I have mixed feelings about this. Not about whether the Dems regain the Senate and WH, but whether the SCOTUS filibuster should be reinstated. I’d like them to put back the 60 vote rule for such nominations, as I think that will do a whole lot more good.
Sen. Markey, I sincerely hope you’re bullshitting because what you’re signing up for is a requirement that SCOTUS nominees made by Democratic presidents need 60 votes to confirm while Republican nominees will continue to go forward with 51. Now that the precedent is set and after experiencing zero consequences for what they did to Garland, Republicans aren’t going back. Neither should we.
Why? Because shooting ourselves in the foot is our favorite thing to do?
That’s ridiculous. Are we not even willing to TRY to put justices on the Supreme Court?
Markey is saying there should be one rule, that only Dems must follow - 60 vote threshold - while R nominees only need 50 + VP (tie-breaker). I didn’t think it was possible to proactively be so thick-skulled.
The public doesn’t care about the Supreme Court. Otherwise we would never have so many GOP clowns on it.
NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
Make them regret it when we get the Senate and Presidency back and pack the court with the most left wing judges we can and confirm them with a simple majority. Also do away with the Blue Slips that allow opposition Senators to block judicial nominations!
This also cements what has been SOP for Presidents of both parties going back a generation - D Presidents strive to nominate the moderate SC nominees, who will appeal to the mythical “center.” R Presidents nominate the most hard-right ideologues they can find - and make zero bones about it.
And Markey seems to be quite proud of this.
The right cares about the SCOTUS. They care very much, and that’s why they show up to every damn election and vote for whomever has an R by their name. The left hasn’t figured this out yet.
McConnell: That makes sense. Every time we control the senate and WH, NO Fillibuster. Dems should do it as it helps us again. Additionally, when we control the Senate and not WH, we will NEVER confirm any Dem judge.
He just lost his primary. The most essential thing now is to put in as far left and young judges we can get. And push for an amendment to allow senate conviction with a simple majority to remove Gorsuch and Alito.
That may start to change, with Gorsuch - hopefully, anyway - opening a lot of folks’ eyes.
Or so I hope, anyway.
Exactly. They broke it, they bought it. Why should we have to play after handicapping ourselves – especially since after the Garland matter?
So a Democratic president will never again appoint a Supreme Court nominee without a super-majority of Democrats in the Senate. Got it.
Worthless dumbfuck.
Shorter Markey: I plan to shoot myself in the head so I can reach heaven. I will do so when MA governor is a Republican.
Exactly, put some firebreathing liberals on the court to replace some of the batshit conservatives and then we can talk about going back to the old rules.
I until now liked Markey. But this deserves the biggest “Fuck You” possible
I agree with Markey’s logic. I also see @timbo’s logic.
Solution? Make the Senate Rule requiring 60 votes THE LAW! Better yet, make it the law that SCOTUS confirmations require 2/3rd majority of the US Senate. 66 votes REQUIRED for any confirmation. Yes, that is a very high bar to surpass, but confirmations are also a two-way street. This will also make sure that any future POTUS does not nominate extreme ideologues who simply pass a litmus test. Any Supreme Court Justice should have the support and confidence of the vast majority of Americans. Make it the law!
The right cares very much, and the public doesn’t. There’s a guy named Leonard Leo who’s going to make sure SCOTUS is packed with RWNs from now on. We’re screwed.
The Conservative Pipeline to the Supreme Court | The New Yorker
Leo has for many years been the executive vice-president of the Federalist Society, a nationwide organization of conservative lawyers, based in Washington. Leo served, in effect, as Trump’s subcontractor on the selection of Gorsuch, who was confirmed by a vote of 54–45, last week, after Republicans changed the Senate rules to forbid the use of filibusters. Leo’s role in the nomination capped a period of extraordinary influence for him and for the Federalist Society. During the Administration of George W. Bush, Leo also played a crucial part in the nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito. Now that Gorsuch has been confirmed, Leo is responsible, to a considerable extent, for a third of the Supreme Court.