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:
The Demos cut off their own noses there.
James C Cox Jr spelling? really?,, that’s all you got? Try to reply in an intelligent way or a rebuttal would have been a better choice I would think,,, focus on the important aspects of my comment would be another good idea,,, and you wonder why the Democrats lost the election,,, SMFH
Feinstein… another California idiot who has no business representing this nation. Also one of the reasons I moved out of my home state after fools like her wrecked it.
Liberals, feelings mean more than facts. Liberals only pander to the dumbest uninformed people.
If you remember, another idiotic, brain dead, deaf, dumb, and blind liberal/ socialist democrat named Nancy Pelosi did the same thing. She stood on the podium and in front of her was a 2,700 page document, the Affordable Care Act, and uttered those immortal words, “We have to pass it so we can find out what’s in it.” Liberal/socialist democrats read nothing. They constantly shoot from the hip and 9 times out of 10 they are wrong. They don’t do their homework, and in the end, they look foolish. Just one of a laundry list of reasons why I left the liberal/socialist Democratic Party 35 years ago.
Battle of wits against an unarmed opponent lol
No one cares about Feinstein anymore he’s on the Supreme Court
Hollow baseless attacks. Great strategy.
In CA the special intersts and unions own the politicians. You can tell from the Pension Plan crisis.
Senator Frankenstein represents the HATE Trump movement—whatever it takes , just throw out trash, maybe it will stick!