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Monday, September 28, 2020
Now That the Shoe is On the Other Foot...
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The president serves a term of four years per the Constitution, not a flexible term starting Jan 20, and extending until a SCOTUS vacancy occurs.
"shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint ... Judges of the Supreme Court..." U.S. Const. art. 2 § 2, cl. 2.
Yet there is no language in the Constitution that requires the Senate debate those nominations, much less give the President's choice an up or down vote. In fact, there is no Constitutional requirement that the Senate do anything at all with the President's nomination.
Hence, McConnell's treatment of Garland.
The Left has no room to complain in this case. Yes, McConnell pulled a fast one on Garland. But I suspect that probably would not have happened if the Left had not turned Judge Robert Bork's last name into a verb.
https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19910706&slug=1292925
I also suspect Graham would have rolled on this one as he did on Sotomayor and Kagan if the Left had not treated Kavanaugh so poorly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIMaT-Qfnxc
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