Obama was free to nominate someone the Senate would confirm. He never did. No one talks about how Obama is at fault for wasting a nomination in his last year in office.
Rules are completely different from precedents/mutual courtesies. Dems got rid of the fillibuster 'rule,' this is no different. And if you go back further than 2016, Dems argument completely falls apart.
They could have simply block voted, and Garland would not have been confirmed. Maybe they should have done that. The way they did it actually saved Garland some heartache and wasted time. But I guess no thanks will be given for that.
That's a great point I hadn't considered. I think you're right. I mean, Lindsey Graham voted for Kagen and the Wise Latina. And the sisters, Collins, Murkowski, Jeff Flake, and Romney would have probably voted for Garland as well.
This is the problem. R's will vote yes on someone if they are qualified. Dems will vote on someone only if they fit ideologically. In retrospect, Cocaine Mitch did what he had to to save conservatives from themselves.
What rule do they think Trump changed? Adding a justice in an election year? Obozo couldn't in 2016 because he didn't have the Senate.
Their argument is that the Senate changed the rule in 2016 to "we won't confirm a nominee in an election year."
In reality, the Senate changed the rule to "we don't have to confirm a nominee in an election year if we don't want to."
Obama was free to nominate someone the Senate would confirm. He never did. No one talks about how Obama is at fault for wasting a nomination in his last year in office.
Obama was quite lazy with his appointments so Trump inherited some. Thanks Obama!
Rules are completely different from precedents/mutual courtesies. Dems got rid of the fillibuster 'rule,' this is no different. And if you go back further than 2016, Dems argument completely falls apart.
You arent wrong.
They could have simply block voted, and Garland would not have been confirmed. Maybe they should have done that. The way they did it actually saved Garland some heartache and wasted time. But I guess no thanks will be given for that.
Could they have though? They had more RINOs.
That's a great point I hadn't considered. I think you're right. I mean, Lindsey Graham voted for Kagen and the Wise Latina. And the sisters, Collins, Murkowski, Jeff Flake, and Romney would have probably voted for Garland as well.
This is the problem. R's will vote yes on someone if they are qualified. Dems will vote on someone only if they fit ideologically. In retrospect, Cocaine Mitch did what he had to to save conservatives from themselves.