A Better Reason to Delay Kennedy’s Replacement

[IM2]

There are legitimate reasons why Trump should not be allowed to pick a supreme court justice.

A Better Reason to Delay Kennedy’s Replacement

By Paul Schiff Berman

Mr. Berman is a professor at George Washington University Law School.

Almost immediately after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement on Wednesday, Senate Democrats argued that his replacement should not be confirmed until after the midterm elections this fall — a version of the same argument that Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, used to stymie President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in 2016.

This is surely a valid argument, not least because Mr. McConnell’s blatantly anti-democratic ploy stole a judicial appointment from a popularly elected president and gave it to one who lost the popular vote by millions.

But there is another reason to withhold confirmation that both Republicans and Democrats should be able to agree on: People under the cloud of investigation do not get to pick the judges who may preside over their cases. By this logic, President Trump should not be permitted to appoint a new Supreme Court justice until after the special counsel investigation is over, and we know for sure whether there is evidence of wrongdoing.

True, that point is unlikely to stop Mr. McConnell or his colleagues. But it highlights the real risk involved in letting a deeply compromised president shape a court that may one day stand between him and impeachment.

www.nytimes.com/2018/06/29/opinion/a-better-reason-to-delay-kennedys-replacement.html

 

[Snouter]

Fake news alert.

 

[Meathead]

There are legitimate reasons why Trump should not be allowed to pick a supreme court justice.

A Better Reason to Delay Kennedy’s Replacement

By Paul Schiff Berman

Mr. Berman is a professor at George Washington University Law School.

Almost immediately after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement on Wednesday, Senate Democrats argued that his replacement should not be confirmed until after the midterm elections this fall — a version of the same argument that Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, used to stymie President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in 2016.

This is surely a valid argument, not least because Mr. McConnell’s blatantly anti-democratic ploy stole a judicial appointment from a popularly elected president and gave it to one who lost the popular vote by millions.

But there is another reason to withhold confirmation that both Republicans and Democrats should be able to agree on: People under the cloud of investigation do not get to pick the judges who may preside over their cases. By this logic, President Trump should not be permitted to appoint a new Supreme Court justice until after the special counsel investigation is over, and we know for sure whether there is evidence of wrongdoing.

True, that point is unlikely to stop Mr. McConnell or his colleagues. But it highlights the real risk involved in letting a deeply compromised president shape a court that may one day stand between him and impeachment.

www.nytimes.com/2018/06/29/opinion/a-better-reason-to-delay-kennedys-replacement.html

You're in for a world of butt hurt pal. There's nothing your auntie Maxine can do.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Absurd.

Liberals are so stupid

 

[John Shaw]

Not gonna happen. McConnell is a hypocrite, but at the end of the day, power is all that matters. Words and morals are just dressing.

 

[TNHarley]

 

[blackhawk]

Midterms are not the same as Presidential election years President Obama nominated Elena Kagan on May 10th 2010 a midterm election year Kagan's nomination was confirmed by a 63–37 vote of the United States Senate on August 5, 2010. If there is an open seat on the court in 2020 the left has a valid point about waiting till after the election to fill it not the case here.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Trumo is president he will appoint Kennedy's replacement. If you don't like it, scream at the sky through your vagina.

 

[Cellblock2429]

There are legitimate reasons why Trump should not be allowed to pick a supreme court justice.

A Better Reason to Delay Kennedy’s Replacement

By Paul Schiff Berman

Mr. Berman is a professor at George Washington University Law School.

Almost immediately after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement on Wednesday, Senate Democrats argued that his replacement should not be confirmed until after the midterm elections this fall — a version of the same argument that Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, used to stymie President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in 2016.

This is surely a valid argument, not least because Mr. McConnell’s blatantly anti-democratic ploy stole a judicial appointment from a popularly elected president and gave it to one who lost the popular vote by millions.

