Re: Replacing Supreme Court Judge Antonin Scalia
Reply #284 –
You missed the point entirely, Frenzie: People who were required to do due diligence voted for him in 2006 and now oppose him for…? Hm. They don't say; they can't… Because it's just anti-Trump rhetoric — likely for the purpose of raising money for the next election cycle.
(Every pol needs cash, lots of it!)
Do you remember the flurry of nominations that required Reid to invoke the "nuclear" option, doing away with the 60-vote cloture rule in the Senate, to let Obama "pack" the 5th Circuit?
It worked. But now the Democrats are not only stuck with it; the Republicans have the votes to go "nuclear" again, allowing a mere majority to install a Supreme Court Justice over the objections of the minority party…
Gorsuch was acceptable in 2006. What in his record on the 10 Circuit Court alters that opinion? Unless there's some scandal, nothing.
If need be, the Senate will change its rules again, and the Democrats will have lost the fight they set up.
On the bright side: Gorsuch will be an outstanding justice, faithful to the constitution and the law.
Surely, you don't think the Democrats are opposed to that?