Re: The Power of the SCOTUS VIII - I am certiorari we'll be arguing until Thanksgivin
That's kind of a stretch though. He still advocated for it. He was wrong then and the Republicans are wrong now.
Nobody's "wrong" or right.
The Senate and the President are engaged in political gamesmanship over judicial appointments. OMG!!!!! Is that the first time ever? Oh, wait....
If there is anybody who truly believes that if the political roles were reversed we'd be seeing anything different from a Democrat controlled Senate, Donald Trump has some swampland in Florida he wants to sell you. He may have anyway.
The position of the Republican controlled Senate is for one reason only -- drive the base to the polls come November.
Honestly, that's the way our political system and the appointment of justices is set up -- it allows that, for better or for worse. All the gnashing of teeth in the world isn't going to change it, and it certainly isn't "wrong."
The President is going to throw a sacrificial lamb onto the political fire (that should be a great conversation, by the way, between the POTUS staff and the lamb). Obama knows there will be no consent granted by the Senate, but the theater will be for driving the Democrat base to the polls.
Personally, if I controlled the Senate I wouldn't do it this way. I'd play the odds, figuring the chance of both a Republican Senate and Republican President come January is less than 50/50, and cut a deal on a moderate with Obama. Obama would
love to have another appointment as his legacy, and would gladly throw his own party under the bus to get it.
