The fight to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg megathread

[pppolitics]

...might as well have a megathread about this

[pppolitics]

https://twitter.com/vanitaguptaCR/status/1307153104941518848

[Woody]

Trump's nominee gets passed with 50 votes + Pence breaking the tie.

[GeneralMacArthur]

Atlas megathreads on controversial subjects are always cancer.  There's always going to be some Republican f--kwit here to spam the entire thread with derailing arguments and posts that quote 200 other posts to ensure the thread is completely unreadable.

[Tender Branson]

It would be good if Romney, Collins, Murkowski & Co. would come out against rushing one through this term ...

[Woody]

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-19/amy-coney-barrett-emerges-as-frontrunner-for-trump-court-pick

Amy Coney Barrett swiftly emerged as an early front-runner to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court among allies of President Donald Trump, who are preparing to press forward with a hotly contested nomination battle on the eve of an election.

“If the president is of a mind to replace Justice Ginsburg with a woman, then somebody who would be at or near the top of the list would be Judge Amy Coney Barrett,” said John Malcolm, a legal expert at the conservative Heritage Foundation whose list of possible Supreme Court justices was largely adopted by then-candidate Trump in 2016.

“She’s certainly a favorite among social conservatives and also had expressed a great deal of skepticism about the administrative state,” he added.

The president once confided that he planned to nominate her to replace Ginsburg, one person familiar with the matter said, confirming a report by Axios. “I’m saving her for Ginsburg,” Trump told confidants, Axios reported in March 2019.

[Meclazine for Israel]

There's always going to be some Republican f--kwit here to spam the entire thread with derailing arguments and posts.

Your forgetting one simple fact though....I'm not a Republican.

[President Johnson]

Does the vice president have a tie breaker vote in a 50-50 split on Supreme Court nominees? I assume yes. It would be extremely bitter if Collins, Romney and Murkowski vote against, but Pence ultimately becomes the 51st vote for confirmation. I could actually see above three opposing a Trump nominee, but I don't see who number four is. As already pointed out, maybe the floor vote can be delayed to after the election and Mark Kelly replaces Martha McSally. But McConnell for sure knows that and rushes through ahead of the election.

Democrats are probably screwed on the court no matter what. I was actually against court packing, but it shouldn't be ruled out any more if Trump installs one more justice, especially if he loses the election. However, I don't see court packing going through. Maybe through the House, but the senate won't approve such a bill, even with 51 Democrats.

[Woody]

Does the vice president have a tie breaker vote in a 50-50 split on Supreme Court nominees? I assume yes. It would be extremely bitter if Collins, Romney and Murkowski vote against, but Pence ultimately becomes the 51st vote for confirmation. I could actually see above three opposing a Trump nominee, but I don't see who number four is. As already pointed out, maybe the floor vote can be delayed to after the election and Mark Kelly replaces Martha McSally. But McConnell for sure knows that and rushes through ahead of the election.

Democrats are probably screwed on the court no matter what. I was actually against court packing, but it shouldn't be ruled out any more if Trump installs one more justice, especially if he loses the election. However, I don't see court packing going through. Maybe through the House, but the senate won't approve such a bill, even with 51 Democrats.

Yes. That's how Kavanaugh was confirmed.

[pppolitics]

Does the vice president have a tie breaker vote in a 50-50 split on Supreme Court nominees? I assume yes. It would be extremely bitter if Collins, Romney and Murkowski vote against, but Pence ultimately becomes the 51st vote for confirmation. I could actually see above three opposing a Trump nominee, but I don't see who number four is. As already pointed out, maybe the floor vote can be delayed to after the election and Mark Kelly replaces Martha McSally. But McConnell for sure knows that and rushes through ahead of the election.

Democrats are probably screwed on the court no matter what. I was actually against court packing, but it shouldn't be ruled out any more if Trump installs one more justice, especially if he loses the election. However, I don't see court packing going through. Maybe through the House, but the senate won't approve such a bill, even with 51 Democrats.

Yes. That's how Kavanaugh was confirmed.

