Shorty
Boomer Boy
Trump will nominate someone quickly. His sycophants in the Senate will vote to confirm.
We need a system in which one life or death or one retirement doesn’t change the entire balance of government.
In the first year after presidential election or midterm, the president must nominate and the senate must confirm one justice to an 18 year term. Each president will get two per term. Each senator will weigh in on three per term. This is the only way justices are named to the Court. If a justice dies or retires, nothing happens. All current justices would start an 18 year term when this is passed.
I'd honestly prefer to see a system where retirement is mandatory at 75. Most appointees to the Supreme Court are in their 50s/early 60s. There's no real way knowing which party is going to be holding the presidency/Senate 12-25 years from when they're appointed.
The only thing there is you know when they'd retire and it can become an election issue to run on (with candidates saying they would name XYZ to the court), but that would also come into play under this scenario.
#LadyG speaks:
Spoiler - it's DIFFERENT this time.
#LadyG speaks:
Spoiler - it's DIFFERENT this time.
Obviously the hardcore base wants them to ram through a judge, but somebody please reassure me that this naked hypocrisy and shamelessness might hurt them with independents and centrists?
Who are independents and centrists?
Obviously the hardcore base wants them to ram through a judge, but somebody please reassure me that this naked hypocrisy and shamelessness might hurt them with independents and centrists?
also, its disgusting how gleefully these senate sob's are talking about the filling the RGB opening.
Interesting article here: https://nypost.com/2020/09/19/most-americans-want-senate-to-move-on-supreme-court-decision-poll/
In short, a poll was conducted Sept. 8-15 asking the very question of if a Supreme Court seat were to open before the election, should it be filled immediately. 68% of Republicans, 63% of Democrats and 71% of Independents said yes, it should be filled, for an overall survey result of 67%.