she will, after trump.
She should have ~3 years ago. What if "after Trump" is six years from now? I'm not convinced her health will allow her to stay on, even if the mind is willing. Heck, two years might be a tall order for her at this point.
She might die, but she won't retire while Trump is president. Country first.
She may not have a choice. She's had quite a few health challenges as of late. Looks like she was another smug leftist all but assured of queen Hillary's victory. She should have retired under Obama, but she was selfish and now has a very real possibility of ceding her position to a Trump-appointed judge. Guess time will tell.
do you really think mcconnell would have allowed a vote on her replacement? one year before the election? did you not see what he did with garland?She should have ~3 years ago. What if "after Trump" is six years from now? I'm not convinced her health will allow her to stay on, even if the mind is willing. Heck, two years might be a tall order for her at this point.
Of course she has a choice, there is no mechanism to force the retirement of a SCOTUS justice outside of impeachment.
Sometimes health issues make that decision for people. That's all I'm getting at. No matter how much she wants to stay on, she may not be able to. And as you said, she could certainly die ala Anthony Scalia. She isn't a beacon of good health as of late, and she's no spring chicken.
Before anybody argues that McConnell would not have eliminated the filibuster for judicial appointments please deposit that take in the garbage. He kept dozens of judgeships open in an unprecedented level of obstructionism just in case his party got the WH back. This culminated in preventing Garland's confirmation. He wasn't going to sit there and not fill those seats.
Yes, it would take a truly stupid person to think that McConnell would have left the filibuster in place. Remember when Republicans were going to eliminate it under Bush but a deal was made to keep it and only use it in 'extraordinary circumstances'? Yeah, Republicans threw that agreement in the trash almost immediately once they lost power.
Similarly, anyone who thinks McConnell will not fill a SCOTUS seat if one becomes open in 2020 because of the 'Biden Rule' they are either mentally handicapped or lying. He doesn't care that it will expose his previous position as a lie.
McConnell would fill a vacancy in the lame duck even if the GOP lost both houses of Congress and the presidency by a landslide. The only limits on what he won't do to fill judgeships is what he legally can't do. Dude has explicitly said this is his sole political goal.
I'm really torn. Andy Beshear is KY AG. He has been a massive thorn in the side and the lone adult in the room as a check against our fuckwitt Governor. Beshear is challenging him for Governor this year. I almost would rather him run against McConnell for Senate in 2020. He's young and has name recognition. But if Beshear can bump Bevin this year that's still a good thing.
One thing is for sure, if Trump wins liberals will tantrum and claw at the Supreme Court doors for our long standing process not going their way. Disgusting how the left acted with Kavanaugh.
Exactly. Prior to Obama in the entire history of this country a minority party had used the filibuster to hold up 86 judicial nominations. McConnell held up 82. It was an unprecedented level of obstruction and Reid really had no choice in order to allow the country to function. Then he went to a new level of unprecedented obstruction when he refused to hold hearings on Merrick Garland, violating his Constitutional duty.Before anybody argues that McConnell would not have eliminated the filibuster for judicial appointments please deposit that take in the garbage. He kept dozens of judgeships open in an unprecedented level of obstructionism just in case his party got the WH back. This culminated in preventing Garland's confirmation. He wasn't going to sit there and not fill those seats.
Merrick Garland.
Factually, Trump wasn't elected by the people of the country.
Factually, the founding fathers set up the electoral college to elect our president. Demo's didn't win so they start crying and bellow- aching on anything that that they think will promote their cause. Obviously you fall into that camp. Do you know what it would take to repeal what the founding fathers set up in our constitution? Not gonna happen and you won't see it. Sooooo...democrats will continue this rhetoric as they continue to lose.
Yes, i understand that HC won the popular vote....Trump won the electoral college vote.
Do you understand that the electoral college is what determines who wins the presidency?
Ah yes.. yet again, the "Party of Personal Responsibility" seeks to avoid responsibility for their own actions by blaming the Democrats.
I would not be surprised to see Thomas and Alito retire during the lame duck session just so Trump and McConnell could ram their replacements through before Democrats took over.McConnell would fill a vacancy in the lame duck even if the GOP lost both houses of Congress and the presidency by a landslide. The only limits on what he won't do to fill judgeships is what he legally can't do. Dude has explicitly said this is his sole political goal.
You bring up a good point Dawp, the EC was won by President Trump. Now you do know that each state has X amount of electoral votes (depending on state size)? In each state THE PEOPLE vote for their respective candidate. There are a total of 538 electoral votes in the U.S. Trump earned 306 electoral votes from THE PEOPLE in each respective states and whoever wins the popular vote wins the electoral vote. HC won 232 electoral votes from THE PEOPLE in each respective state.
Hillary got schooled...that is why she failed as the democratic nominee for president. I agree, she won the popular vote....so did Gore but Bush won the seat. Unless you demo's can win the upper midwest your ship will not sale.
Now I hope you make an effort to UNDERSTAND how the process is done.
I know you know this, just think you're not willing to accept the fact...in typical fashion I might add.
I would not be surprised to see Thomas and Alito retire during the lame duck session just so Trump and McConnell could ram their replacements through before Democrats took over.