I don’t think there is time to fill Ginsberg seat on the Court.

[SavannahMann]

I know everyone is emotional. The Republicans excited to take a seat from the left. The Democrats upset to lose the seat. But realistically. There isn’t time to fill the seat before the election.

First you have to find a candidate. That takes time. Then you have to Vet the candidate. That takes more time. Then the candidate has to be presented to the Senate. Hearings and all that have to be scheduled. The average time for that is about 65 days. Or more than two weeks past the election. All while a third of the Senators are focused on the election and saving their seats.

Again realistically. It would have to take place a week or two before. So cutting a month out of the process is just not likely.

It gets worse. Even if Trump wins the election holding the Senate is not certain. So action during the Lame Duck period is less likely unless Republicans manage to hold the Senate. If the Republicans lose the senate running the nomination through will make Trumps ability to work with the new Congress that much more difficult.

McConnell says he will have a vote. But there are hundreds of hurdles to cross before that can happen. And the willingness of the Senators to vote comes into play.

Alaska Senator Murkowski said Friday she would not vote for a justice ahead of Inauguration Day - Alaska Public Media

Shortly before the announcement that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died Friday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in an interview that if she was presented with a vacancy on the court, she would not vote to confirm a nominee before the election. Ginsburg died in her home in Washington...

www.alaskapublic.org

A handful of Republicans could just refuse and the Nominee is dead on arrival. No Confirmation and no way to resubmit the candidate to the Court later.

If Trump loses there is not going to be any popular outcry to get his nominee on the Bench. Biden gets to pick the next Justice in that case.

I just do not see where there is enough time to do this before the election. 45 days remain and even without the election that would be a nearly record time. With the election, just no real way to do it.

Here.......how fast can you confirm a Supreme Court Justice...this fast...

According to Senate records, Justices Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens, and Sandra Day O’Connor were all confirmed in a short period of time. Stevens’s confirmation in 1975 took 19 days, O’Connor’s confirmation in 1981 took 33 days, and Ginsburg’s confirmation in 1993 took 42 days.

Three Supreme Court Justices Were Confirmed In Less Than 45 Days, Including Ginsburg

Justices Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens, and Sandra Day O’Connor were all confirmed to the Supreme Court in a short period of time.

thefederalist.com

That is confirmed. The total process takes longer.

Nomination and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

What I never quite understood was this...

If you're a federal judge, you've already undergone a background check haven't you? Why would you have to do it again? I understand if you're appointed in 2005 and here it is 2020 and they want to look at the last 15 years but do they really need to go all the way back to your first day on the planet...again?

Yes. Everything you wrote becomes relevant. Every sentence you uttered. Every party you attended. Were you at a fundraiser with Epstein? Things that may not have been looked at need to be considered in the light of today.

If you do not do that before the nomination and it is found after you submit the name expect the nomination to be derailed fast. So the White House has to find a candidate. Talk with him for days. Hire investigators to find everything that there is. Every photo. Every document has to be examined. Then you submit the name. Congress does exactly the same thing. Starting over from scratch. A failed nomination is a body blow to an administration. If that happens you’ll be lucky to get a moderate onto the court. Because the Democrats if they get control of the Senate will hand you a list of names they can confirm. None of the names will be Moderate.

 

[2aguy]

I know everyone is emotional. The Republicans excited to take a seat from the left. The Democrats upset to lose the seat. But realistically. There isn’t time to fill the seat before the election.

First you have to find a candidate. That takes time. Then you have to Vet the candidate. That takes more time. Then the candidate has to be presented to the Senate. Hearings and all that have to be scheduled. The average time for that is about 65 days. Or more than two weeks past the election. All while a third of the Senators are focused on the election and saving their seats.

Again realistically. It would have to take place a week or two before. So cutting a month out of the process is just not likely.

It gets worse. Even if Trump wins the election holding the Senate is not certain. So action during the Lame Duck period is less likely unless Republicans manage to hold the Senate. If the Republicans lose the senate running the nomination through will make Trumps ability to work with the new Congress that much more difficult.

McConnell says he will have a vote. But there are hundreds of hurdles to cross before that can happen. And the willingness of the Senators to vote comes into play.

Alaska Senator Murkowski said Friday she would not vote for a justice ahead of Inauguration Day - Alaska Public Media

Shortly before the announcement that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died Friday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in an interview that if she was presented with a vacancy on the court, she would not vote to confirm a nominee before the election. Ginsburg died in her home in Washington...

www.alaskapublic.org

A handful of Republicans could just refuse and the Nominee is dead on arrival. No Confirmation and no way to resubmit the candidate to the Court later.

