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rgbecker

(4,889 posts) Thu Sep 27, 2018, 08:52 PM Sep 2018

It is amazing to me that no one is mentioning that McConnell has removed the 60 vote requirement [View all]

needed to approve an SC nomination. They did that to get Neil Gorsuch approved and then figured they could put any hack judge up and get him through. Now we are likely to get a raging rapist for our highest court.

Say what you want about the super majority requirement, it did mean the majority party needed to some help from the minority which arguably led to more moderate picks.

I haven't read one report about Kavanugh's confirmation that mentioned this situation. Several have talked about McConnells holding no vote or hearings for Garland, but everyone seems to be OK that 51 votes are enough to get a SC seat filled.

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It is amazing to me that no one is mentioning that McConnell has removed the 60 vote requirement [View all] rgbecker Sep 2018 OP

We can thank him... W_HAMILTON Sep 2018 #1

This WheelWalker Sep 2018 #2

Ideally, yes... regnaD kciN Sep 2018 #8

Desperate times require desperate courage. Time will tell. WheelWalker Sep 2018 #15

Get 60 dems in the senate YessirAtsaFact Sep 2018 #3

Doing that will depend on a lot of retirements. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2018 #4

Incorrect. W_HAMILTON Sep 2018 #7

FDR tried that and didn't succeed. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2018 #10

If Democrats sure up their majority in the Senate standingtall Sep 2018 #16

FDR did succeed Major Nikon Sep 2018 #26

+1. It was a powerful threat - they knew the expansion plan was perfectly legal dalton99a Sep 2018 #28

Reid changed the rule on judges. former9thward Sep 2018 #12

Remember the context of how that happened standingtall Sep 2018 #18

The last time the number of judges on the Supreme Court Haggis for Breakfast Sep 2018 #29

+1, don't forget MD doesn't have a SOL on the type of assault committed by KNaw and Judge so ... uponit7771 Sep 2018 #6

No one is going to be "put in jail". former9thward Sep 2018 #13

We can also thank Sidthelib Sep 2018 #5

This is false on its face, Reid had to stop the abuse of filibuster of Obama judges. McConnell took uponit7771 Sep 2018 #9

At best that's a partisan perspective mythology Sep 2018 #17

Partisan and factual and the filibuster is supposed to be used when a super majority doesn't want uponit7771 Sep 2018 #21

And that would be absurd standingtall Sep 2018 #24

There will never be another SCOTUS nomination confirmed unless the party who has the Demsrule86 Sep 2018 #11

McConnell Turbineguy Sep 2018 #14

None of us are okay with it. Obama mentioned it in that speech he did a few weeks ago; part of Amaryllis Sep 2018 #19

Clarence Thomas was approved 52-48. stopbush Sep 2018 #20

Filibuster GeorgeGist Sep 2018 #22

Here's a short explanation of the Clarence Thomas vote. rgbecker Sep 2018 #25

The 60 vote Sgent Sep 2018 #23

rather this from Wikipedia: rgbecker Sep 2018 #27

While that article is true Sgent Sep 2018 #30