The fight to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg megathread

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In the last 15 years, Rehnquist, Scalia, and Ginsburg have died, but no one died on the court between 1954 and 2005.

It seems like it used to be more common to retire under a hostile President. I don't think Douglas liked Ford much and Hughes retired (the first time) to run against Wilson.

[lfromnj]

https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1308219073927413761

[GeneralMacArthur]

In the last 15 years, Rehnquist, Scalia, and Ginsburg have died, but no one died on the court between 1954 and 2005.

It seems like it used to be more common to retire under a hostile President. I don't think Douglas liked Ford much and Hughes retired (the first time) to run against Wilson.

"Hostile president" didn't used to be a thing.  All this hyper-partisanship really began with Nixon, and even then, he initially tried to get a segregationist on the court, then reverted to normal picks once Congress put its foot down.  The politicization of the court kicked into high gear under Reagan with the Bork nomination, which conservatives still complain about 33 years later (see Bret Stephens' op-ed in the NYTimes today).  But even then, the Democrats approved Anthony Kennedy unanimously.

[Hindsight was 2020]

In the last 15 years, Rehnquist, Scalia, and Ginsburg have died, but no one died on the court between 1954 and 2005.

It seems like it used to be more common to retire under a hostile President. I don't think Douglas liked Ford much and Hughes retired (the first time) to run against Wilson.

"Hostile president" didn't used to be a thing.  All this hyper-partisanship really began with Nixon, and even then, he initially tried to get a segregationist on the court, then reverted to normal picks once Congress put its foot down.  The politicization of the court kicked into high gear under Reagan with the Bork nomination, which conservatives still complain about 33 years later (see Bret Stephens' op-ed in the NYTimes today).  But even then, the Democrats approved Anthony Kennedy unanimously.

It utterly amazes me how butthurt they get over a guy who was Nixon’s lackey in Watergate and had utterly repulsive views on what a company can do to their female employees 🙄

[OSR stands with Israel]

In the last 15 years, Rehnquist, Scalia, and Ginsburg have died, but no one died on the court between 1954 and 2005.

It seems like it used to be more common to retire under a hostile President. I don't think Douglas liked Ford much and Hughes retired (the first time) to run against Wilson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_O._Douglas#Impeachment_attempts

Thats cause Ford was pushing for his impeachment

[brucejoel99]

In the last 15 years, Rehnquist, Scalia, and Ginsburg have died, but no one died on the court between 1954 and 2005.

It seems like it used to be more common to retire under a hostile President. I don't think Douglas liked Ford much and Hughes retired (the first time) to run against Wilson.

"Hostile president" didn't used to be a thing.  All this hyper-partisanship really began with Nixon, and even then, he initially tried to get a segregationist on the court, then reverted to normal picks once Congress put its foot down.  The politicization of the court kicked into high gear under Reagan with the Bork nomination, which conservatives still complain about 33 years later (see Bret Stephens' op-ed in the NYTimes today).  But even then, the Democrats approved Anthony Kennedy unanimously.

It utterly amazes me how butthurt they get over a guy who was Nixon’s lackey in Watergate and had utterly repulsive views on what a company can do to their female employees 🙄

Really? That shouldn't amaze anybody, given how they're all Trump-lackey wannabe's & would probably have just as repulsive views on what they could do to women if electoral realities actually allowed for them.

[OSR stands with Israel]

https://www.foxnews.com/media/meghan-mccain-kavanaugh-democrats-scotus

[GeneralMacArthur]

https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1308219073927413761

I told y'all.  Collins wasn't gonna announce she was opposed to the nomination unless McConnell already had this wrapped up.

[Ferguson97]

https://www.foxnews.com/media/meghan-mccain-kavanaugh-democrats-scotus

Credible rape accusations are not a "smear"

[Canis]

ugh im embarrassed shes my senator its a bummer KDL didn't win in 2018

Yeah, it really was a missed opportunity that I was quasi-blind to at the time. I'm not a big fan of primary challenges, but this one was totally safe since it was 2 Democrats in a general election.

Yup KDL isnt perfect but he would have been a much better senator than Difi hes prob gonna run for LA mayor I say hes got a real good shot at winning it if no one enters the race who I like more than him im probably gonna back him

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Difi, next in line to be Judiciary Chairman, opposes court packing and getting rid of the filibuster.

https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1308165969022464001?s=20

Pro confederate flag Senators have tended to be big fans of the filibuster.

[Woody]

https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1308219073927413761

IT'S OVER

[GoTfan]

https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1308219073927413761

IT'S OVER

You don't care about being blatant hypocrites at all.

[Brittain33]

I have been living this election in hope and positivity seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Now I am grieving, and fueled by rage and determination to burn through the next six weeks like a space vessel on reentry.

And I’m a man. You can’t imagine how the women I know are feeling.

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/senatorromney/status/1308403638897958914

[KaiserDave]

baaghhhh

[KaiserDave]

Idk why but I have a feeling he may not vote for the eventual nominee but yeah this is probably it.

[Sir Mohamed]

You have to give all the GOP senators credit for showing true colors. They don't even try to hide they're total hypocrites.

[pppolitics]

https://twitter.com/SenatorRomney/status/1308403638897958914

[brucejoel99]

Makes sense: confirm a lifetime justice nominated by the man he voted to remove from office.

Sigh.

Welp, we're f**ked at this point. We don't have the votes. Nothing is changing that. All we can do now is look forward to eliminating the filibuster & expanding the Court come January 21st.

[pppolitics]

there is already a megathread on this:

https://talkelections.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=395240.0

[Santander]

Who knows, Mittens might vote Trump's nominee down just to spite him.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

Yep we’re packing the courts. If Republicans are gonna blatantly disregard decorum and their own precedents, then we have no reason to treat them like a legitimate governing party. Add 2 justices to the SCOTUS and admit DC & Puerto Rico to the union and add 4 Democratic Senators.

[Sir Mohamed]

Yep we’re packing the courts. If Republicans are gonna blatantly disregard decorum and their own precedents, then we have no reason to treat them like a legitimate governing party. Add 2 justices to the SCOTUS and admit DC & Puerto Rico to the union and add 4 Democratic Senators.

I'm not sure Dems have the guts. But they should absolutely do it now. And impeach Barr to drag it on. Enough with playing it nice.

[Mike Thick]

Don’t kid yourselves — he’s going to vote for whoever Trump puts up. This is a guy who’s a lot more conservative than the other two defectors. Even signed an amicus brief for overturning Roe altogether. He’s not saying no to a once-in-a-lifetime chance to end legal abortion in huge swaths of the country