Sinema and Manchin have voted for nearly every judicial nominee

[ColinC]

What makes you think they will vote against a SCOTUS nominee? They are against removing the fillibuster, not Supreme Court nominees

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/22/1075049532/president-biden-is-replacing-federal-judges-at-a-record-breaking-pace

[mcar]

1. It's also quite likely that Biden

will nominate a jurist who was approved by the Senate in 2021. Thus, the bulk of the vetting is already done.

[ColinC]

2. Yeah. Also we aren't clear that McConnell will oppose a nominee

They have 6-3 majority, what reason would he have? I mean it's McConnell so don't be surprised, but I don't think he has announced his plans on this yet.

[W_HAMILTON]

8. He doesn't have the power to oppose a nominee.

He's not the Majority Leader in the Senate anymore and he removed the 60-vote threshold to confirm Supreme Court Justices, so, Democrats can "go it alone" if need be.

[ColinC]

11. Well he can oppose whoever he wants, but it will largely do little good.

But we don't even know if he is going to.

[iemanja]

26. Power

That is his motive, always. Expecting him to act reasonably is a major mistake.

[Budi]

3. Will this be a situation where VP Harris breaks a tie, or doesn't that apply ?

Just asking.
Looking for all the possibilities because not one Repub will vote to confirm Biden's choice.
This is their chance to stick a permanent fork in the 'liberal' SC forever. McConnell's already on the phone to his rotten troops.

Now if Ginny Thomas's hubby would just leave...🤬

[ColinC]

5. Probably. I think that's something she's done frequently with the fed courts

[Budi]

16. Thanks. Should it come to a tie breaker, we have our Ace ready to play.

How fitting that Kamala Harris would be the vote that sends a Pro-Roe Woman of Color to sit on the SC with that racist beer swilling, macho, frat boy, Kavanaugh.

Make it happen!!!

[MoonRiver]

4. Cause.....DINO?

[ColinC]

6. ..

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/22/1075049532/president-biden-is-replacing-federal-judges-at-a-record-breaking-pace


They are tragically mislead in terms of the fillibuster and Manchin on BBB, but beyond that, we have no reason yet to question their support for liberal justices.

[Autumn]

7. Manchin voted to confirm Boof Boy to the SC. Yet voted against the Coney Hot Dog. Could it be

because she was a woman? Possible IMO. God knows Boofer being a serial rapist was worse than she was, though both are trash and put in to protect Trump and the Puke party.

[ColinC]

9. He voted for plenty of women in the federal courts already

One of them would probably be fine.

[In It to Win It]

10. Well, Joe Manchin was up for re-election in 2018 when he voted for Kavanaugh

and was not on the ballot in 2020 on the Barrett confirmation vote.

[Autumn]

12. Mnchin will do what he wants to do.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

20. Nah, it's because voting against Boof boy wouldn't have changed the outcome

And it would've cost him his seat in 2018. See every other Dem who was up for reelection in 2018 and voted against him.

[Act_of_Reparation]

13. I think it is pretty clear Manchin and Sinema will do whatever is best for them.

I'm not saying they won't confirm a SCOTUS appointment, but at the same time I don't think other judicial appointments, which don't have the same kind of exposure, are an indicator of how these two will vote on nationally prominent appointments.

[lame54]

15. Because they've created their own bad faith

[Torchlight]

17. Thus it necessarily follows?

Nominations of a supreme court justice is limelight level-- my guess is that after their actions of the past three months, both will do whatever they think gives them the best press and largest stage.

[ColinC]

18. Would they really want the limelight on why the voted for somebody

To the appellate court, but against them for the supreme court? That is likely what would happen.

[Torchlight]

19. Depends on how they spin the limelight.

Easy to rewrite narratives. Something we see daily in for-profit media.

[ColinC]

21. Manchin has voted for almost every dem appelate court nominee

He has also voted against every chance to amend the fillibuster. If it is consistency he is looking for then he will vote for a SCOTUS nominee.

[Torchlight]

23. Again, it does not follow.

Precedence is not concrete, and not something to hang one's hat on. 'It Does Not Follow' is a logical fallacy.

[ColinC]

25. Fair enough

I doubt he will vote against a nominee, especially with breyers decision -i imagine he wouldn't have made this decision without good reason Manchin and Sinema would support a nominee.

Either way, breyer stays until a replacement is made. I imagine he could reverse his decision if there is no replacement for the entirety of Biden's term. But that seems very unlikely.

[helpisontheway]

22. It is because they can't be trusted. Sinema is always trying to please Mitch McConnell..You better

believe Mitch is promising her the world to side with them. I will never forget Sinema looking towards Mitch and then doing a cutsy as she cast her vote. And Manchin is a Democrat in name only. However, he is probably the best we could get (which aint saying much) out of that state.

[Tickle]

24. if she really wanted to please Mitch she

would be a repub. It will all work out the way it is suppose to