Mitch McConnell begs older conservative judges to retire now that Trump's re-election looks in dange

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Mitch McConnell begs older conservative judges to retire now that Trump’s re-election looks in danger

Published 17 hours ago on March 16, 2020


Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is on a quest to jam through conservative judicial nominations while he still maintains control of the Senate.

The New York Times reports that McConnell and his allies “have been quietly making overtures to sitting Republican-nominated judges who are eligible to retire to urge them to step aside so they can be replaced while the party still holds the Senate and the White House.”


McConnell’s push for judicial retirements comes at a time when the GOP has been “running out of federal court vacancies to fill,” as they’ve spent the past three years ramming through right-wing judges to the courts.


“The overt effort by Republicans to create vacancies reflects a realization that Mr. Trump could lose the presidency, or that Republicans could lose the Senate majority and deprive Mr. Trump of his partner on judicial confirmations even if he did gain a second term,” the Times reports.
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[Blues Heron]

1. Drop dead Moscow Mitch

[CurtEastPoint]

2. yes...slow and painful and writhing... then... gone.

[lagomorph777]

6. If anybody deserves to get COVID-19, it's Moscow Mitch.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. McConnell perhaps may get a dozen judges to take his bait.

But a couple of factors will frustrate his goal. First, he has no political leverage in the judiciary. He can't coerce or threaten the judges to leave The Bench. Second, the judges may be "conservatives," but they're judges first. They like their jobs. They're going to get their pensions no matter when they leave. They aren't Anthony Kennedy where they or their progeny will get a reward for leaving. Finally, McConnell is replacing one conservative with an incompetent conservative judge. These judges have SOME sense of responsibility to the Judiciary.

[C_U_L8R]

5. Any Senator voting on anything but health should be keelhauled.

There is one job to do... and the republicans are MIA over political self-interest and self-dealing.