Slim to none.
There's a much greater chance that vulnerable Democrats will vote to confirm him. Repubs are a lock, every one of them.
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Live: Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing
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Slim to none.
There's a much greater chance that vulnerable Democrats will vote to confirm him. Repubs are a lock, every one of them.
You'd sooner find a dog that can shit gold nuggets than a Republican with any integrity.
The torture stuff has already come out and will be questioned on because it's widely available information.
The payment stuff I must have missed, but that info wouldn't come from the Bush documents. It's also super insane to realize that Trump was the one that flexed Executive Privilege on the Bush-era documents to keep them secret, not Bush. Shady shit is absolutely afoot and the GOP doesn't care if they bathe in hell after all is said and done because they'll try and take the rest of us down with them over protecting their own asses.
That's actually not what I was implying at all. They could have gotten on camera more and discussed the issues around this to raise a higher amount of awarenesss. I've been watching cnn/msnbc pretty regularly and it's mostly anchors talking about it and not key members of the Democratic Party. I completely understand how this whole thing works and there isn't much they can do in terms of stoping the vote from happening, at least cause a bigger fuss so help with the midterms.
This was always the plan
Use Trump as their blunt instrument to grab power and push their agenda before Trump inevitably fell out of favor
Use Trump as their blunt instrument to grab power and push their agenda before Trump inevitably fell out of favor
That's why I'm not even bothering to watch it. The whole thing is too depressing.
I think we'll see more dems vote for him than republicans that vote against. I really don't think any republicans will vote against.
Orrin Hatch can't even get through his own notes, going with the Trump "they don't know me" defense.
Yep. And I think a few will. Basically, those in deep red states that are up for reelection.
Let's stop with the nonsense already. Libertarians are just hipster Republicans. They don't give a shit, they're happy about this.
Damn there really are a lot of protestors in there.
Should have gone all at once so there were enough of them to shut down the hearing.
Should have gone all at once so there were enough of them to shut down the hearing.
It'll be longer than that. Depending on the courts and how long it would take for a specific case challenging "federal overreach" of Roe v Wade to be appealed to the Supreme Court, it could take a few years. Maybe less depending on the timing of cases.Time for a one sided conservative SC for the next 30-40 years.
Yay.....
How long until Wade vs Roe is overturned? Next week?
You're probably not going to see a stark overturning, but rather the continued erosion of protections and access in red states, to the point where it may not even need to be "overturned," but rather give states such deference as to render it inaccessible in large swaths of the country. We're seeing this now, where some states literally have one or two facilities that perform the procedure.
They aren't the majority. There Is literally nothing they can do.
Democrats should go for the jugular on this guy. Any dirt they have, just throw it in his face. He's getting his seat regardless, just make it clear he is an enemy.
I adore these protestors. Shut your hatch, Hatch.
Raise hell, cause havoc. Give these scumbags a taste of what things will be like if we're suppressed any longer.
Raise hell, cause havoc. Give these scumbags a taste of what things will be like if we're suppressed any longer.
I meant until after mid terms like how GOP did until after Trump was elected?
Supreme Court nominations only need a simple majority to approved as opposed to the standard 60 required previously. Since the the GOP did away with that rule with Gorsuch, the Dems don't have a leg to stand on since they currently do not hold a majority.
This is the path forward for RvW and Republicans know it. It's why I think you're going to see more local districts continue to try and pass abortion clinic cases upward for the SCOTUS to decide. Essentially a death by thousand cuts. Textualists have historically had a very narrow definition of what undue burden entails.
Time for a one sided conservative SC for the next 30-40 years.
Yay.....
How long until Wade vs Roe is overturned? Next week?
they will just need a test case coming from a state court and rule on it, I don't think they can find one next week
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The Republicans were only able to block the Garland nomination because they had a majority and could just refuse to act. The Democrats can't run that same play because the Republicans still have a majority. As long as Republican Senators vote together, there is literally nothing whatsoever that Democrats can do to block this.
how? the court is already conservative after this, nothing the Democrats can do , unless they can impeach an SC judge lol
The GOP were able to do that because they had the majority in the Senate at the end of Obama's Presidency. The GOP still has the majority in the Senate. There's no way for the Democrats to do the same thing because they don't have the majority, the GOP does.
Yeah, and I don't think RBG can make it another seven years so it'll probably be even worse before long.
They can use procedural tactics that I don't believe have been used before on something like this, basically they would be blowing up how the Senate works. They won't do it but they could try to gum it up if they really wanted to.
Support for the status quo of abortion rights or making them more accessible has the backing of 70% of the country. The GOP can't continue to push major policy changes with so little public support without going full authoritarian. And unfortunately they plan to do just that by calling an Article V Constitutional Convention. They only need 6 more states to make it happen, several of which are Republican controlled.
This country is on the verge of an existential crisis. If Democrats don't take back power in a big way we will not recognize the United States by the end of our lives (if it even still exists).
This country is on the verge of an existential crisis. If Democrats don't take back power in a big way we will not recognize the United States by the end of our lives (if it even still exists).
yes, that is the end game with the GOP , that is why they will tolerate Trump if they can pack in the SC and make it conservative for at least 30+ years
For real, like Texas saying travelling 400+ miles to go to New Mexico isn't an undue burden. C'mon son.
Was it the Samantha Bee show that put up a clip of this guy laughing in a room full of old white men about revoking womens' rights? That clip alone was enough to convey what a shit nominee this guy is.
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Then the next day McConnell changes the rule and moves forward anyway. The Senate Dems did this over a couple of cabinet nominations and it got some press but only delayed things by one day.
Trump could have nominated a horse and the Republicans could still push it through to the SC. Nothing but pure obstruction will save the Dems now.
Shit's going to get real desperate.
Shit's going to get real desperate.