McConnell will replace her during the lame duck session

[Azathoth]

No point rushing it through before the election as keeping the issue open will energize the GOP base.

I have a lot of respect for RBG, but she really fucked the country over by not retiring during Obama's second term.

[Proud liberal 80]

1. Agree on both points

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. I think it will energize the Democratic base.

IMO it improves our chances to take the Senate.

[rurallib]

3. Scalia died during Obama's 2nd term and McConnell held that up

Would he not have done the same for Ginsburg?

I can't remember the makeup of the senate 2013 - 2015 but I would bet McConnell would have moved mountains to stop Obama replacing anyone.

[muntrv]

5. Democrats lost the Senate after 2014 midterms.

[Azathoth]

6. Maybe, but then he'd have had to block two vacancies

Besides, let's be honest, she didn't have to wait till his last year, she was already 80 when he got reelected. She should have retired the day after he won reelection.

[BGBD]

19. we had senate control for years

she should have retired then. She had already survived cancer by that point.

[moondust]

7. Exactly.

The theory I posted in another thread:

She planned to retire in 2016 so Obama could appoint a replacement. She didn't know Moscow Mitch had an evil trick up his sleeve.

Scalia died in February 2016 and Moscow Mitch killed the process with his (unconstitutional?) "election year" appointment bullshit. After that she knew he wouldn't let Obama appoint anyone else and she would have to try to make it through another 4 years.

[brush]

15. Obama appoint two justices, Sotomayor and Kagan. Moscow Mitch screwed the nation...

by not allowing his third appointee.

[LuvNewcastle]

18. I saw an interview with McConnell several months ago

in which a reporter asked him point blank if he would have replaced a liberal justice with a Republican President in office. He said, without even thinking about it, that he would. The reporter asked him how he could justify that and he said that it was all about gaining and holding on to power. Those weren't his exact words, but it's close.

That's just how McConnell is. You can't expect him to do the honorable thing unless you have some blackmail on him or you have something he wants more to trade for the USSC seat. McConnell makes me believe in time travel, because I think he went back in time to teach Machiavelli lessons.

[Nexus2]

23. Its all about power.

You can tell from the nonstop project. Trump is always whining about rigged scams and hoaxes (lies) and they're his primary M.O. McConnell calls everything a Power Grab in the same way.

[rockfordfile]

4. I agree

[Klaralven]

8. He has about 2 weeks in November and 3 weeks in December

[Azathoth]

9. He'll keep the Senate running through Christmas Day if he has to

This is the moment the right-wing has awaited for 50 years.

[Klaralven]

12. Maybe 51 senators would find they had more urgent things to do at home?

They might not all be nuts, especially if they are going to have to work with Schumer in January.

[RDANGELO]

10. If they get him in before the election, it could influence decisions on anything to do with the

election, such as trying to stop the counting of mail in ballots. If they do that, the Democrats need to try to get the nominee to commit to recusing himself on any eminent issues.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

21. And he or she will say "that's a hypothetical," and sit back in hir or her chair. The the

confirmation will go right ahead anyway.

This is a lost cause.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

11. They won't wait that long. The new nominee will have been confirmed and

sworn in before election day. NT

[Azathoth]

14. Nah, no need. That only hurts incumbents like Collins

The knife will go in after the election, when his caucus has nothing to lose.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

20. Maybe in a normal year, but this is 2020. Think of all the other things that have gone haywire

in 2020. Having a new justice in place before the election is just the maraschino cherry on the whipped cream on the chocolate sauce on the ice cream in the sundae.

[Azathoth]

22. Well, if we're going by "Stephen King plots that haven't happen yet in 2020"

Then yes, you're probably right.

[kozar]

13. Agree, but with a bit of hope for our country

We only need a few semi-sane senators to flip, even in lame duck.. maybe,just maybe if we try kick the orange ass to hell,, we can find some heroes for America,, they will still have majority.. i know,I am hoping against hope. Murkoski already said today she would not vote until post inauguration, theres 1,


Koz

[tritsofme]

16. We need to score a big Senate majority in November. It may scare McConnell off of taking action

in the lame duck.

If Republicans retain the Senate or there is only a small Democratic majority in the next Congress, you can count on McConnell confirming Barrett in the lame duck.

[Azathoth]

17. That's our only hope, but frankly I doubt it will work without additional leverage

If we win both Houses, Schumer needs to make it clear to McConnell that if he goes ahead during the lame duck session, then Dems will abolish the filibuster entirely and pack the Court.

We're literally down to the nuclear deterrent.

[Skittles]

24. yes she did

and I have been disgusted for a long time

[Algernon Moncrieff]

25. That was my thought as well

I also imagine there will be intense pressure on Clarence Thomas to retire.