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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow Obama Could Win Supreme Court Battle — Even If Republicans Take the White House
How Obama Could Win Supreme Court Battle Even If Republicans Take the White House
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/how-obama-could-win-supreme-court-battle-even-if-republicans-n519121
But even if the Senate refuses to confirm Obama's pick and a Republican wins the White House, there is one way Obama can still get his nominee confirmed.
It could all come down to 17 crucial days in January.
If Democrats win back the Senate and lose the White House in November, they would control both branches of government for about two weeks before Obama leaves office. That overlap in the transition of power is set in stone. The Constitution mandates the new Congress begins work on January 3, while President Obama stays in power until January 20.
So if Democrats take back the Senate, President Obama could send a Supreme Court nominee to that new Democratic majority, which would have 17 days to change the filibuster rules and ram in a vote before a new President takes power.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/how-obama-could-win-supreme-court-battle-even-if-republicans-n519121
But even if the Senate refuses to confirm Obama's pick and a Republican wins the White House, there is one way Obama can still get his nominee confirmed.
It could all come down to 17 crucial days in January.
If Democrats win back the Senate and lose the White House in November, they would control both branches of government for about two weeks before Obama leaves office. That overlap in the transition of power is set in stone. The Constitution mandates the new Congress begins work on January 3, while President Obama stays in power until January 20.
So if Democrats take back the Senate, President Obama could send a Supreme Court nominee to that new Democratic majority, which would have 17 days to change the filibuster rules and ram in a vote before a new President takes power.
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How Obama Could Win Supreme Court Battle — Even If Republicans Take the White House (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Feb 2016
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CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)1. You need 60 votes to confirm. This is nothing but a fantasy
As much as I would like to share the dream I would need to be really high to even think this could happen.
tanyev
(42,620 posts)2. Intriguing.
But it seems unlikely that Dems would take the Senate if we didn't win the White House.
Gothmog
(145,595 posts)3. Harry Reid has laid a trap for the GOP