If Trump loses there is not going to be any popular outcry to get his nominee on the Bench. Biden gets to pick the next Justice in that case.

I just do not see where there is enough time to do this before the election. 45 days remain and even without the election that would be a nearly record time. With the election, just no real way to do it.

Here.......how fast can you confirm a Supreme Court Justice...this fast...

According to Senate records, Justices Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens, and Sandra Day O’Connor were all confirmed in a short period of time. Stevens’s confirmation in 1975 took 19 days, O’Connor’s confirmation in 1981 took 33 days, and Ginsburg’s confirmation in 1993 took 42 days.

Three Supreme Court Justices Were Confirmed In Less Than 45 Days, Including Ginsburg

Justices Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens, and Sandra Day O’Connor were all confirmed to the Supreme Court in a short period of time.

thefederalist.com

That is confirmed. The total process takes longer.

Nomination and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

What I never quite understood was this...

If you're a federal judge, you've already undergone a background check haven't you? Why would you have to do it again? I understand if you're appointed in 2005 and here it is 2020 and they want to look at the last 15 years but do they really need to go all the way back to your first day on the planet...again?

Yes. Everything you wrote becomes relevant. Every sentence you uttered. Every party you attended. Were you at a fundraiser with Epstein? Things that may not have been looked at need to be considered in the light of today.

If you do not do that before the nomination and it is found after you submit the name expect the nomination to be derailed fast. So the White House has to find a candidate. Talk with him for days. Hire investigators to find everything that there is. Every photo. Every document has to be examined. Then you submit the name. Congress does exactly the same thing. Starting over from scratch. A failed nomination is a body blow to an administration. If that happens you’ll be lucky to get a moderate onto the court. Because the Democrats if they get control of the Senate will hand you a list of names they can confirm. None of the names will be Moderate.

Trump learns quickly......and he has likely vetted every name he will put up for the nomination....Kavanaugh showed him who and what the democrats are and exactly what they will do for power...........

 

[candycorn]

I know everyone is emotional. The Republicans excited to take a seat from the left. The Democrats upset to lose the seat. But realistically. There isn’t time to fill the seat before the election.

First you have to find a candidate. That takes time. Then you have to Vet the candidate. That takes more time. Then the candidate has to be presented to the Senate. Hearings and all that have to be scheduled. The average time for that is about 65 days. Or more than two weeks past the election. All while a third of the Senators are focused on the election and saving their seats.

Again realistically. It would have to take place a week or two before. So cutting a month out of the process is just not likely.

It gets worse. Even if Trump wins the election holding the Senate is not certain. So action during the Lame Duck period is less likely unless Republicans manage to hold the Senate. If the Republicans lose the senate running the nomination through will make Trumps ability to work with the new Congress that much more difficult.

McConnell says he will have a vote. But there are hundreds of hurdles to cross before that can happen. And the willingness of the Senators to vote comes into play.

Alaska Senator Murkowski said Friday she would not vote for a justice ahead of Inauguration Day - Alaska Public Media

Shortly before the announcement that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died Friday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in an interview that if she was presented with a vacancy on the court, she would not vote to confirm a nominee before the election. Ginsburg died in her home in Washington...

www.alaskapublic.org

A handful of Republicans could just refuse and the Nominee is dead on arrival. No Confirmation and no way to resubmit the candidate to the Court later.

If Trump loses there is not going to be any popular outcry to get his nominee on the Bench. Biden gets to pick the next Justice in that case.

I just do not see where there is enough time to do this before the election. 45 days remain and even without the election that would be a nearly record time. With the election, just no real way to do it.

Here.......how fast can you confirm a Supreme Court Justice...this fast...

According to Senate records, Justices Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens, and Sandra Day O’Connor were all confirmed in a short period of time. Stevens’s confirmation in 1975 took 19 days, O’Connor’s confirmation in 1981 took 33 days, and Ginsburg’s confirmation in 1993 took 42 days.

Three Supreme Court Justices Were Confirmed In Less Than 45 Days, Including Ginsburg

Justices Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens, and Sandra Day O’Connor were all confirmed to the Supreme Court in a short period of time.

thefederalist.com

That is confirmed. The total process takes longer.

Nomination and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

What I never quite understood was this...

