- 29 vacancies have occurred during an election year and 29 times there has been a nomination and vote (other than Merrick Garland, who was just nominated and not voted on).
- Of the 29, 17/19 have been confirmed when the Senate and the White House shared the same political party. 2/10 have been confirmed when the Senate and White House have not shared the same political party (effectively one party giving the other a favor only 2 times in history).
So it very much is normal for a GOP-led Senate and GOP White House administration to nominate someone so close to the election. Honestly, it's extremely likely we will get our pick confirmed as well.
I say tell them to pound sand
GFY probably would work too.
This is why it was so hilarious when Republicans said they couldn't have a vote in Obama's lat year, everyone knew it was a lie but no one could do anything about it
Oh yeah youre right, Merrick Garland was only nominated, not voted on.
McConnel said they couldn't vote on it because it was an election year lol
Lol
Go read Jacobson v Massachusetts. Barrett tacitly consented to that piece of case law when she sided with Ellis who used it as "guidance" in the Illinois lockdown case.
Jacobson is scary as fuck and hadn't been used by the courts as precedent for 70+ years, and for good reason, until Ellis and Barret came along. That case law gives the government wayyy too much control over our lives. It's as bad as Wickard v Filburn and Plessy v Ferguson.
She shouldn't have ever been within a mile of concurring with Ellis just based off of Ellis's use of Jacobson. That indicates to me that she's either a statist, has a weak mind, or is close enough to either that I will not support her nomination.
Wow, that's quite the statement there at the end of your comment. What did the comment you replied to say?
It was the "ACB Fact Check" post that was being spammed for several days. You've probably seen it if you've been on .win this week.
Ah yeah I've seen that