Filibuster Republican Court Nominee

[Supposn]

Filibuster the Republican Supreme Court Nominee:


The Republican Party’s Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and their judiciary committee members deliberately prevented the U.S. Senate from discussing and voting upon the Democratic president’s nominee for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court while a Democratic president was in office. If this was in the best interests of our nation, then surely Democratic Senators should behave no less patriotically. Until at least the year 2021, Democrats should filibuster any discussion or vote for a seat upon the U.S. Supreme Court.


If Republicans behaved contrary to our nation’s best interests, their behavior should not be rewarded to encourage similar or worse occurrences in future senate sessions.


At very least the Democrats should insist that Senator McConnell on behalf of the Republican Party lead the passage of a vote for his own censure and publicly apologize for their undermining the reputation of the U.S. Senate; I do not believe the Democrats should insist upon McConnell’s resignation (if he wishes to remain in the U.S. Senate).


Until such a public Republican apology, it’s Democrats patriotic duty to filibuster any discussion or vote for a seat upon the U.S. Supreme Court while a Republican President is in office.


Respectfully, Supposn

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Yeah....good luck with that. Sucks to have so little power doesn't it?

 

[saveliberty]

Not all Democrats will agree with a filibuster. It is going to pass, deal with it.

 

[sealybobo]

Filibuster the Republican Supreme Court Nominee:


The Republican Party’s Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and their judiciary committee members deliberately prevented the U.S. Senate from discussing and voting upon the Democratic president’s nominee for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court while a Democratic president was in office. If this was in the best interests of our nation, then surely Democratic Senators should behave no less patriotically. Until at least the year 2021, Democrats should filibuster any discussion or vote for a seat upon the U.S. Supreme Court.


If Republicans behaved contrary to our nation’s best interests, their behavior should not be rewarded to encourage similar or worse occurrences in future senate sessions.


At very least the Democrats should insist that Senator McConnell on behalf of the Republican Party lead the passage of a vote for his own censure and publicly apologize for their undermining the reputation of the U.S. Senate; I do not believe the Democrats should insist upon McConnell’s resignation (if he wishes to remain in the U.S. Senate).


Until such a public Republican apology, it’s Democrats patriotic duty to filibuster any discussion or vote for a seat upon the U.S. Supreme Court while a Republican President is in office.


Respectfully, Supposn

I wouldn't nominate Trump's pick. I'd make them appoint Merrick Garland

Gorsuch is almost certain to receive the support of all 52 Republican senators, but he will need Democratic votes in order to reach the 60-vote threshold (unless the GOP changes the rules unilaterally and eliminates the filibuster for Supreme Court nominations. More on that process here).

 

[sealybobo]

WASHINGTON ― Democrats really want to be the reasonable ones. When President Donald Trump announced Tuesday night that his Supreme Court pick would be Neil Gorsuch, they were, by and large, preparing for the normal Senate process and ready to consider the nominee on his merits.

But they can’t forget about Merrick Garland.

That was President Barack Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court seat that opened up in February 2016 ― the same seat Trump is now filling. Republicans prevented Obama from filling the seat all year by denying Garland a hearing, insisting that, because Obama was in his final year in office, the next president should get to fill the seat. It was a cynical strategy hatched by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to hold the seat open for Trump, and it worked. Republicans now get to fill the seat with a GOP nominee.

Though they say they’re ready to move on, it’s clear that Democrats view their role in considering Gorsuch’s nomination, and the Senate’s processes, more cynically. They remember the unprecedented level of obstruction Republicans waged on Garland, a Supreme Court nominee who GOP senators didn’t even oppose on his merits. Perhaps more importantly, they remember how McConnell violated the norms of the Senate, an institution the prides itself on its adherence to rules and decorum.

 

[hunarcy]

Filibuster the Republican Supreme Court Nominee:


The Republican Party’s Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and their judiciary committee members deliberately prevented the U.S. Senate from discussing and voting upon the Democratic president’s nominee for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court while a Democratic president was in office. If this was in the best interests of our nation, then surely Democratic Senators should behave no less patriotically. Until at least the year 2021, Democrats should filibuster any discussion or vote for a seat upon the U.S. Supreme Court.


If Republicans behaved contrary to our nation’s best interests, their behavior should not be rewarded to encourage similar or worse occurrences in future senate sessions.


At very least the Democrats should insist that Senator McConnell on behalf of the Republican Party lead the passage of a vote for his own censure and publicly apologize for their undermining the reputation of the U.S. Senate; I do not believe the Democrats should insist upon McConnell’s resignation (if he wishes to remain in the U.S. Senate).


Until such a public Republican apology, it’s Democrats patriotic duty to filibuster any discussion or vote for a seat upon the U.S. Supreme Court while a Republican President is in office.


Respectfully, Supposn

Good. Then nothing will get done because the decisions will end in a tie.