10-15-2020, 10:08 PM
(10-15-2020, 04:41 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: The only reason the Republicans were able to do that was because the Democrats unleashed the nuclear option first in 2013, thus putting it on the table as a viable option with precedent...
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mitch-mcconnell-triggered-nuclear-option-again-here-s-what-means-n990521
It's why Trump has a record number of federal judges appointed, and is about to shove through a third supreme court member onto the bench. I am pretty happy with a centrist SC and am not particularly pleased with the idea of a 6-3 majority (and a young majority at that), but 100% all of this was setup by the Democrats shooting themselves in the foot in 2013 and opening Pandora's Box with the nuclear option.
https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/191057-mcconnell-youll-regret-this
No, it’s not. Obama wasn’t able to appoint the federal judges because of McConnell’s obstruction which created a backlog of vacancies. That obstruction is why Reid invoked the “nuclear option.” Which is why McConnell in turn invoked the “nuclear option” v2.0. If the Biden and the Dems expand the SCOTUS we can just refer to it as the “nuclear option” v3.0.
Again, if they would just fill the vacancies as the become available then we wouldn’t have this conversation about the political gamesmanship.
