GOP plans to block any Biden Supreme Court pick

[pppolitics]

(CNN) -- Senate Republicans are poised to deny President Joe Biden an appointment to the Supreme Court if they take the majority in the 2022 midterm elections.

Five Republican senators raised the stakes around Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement, telling CNN they'd oppose any likely nominee out of this White House.

But Democrats in the Senate and the White House, though they've come off the November elections more worried in recent weeks about a potential wipeout in the midterms, are still avoiding calling directly for Breyer to quit, fearing that it would backfire and encourage the 83-year-old to stay on the bench.

Breyer has told several people who've made unofficial efforts to push him to retire that he thinks the confirmation process shouldn't be political, according to people told of those discussions, and Democrats worry he'd remain as an act of resistance to show he's not bowing to politics.

Still, top Democrats across Washington would like Breyer to announce he's going even before the end of the court term in June, so they can get moving on confirmation hearings well before the midterms. More than the political calendar is on their minds -- with their 50-50 margin and several aging Senate Democrats coming from states with Republican governors, they head into the new year fearing that their control of the chamber could collapse at any moment.

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/19/politics/stephen-breyer-gop-blockade-biden-supreme-court-pick/index.html

[junior chįmp]

Manchin's bipartisanship will change this.

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That's the payback Biden gets for being the Senate Judiciary chair the last 3 times that an opposite party Senate confirmed a SCOTUS nominee? Sad!

[GeneralMacArthur]

Republicans are terrible, terrible, terrible people.  Not just the politicians but the hate-filled idiots who support them with zero reservations about any of this garbage.

[Ferguson97]

Breyer better retire before January 2023 then!

[Suburbia]

Breyer better retire before January 2023 then!

[Pericles]

This is the norm now. The treatment of Merrick Garland was the turning point and irrevocably broke the Supreme Court.

[DaleCooper]

That's the payback Biden gets for being the Senate Judiciary chair the last 3 times that an opposite party Senate confirmed a SCOTUS nominee? Sad!

What does this have to do with anything?

[Hammy]

That's the payback Biden gets for being the Senate Judiciary chair the last 3 times that an opposite party Senate confirmed a SCOTUS nominee? Sad!

What does this have to do with anything?

Presumably that they're blocking his nominees when he could've, but didn't, block Republicans.

[DaleCooper]

That's the payback Biden gets for being the Senate Judiciary chair the last 3 times that an opposite party Senate confirmed a SCOTUS nominee? Sad!

What does this have to do with anything?

Presumably that they're blocking his nominees when he could've, but didn't, block Republicans.

I would understand that line of thinking if Biden had been the Democratic Senate Judiciary chair in 2019 and confirmed Trump judges knowing that Republicans would not do the same for Democrats, but it seems pretty absurd to hold it against Biden for doing his job as a Senator 40 years ago. I find myself hating liberals quite a bit these days as well, but I'm getting extremely tired of progressives derailing every single conversation in order to shift the focus to irrelevant decisions that were made decades ago in completely different contexts and completely different eras.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

That's the payback Biden gets for being the Senate Judiciary chair the last 3 times that an opposite party Senate confirmed a SCOTUS nominee? Sad!

What does this have to do with anything?

Presumably that they're blocking his nominees when he could've, but didn't, block Republicans.

I would understand that line of thinking if Biden had been the Democratic Senate Judiciary chair in 2019 and confirmed Trump judges knowing that Republicans would not do the same for Democrats, but it seems pretty absurd to hold it against Biden for doing his job as a Senator 40 years ago. I find myself hating liberals quite a bit these days as well, but I'm getting extremely tired of progressives derailing every single conversation in order to shift the focus to irrelevant decisions that were made decades ago in completely different contexts and completely different eras.

He could have at least allowed key witnesses to testify in favor of Anita Hill. Clarence Thomas is still on the court since he was quite young when confirmed.

[Morning in Atlas]

Remember when the Demsimps praised John McCain, even after taking this exact same position for Hillary's?

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Remember when the Demsimps praised John McCain, even after taking this exact same position for Hillary's?

Sure, but he voted to save the individual mandate before he voted to kill it.

[Green Line]

If the people elect a Senate of the opposite party in the midterm election, the President loses his mandate to nominate whomever he wants.  Thats the rule, its not complicated.

