09-21-2020, 03:24 PM
(09-21-2020, 03:19 PM)Mickeypoo Wrote: But the White House was Dem and Senate Rep. with Garland.
Has a SCOTUS ever been confirmed when opposite parties held the White House and Senate?
That is irrelevant.
(09-21-2020, 03:22 PM)Mickeypoo Wrote: But do we want an 8-8 court with the very real possibility of a contested election? That could get very ugly.
I think you mean 4-4, and the court isn't 4-4, it's 5-3. Also, the Republicans were willing to risk that in 2016; why not now?
This just goes to my earlier statement: I wish they'd just admit it's for the power and get rid of all the excuses.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
