Markey threatens to pack Supreme Court, abolish filibuster if Trump fills seat

[shockedcanadian]

Didn't some in the Dem Party promise to do this as they were running for the nomination?

Markey threatens to pack Supreme Court, abolish filibuster if Trump fills seat

A leading Democrat in the U.S. Senate came out in support of "packing" the U.S. Supreme Court and eliminating the Senate filibuster if Majority Leader Mitch McConnell works to confirm a potential nominee to fill the seat left by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.


Ginsburg died Friday at 87 after a difficult battle with metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Nine justices have served on the nation's highest court since 1869. Before that, the number of justices changed six times, with the maximum number being 10 during the Civil War.

The filibuster is a threshold of 60 votes that's necessary before a piece of legislation is given an up or down vote.

"Mitch McConnell set the precedent," Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., wrote from his campaign's Twitter account Friday. "No Supreme Court vacancies filled in an election year. If he violates it, when Democrats control the Senate in the next Congress, we must abolish the filibuster and expand the Supreme Court."


Markey did not detail how many justices he would like to see appointed.

 

[pknopp]

The number isn't going to change.

 

[Darkwind]

In case he missed it, the filibuster for SCOTUS nominees has already been done away with.

 

[JoeMoma]

The number isn't going to change.

You may be right, but the number has changed before and it can be changed again.

 

[pknopp]

The number isn't going to change.

You may be right, but the number has changed before and it can be changed again.

We used to have at least an illusion of diplomacy also.

 

[Nostra]

The number isn't going to change.

You may be right, but the number has changed before and it can be changed again.

We used to have at least an illusion of diplomacy also.

Yep, now we get constant threats from Dimwingers.

 

[Darkwind]

The number isn't going to change.

You may be right, but the number has changed before and it can be changed again.

We used to have at least an illusion of diplomacy also.

That has slowly been disappearing for the past 20 years.

 

[22lcidw]

The number isn't going to change.

You may be right, but the number has changed before and it can be changed again.

We used to have at least an illusion of diplomacy also.

You Progs are so full of yourselves that it is not the movement to the left that you worry about. It is the speed to the left that we are moving in that worries you. Promoting death, destruction and carnage has now been validated.

 

[pknopp]

The number isn't going to change.

You may be right, but the number has changed before and it can be changed again.

We used to have at least an illusion of diplomacy also.

You Progs are so full of yourselves that it is not the movement to the left that you worry about. It is the speed to the left that we are moving in that worries you. Promoting death, destruction and carnage has now been validated.

 

[Polishprince]

Whether President Trump fills the seat this year or not, the libs will still be looking to pack the Supreme Court and "fix" the electoral process where they never have to worry again about conservative policies or a deplorable attaining office again. If they win, that is.

If Sleepy Joe were to win, it won't be America's last election, but it will be the last election that counts for anything.

 

[Flash]

Democrats are going to be assholes no matter what.

They are bound and determined to make this country a Socialist shithole and will do everything possible to achieve that goal.

There is never compromise from the Left. Those days in America are long gone.

We Conservatives have a chance to fundamentally change America by replacing an activist Left Wing shithead on the Supreme Court with a real Constitutionalist so we better damn well do it.

Fuck the Whining Democrats. If they had the opportunity to replace a Conservative Justice with a Communist they sure as hell would do it. Just look at the two dizzy nitwit assholes Obama appointed.

 

[Bush92]

Didn't some in the Dem Party promise to do this as they were running for the nomination?

Markey threatens to pack Supreme Court, abolish filibuster if Trump fills seat

A leading Democrat in the U.S. Senate came out in support of "packing" the U.S. Supreme Court and eliminating the Senate filibuster if Majority Leader Mitch McConnell works to confirm a potential nominee to fill the seat left by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.


Ginsburg died Friday at 87 after a difficult battle with metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Nine justices have served on the nation's highest court since 1869. Before that, the number of justices changed six times, with the maximum number being 10 during the Civil War.

