Gorsuch to be on the Supreme Court by midnight Friday

doogie

Things winners say.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/03/grassley-gorsuch-is-going-to-be-on-supreme-court-by-midnight-friday.html

oregonblitzkrieg

Good if true. Then the travel ban will be enacted and those little activist judges will be rendered impotent.

UWhuskytskeet

✍️

dhdawg

I'm actually pleasantly surprised the democrats grew a spine and put up a resistance.

Good to hear Lindsey graham and john McCain are cool with nuclear after whining about the senate traditions for 8 years.

dnc

Gorsuch is a perfectly reasonable nominee.

So was Garland.

Both parties can GFT for wasting everyone's time.

Kaepsknee

Helps Gorsuch.

RaceBannon

The democrats played checkers, the GOP chess. They need the nuke option for the next two. By acting like retards the democrats can be painted as against everyone anyway so who cares if we nuke the filibuster.

Lots of supremes get less than 60 votes.

dhdawg

RaceBannon said:

The democrats played checkers, the GOP chess. They need the nuke option for the next two. By acting like retards the democrats can be painted as against everyone anyway so who cares if we nuke the filibuster.

Lots of supremes get less than 60 votes.

there's some projection right there.

Agree. it's time for the democrats and republicans to not be on two different playing fields. this was a decent start

priapism

Get your abortions by Thurs night.

GrundleStiltzkin

https://twitter.com/cher/status/849322911450234883

RaceBannon

Thank you Cher

greenblood

Enticing the GOP to go nuclear just gave the GOP a "golden ticket" for the next nominee. It seems like the democrats are hedging their bet that Ginsburg is alive in 3 1/2 years. Considering she's 84, I'm thinking the law of averages will probably hit her sooner than that. The GOP in essence will control the supreme court for the next 20 years.

allpurpleallgold

RaceBannon said:

The democrats played checkers, the GOP chess. They need the nuke option for the next two. By acting like retards the democrats can be painted as against everyone anyway so who cares if we nuke the filibuster.

Lots of supremes get less than 60 votes.

It's more like the republicans are playing checkers and the democrats are eating paste.

It got the republicans what they wanted right now. But now the democrats can do the same thing when they're in power. It's short sighted. If you put up a different conservative judge and then play the 'they're not going to confirm anyone we have to do this" card I think the dems would have folded.

greenblood

allpurpleallgold said:

RaceBannon said:

The democrats played checkers, the GOP chess. They need the nuke option for the next two. By acting like retards the democrats can be painted as against everyone anyway so who cares if we nuke the filibuster.

Lots of supremes get less than 60 votes.

It's more like the republicans are playing checkers and the democrats are eating paste.

It got the republicans what they wanted right now. But now the democrats can do the same thing when they're in power. It's short sighted. If you put up a different conservative judge and then play the 'they're not going to confirm anyone we have to do this" card I think the dems would have folded.

The timing of this really hurts democrats, because the balance of power isn't going to change for another 20 years. That is unless they Scalia a couple of conservative supreme court justices in the next few years...

RaceBannon

allpurpleallgold said:

RaceBannon said:

The democrats played checkers, the GOP chess. They need the nuke option for the next two. By acting like retards the democrats can be painted as against everyone anyway so who cares if we nuke the filibuster.

Lots of supremes get less than 60 votes.

It's more like the republicans are playing checkers and the democrats are eating paste.

It got the republicans what they wanted right now. But now the democrats can do the same thing when they're in power. It's short sighted. If you put up a different conservative judge and then play the 'they're not going to confirm anyone we have to do this" card I think the dems would have folded.

Up vote for eating paste

I would have agreed more but I heard today that Ruth Ginsburg got 97 votes despite being much further left than Gorusch is right. The GOP thought the president should get his nominee despite not liking her.

I think Gorusch is a good hill to die on for the GOP. The opposition to him was retarded. Its good cover.

From now on there is no filibuster and 51 votes and your in. Clarence Thomas got 52. I can live with out the filibuster.

dhdawg

greenblood said:

Enticing the GOP to go nuclear just gave the GOP a "golden ticket" for the next nominee. It seems like the democrats are hedging their bet that Ginsburg is alive in 3 1/2 years. Considering she's 84, I'm thinking the law of averages will probably hit her sooner than that. The GOP in essence will control the supreme court for the next 20 years.

el oh el.

the GOP would have happily done this the second time around. believing otherwise is democraticpartyfs

Pitchfork51

I can't imagine the amount of liberal crying.

dhdawg

RaceBannon said:

allpurpleallgold said:

RaceBannon said:

The democrats played checkers, the GOP chess. They need the nuke option for the next two. By acting like retards the democrats can be painted as against everyone anyway so who cares if we nuke the filibuster.

Lots of supremes get less than 60 votes.

It's more like the republicans are playing checkers and the democrats are eating paste.

It got the republicans what they wanted right now. But now the democrats can do the same thing when they're in power. It's short sighted. If you put up a different conservative judge and then play the 'they're not going to confirm anyone we have to do this" card I think the dems would have folded.

Up vote for eating paste

I would have agreed more but I heard today that Ruth Ginsburg got 97 votes despite being much further left than Gorusch is right. The GOP thought the president should get his nominee despite not liking her.

I think Gorusch is a good hill to die on for the GOP. The opposition to him was retarded. Its good cover.

From now on there is no filibuster and 51 votes and your in. Clarence Thomas got 52. I can live with out the filibuster.

that is crazy

LebamDawg

With a justice nominee only needing 51 votes and not the 60, asses and elephants do not need to agree anymore (like they do now?). A life time assignment with 51 votes will shorten the life span of the 9 members. Every 4 years or 8 years we could have a new court. #blackrobedlivesmatter

allpurpleallgold

greenblood said:

Enticing the GOP to go nuclear just gave the GOP a "golden ticket" for the next nominee. It seems like the democrats are hedging their bet that Ginsburg is alive in 3 1/2 years. Considering she's 84, I'm thinking the law of averages will probably hit her sooner than that. The GOP in essence will control the supreme court for the next 20 years.

This a great point. I think both sides are gambling on this. If she goes the year before the next presidential election the democrats would have actually been in a great position with the filibuster and it would have been a really bad look right before an election for republicans to get rid of it then. Maybe they are playing chess.

Intersectional_Dawg

oregonblitzkrieg said:

Good if true. Then the travel ban will be enacted and those little activist judges will be rendered impotent.

I expect you'll say out the other end that this isn't about partisanship.