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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 22 Jul 2020

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Tom Nichols

      Except that is a thing that has actually been done multiple times in the past, but if, and only if, the President & the Senate were of the same party. @keithedwards should have consulted a history book before claiming that this is "making s**t up."https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1285954853936738312 …

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      Tom NicholsVerified account @RadioFreeTom
      In which a U.S. Senator makes up a thing that doesn't exist: You can do SCOTUS nominations at the very last minute of a term if, and only if, the President and the Senate are of the same party. This is why Trump's GOP needs to go. Every last one of them. https://twitter.com/keithedwards/status/1285911599102996481 …
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    2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 22 Jul 2020

      Protip for folks at the Lincoln Project: please stop claiming that things have never been done before if Abe Lincoln actually did them.pic.twitter.com/DEvTpFbxLE

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    3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 22 Jul 2020

      There is a long history of Supreme Court nominations in a presidential election year; even in lame duck sessions. When the Senate is from the same party, they almost always get confirmed. When the Senate is from the other party, the seat almost always gets held open.

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    4. Brian Rosenwald‏ @brianros1 22 Jul 2020
      Replying to @baseballcrank @keithedwards

      This is both true and a dramatic oversimplification. Most of these appointments happened at a time when the confirmation process was far quicker. Additionally they all happened before Fortas and the introduction of the so-called Thurmond rule.

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    5. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 22 Jul 2020
      Replying to @brianros1 @keithedwards

      Fortas nomination remains the only time in US history when one party had both WH & SEN, but failed to get the election year nomination through.

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    6. Brian Rosenwald‏ @brianros1 22 Jul 2020
      Replying to @baseballcrank @keithedwards

      I summarized a lot of my thoughts here. Personally, I think given how long the confirmation process has gotten a defeated president & a Senate that flipped control forcing through a nominee in a lame duck would be unprecedented.https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/15/opinions/power-to-choose-new-justice-rosenwald/index.html …

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    7. Brian Rosenwald‏ @brianros1 22 Jul 2020
      Replying to @brianros1 @baseballcrank @keithedwards

      Frankly, I think I’d support an amendment barring defeated presidents from making lifetime appointments in the interregnum.

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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 22 Jul 2020
      Replying to @brianros1 @keithedwards

      I think that'd have to be packaged with some other things that reduce potential partisan mischief - i.e., capping the Court's size at nine - but I would not have a big issue in theory.

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        2. Brian Rosenwald‏ @brianros1 22 Jul 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @keithedwards

          I mean, at this point, I think I could support a 20 year term for justices. It’s absurd that we’re stuck worrying about the health of an 87 year old like this.

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        3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 22 Jul 2020
          Replying to @brianros1 @keithedwards

          The looming crisis that really freaks me out is the inevitable replay of Douglas or Field, a Justice who is mentally incapable or worse but won't leave.

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