You don't get to choose your judge.
You especially don't get to appoint the guy to a lifetime position, the law's most prestigious honor, before you, un-indicted co-conspirator that you are, appear before him, at the center of issues likely to unseat you.
I just looked it up: it takes 51 Senators to make a quorum. Without a quorum, business cannot be conducted.
There are 49 Democrats. If they and two other Senators who care about our country flee the scene, the Senate cannot advise and consent. The flawed logic that led to Merrick Garland never receiving a hearing can be invoked once again: let the voters have their say first.
Like I said. It seems pretty simple.
Be careful what you wish for. Kavanaugh liked Garland. They agreed on a lot of issues. IF Trump gets impeached, as many dems want, Pence will be appointing the next justice. He won't look for someone moderate on a lot of issues we care about.
ReplyDeleteHow right you are. In an ideal world, Aaron Sorkin's fantasy of a two-fer would give us Garland and Kavanaugh, as it happened on tv.
DeleteI'm choosing to deal with one crisis at a time. The thought of appointing one's own judge just rankles. I'm smashing the keys as I type this :-)
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In case you don't want to feel upset (some relish it), i'd imagine if something involving Trump gets to the Supreme Court, it might mean some would recuse themselves. In the case of men like Kavanaugh, i think they'd have to go by the constitution regardless of who appointed them. He is though a conservative. Obama appointed two liberals. It's the spoils of elections and why they matter more for the court than a lot of other more temporary things.
DeleteSeems simple, but not possible. I fear Kavanaugh is a done deal.
ReplyDeleteReally? I felt that way this morning, but felt better as the day went on. See tomorrow's post for details. For tonight, watch Rachel Maddow's 9/6/18 show and maybe you'll feel a bit more optimistic.
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