Obama on filling Ginsburg's seat: Apply rules with consistency

[riversedge]

Source: nbc news




"A basic principle of the law — and of everyday fairness — is that we apply rules with consistency, and not based on what’s convenient or advantageous in the moment," Obama wrote.


Remembering the life of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Sept. 19, 2020, 12:16 AM CDT By Phil Helsel

In paying tribute to the service and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, former President Barack Obama also called on Senate Republicans to wait to fill the seat until after inauguration day.

"Four and a half years ago, when Republicans refused to hold a hearing or an up-or-down vote on Merrick Garland, they invented the principle that the Senate shouldn’t fill an open seat on the Supreme Court before a new president was sworn in," Obama wrote.

"A basic principle of the law — and of everyday fairness — is that we apply rules with consistency, and not based on what’s convenient or advantageous in the moment.

"The rule of law, the legitimacy of our courts, the fundamental workings of our democracy all depend on that basic principle. As votes are already being cast in this election, Republican Senators are now called to apply that standard," Obama wrote................................



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[CrispyQ]

1. There are two sets of rules, though. IOKIYR. -nt

[Thekaspervote]

2. ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️

[usaf-vet]

3. Seriously?! President Obama FAIRNESS? Fairness is not in the Republican vocabulary then OR NOW!

Seriously?! President Obama FAIRNESS? Fairness is not in the Republican vocabulary then OR NOW!

[Thomas Hurt]

4. To christofascist life is war, they are all heroes...

the war will not be won by consistency or fairness or failure to take and use an advantage.

Ethics and morals are relative even while they proclaim moral absolutism and family values.

[jalan48]

5. LOL-right, that's going to happen.

[Walleye]

6. Do they think we have amnesia?

[niyad]

7. Yes, they do. They know their base is clueless, and assume that we are, as well.

[rockfordfile]

8. They're their base

[LisaM]

9. I wish he had fought back harder at the time.

I know it wasn't his style, but he should have taken the case to the people. It couldn't have hurt.

[Sneederbunk]

10. Me too.

[Roy Rolling]

11. Ha! I love Obama!

The optimism of youth! 😂😂

[bucolic_frolic]

12. The only consistency with Republicans is to do what benefits Republicans

Obama is screaming in the wind here, it's a very impractical idea that flies in the face of Republicans' actions over many decades.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

13. Her is the bet...

They repubs reset the rules to benefit themselves and they say Ok, next time it will be fairly applied, all the while winking at their supporters.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. Instead of invoking fairness,

Obama needs to point out the hypocrisy, and use that word.

[volstork]

15. Yeah,

good luck with that.

[Le Roi de Pot]

16. But they are applying the rules consistently!!

The only rule they follow is - bend /break/ create nee rules to get what you need .

So they are being consistent. No?

[dlk]

17. Who is he kidding?

McConnell would hold the vote on Monday, if he could.

[Shermann]

18. This is the fox guarding the henhouse

The hens are going to have to form some sort of defense on their own here.

[BeyondGeography]

19. I hear the sound of McTurtle laughing

[Kali]

20. more like this

[Yeehah]

21. The only thing republicans do consistently

is to do anything and everything, no matter how low, to increase their power. The Dems have played nice with these motherfuckers for WAY too long.

[LudwigPastorius]

22. High road taken...

But, he knows.

He has dealt with them on the state and federal level for 20 years. He knows that Republicans are a bunch of pig-fucking, lying shitbags.

He's just too classy to say it in public.

[tman]

23. Some of you guys are not that sharp.

He's not speaking the congress, he's speaking to swing state voters.

[Capt. America]

24. I blame Obama for not shutting down everything for not getting Garland a vote.

That said, Ginsburg should have also retired during his term.
People please stop thinking that McConnell will uphold his own "rule". Republicans are immune to hypocrisy and so are their voters.

[RBGForever]

25. I think Obama underestimated the Republican's

He truly believed they would do their job and wouldn't try and make it political.

[CrispyQ]

26. IOKIYR.

That's their only rule. Will we ever learn or will we always be looking forward in order to heal the nation? If we get the WH, the Senate & keep the House, the dems better go bold & prove once and for all there IS a difference between the two parties. I'm not holding my breath, since BOLD isn't our style. We haven't been bold since the 60s.