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EarnestPutz

(2,120 posts) Tue Jan 22, 2019, 02:17 PM Jan 2019

If Justice Ginsburg were to leave the bench next year...

...during the last year of a Presidents term, does anyone
really think that Mitch McConnell would hold the seat open
for the next president to fill? What do you think his rationale
would be? "We can't assume that a sitting President won't
be re-elected. This is different than Obama who was a lame duck."

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If Justice Ginsburg were to leave the bench next year... (Original Post) EarnestPutz Jan 2019 OP

McConnell has no integrity. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #1

republicans don't mind being hypocrites spanone Jan 2019 #2

Nope. He will simply say he is confident Trump will get reelected.. honest.abe Jan 2019 #3

McConnell would have the Senate vote on a SC vacancy in a New York minute. Calista241 Jan 2019 #4

I think he would ram it through even if Trump lost. nclib Jan 2019 #5

Be another terrible judge appointed and nothing democrats can do, beachbum bob Jan 2019 #6

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

1. McConnell has no integrity.

Reply to EarnestPutz (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 02:19 PM

Jan 2019

None.

What he did in denying Merrick Garland a hearing was motivated by racism and his lack of integrity.

spanone

(135,831 posts)

2. republicans don't mind being hypocrites

Reply to EarnestPutz (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 02:20 PM

Jan 2019

honest.abe

(8,678 posts)

3. Nope. He will simply say he is confident Trump will get reelected..

Reply to EarnestPutz (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 02:22 PM

Jan 2019

and proceed with confirmation hearings.. and the disturbing result will a Republican SCOTUS for decades.

Calista241

(5,586 posts)

4. McConnell would have the Senate vote on a SC vacancy in a New York minute.

Reply to EarnestPutz (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 02:23 PM

Jan 2019

He'll probably say something about how he decided to revisit his policy given the backlash in 2016. And then the Senate will vote, and we'll have a 6-3 conservative majority.

nclib

(1,013 posts)

5. I think he would ram it through even if Trump lost.

Reply to EarnestPutz (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 02:34 PM

Jan 2019

A rush job before the inauguration.

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

6. Be another terrible judge appointed and nothing democrats can do,

Reply to EarnestPutz (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 02:48 PM

Jan 2019

the consequences of not supporting the lesser of 2 evils that brought this on America. People who knew better, and screwed all of us

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