I guess you didn't even bother looking up anything because you are a typical Trumpster (impervious to facts).

The vote was 50-48.

Pence didn't vote.

[Woody]

Does the vice president have a tie breaker vote in a 50-50 split on Supreme Court nominees? I assume yes. It would be extremely bitter if Collins, Romney and Murkowski vote against, but Pence ultimately becomes the 51st vote for confirmation. I could actually see above three opposing a Trump nominee, but I don't see who number four is. As already pointed out, maybe the floor vote can be delayed to after the election and Mark Kelly replaces Martha McSally. But McConnell for sure knows that and rushes through ahead of the election.

Democrats are probably screwed on the court no matter what. I was actually against court packing, but it shouldn't be ruled out any more if Trump installs one more justice, especially if he loses the election. However, I don't see court packing going through. Maybe through the House, but the senate won't approve such a bill, even with 51 Democrats.

Yes. That's how Kavanaugh was confirmed.

I guess you didn't even bother looking up anything because you are a typical Trumpster (impervious to facts).

The vote was 50-48.

Pence didn't vote.

WHO CARES. The point is that Pence still has the power to appoint a nominee in-case of a 50-50 tie.

[Woody]

Bizarre news, Obama seems to think he's still in charge, LOL:
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/517197-obama-calls-on-senate-not-to-fill-ginsburgs-vacancy-until-after

[President Johnson]

Bizarre news, Obama seems to think he's still in charge, LOL:
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/517197-obama-calls-on-senate-not-to-fill-ginsburgs-vacancy-until-after

President Obama is in title to express his opinions. Your God Emperor will throw out Twitter tantrums and conspiracy BS after he has lost and President Joe Biden runs the federal government.

[John Dule]

Bizarre news, Obama seems to think he's still in charge, LOL:
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/517197-obama-calls-on-senate-not-to-fill-ginsburgs-vacancy-until-after

"Calling on" or "urging" implies that you don't have actual power over that person. For instance, I can "urge" you to stop being such a shameless embarrassment to the Right Wing and to leave this site. But ultimately, I recognize that the choice is up to you (and that you will probably choose to continue being a boring cultist).

[Silent Hunter]

Is it wrong that I think ACB is quite good looking?

[American2020]

https://twitter.com/AmandiOnAir/status/1307140706285293568

https://twitter.com/AnaCabrera/status/1307123819463749640

https://twitter.com/DrGJackBrown/status/1307119743481114625

[pppolitics]

https://twitter.com/AmandiOnAir/status/1307140706285293568

https://twitter.com/AnaCabrera/status/1307123819463749640

https://twitter.com/DrGJackBrown/status/1307119743481114625

Murkowski is the only one who have said so since RBG passed away.

We have yet to get confirmations from the others.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Bizarre news, Obama seems to think he's still in charge, LOL:
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/517197-obama-calls-on-senate-not-to-fill-ginsburgs-vacancy-until-after

President Obama is in title to express his opinions. Your God Emperor will throw out Twitter tantrums and conspiracy BS after he has lost and President Joe Biden runs the federal government.

The Mango Moron already throws Twitter tantrums and acts like Obama and Biden lead the federal government. (Which I suppose has a certain element of truth to it - it's not like Donald Trump and his bad of criminals have provided any leadership.)

[American2020]

https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1307252351141584896

[BigSerg]

https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1307252351141584896

Stop pls
Murkowski is the only one who have said so since RBG passed away.

[Middle-aged Europe]

And so it begins:


https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1307321159113936896


https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1307321098632077316

[BigSerg]

And so it begins:


https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1307321159113936896


https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1307321098632077316

Karma harry...

[The Free North]

60 votes should be required for literally everything. A simple majority is a path to tyranny and decline in this country. A damn shame that we no longer need to have any sort of compromise on policy: be careful what you wish for.

[American2020]

https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1307300610044297217

https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1307301998396665856

[Silent Hunter]

https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1307252351141584896

Stop pls
Murkowski is the only one who have said so since RBG passed away.

RBG hasn't even been dead for a day, so let's see what the others say.