It’s a tweet of someone who ran the alito and Roberts confirmations
Should be granted broad discretion to make these appointments. That is why I supported Kagan and Sotamayor. The denial of a hearing for Garland renders this seat illegitimate in my view. It will always be viewed as such by half the country and that is very bad. The focus should .
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What? So every seat will be illegitimate until Garland gets to sit? This is nonsense stuff.
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Nonsense. He should have gotten a hearing but even if gotten he’d never have been confirmed. So to say the nomination (and inevitable confirmation) of K is “illegitimate” is hysterical and insupportable and little more than ideological shilling.
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P.S. And illogical on every level. Even accepting your premise, and to be clear I don’t, it’d follow that Gorsuch’s ascension is “illegitimate,” which is of course ludicrous in its own terms. 1/2
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2/2 That then would exhaust “illegitimacy.” How could it not, unless you say Trump’s win is “illegitimate,” which also is absurd? Ya got 0 here.
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I will always view it as the Bork seat.
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Brilliant.
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Completely agree. You don’t make the rules to apply to only you and yours. McConnell stepped out of Constitutional bounds to align our Supreme Court for the extreme, thus tilting the balance of power.
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It's generally been a party vs party with public opinion on SCOTUS nominations. Even Senate judiciary committee has been generally split by party based upon potential 5/4 decisions. Tilt is always hot button and generally always wil. There have been notable exceptions, but.....
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