Call Right Now! Resist!
Senator Coons Contact Information:
1105 N. Market St.
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Wilmington, DE 19801-1233
Phone: (302) 573-6345
500 W. Loockerman St.
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Dover, DE 19904
Phone: (302)736-5601
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127A Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone:(202) 224-5042
I wish people would stop talking about âthe treatment of Merrick Garland.â I donât care about âthe treatment of Merrick Garland,â but I do pointedly care about the rule of law. Every elected Republican who opposed not the nomination, but the nomination process itself, just made up a non-existent, non-Constitutional âruleâ (that they would never apply to a Republican President) for purely partisan gain.
I say that again because it bears repeating: they didnât oppose the nomination of Merrick Garland, they opposed the nomination process itself. They didnât âmistreatâ Merrick Garland, they broke their own oaths to uphold the Constitution. And now here we are, a year later, pretending that that didnât happen. Every news outlet covering this story just glosses over that fact. Weâre all proceeding as if this is normal and fine.
If anyone thinks that breaking norms is some new thing with Mr. Trump, no, conservative Republicans have been breaking norms for years now. The current so-called President is just taking what they started and running with it.
Well said. Any Dem who doesnât repeat âStolen Supreme Court Seatâ over and over when on television is blowing it.
Force their hand. Theyâll just go nuclear next time anyway. If Schumer canât get the Dems united around this he has to go.
To which I reply âwho caresâ? Anyone with half a brain knows that they would do this in any case. The GOP has demonstrated time and time again that they have no respect for rules or precedent, only that which advances their cause. I will be sad if/when Gorsuch is seated, because I truly believe he should not be, but itâs in the cards. The nomination was stolen from President Obama in a typically underhanded and disgraceful fashion. Short of an actual Constitutional crisis, there is no way to stop Gorsuch. Sadly, if only a few Republican Senators showed some spine and moral courage, confirmation could be denied, but thatâs not going to happen either. We do indeed live in interesting times.
Yes, Chris. Before the whole Trump Family is thrown in jail for treason, lets get his pick for SCOTUS seated.
I really didnât need to hear this shit today.
I would really, really appreciate it if somebody would explain the logic of never using a filibuster because it is feared that the filibuster will be terminated. Itâs like never using your car because you fear losing your parking spot.
Edit: note, too, that there is no undertaking from the Reps that they will either (1) apply the McConnell rule in relation to any vacancy arising in the last year of the Trump administration; or (2) not go nuclear in the event of the Ds using the filibuster to block the next nominee for the SC. In the absences of those undertakings (which would be valueless in any case), and in view of the overwhelming evidence that the R majority will do whatever it takes to steal the SC, including the Garland stunt, the preservation of the filibuster makes zero sense.
Coons is Charlie Brown in the Lucy and the Football sketch. Coons is sure that the next time the Democrats will filibuster and not be deterred by GzoP threats of going nuclear. When the Democrats back down from a filibuster everytime the Republicans threaten to go nuclear, the net effect is that the Republicans get to appoint Supreme Court Justices with 51 votes while the Democrats are required to have 60.
Further, recent election results notwithstanding, the Republicans have far more to lose with the demise of the filibuster in the long run than do the Democrats.
Coons, get a spine!
Thatâs why theyâve announced that theyâre filibustering Gorsuchâs nomination.
When they donât get the 60 votes that Schumer and others have told them they must get, the Senate GOP will threaten to kill the filibuster.
Then when they lose the Senate next year, the Repubs will be out in the cold for sure.
So itâs not in McConnellâs best interest to go nuclearâwhich is why heâll go nuclear. Theyâre starting to panic, and that means theyâll make more big mistakes in search of short-term gain at the expense of their long-term goals.
Iâve never quite understood the point of having a filibuster, if you never use it out of fear the other side would then take it way.
Whatâs the alternative, Senator Coons? Nothing, nada, zipâŚ
Made the call.
Donât forget to add Putinâs Russia to the âenemies of democracyâ side of the ledger.
Nuke it. Filibuster you canât use and keep has already ceases to exist effectively. What does your show of cooperation in this situation accomplish? Nothing.
âAlmost certainlyâ is just so certain.
By seating Gorsuch, it rewards bad behaviour. Either party (but most certainly the Rethugs) will use Merrick Garlandâs treatment as precedent.
EDIT TO ADD: Iâve already contacted Gillibrand and Schumer, my sens.
Did they take your call or your message if you are not a resident of DE? Anyone can call but best if you are a resident of DE for them to actually care.
The Senate Dems announce early last week that theyâre filibustering the Gorsuch nomination.
While the ideal is for DE residents to call, if not, one push-back might be something along these lines:
âSen. Coons serves on the Senate Judiciary Cmte., and therefore has an obligation to look out for the interests of all American citizens, especially given the importance of this stolen SC seat. Therefore, I expect him to hold firm for a nominee who can meet the 60 vote threshold, the same threshold previous SCt nominees have been expected to meet.â
Yes, and Coons is talking about the GOP going nuke upon their filibustering.