Last year, Senate Republicans played a dangerous game with the Supreme Court. This year, it seems to have paid off in more ways than one. They’re getting the pick they wanted — and they’re aggravating their liberal colleagues in the process.
When Antonin Scalia unexpectedly passed last year, the bench faced a predicament it had avoided for decades. For the first time in several administrations, the White House had the opportunity to upend the ideological balance of the nation’s highest court.
Or, they thought they did, anyway.
Republicans refused to hold hearings for Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland. Instead, they argued that the next president — whoever that may be — should be the one to fill the vacancy. The GOP leadership were betting that the polls were wrong and that Donald Trump would stage an incredible come-from-behind victory.
When he did, all eyes turned to Trump — whose conservative credentials were questioned by many mainstream Republicans for the duration of the campaign.
But if you need proof that Trump nominated a capable constitutionalist to the court, watch him take down California Senator Dianne Feinstein on the next page:
It was a “slam dunk” only because the Republicans changed the rules. Calvinball has the rigor of chess compared with the GOP approach to governance.
A miserable old hag
The confirmation is to determine if the person is qualified for the position. That’s it! They’re not there to support leftist agenda items. Will you vote against Roe V Wade? What a jackass question.
Clyde Miller and James Ruszkowski. Are you both illegal immigrants STILL trying to learn the English language???
She had Nothing, She was Fishing
Oh but you were full of praise when the democrats changed the rules!!!
Remember when Obama took down a foreign government for what he might do to the Arab Spring. The civil war started in Syria because it was insinuated that the US would do for them what he did in Libya. Then the civil war was continued because Obama was supplying arms to rebels and ISIS. How quickly we forget.
MS Andrea u need to RETIRE You can’t even province his name correctly..
And you know that how? And what, specifically, are you referring to?
Democrats get butt hurt when Republicans use a tactic they put in place and have used to elect this man.