In Wake of Kavanaugh 'Herman Cain'ing Defeat, Democrats Seek to 'Can The Constitution'

[easyt65]

After failing to block the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Democrats and allies in the media are shifting course to float a range of ideas -- some far-fetched -- to curb the rightward shift of the court.

They range from packing the bench with more justices to overhauling the Constitution itself. Here's a look at some of the strategies that have taken off in the opinion pages, social media-sphere and cable talk circuit:

1. PACK THE COURT

BUTT-HURT DEMOCRATS SAY: “The current majority on the court was created through illegitimate means. Changing that majority would not constitute politicizing the court because conservatives have already done this without apology.”

('Illegitmate'? Defeating their attempt to despicably 'Herman Cain' Kavanaugh to keep him off the USSC makes Kavanaugh 'illegitimate' according to snowflakes....and like Liberals have not already tried to pack the court with Liberal judges....Bwuhahahaha! )


2. IMPEACHMENT

BUTT-HURT DEMOCRATS SAY: Corey 'Spartacus' Booker, who has already admitted to committing the crime Kavanaugh was only accused of, has publicly declared Impeachment of Kavanaugh should be left 'on the table' despite no evidence of any crime. The Democrats have already declared if they take the House, crime or no crime / evidence or no evidence, they will seek to Impeach both the President and Kavanaugh.


3. CONSTITUTIONAL OVERHAUL:

BUTT-HURT DEMOCRATS SAY:
"The popular vote is like “yards gained” in NFL games -- an interesting statistic, and a possible consolation for a losing team, but it’s not what wins games. In the NFL, it’s points scored that win games, and in U.S. elections, it's the Electoral College that decides elections.

Yet one of Hillary Clinton’s key talking points in the wake of her 2016 defeat was that she won the popular vote -- which was quickly used by supporters and allies to suggest that Trump’s election was illegitimate. That argument is now being stretched to include his Supreme Court nominees."

The Constitution sucks and must be gutted simply because Hillary ran the worst Presidential election campaign in US history and was defeated. Her claim is that her 'popularity contest win' should replace the actual process for electing Presidents....just in this one instance.....but since that will not happen, the Democrats want to change the rules of the game they played - like every Presidential candidate before Hillary and lost. You can bet that if they succeed in changing the Constitution the 1st time a Democrat wins the electoral college but loses the Popular Vote they will scream to high heaven about how the electoral college should be the 'law of the land'.


4. TERM LIMITS ON USSC JUSTICES

BUTT-HURT DEMOCRATS SAY: Pissed that the life-time appointments of the last 2 Conservative USSC Justices and the potential of Trump getting a 3rd has the Democrats panicked and pissed, realizing that the next opportunity they have to 'pack the court' night be DECADES away...so they are thinking of instituting TERM LIMITS on USSC Justices.

AMAZING HOW WHEN SOMEONE ATTEMPTS TO APPLY THEIR LOGIC TO THEIR OWN CONGRESSIONAL SEATS / JOBS AND SUGGESTS THEY DO THE SAME THING FOR THEIR OWN GOVT POSITIONS THEY COMPLETELY FREAK AND RUN THE OTHER WAY - 'NO WAY IN HELL!'





5. ENFORCING THE McCONNELL RULE

BUTT-HURT DEMOCRATS SAY:
"The debate centers on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s decision not to hold hearings in 2016 for then-President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

McConnell said that since it was an election year, the nomination should hold until after the 2016 election. President Trump then won that election and nominated now-Justice Gorsuch. McConnell said he was enforcing a long-held tradition of not confirming a justice in an election year, and cited 1992 remarks by then-Democratic Sen. Joe Biden who supported such a claim -- leading to Republicans calling it the “Biden rule.”

The Purely Partisan Argument, espoused / made by Obama speaking to the GOP, is this: "If you want something different WIN SOME ELECTIONS". That seems to have been expanded by McConnell to, "If you want to make the rules and run the show, take over control of the House / Senate."

I personally agree with Grassley and Graham who believe nominated judges who clear background checks and Confirmation hearings should face an 'up or down' vote ... but after watching the disgusting lengths the Democrats went to in an attempt to destroy Kavanaugh I understand the political importance of controlling the nomination/confirmation process. (The Democrats despicable display against Kavanaugh is another reason I am against USING nominees as political pawns, attempting to destroy them or denying them an 'up or down' vote.



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[Sun Devil 92]

Just wait until they lose in November.

 

[Oddball]

Odd how they never call for these things when they win.

 

[Coyote]

After failing to block the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Democrats and allies in the media are shifting course to float a range of ideas -- some far-fetched -- to curb the rightward shift of the court.

They range from packing the bench with more justices to overhauling the Constitution itself. Here's a look at some of the strategies that have taken off in the opinion pages, social media-sphere and cable talk circuit:

1. PACK THE COURT

BUTT-HURT DEMOCRATS SAY: “The current majority on the court was created through illegitimate means. Changing that majority would not constitute politicizing the court because conservatives have already done this without apology.”

