Originally Posted by
Drawingdead
I mean it’s not much different the obamas possible pick. Filibuster the nomination till the election. I hate politics
Because of precedent set by The Democrats a decade ago the “nuclear option” can be used which means a 51 majority vote can End a filibuster force a vote and in effect confirm a nominee.
So long story short they will give the Dems a full day, maybe longer, to bitch and moan but at some point very shortly we are going to get a new justice.
And what’s different this time is we have a majority senate that was just affirmed a year ago. The Obama seat the democrats had just lost the senate Which gave them the “right” (precedent a better word) to say the public may have changed its mind on this president so we should wait until the next election. No senate has changed hands and confirmed a justice Nominated by an opposing president since the 1800’s. It’s apples and oranges. If the democrats took back the senate a year ago Guarantee you They wouldn’t confirm a Trump justice.