[No War, but the War on Christmas]

If the people cows, trucks and barns elect a Senate of the opposite party in the midterm election, the President loses his mandate to nominate whomever he wants.  Thats the rule, its not complicated.

ftfy.

[SteveRogers]

If the people elect a Senate of the opposite party in the midterm election, the President loses his mandate to nominate whomever he wants.  Thats the rule, its not complicated.

You’re missing the point entirely. The new rule will be “he loses the ability to nominate anybody at all, and we won’t even bother making up a reason to vote against them.” This breaks the credibility of an entire branch of government. It’s not complicated.

[Yoda]

Breyer is so unbelievably, unfathomably stupid if he does not retire next year.

[Joe Republic]

If the people elect a Senate of the opposite party in the midterm election, the President loses his mandate to nominate whomever he wants.  Thats the rule, its not complicated.

"The people" is a concept that has very little to do with the United States Senate, as you know.  It should, but doesn't.  It's as absurd as saying, "the people voted for Donald Trump to become president in 2016."

[Frodo]

Even during the Bush years I subscribed to the by-now quaint notion that judges and Justices nominated even by the President of the opposing party should be seriously considered and given an up-or-down vote on their merits whether you agree with them or not so long as they are qualified for the position they are being nominated for.  Even members of the Federalist Society.

So much for that...  

[Sir Mohamed]

I'm shocked, absolutely shocked. Never thought this was going to happen...

Tbh, 2016 set a new precedent that reflects the deep partisan divisions in this country and in DC. From now on, it will be pretty much the norm a prez won't have SCOTUS and judicial nominees approved while the opposition party controls the senate. Not even moderate compromise candidates, there just won't be confirmation. Not even a congressional hearing. NOTA.

We can just hope Breyer isn't putting his ego over these political realties and retire in time.

[Hermit For Peace]

Breyer is so unbelievably, unfathomably stupid if he does not retire next year.

I beg to differ. Breyer is a very intelligent judge. Evidently he doesn't play politics and is not concerned that people want him to retire. That's what I'm reading.

Gee, he's a good judge. Let him keep doing his job if he feels up to it. Mitch and his ilk are going to cheat no matter what the Dems do. Breyer said he does not intend to die in office, but there are many considerations to think about before he retires. Frankly, it's his call.

You have to work with the hand you are dealt, unless you want to assassinate the guy.

[Big Abraham]

Breyer is so unbelievably, unfathomably stupid if he does not retire next year.

I beg to differ. Breyer is a very intelligent judge.

Is that why he voted to bulldoze a community to give Pfizer a tax break of billions of dollars?

[Hammy]

That's the payback Biden gets for being the Senate Judiciary chair the last 3 times that an opposite party Senate confirmed a SCOTUS nominee? Sad!

What does this have to do with anything?

Presumably that they're blocking his nominees when he could've, but didn't, block Republicans.

I would understand that line of thinking if Biden had been the Democratic Senate Judiciary chair in 2019 and confirmed Trump judges knowing that Republicans would not do the same for Democrats, but it seems pretty absurd to hold it against Biden for doing his job as a Senator 40 years ago. I find myself hating liberals quite a bit these days as well, but I'm getting extremely tired of progressives derailing every single conversation in order to shift the focus to irrelevant decisions that were made decades ago in completely different contexts and completely different eras.

Granted, this could very well be the case given the poster, but I read it as highlighting the utter ungrateful hypocrisy coming from Republicans.

[NewYorkExpress]

I'm shocked, absolutely shocked. Never thought this was going to happen...

Tbh, 2016 set a new precedent that reflects the deep partisan divisions in this country and in DC. From now on, it will be pretty much the norm a prez won't have SCOTUS and judicial nominees approved while the opposition party controls the senate. Not even moderate compromise candidates, there just won't be confirmation. Not even a congressional hearing. NOTA.

Biden's lucky he had a Democratic Senate, otherwise I don't think McConnell would have held hearings on his Cabinet nominations.

[gerritcole]

Breyer is so unbelievably, unfathomably stupid if he does not retire next year.

Gee, he's a good judge. Let him keep doing his job if he feels up to it. Mitch and his ilk are going to cheat no matter what the Dems do. Breyer said he does not intend to die in office, but there are many considerations to think about before he retires. Frankly, it's his call.

You have to work with the hand you are dealt, unless you want to assassinate the guy.

lol im not even a lib, but stuff like this is laughable in the face of a 7-2 con lib court