Two Republican Senator’s want to wait….
Democrats needed 4….
They won’t get them….
The court will be lopsidedly leaning to the ‘Right’ before January 3rd..
The question now is?
Will a President Biden go ahead with a Majority Leader Schumer and appoint FOUR more judges to the court?
Sen. Mitt Romney said he would support a floor vote on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court, essentially clinching consideration of Trump’s nominee this year despite the impending election.
Just two Republican senators have asked for the party to put the brakes on the confirmation. And with a 53-seat majority, Senate Majority Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) now has the votes he needs to move forward with a nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
“I intend to follow the Constitution and precedent in considering the president’s nominee. If the nominee reaches the Senate floor, I intend to vote based upon their qualifications,” the Utah Republican said in a statement.
Romney said he was merely following the law in making his decision rather than taking a position based on the recent blockade of President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, during the 2016 election. Romney said the “historical precedent of election year nominations is that the Senate generally does not confirm an opposing party’s nominee but does confirm a nominee of its own…
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Well,actually, he is simply supporting bringing the nomination to the floor for consideration.
He could presumably vote against the nominee in the actual confirmation vote.
Doubt that he will which will in effect mean that Romney would be supporting the nominee of a man whom he believes should have been removed from the presidency a short while ago.
Weird .
Mitt will still be hated by the Trumpistas that run the GOP
He missed a real Profile in Courage opportunity. But I guess the prospect of women being forced ibti back alley abortions again was just too muchbto pass up.
It’s too bad CG isn’t here to expand all this to us.
Yeah we’ll see. I’m guessing he will somehow paint Mitt as a paragon of virtue even though it goes against his own stand on Trump appointing a new justice–but who knows?
I agree….
We COULD use a few GOPer’s for rebutals
He’ll vote to confirm if he has no cover