Senate Democrats Should Block All Trump Supreme Court Nominees, Forever

[portlander23]

Senate Democrats Should Block All Trump Supreme Court Nominees, Forever
Juan Cole
Truth Dig

We don’t need a Trump-nominated supreme Court justice. We desperately don’t need such a person. And there is no reason to have one. The Democrats in the Senate should just filibuster any nomination for the next four years. Now, you may say that a president deserves to have the nominee of his choice voted on. But those were the old rules before we saw how the Republican Party treated Barack Obama. They just told him no, no, no on everything. Everything. They even threatened the home mortgages of government employees by closing down the government. Twice. They vilified Obama, shouted disrespectfully at him from the floor of Congress, and then they refused even to let his Supreme Court nominee, a centrist, come up for a vote. They declared President Obama a lame duck when he had 11 months left in his presidency.

You might say that if the Dems act in this way, the Republicans will just change the Senate rules so that things are done by a simple majority. Let them. Sooner or later the Democrats will get a simple majority in the senate along with a Democratic president, and no one ever again will be able to constrain them the way the GOP put President Obama into a straight jacket.

We’re watching you, Senate Democrats. Remember: No Trump appointee should be seated. Ever.

[gordianot]

1. Include all cabinet positions with extreme right wing and Russian ties.

If not blocked publicly insulted, just another billionaire.

[Kilgore]

2. Ok then, whats the plan since we dont a functional majority in either house?

At best its compromise for now.

[Trust Buster]

3. Nope, Republicans do not have 60 votes in the Senate. Force them to use the nuclear option out

of principle.

[Kilgore]

4. Unfortunately they have that option because Harry Reid gave it to them

I have no doubt they will use it proudly.

Thanks alot Harry.

[Joe941]

6. I doubt they will need it - dems will probably cave.

[get the red out]

5. They won't

Senate Dems will kiss Trump's ass.

[dreamland]

7. Block Everything!

After 8 years of NObama, it's time for all Dems to go NOTrump. We need senators and congressmen with backbone and tactics to block tyrant tRump every chance we get. Aren't we the party of ideas and thinkers?

[OregonBlue]

8. I'm fine with a 4/4 split on the Supreme Court. We all need to write to Schumer and

insist he be a real leader. He's so DNC he will gladly help a pro-corporate judge. We must stop him.