Republicans already threatening to block Harris from making SCOTUS picks

https://www.rawstory.com/kamala-harris-supreme-court-2669295265/

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  1. Remember when republicans blocked Obama’s pick because it was too close to an election (8 months)? But then it was totally cool when Trump nominated someone 2 months before an election.

  4. This is another reason why we must vote all Republicans out

  6. They killed the filibuster on Scotus nominations them selves. All Democrats need is 51 just like how they seated the last 3 far right partisans themselves with no Democrat help. 

  8. Well… appointing a new SCOTUS justice if needed is an official act of the President and the SCOTUS just ruled that the President cannot be criminally charged for any actions related to performing an “official act”, even including murder. So, maybe those Republicans should pause for a moment and rethink trying to stop a President from performing an “official act”.

    These are the rules and blanket immunity from prosecution that the Republicans wanted, even insisted, the President should have. Be careful what you ask for, fuckers. You just might get it.

  9. GOP sees the polls leaning Harris and are preemptively getting nervous. They hate democracy and know they’re going to lose. Vote blue all the way down the ticket.

    VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  10. I’m tired of this crap with republicans. If Harris gets in and I pray she does, she needs to gather those same republicans into a meeting. Tell them that they can’t piss off any “special” projects or program they want if that’s the way they want to play. They’re states are scorched earth and that’s just the way it goes. Make it cut both ways instead of rolling over and playing dead like Obama did when this same scenario was presented to him.

  12. Vote !! Democrats!!sweep house and senate and attack Supreme Court

  13. what was once unheard of is now the norm for these pricks. of course

  14. Obviously, Democrats should blanket block any future Republican SCOTUS picks, at least until we recoup the two stolen seats.

  15. Which is why we have to vote them all out. This November

    Roevember is coming 😑.

    I hope there isn’t a single Republican left in office after this November.

  16. They are going to have a hard time doing shit after losing the House and Senate.

  17. Even more of a reason to vote against every single republican on the ballot this November. They cannot govern. They refuse to do their fucking jobs.

  18. Right. Proving the Republican party is unified. This whole we’re not MAGA mantra is simply blowing smoke.

  19. Only they can pick oligarch puppets. Right Mitch McConnell?

  20. Downright criminals. It’s disrespectful and disgusting

  21. Of all the stupid things in U.S. politics, giving the President the power to choose Supreme Court judges must be one of the biggest.

  22. If we gain the House and retain the Senate it won’t matter. VOTE blue.

  23. Why are Democrats such slow learners?

    “A Democratic president can’t make any Supreme Court nominations without a Senate majority” is now the rule. It has been the rule since Obama’s administration. Unless the judge is a Federalist MAGA they are not getting a vote in a Republican Senate.

    Are we just now figuring this out?

    Here is Ted Cruz back in 2016 when asked about the vacant seat from the blocked Garland appointment under a Hillary Clinton presidency: “There is certainly long historical precedent for a Supreme Court with fewer justices. I would note, just recently, that Justice Breyer observed that the vacancy is not impacting the ability of the court to do its job. That’s a debate that we are going to have”

    They are now talking about blocking all cabinet nominations, military promotions, judges at all levels.

  24. Time to replace the supreme court with members that aren’t picked by the government as all the present system does is effectively make the arms of government only 2.

    Also appointing them for life is unheard of in other countries which usually have a fixed term and/or fixed retirement age.

  25. Another reason to vote these fuckers out to get a blue majority in both houses.

  28. Harris needs to pack the court. Enough of this bs already.

  29. This is why just electing Harris is not enough. This is why we have to vote blue up and down the ballot at a federal level. That’s still not enough. We must also focus on keeping and taking at the state and local level. I’m never been and never will be committed to any political party long term. I am fully committed to everything for the Democrats this election and likely the next 2 to 6 years.

    The GOP is sooooo disconnected from reality and this won’t be fixed quickly. In the interests of the country the GOP needs to be burnt to the ground. Can it reform? Maybe? Maybe not? Do we get a third party? I would be happier with a third party.

    Regardless please vote and please vote for the Democrats.

  30. Democrats running in red states should be campaigning on the message that Republicans will hold the Supreme Court hostage. They also need to highlight Republicans ineffectual record in the house and inability to pass bills.

  31. Fuck them. They don’t care about America and certainly don’t mind shutting g on the constitution they swear to uphold.

    We must give VP Harris a solid blue congress until the republicans can clean up their party from the MAGAt mess and get back to governing.

  32. And if they lose the congress, there’s not much they can do about it. The filibuster is dead meat.

  33. Ah yes, the famous congressional rule: “Democrats may not make a SCOTUS pick.”

  36. A Republican Senate will never approve a justice for a democratic president again. That is just a new precedent that has been set.

  37. That’s why we need to vote those sons of bitches out!!!

  40. We need the Senate as much as the presidency or this hell will continue until they do achieve a dictatorship.

  41. Well Dems, we’ve been down this road already. What did we learn? Anything? I’m sick of the Dems NOT playing by the same rules. Sick of it. If a Republican gets back in office always, ALWAYS block every SCOTUS pick that comes up, EVERYTIME

  42. Republicans are actively attempting to destroy our democracy.

  43. All I hear is a daycare full of screaming toddlers when they say stuff like that. “Wahhh! We don’t wike you, we won’t cooperate wif you!”

  44. Which is why Democrats need to control all three houses of government. To prevent this bullshit. Seriously, guys, the presidential race isn’t the only important one this November. Vote blue across the board.

  45. People really need to remember that while trump is certainly one of the most vile humans to ever infect this planet, he’s really just a useful idiot to the truly evil people which prop him up. The real evil is done in the Senate, and that is why they must not be allowed to take control.

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