He can try and bluster all he wants. The reality is that Trump is going to seat a SCOTUS member and there is noting that the dems can do to stop that from happening.
If they do not want to play ball they are going to get no say in the seat at all. That is unlikely.
Damm yore dumm
FA_Q2 .
You must have gone to publik skool and slept throo Civics and History to.
Actually, he's quite correct. Democrats changed the rules with a simple majority vote to limit debate on appointments to the lower courts. The GOP is now in the majority and can extent the rules to include SCOTUS. That, of course is a risky move, but even without that, Schumer will be told in no uncertain terms that if he doesn't bring Trump's nominees up for a vote, he will be the ultimate loser; unable to get so much as a dime for his pet programs.
How would bringing them up for a vote, be up to Schumer? He's NOT the majority leader, schumer can't stop Trump's nominee from coming up for a vote unless there are 12 Republicans moving to support Schumer on a filibuster, no???
You need to google "filibuster"
Care4all .
Google is your friend.
I know a little bit about it, without googling, (though I will google later to refresh my memory, thx for the advice!

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And the Dems only have 48 senators, they would need 60 in order to filibuster if memory serves...? And that would mean, not only would schumer need the 48 in the Dem coalition, but they would need another 12 republicans to get to the 60 needed to hold the filibuster, wouldn't they?