If you're a federal judge, you've already undergone a background check haven't you? Why would you have to do it again? I understand if you're appointed in 2005 and here it is 2020 and they want to look at the last 15 years but do they really need to go all the way back to your first day on the planet...again?

Yes. Everything you wrote becomes relevant. Every sentence you uttered. Every party you attended. Were you at a fundraiser with Epstein? Things that may not have been looked at need to be considered in the light of today.

If you do not do that before the nomination and it is found after you submit the name expect the nomination to be derailed fast. So the White House has to find a candidate. Talk with him for days. Hire investigators to find everything that there is. Every photo. Every document has to be examined. Then you submit the name. Congress does exactly the same thing. Starting over from scratch. A failed nomination is a body blow to an administration. If that happens you’ll be lucky to get a moderate onto the court. Because the Democrats if they get control of the Senate will hand you a list of names they can confirm. None of the names will be Moderate.

The fundraiser you went to with Epstein (if it was before you became a federal judge) should be known to the investigators already. Now, it may not be known to the blob but to the FBI...it should be old news. So that was what I was asking...the FBI background check should be pretty much a formality. The vetting done by the President may take as long as they want but as far as the FBI goes...it should be a done deal for the most part.

 

[Mac-7]

It was Kavanaugh who had ghosts in his closet

You could not possibly believe the parade of liars who came out against kavanaugh

 

[22lcidw]

I know everyone is emotional. The Republicans excited to take a seat from the left. The Democrats upset to lose the seat. But realistically. There isn’t time to fill the seat before the election.

First you have to find a candidate. That takes time. Then you have to Vet the candidate. That takes more time. Then the candidate has to be presented to the Senate. Hearings and all that have to be scheduled. The average time for that is about 65 days. Or more than two weeks past the election. All while a third of the Senators are focused on the election and saving their seats.

Again realistically. It would have to take place a week or two before. So cutting a month out of the process is just not likely.

It gets worse. Even if Trump wins the election holding the Senate is not certain. So action during the Lame Duck period is less likely unless Republicans manage to hold the Senate. If the Republicans lose the senate running the nomination through will make Trumps ability to work with the new Congress that much more difficult.

McConnell says he will have a vote. But there are hundreds of hurdles to cross before that can happen. And the willingness of the Senators to vote comes into play.

Alaska Senator Murkowski said Friday she would not vote for a justice ahead of Inauguration Day - Alaska Public Media

Shortly before the announcement that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died Friday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in an interview that if she was presented with a vacancy on the court, she would not vote to confirm a nominee before the election. Ginsburg died in her home in Washington...

www.alaskapublic.org

A handful of Republicans could just refuse and the Nominee is dead on arrival. No Confirmation and no way to resubmit the candidate to the Court later.

If Trump loses there is not going to be any popular outcry to get his nominee on the Bench. Biden gets to pick the next Justice in that case.

I just do not see where there is enough time to do this before the election. 45 days remain and even without the election that would be a nearly record time. With the election, just no real way to do it.

Here.......how fast can you confirm a Supreme Court Justice...this fast...

According to Senate records, Justices Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens, and Sandra Day O’Connor were all confirmed in a short period of time. Stevens’s confirmation in 1975 took 19 days, O’Connor’s confirmation in 1981 took 33 days, and Ginsburg’s confirmation in 1993 took 42 days.

Three Supreme Court Justices Were Confirmed In Less Than 45 Days, Including Ginsburg

Justices Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens, and Sandra Day O’Connor were all confirmed to the Supreme Court in a short period of time.

thefederalist.com

That is confirmed. The total process takes longer.

Nomination and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

What I never quite understood was this...

If you're a federal judge, you've already undergone a background check haven't you? Why would you have to do it again? I understand if you're appointed in 2005 and here it is 2020 and they want to look at the last 15 years but do they really need to go all the way back to your first day on the planet...again?

Yes. Everything you wrote becomes relevant. Every sentence you uttered. Every party you attended. Were you at a fundraiser with Epstein? Things that may not have been looked at need to be considered in the light of today.

If you do not do that before the nomination and it is found after you submit the name expect the nomination to be derailed fast. So the White House has to find a candidate. Talk with him for days. Hire investigators to find everything that there is. Every photo. Every document has to be examined. Then you submit the name. Congress does exactly the same thing. Starting over from scratch. A failed nomination is a body blow to an administration. If that happens you’ll be lucky to get a moderate onto the court. Because the Democrats if they get control of the Senate will hand you a list of names they can confirm. None of the names will be Moderate.

