Once you've decided to vote no, a hearing is pointless. Hearings are not for the nominee, they're for the Senators.https://twitter.com/kkondik/status/1144651071819800576 …
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McConnell also wanted certainty. Any vote offered up some degree of uncertainty. As for Chris’s point, I think the it all comes down to what the public will tolerate & punish. Would the public be okay with a 4 year vacancy? And in terms of Dan’s point. Bork didn’t break the seal
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A) Fortas ignited the modern confirmation wars, followed by Haynesworth and Carswell. And B) remember, Democrats confirmed Thomas to replace Marshall, a massive ideological swing, 4 years later.
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Magically, Kennedy, Souter and Thomas were confirmed after Bork. Maybe the one side is disingenuous over the Supreme Court.
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