But there is another reason to withhold confirmation that both Republicans and Democrats should be able to agree on: People under the cloud of investigation do not get to pick the judges who may preside over their cases. By this logic, President Trump should not be permitted to appoint a new Supreme Court justice until after the special counsel investigation is over, and we know for sure whether there is evidence of wrongdoing.

True, that point is unlikely to stop Mr. McConnell or his colleagues. But it highlights the real risk involved in letting a deeply compromised president shape a court that may one day stand between him and impeachment.

www.nytimes.com/2018/06/29/opinion/a-better-reason-to-delay-kennedys-replacement.html

/----/ "People under the cloud of investigation do not get to pick the judges who may preside over their cases." The USSC will have no say in Muller's Nothing Burger witch hunt you blithering idiot.

 

[whitehall]

Even a law professor should understand the difference between a lame duck administration and mid-term elections.

 

[Cecilie1200]

There are legitimate reasons why Trump should not be allowed to pick a supreme court justice.

A Better Reason to Delay Kennedy’s Replacement

By Paul Schiff Berman

Mr. Berman is a professor at George Washington University Law School.

Almost immediately after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement on Wednesday, Senate Democrats argued that his replacement should not be confirmed until after the midterm elections this fall — a version of the same argument that Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, used to stymie President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in 2016.

This is surely a valid argument, not least because Mr. McConnell’s blatantly anti-democratic ploy stole a judicial appointment from a popularly elected president and gave it to one who lost the popular vote by millions.

But there is another reason to withhold confirmation that both Republicans and Democrats should be able to agree on: People under the cloud of investigation do not get to pick the judges who may preside over their cases. By this logic, President Trump should not be permitted to appoint a new Supreme Court justice until after the special counsel investigation is over, and we know for sure whether there is evidence of wrongdoing.

True, that point is unlikely to stop Mr. McConnell or his colleagues. But it highlights the real risk involved in letting a deeply compromised president shape a court that may one day stand between him and impeachment.

www.nytimes.com/2018/06/29/opinion/a-better-reason-to-delay-kennedys-replacement.html

First of all, "a version of the same argument" is just another way of saying, "It's different, but we WISH it was the same". So bullshit to that.

Second of all, in what way are we supposing that this particular SC nominee would "preside over his case", even supposing you leftists could gin up an actual investigation, rather than a cloud of accusations with no apparent evidence? Last time I checked, the only member of the Supreme Court involved in aPresidential impeachment is the Chief Justice. If Trump is tried on some sort of criminal charge - which is an even bigger stretch than impeachment - he will be tried by the court with the appropriate jurisdiction, depending on the charges. Whichever court that might be, it would not be the Supreme Court.

Third, the notion that the President loses his power to nominate judges because of a vague possibility that he MIGHT be charged with something at some nebulous point in the future is asinine. By that standard, no President would ever be allowed to appoint ANY judge at all. There is a reason why the courts have the concept of recusal.

He's appointing a Justice. You can't stop him. This is the consequence of losing an election. Next time, choose a candidate who isn't viscerally repulsive. Now stop blubbering and butch up.

 

[Polishprince]

This is surely a valid argument, not least because Mr. McConnell’s blatantly anti-democratic ploy stole a judicial appointment from a popularly elected president and gave it to one who lost the popular vote by millions.

Delaying the appointment of Supreme Court justices is absurd.

The only reason why there was a vacancy on the court in 2016, is because Scalia got whacked to stop the Friedrich decision which would have defunded Big Labor and the La Cosa Nostra. To allow B. Hussein O to appoint an extremist lib like Garland to replace a rock solid pillar of justice like Scalia would have been a miscarriage of justice as well as having altered the delicate balance on the court.

Kennedy is another Republican seat. Get fresh blood in there, Kennedy is an octogenarian. Reversing Gay Marriage is now a possibility- rolling back Obama Era Extremism is what the Trump Administration's goal is.

 

[mudwhistle]

Not gonna happen. McConnell is a hypocrite, but at the end of the day, power is all that matters. Words and morals are just dressing.