The fundraiser you went to with Epstein (if it was before you became a federal judge) should be known to the investigators already. Now, it may not be known to the blob but to the FBI...it should be old news. So that was what I was asking...the FBI background check should be pretty much a formality. The vetting done by the President may take as long as they want but as far as the FBI goes...it should be a done deal for the most part.

There are very few people who have not done anything in their younger days that can be promoted when a position is up for grabs. High school and college can be a springboard for finding flies in the ointment if you look deep enough.

 

[miketx]

Who will come forward and claim Trumps nominee raped them 40 years ago?

That depends on which rapist he nominates.

It won't matter, none you scums lies ever do.

 

[2aguy]

It was Kavanaugh who had ghosts in his closet

You could not possibly believe the parade of liars who came out for kavanaugh

They don't believe them, but they will support the lie because they want and need power.

 

[candycorn]

I know everyone is emotional. The Republicans excited to take a seat from the left. The Democrats upset to lose the seat. But realistically. There isn’t time to fill the seat before the election.

First you have to find a candidate. That takes time. Then you have to Vet the candidate. That takes more time. Then the candidate has to be presented to the Senate. Hearings and all that have to be scheduled. The average time for that is about 65 days. Or more than two weeks past the election. All while a third of the Senators are focused on the election and saving their seats.

Again realistically. It would have to take place a week or two before. So cutting a month out of the process is just not likely.

It gets worse. Even if Trump wins the election holding the Senate is not certain. So action during the Lame Duck period is less likely unless Republicans manage to hold the Senate. If the Republicans lose the senate running the nomination through will make Trumps ability to work with the new Congress that much more difficult.

McConnell says he will have a vote. But there are hundreds of hurdles to cross before that can happen. And the willingness of the Senators to vote comes into play.

Alaska Senator Murkowski said Friday she would not vote for a justice ahead of Inauguration Day - Alaska Public Media

Shortly before the announcement that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died Friday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in an interview that if she was presented with a vacancy on the court, she would not vote to confirm a nominee before the election. Ginsburg died in her home in Washington...

www.alaskapublic.org

A handful of Republicans could just refuse and the Nominee is dead on arrival. No Confirmation and no way to resubmit the candidate to the Court later.

If Trump loses there is not going to be any popular outcry to get his nominee on the Bench. Biden gets to pick the next Justice in that case.

I just do not see where there is enough time to do this before the election. 45 days remain and even without the election that would be a nearly record time. With the election, just no real way to do it.

Here.......how fast can you confirm a Supreme Court Justice...this fast...

According to Senate records, Justices Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens, and Sandra Day O’Connor were all confirmed in a short period of time. Stevens’s confirmation in 1975 took 19 days, O’Connor’s confirmation in 1981 took 33 days, and Ginsburg’s confirmation in 1993 took 42 days.

Three Supreme Court Justices Were Confirmed In Less Than 45 Days, Including Ginsburg

Justices Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens, and Sandra Day O’Connor were all confirmed to the Supreme Court in a short period of time.

thefederalist.com

That is confirmed. The total process takes longer.

Nomination and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

What I never quite understood was this...

If you're a federal judge, you've already undergone a background check haven't you? Why would you have to do it again? I understand if you're appointed in 2005 and here it is 2020 and they want to look at the last 15 years but do they really need to go all the way back to your first day on the planet...again?

Yes. Everything you wrote becomes relevant. Every sentence you uttered. Every party you attended. Were you at a fundraiser with Epstein? Things that may not have been looked at need to be considered in the light of today.

If you do not do that before the nomination and it is found after you submit the name expect the nomination to be derailed fast. So the White House has to find a candidate. Talk with him for days. Hire investigators to find everything that there is. Every photo. Every document has to be examined. Then you submit the name. Congress does exactly the same thing. Starting over from scratch. A failed nomination is a body blow to an administration. If that happens you’ll be lucky to get a moderate onto the court. Because the Democrats if they get control of the Senate will hand you a list of names they can confirm. None of the names will be Moderate.

The fundraiser you went to with Epstein (if it was before you became a federal judge) should be known to the investigators already. Now, it may not be known to the blob but to the FBI...it should be old news. So that was what I was asking...the FBI background check should be pretty much a formality. The vetting done by the President may take as long as they want but as far as the FBI goes...it should be a done deal for the most part.

There are very few people who have not done anything in their younger days that can be promoted when a position is up for grabs. High school and college can be a springboard for finding flies in the ointment if you look deep enough.

Again, if you're a federal judge, the FBI has already looked into that.

