Judge Gorsuch will be his own man, following the law where it leads and that is what we should want in a Supreme Court justice.
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But can parties feel the presence of a judge this far to the right is fair when the seat was supposed to be filled by a Democratic president
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Or will parties to the Supreme Court feel like the Republicans cheated to stack the deck against them?
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Also not the tradition of the Senate to deny a SCOTUS nominee a hearing a floor vote.
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24 or 25 times a nominee didn't get a floor vote...look it up.
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Poli sci prof here. I have looked it up. I assume you are referring to withdrawn appointments, e.g. Harriet Myers. https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/nominations/Nominations.htm …
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And she withdrew because she wasn't going to get a vote or if she did...not enough votes. What a reasonable jurist does when that happens.
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Stonewalling's a-okay in the eyes of the GOP as long as it serves their selfish ends smh three cheers for partisanship hip hip
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It's also not tradition to ignore the nominee and refuse to even debate the subject, let along vote.
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What "tradition" were you following when you did not allow a sitting President to fill a Supreme Court vacancy. You are a hypocrite.
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Oh please. The GOP obstruction of Garland? Do you pride yourself on that, too? You allowed this to happen. You did this. This is your legacy
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Oh please. I've been impressed with some of your work regarding this admin so far, but let's not BS here.
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Well, it's not really in the "traditions" of the Senate to leave a nominee twisting in the wind for 293 days.
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What about Merrick Garland, Lisa? Very disappointed in the hypocrisy.
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Very disappointing. I guess it's time to give up on my hopes of you being one of the few Republicans to help save us from Trump.
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Exactly! So why did you do it for nearly a year?
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I would call GOP filibustering in the past 8 years "unprecedented."pic.twitter.com/Dai8ohWGop
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Whataboutism
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That the democrats used the nuclear option with regard to the appointment of federal district court judges, but now are crying foul? Agreed.
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1) a previously minority party heavily reliant on the practice of filibustering, now pretending to be morally above it when in power. :)
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2) Also, it could be argued that district/circuit court appointments are less scrutinized than the highest court in the land, but eh :)
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The elimination of the filibuster can be put at the feet of both parties. Neither is blameless.
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Agreed.
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