Nope.....protecting our liberties is what matters......and liberal activist judges won't do that.

 

[BluesLegend]

LMAO we are replacing Kennedy with a conservative BEFORE the Nov elections and the left can't do jack shit about it.

 

[BluesLegend]

Not gonna happen. McConnell is a hypocrite, but at the end of the day, power is all that matters. Words and morals are just dressing.

Nope.....protecting our liberties is what matters......and liberal activist judges won't do that.

There are 2-3 GOP RINO's we need to worry about, will McCain stab the party in the back again with a thumbs down? Then there's that idiot from Maine.

 

[Wyatt earp]

There are legitimate reasons why Trump should not be allowed to pick a supreme court justice.

A Better Reason to Delay Kennedy’s Replacement

By Paul Schiff Berman

Mr. Berman is a professor at George Washington University Law School.

Almost immediately after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement on Wednesday, Senate Democrats argued that his replacement should not be confirmed until after the midterm elections this fall — a version of the same argument that Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, used to stymie President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in 2016.

This is surely a valid argument, not least because Mr. McConnell’s blatantly anti-democratic ploy stole a judicial appointment from a popularly elected president and gave it to one who lost the popular vote by millions.

But there is another reason to withhold confirmation that both Republicans and Democrats should be able to agree on: People under the cloud of investigation do not get to pick the judges who may preside over their cases. By this logic, President Trump should not be permitted to appoint a new Supreme Court justice until after the special counsel investigation is over, and we know for sure whether there is evidence of wrongdoing.

True, that point is unlikely to stop Mr. McConnell or his colleagues. But it highlights the real risk involved in letting a deeply compromised president shape a court that may one day stand between him and impeachment.

www.nytimes.com/2018/06/29/opinion/a-better-reason-to-delay-kennedys-replacement.html

Harry Reid nuclear option

You can't do shit to stop it.

 

[IM2]

I'm quite sure professor Berman would like to hear your well educated legal opinions.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Not gonna happen. McConnell is a hypocrite, but at the end of the day, power is all that matters. Words and morals are just dressing.

Nope.....protecting our liberties is what matters......and liberal activist judges won't do that.

There are 2-3 GOP RINO's we need to worry about, will McCain stab the party in the back again with a thumbs down? Then there's that idiot from Maine.

On behalf of Arizona, I apologize for McCain. We didn't know he was going to do that; he never said anything at any of the meetings.

 

[BluesLegend]

There are legitimate reasons why Trump should not be allowed to pick a supreme court justice.

A Better Reason to Delay Kennedy’s Replacement

By Paul Schiff Berman

Mr. Berman is a professor at George Washington University Law School.

Almost immediately after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement on Wednesday, Senate Democrats argued that his replacement should not be confirmed until after the midterm elections this fall — a version of the same argument that Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, used to stymie President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in 2016.

This is surely a valid argument, not least because Mr. McConnell’s blatantly anti-democratic ploy stole a judicial appointment from a popularly elected president and gave it to one who lost the popular vote by millions.

But there is another reason to withhold confirmation that both Republicans and Democrats should be able to agree on: People under the cloud of investigation do not get to pick the judges who may preside over their cases. By this logic, President Trump should not be permitted to appoint a new Supreme Court justice until after the special counsel investigation is over, and we know for sure whether there is evidence of wrongdoing.

True, that point is unlikely to stop Mr. McConnell or his colleagues. But it highlights the real risk involved in letting a deeply compromised president shape a court that may one day stand between him and impeachment.

www.nytimes.com/2018/06/29/opinion/a-better-reason-to-delay-kennedys-replacement.html

Harry Reid nuclear option

You can't do shit to stop it.

Payback is a bitch. Liberals never know when to stop pushing so they push and push until we say fine NUKED YOU BACK AHAHAHA then they squeal like stuck pigs.

 

[Cecilie1200]

I'm quite sure professor Berman would like to hear your well educated legal opinions.

I'm quite sure he wouldn't, which is one good reason why he ought to.