Thirteenth wave of judicial nominees from the @WhiteHouse (incl. elevation of Judge Richard Sullivan from S.D.N.Y. to 2d Cir., which I've been predicting for a while): http://bit.ly/2Hvyzwx - #appellatetwitter
That's exactly my point. Conservatives are willing to do crazy/controversial things (like the whole Merrick Garland thing), Beltway praise be damned, to get what they want on noms; Dems roll over too easily (with exceptions, like nuking filibuster).
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Well, there's not much to talk about on that score right now since Dems have no power to do such things. If the Dems were to take the Senate this fall, then we can compare willingness to play power politics.
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I suspect this doesn't spring from differences in the mentality of elected officials, though, but rather from how salient the issue is with the parties' bases. In retrospect, it seems quite clear that having open SCOTUS seat was big part of Trump's election. 1/
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Thus, it was a no-brainer, win-win for McConnell (if you don't care about things like institutional norms). He got a SCOTUS seat _and_ helped his party do better in the election. I'm not sure calculus would be same for Dems contemplating blocking Trump pick in 2020. 2/
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You're absolutely right - evangelicals held their noses and voted for Trump in large part because of
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I think progressives understand well the importance of Art III seats but that Dems in power don't get left lawyers on the bench bc Dem big donors/corps ultimately want establishment judges.
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