 

[rightwinger]

Kavanaugh showed that vetting is essential.

If by “vetting“ you mean beating the bushes for liars then democrats better get busy

If anyone would have been ambushed it would have been Gorsich. Hé was filling a stolen seat.

Yet, he went through relatively easy.
It was Kavanaugh who had ghosts in his closet

Kavanaugh didn't have any ghosts in his closet....they lied and committed slander and libel against him...protected by their positions in the Senate and by the press.....

She passed a lie detector test
Kavanaugh refused to take one

 

[Mac-7]

If he rushes a candidate with objectionable statements or rulings in their past, there will be political repercussions for those who try to rush through the pick

Just as with kavanaugh it will be the female jihadies who will lead the attack

 

[2aguy]

Kavanaugh showed that vetting is essential.

If by “vetting“ you mean beating the bushes for liars then democrats better get busy

If anyone would have been ambushed it would have been Gorsich. Hé was filling a stolen seat.

Yet, he went through relatively easy.
It was Kavanaugh who had ghosts in his closet

Kavanaugh didn't have any ghosts in his closet....they lied and committed slander and libel against him...protected by their positions in the Senate and by the press.....

She passed a lie detector test
Kavanaugh refused to take one

Any sociopath can pass a lie detector test..........

 

[2aguy]

If he rushes a candidate with objectionable statements or rulings in their past, there will be political repercussions for those who try to rush through the pick

Just as with kavanaugh it will be the female jihadies who will lead the attack

Yep.......democrats trying to destroy a Republican woman.......

 

[Mac-7]

She passed a lie detector test

She was also coached about how to lie to the machine

 

[2aguy]

Kavanaugh showed that vetting is essential.

If by “vetting“ you mean beating the bushes for liars then democrats better get busy

If anyone would have been ambushed it would have been Gorsich. Hé was filling a stolen seat.

Yet, he went through relatively easy.
It was Kavanaugh who had ghosts in his closet

Kavanaugh didn't have any ghosts in his closet....they lied and committed slander and libel against him...protected by their positions in the Senate and by the press.....

She passed a lie detector test
Kavanaugh refused to take one

A lie detector test given by democrats......sorry, that is just silly.

 

[rightwinger]

Kavanaugh showed that vetting is essential.

If by “vetting“ you mean beating the bushes for liars then democrats better get busy

There is no hurry....they have been lining up the accusers from the day Trump took office.........they are all set to go.

Trump needs to be careful

If he rushes a candidate with objectionable statements or rulings in their past, there will be political repercussions for those who try to rush through the pick

It is a dicey game for both parties........this close to an actual election, the democrats, if they go as full crazy as they did with Kavanaugh will drive Trump voters to the polls and will turn off moderate Americans........just before an election. The Kavanaugh hearings dissipated the emotions because 1) he was actually confirmed, and 2) it was just a little too far from the elections in 2018 to help the republicans with the anger at what happened to Kavanaugh.....

This one is right on top of the election so if the democrats go full crazy....they risk even more harm than from the joe biden riots.

There are five Republican Senators facing close contests.
Appearing to ignore a flawed candidate and hypocrisy from their statements in 2016 can sink them.

 

[shockedcanadian]

The creepiest issue I have found about her passing, is this immediate response that RBG's "dying wish is that no S.C justice be chosen before the election". Huh?

Also, from what I read in a paper, Schumer sent out his first tweet after the news, 15 min. after according to NYPost that said "no S.C nominee should be chosen before the election". Not, "RIP RBG" and the like, but, "hey, we need to hold off until after the election for a S.C"

 

[22lcidw]

I know everyone is emotional. The Republicans excited to take a seat from the left. The Democrats upset to lose the seat. But realistically. There isn’t time to fill the seat before the election.

First you have to find a candidate. That takes time. Then you have to Vet the candidate. That takes more time. Then the candidate has to be presented to the Senate. Hearings and all that have to be scheduled. The average time for that is about 65 days. Or more than two weeks past the election. All while a third of the Senators are focused on the election and saving their seats.

Again realistically. It would have to take place a week or two before. So cutting a month out of the process is just not likely.

It gets worse. Even if Trump wins the election holding the Senate is not certain. So action during the Lame Duck period is less likely unless Republicans manage to hold the Senate. If the Republicans lose the senate running the nomination through will make Trumps ability to work with the new Congress that much more difficult.

McConnell says he will have a vote. But there are hundreds of hurdles to cross before that can happen. And the willingness of the Senators to vote comes into play.

