lancero]

5. Sounds like McConman managed to hawk a shit sandwich.

[misanthrope]

6. What a sucker's deal

This is just stupefying in its naiveté and lack of calclulus.

[TheRealNorth]

13. "Please sir, may I have some more?"

I don't care for our leaders imitating Oliver Twist.

[StevieM]

7. If this is really the deal, then it is totally insane that we would ever agree to it. (eom)

[Thomas Hurt]

8. Does anyone expect that scumbag to honor it.

There will someone who block the US Atty, and then Mitch will say, "He went rogue, I couldn't stop him."

[malthaussen]

9. Trusting Mitch McConnell's "promise" is a bad deal regardless.

WTF are you using for brains, Joe?

-- Mal

[RockRaven]

10. Lifetime appointment in exchange for someone who is getting fired day 1 of next Repuke POTUS.

What a disgrace.

[TheRealNorth]

12. When will we ever learn

The "we" being our Democratic elected leadership.

[TheFarseer]

14. OMG that's a bad deal

I thought it was to stop blocking Federal judge appointments, which I could maybe see, but this is so lopsided. Biden should be able to pick anyone within reason for both posts. I hope this does not happen.

[crickets]

20. +1

[CentralMass]

15. Mitch: OK Joe. Start by grabbing your ankles.

[in2herbs]

16. Daily Kos has a good article about this. nt

[Lancero]

18. Oh, that's just lovely. This judge is apparently...

So bad that not even Trump wanted to touch him with a ten foot pole.

[Deuxcents]

17. There HAS to be something else..

This trap cannot be for real.

[PufPuf23]

19. Sounds like blackmail by McConnel and a bad deal in general.

What is the point in giving a hostile judge a lifetime appointment in order to get US Attorneys for possibly only the remaining term of Biden. Plus would not be surprised that McConnel approved the potential US Attorneys for Kentucky in any case.

The Democratic party needs to come up with a better method to deal with the black hole that is McConnell.

Looks to me that this plan is outright enabling to McConnell and playing right into the hands of the GOP Christo-fascists.

[onenote]

21. In the end, Biden isn't giving up much at all.

The current occupant of the seat being vacated is a Bush appointee -- unlikely that she's all that liberal. There are six judges on the Eastern District of Kentucky - all of them currently are Trump or GW Bush appointees. So it goes from a court where a republican is certain to be assigned a case to a court in which ....a republican is certain to be assigned a case.

Moreover, the Eastern District of KY is part of the Sixth Circuit -- any case decided by the District Court would be appealed to the Sixth Circuit and that court is solidly in Republican hands: its sixteen judges include 10 republican appointees: 6 Trump Judges 4 GW Bush judges. The six Democrats include 3 Clinton appointees, 2 Obama appointees and one Biden appointee. That line up isn't impacted by the deal with McConnell. So, in the end, if a Democrat was appointed to the District Court spot, that judge would only have a one in six chance of hearing any particular case and the odds of that judge's decisions being reversed by the appeals court would be very high.

[Phoenix61]

22. Thank you for posting.

There’s always so much in the details.

[markpkessinger]

23. He may not be giving up much for it, but he isn't getting much for it, either n/t