'Fill that seat': why Trump's courts power grab is more than just a political win

[arenean]

From The Guardian:

As he eyes replacing a third supreme court seat, the president’s success at appointing more than 200 conservative judges amounts to a towering legacy

Supporters of Donald Trump hit on a new chant at a campaign rally in North Carolina at the weekend.

In 2016, it was “Lock her up! Lock her up!”

In 2020, it’s “Fill that seat! Fill that seat!”

The “seat”, of course, refers to the supreme court vacancy created with the death on Friday of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the liberal justice whose replacement with a conservative by Trump could remake American life under the law for generations.

For the aggressively informal air of a typical Trump event, a supreme court-themed chant might not seem like an obvious crowd-shaking rallying cry. But Trump’s success at appointing conservative judges is not only a political winner for Trump: it amounts to a true and towering legacy.

Full story: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/22/trump-judges-supreme-court-pick-ruth-bader-ginsburg

[jimfields33]

1. I think they are doing it to take Senator Harris off the campaign trail

I bet the hearings will begin the last week of October and finish November 2nd at midnight with a final vote. Just a hunch. They will do anything to screw joe! They are nasty!

[Iliyah]

2. Shuting the government down they hope will create more choas . . ..

which all of this will backfire . . . .

Democrats will control congress, both and the WH. Majority of the rushed judges appointed may be RWers, but I think many will follow the law and the Constitution.

[xfreedom2020]

3. can they get

the senate votes, though...