Alaska Senator Murkowski said Friday she would not vote for a justice ahead of Inauguration Day - Alaska Public Media

Shortly before the announcement that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died Friday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in an interview that if she was presented with a vacancy on the court, she would not vote to confirm a nominee before the election. Ginsburg died in her home in Washington...

www.alaskapublic.org

A handful of Republicans could just refuse and the Nominee is dead on arrival. No Confirmation and no way to resubmit the candidate to the Court later.

If Trump loses there is not going to be any popular outcry to get his nominee on the Bench. Biden gets to pick the next Justice in that case.

I just do not see where there is enough time to do this before the election. 45 days remain and even without the election that would be a nearly record time. With the election, just no real way to do it.

Here.......how fast can you confirm a Supreme Court Justice...this fast...

According to Senate records, Justices Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens, and Sandra Day O’Connor were all confirmed in a short period of time. Stevens’s confirmation in 1975 took 19 days, O’Connor’s confirmation in 1981 took 33 days, and Ginsburg’s confirmation in 1993 took 42 days.

Three Supreme Court Justices Were Confirmed In Less Than 45 Days, Including Ginsburg

Justices Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens, and Sandra Day O’Connor were all confirmed to the Supreme Court in a short period of time.

thefederalist.com

That is confirmed. The total process takes longer.

Nomination and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

What I never quite understood was this...

If you're a federal judge, you've already undergone a background check haven't you? Why would you have to do it again? I understand if you're appointed in 2005 and here it is 2020 and they want to look at the last 15 years but do they really need to go all the way back to your first day on the planet...again?

Yes. Everything you wrote becomes relevant. Every sentence you uttered. Every party you attended. Were you at a fundraiser with Epstein? Things that may not have been looked at need to be considered in the light of today.

If you do not do that before the nomination and it is found after you submit the name expect the nomination to be derailed fast. So the White House has to find a candidate. Talk with him for days. Hire investigators to find everything that there is. Every photo. Every document has to be examined. Then you submit the name. Congress does exactly the same thing. Starting over from scratch. A failed nomination is a body blow to an administration. If that happens you’ll be lucky to get a moderate onto the court. Because the Democrats if they get control of the Senate will hand you a list of names they can confirm. None of the names will be Moderate.

The fundraiser you went to with Epstein (if it was before you became a federal judge) should be known to the investigators already. Now, it may not be known to the blob but to the FBI...it should be old news. So that was what I was asking...the FBI background check should be pretty much a formality. The vetting done by the President may take as long as they want but as far as the FBI goes...it should be a done deal for the most part.

There are very few people who have not done anything in their younger days that can be promoted when a position is up for grabs. High school and college can be a springboard for finding flies in the ointment if you look deep enough.

Again, if you're a federal judge, the FBI has already looked into that.

If a person smoked some weed, snorted some coke and did a few ludes when younger, is that important or not if he is a stalwart family man and promotes just that. I see people being destroyed or humbled into apoligizing today for their views on an issue.

 

[rightwinger]

She passed a lie detector test

She was also coached about how to lie to the machine

Oh yea
That happens all the time

 

[2aguy]

Kavanaugh showed that vetting is essential.

If by “vetting“ you mean beating the bushes for liars then democrats better get busy

There is no hurry....they have been lining up the accusers from the day Trump took office.........they are all set to go.

Trump needs to be careful

If he rushes a candidate with objectionable statements or rulings in their past, there will be political repercussions for those who try to rush through the pick

It is a dicey game for both parties........this close to an actual election, the democrats, if they go as full crazy as they did with Kavanaugh will drive Trump voters to the polls and will turn off moderate Americans........just before an election. The Kavanaugh hearings dissipated the emotions because 1) he was actually confirmed, and 2) it was just a little too far from the elections in 2018 to help the republicans with the anger at what happened to Kavanaugh.....

This one is right on top of the election so if the democrats go full crazy....they risk even more harm than from the joe biden riots.

There are five Republican Senators facing close contests.
Appearing to ignore a flawed candidate and hypocrisy from their statements in 2016 can sink them.

They are indeed in a pickle...........but they may decide that republicans will need to vote for them so Trump can hold the Senate after the election...so they may not vote to hold a nomination.....a risky move cause Trump supporters will be pissed........

No matter what, we need to vote them back......

 

[2aguy]

She passed a lie detector test

She was also coached about how to lie to the machine

Oh yea
That happens all the time

Yep...there are companies that teach that to job candidates.