LeastInterestingManInTheWorld
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The senate just voted to alter their own rules - Supreme Court nominees now require a simple majority instead of 60% to confirm.
Why the fuck did I learn how congress works in civics class if they were just going to make shit up whenever it's convenient? Send Palpatine memes.
Cavy
Article 22 was established long ago and isn't made up or new. Learn some more before you open that ignorant trash hole you call a mouth.
Cavalrysword
So we get a life-time judge nominated by a president who's administration is under FBI investigation for possible collusion with Russia.
zachwhack
Yea, so OP; you need to look up "Harry Reid" and "Nuclear Option". That's who you need to be thanking. Stop drinking that drive-by kool-aid.
eion85
The filibuster is made up anyway. It started as a loophole in the rules.
PortoFoodBeast
goldensmitty9
Of course you are upset, you do not understand the rules and are upset, that you keep losing, lol
RaRaButthole
The previous party literally changed the rules last administration.
BlueCanaryInTheOutletByTheLightSwitch
True, but until now that rule change didn't apply to Supreme Court nominations, only for executive and lower court nominations.
benovere
You can thank the 2013 Democratic congress for setting the precedent that allowed the current congress to do this.
snicklefritz2
"Hey my fake "facts" are more important than your real facts"
popularlurker
Maybe if democrats would have stopped being dicks for the past 30 years causing this. Also filibustered a judge nominee they started this.
LeastInterestingManInTheWorld
Remember the lively debates the senate held over Garland?
popularlurker
Same thing happened to Bush from Dems to wait for Obama and Sotomayor.
BlueCanaryInTheOutletByTheLightSwitch
No, it didn't. There was no vacancy on the Supreme Court until over a year into Obama's first term, when Souter retired.
BlueCanaryInTheOutletByTheLightSwitch
After his retirement, Sotomayor was nominated, and was confirmed with a 68-31 vote a month later.
BlueCanaryInTheOutletByTheLightSwitch
If the Republicans had DONE THEIR FUCKING JOB and given Garland a hearing, it wouldn't have come to this either.
popularlurker
So if we are going back in time, Democrats did the same thing during Bush then came Obama and Sotomayor
popularlurker
Back then if Democrats would have done their job another judge would be their. But that one was ok
BlueCanaryInTheOutletByTheLightSwitch
They DID do their job. They held a hearing, and it was clear after the hearing that her nomination would fail, so it was withdrawn.
popularlurker
Republicans caved then as they have over several judges before but enough was enough. Thats what this was about. They shpuld have done the 1
BlueCanaryInTheOutletByTheLightSwitch
No, they didn't. Bush nominated Harriet Miers, who WAS given a hearing. After her hearing, Democrats and several Republicans objected.
popularlurker
Then blocked further, exactly what happend to Garland
BlueCanaryInTheOutletByTheLightSwitch
Bush then withdrew Miers' nomination, and instead nominated Samuel Alito, who was confirmed.
popularlurker
That was 2006 Im talking about 2008-2009
BlueCanaryInTheOutletByTheLightSwitch
Sotomayor was confirmed with a 68-31 vote. The "nuclear option" used by the Democrats was for executive and lower court nominations.
popularlurker
Also Biden has been on the Thurmond rule since early 90's