The filibuster is a threshold of 60 votes that's necessary before a piece of legislation is given an up or down vote.

"Mitch McConnell set the precedent," Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., wrote from his campaign's Twitter account Friday. "No Supreme Court vacancies filled in an election year. If he violates it, when Democrats control the Senate in the next Congress, we must abolish the filibuster and expand the Supreme Court."


Markey did not detail how many justices he would like to see appointed.

When they plant this bitch in the ground give me a coordinates so I can drop a steamy load on it. Now if we can get rid of our communist Pope.

 

[Penelope]

The number isn't going to change.

You may be right, but the number has changed before and it can be changed again.

We used to have at least an illusion of diplomacy also.

Yep, now we get constant threats from Dimwingers.

Remember Garland. I hope McConnell and tramp do want to to confirm one, its a sure vote for Biden.

 

[22lcidw]

The number isn't going to change.

You may be right, but the number has changed before and it can be changed again.

We used to have at least an illusion of diplomacy also.

You Progs are so full of yourselves that it is not the movement to the left that you worry about. It is the speed to the left that we are moving in that worries you. Promoting death, destruction and carnage has now been validated.

You respect nothing traditional that is good. I am just warning you. A reset always occurs in civilizations when the insane go to far. The winnings are never good enough and given time to grow a foundation. Then they lose it all.

 

[pknopp]

The number isn't going to change.

You may be right, but the number has changed before and it can be changed again.

We used to have at least an illusion of diplomacy also.

You Progs are so full of yourselves that it is not the movement to the left that you worry about. It is the speed to the left that we are moving in that worries you. Promoting death, destruction and carnage has now been validated.

You respect nothing traditional that is good. I am just warning you. A reset always occurs in civilizations when the insane go to far. The winnings are never good enough and given time to grow a foundation. Then they lose it all.

Things like paying our debts? How much debt do you propose will get us our reset?

 

[BluesLegend]

I told you Democrats are wicked lawless thugs. So I guess Republicans have to do whatever Dems say even when Republicans win elections and Americans choose Republicans to make these decisions. It's clear elections no longer matter to Democrats. When they lose they run amok stomping on the will of the American people.

 

[Auld Phart]

The number isn't going to change.

You may be right, but the number has changed before and it can be changed again.

FDR tried it to increase it to 15.

failed miserably

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Didn't some in the Dem Party promise to do this as they were running for the nomination?

Markey threatens to pack Supreme Court, abolish filibuster if Trump fills seat

A leading Democrat in the U.S. Senate came out in support of "packing" the U.S. Supreme Court and eliminating the Senate filibuster if Majority Leader Mitch McConnell works to confirm a potential nominee to fill the seat left by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.


Ginsburg died Friday at 87 after a difficult battle with metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Nine justices have served on the nation's highest court since 1869. Before that, the number of justices changed six times, with the maximum number being 10 during the Civil War.

The filibuster is a threshold of 60 votes that's necessary before a piece of legislation is given an up or down vote.

"Mitch McConnell set the precedent," Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., wrote from his campaign's Twitter account Friday. "No Supreme Court vacancies filled in an election year. If he violates it, when Democrats control the Senate in the next Congress, we must abolish the filibuster and expand the Supreme Court."


Markey did not detail how many justices he would like to see appointed.

So Trump should appoint 3 new Justices right now

 

[BluesLegend]

So Trump should appoint 3 new Justices right now

Dems would run to the nearest cliff and jump off.

 

[JoeMoma]

The number isn't going to change.

You may be right, but the number has changed before and it can be changed again.

FDR tried it to increase it to 15.

failed miserably

If Biden wins and the Dems hold the house and take back the senate, then Biden and his handlers may be able to do what FDR couldn't. On top of that, Trump filling RBG's seat will certainly be motivation for the dems to pack the court.