RBG leaves the stage.

Captain_Swoop said:
Trump has said he will next week nominate a woman to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, escalating a political row over her successor.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-54216710
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Captain_Swoop said:
Lindsey Graham tweets

The two biggest changes regarding the Senate and judicial confirmations that have occurred in the last decade have come from Democrats.

Harry Reid changed the rules to allow a simple majority vote for Circuit Court nominees dealing out the minority.

Chuck Schumer and his friends in the liberal media conspired to destroy the life of Brett Kavanaugh and hold that Supreme Court seat open.

In light of these two events, I will support President @realDonaldTrump in any effort to move forward regarding the recent vacancy created by the passing of Justice Ginsburg.
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Trump's going to nominate Lindsey Graham!
 
Stacyhs said:
Yes, it will be. However, as almost everyone else in the country, she likely expected Clinton to win. The polls were in her favor and she wasn't ready to give up a career she loved yet. Sadly, for her (and the country) it turned out the polls were wrong. I wouldn't judge her too harshly for that.
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If Clinton had won, we'd be down to six justices now because Mitch would have just continued to refuse to hold hearings.

Cain said:
She ****** up. Obama's people urged her to retire, but she said "no!"

She's had a string of illnesses and knew(?) about the cancer's reoccurrence back in February. If she had stepped down then, it would have given Trump plenty of time to replace her. It's just bad faith all around.

Anyway, if the Republicans fail to seat someone, and Trump loses the election, it's entirely possible Thomas could soon croak. Biden could then replace Ginsburg, Thomas, and probably Breyer as well.
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See above.
 
Trebuchet said:
If Clinton had won, we'd be down to six justices now because Mitch would have just continued to refuse to hold hearings.
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I'm a natural cynic (which means a frustrated romantic), but I think your view is much less plausible than a wildly optimistic scenario where Biden gets three picks. Much, much, much less plausible.
 
Venom said:
But Lagoa might be a political useful choice for Trump if he wants to throw any undecided Florida Cubans a bone.

It's interesting. Knowing Trump he just might do that.
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She's older and less attractive, but, yes, Trump could definitely do it. He's already pushing 13 billion dollars to rebuild Puerto Rico's power-grid just so he can win Florida.
 
Biden just gave an excellent speech on why filling RGB's seat should wait until after the election and be decided by whoever wins. What a difference between him and Trump. Like day and night. Hell, sane and insane.
 
Darat said:
How did your SC become so incredibly politicised and partisan?
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American politics has rarely been ideologically coherent -- the political parties remain the same, but their ideologies have flipped. After full realignment, and the "Republican Revolution" of '94, battle lines were drawn. Our institutions are not well suited for partisan politics.
 
Stacyhs said:
Biden just gave an excellent speech on why filling RGB's seat should wait until after the election and be decided by whoever wins. What a difference between him and Trump. Like day and night. Hell, sane and insane.
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What are the key reasons?
 
Stacyhs said:
Biden just gave an excellent speech on why filling RGB's seat should wait until after the election and be decided by whoever wins. What a difference between him and Trump. Like day and night. Hell, sane and insane.
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I did note a tiny glitch when he referred to "200 million" covid deaths, but he later corrected himself. You can be sure the Repubs will highlight the glitch, and not the correction.
 
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