Last year, Senate Republicans played a dangerous game with the Supreme Court. This year, it seems to have paid off in more ways than one. They’re getting the pick they wanted — and they’re aggravating their liberal colleagues in the process.
When Antonin Scalia unexpectedly passed last year, the bench faced a predicament it had avoided for decades. For the first time in several administrations, the White House had the opportunity to upend the ideological balance of the nation’s highest court.
Or, they thought they did, anyway.
Republicans refused to hold hearings for Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland. Instead, they argued that the next president — whoever that may be — should be the one to fill the vacancy. The GOP leadership were betting that the polls were wrong and that Donald Trump would stage an incredible come-from-behind victory.
When he did, all eyes turned to Trump — whose conservative credentials were questioned by many mainstream Republicans for the duration of the campaign.
But if you need proof that Trump nominated a capable constitutionalist to the court, watch him take down California Senator Dianne Feinstein on the next page:
Just love him
We already knew that she knows nothing
Going to be funny some day when the Democrats return the favor and the Republicans p**s and moan about it, they set a precedent that will come back to haunt them.
It’s been going on for decades. There are a few instances where one party or the other tried to influence the court beyond their power. Bork comes to mind, and Regan was forced to pick Suiter. And Bush’s nomination of Meyers was torpedoed by his own party (rightfully so). But you are right, what goes around. Just remember, it was Harry Reid that first began the nomination process as a nuclear option. he opened that door.
No surprise there.
Again….
The judge should have never been confirmed !!!!
Feinstein has even fewer credentials for office than Pelosi, and that’s really not many. How can she have an informed opinion is a real question….and she’s made it clear she really can’t.
Jonathan Gruber the architect of the Obamacare fiasco had it right when he referred to “the Stupidity of the American voter”
Feinstein or Frankenstein?
How embarassed Feinstein SHOULD have been. What I’m sure thought was going to be a Gotcha Moment blew up in her face. Loved it.