('Illegitmate'? Defeating their attempt to despicably 'Herman Cain' Kavanaugh to keep him off the USSC makes Kavanaugh 'illegitimate' according to snowflakes....and like Liberals have not already tried to pack the court with Liberal judges....Bwuhahahaha! )


2. IMPEACHMENT

BUTT-HURT DEMOCRATS SAY: Corey 'Spartacus' Booker, who has already admitted to committing the crime Kavanaugh was only accused of, has publicly declared Impeachment of Kavanaugh should be left 'on the table' despite no evidence of any crime. The Democrats have already declared if they take the House, crime or no crime / evidence or no evidence, they will seek to Impeach both the President and Kavanaugh.


3. CONSTITUTIONAL OVERHAUL:

BUTT-HURT DEMOCRATS SAY:
"The popular vote is like “yards gained” in NFL games -- an interesting statistic, and a possible consolation for a losing team, but it’s not what wins games. In the NFL, it’s points scored that win games, and in U.S. elections, it's the Electoral College that decides elections.

Yet one of Hillary Clinton’s key talking points in the wake of her 2016 defeat was that she won the popular vote -- which was quickly used by supporters and allies to suggest that Trump’s election was illegitimate. That argument is now being stretched to include his Supreme Court nominees."

The Constitution sucks and must be gutted simply because Hillary ran the worst Presidential election campaign in US history and was defeated. Her claim is that her 'popularity contest win' should replace the actual process for electing Presidents....just in this one instance.....but since that will not happen, the Democrats want to change the rules of the game they played - like every Presidential candidate before Hillary and lost. You can bet that if they succeed in changing the Constitution the 1st time a Democrat wins the electoral college but loses the Popular Vote they will scream to high heaven about how the electoral college should be the 'law of the land'.


4. TERM LIMITS ON USSC JUSTICES

BUTT-HURT DEMOCRATS SAY: Pissed that the life-time appointments of the last 2 Conservative USSC Justices and the potential of Trump getting a 3rd has the Democrats panicked and pissed, realizing that the next opportunity they have to 'pack the court' night be DECADES away...so they are thinking of instituting TERM LIMITS on USSC Justices.

AMAZING HOW WHEN SOMEONE ATTEMPTS TO APPLY THEIR LOGIC TO THEIR OWN CONGRESSIONAL SEATS / JOBS AND SUGGESTS THEY DO THE SAME THING FOR THEIR OWN GOVT POSITIONS THEY COMPLETELY FREAK AND RUN THE OTHER WAY - 'NO WAY IN HELL!'





5. ENFORCING THE McCONNELL RULE

BUTT-HURT DEMOCRATS SAY:
"The debate centers on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s decision not to hold hearings in 2016 for then-President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

McConnell said that since it was an election year, the nomination should hold until after the 2016 election. President Trump then won that election and nominated now-Justice Gorsuch. McConnell said he was enforcing a long-held tradition of not confirming a justice in an election year, and cited 1992 remarks by then-Democratic Sen. Joe Biden who supported such a claim -- leading to Republicans calling it the “Biden rule.”

The Purely Partisan Argument, espoused / made by Obama speaking to the GOP, is this: "If you want something different WIN SOME ELECTIONS". That seems to have been expanded by McConnell to, "If you want to make the rules and run the show, take over control of the House / Senate."

I personally agree with Grassley and Graham who believe nominated judges who clear background checks and Confirmation hearings should face an 'up or down' vote ... but after watching the disgusting lengths the Democrats went to in an attempt to destroy Kavanaugh I understand the political importance of controlling the nomination/confirmation process. (The Democrats despicable display against Kavanaugh is another reason I am against USING nominees as political pawns, attempting to destroy them or denying them an 'up or down' vote.



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Isn't that what you guys are and have been doing?

Bad idea for the Dems to follow, but the double standards are amusing.

You've packed the court.
You invented a the McConnell rule.
You then conveniently forgot your new rule 3 months (not over a year) prior to an election.
You've been yammering endlessly about a Constitutional Convention to change the Constitution.
You screamed impeachment about Obama.

 

[easyt65]

Isn't that what you guys are and have been doing? Bad idea for the Dems to follow, but the double standards are amusing.

Define 'Packing The Court'..... All that means is the party in power nominates and attempts to have Confirmed a judge that supports / agrees with their beliefs / ideology. Both the Democrats and Republicans do it. You think Sotomayor, who never sat a case as a judge, if I am not mistaken, was appointed and confirmed for her experience on the bench, hearing court cases, the wisdom obtained from years of serving as a Judge...? Hell no. She was appointed based on her beliefs and ideology, which included the belief in legislating from the Bench. She, IMO, was one of Obama's attempts to 'Pack The Court'....which, again, I think is a BS term.