What If GOP Push Through Anyway? Once They Put Him On The Court It Is Done.

[TheMastersNemesis]

McConnell still seems determined to get Kavanono on the court. What next. They view a RW SCOTUS as road to permanent GOP government.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. It is NOT done. He can be impeached. n/t

[hlthe2b]

4. He could be impeached, but he can also be indicted without impeachment first.

In which case, I think it would be Justice Roberts and the progressive justices pushing him out. (no fan of Roberts, but he does seem to care about SCOTUS legacy and reputation, at least to some extent)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Thanks, I didn't know that. In any case, we're not without options.

[regnaD kciN]

11. Can the SCOTUS itself eject him???

As far as I know, the only way to remove a Justice from their lifetime appointment is through impeachment by the House and conviction by the Senate. And the latter will almost certainly require at least 10-12 Republican senators to join the effort. Which, let’s face it, will NEVER happen if there’s the slightest chance a liberal (or even moderate) jurist might replace him. I doubt they’d even move against him if he was serving 10-20 in the state pen for sexual assault and kidnapping. They’d probably only demand that he be given a secure video link in his cell so that he could continue to hear cases and maintain the right-wing majority.

[hlthe2b]

14. No, but if he were indicted (and especially if convicted) they could put pressure on him

to resign. Even if impeachment had not yet been initiated.

[we can do it]

5. Yep

[C_U_L8R]

2. What if they 'push him through' (their words)

and the victims keeps coming?

[RockRaven]

3. If Cosby got convicted, so can Kavanaugh. That might be easier than impeachment, even though

it is not permanent. And we'd be back to 8 Justices.

[janterry]

6. Then we drag each thing they overturn

through the house and the senate --and make it law.

[regnaD kciN]

12. If they overturn something as unconstitutional...

...the House and Senate can’t do anything. It will take a Constitutional Amendment — and see the fate of the Equal Rights Amendment to get a sense of how likely that would be.

[mythology]

16. Not actually true

For example nothing was added to allow Roe v Wade or Brown v Board

[shanny]

7. Ain't no constitutional question

about indicting a sitting Justice. Maybe after we get warmed up we can move on to Thomas.

[regnaD kciN]

13. Well, there MIGHT be...

After all, if he gets indicted, his attorneys could appeal it all the way to the Supreme Court, claiming that Justices cannot be indicted without first being removed through impeachment. Think he’d recuse himself from that decision? May I laugh?

[shanny]

15. they can try

afaik there is NO even possible constitutional issue about indicting anybody other than the preznit--nobody's above the law, amirite?--it's a stretch (and not decided) to extend that leeway to the preznit, no way it goes further (not law, morals or ethics, only optics).

[Kablooie]

8. Couldn't he be indicted for past crimes if there is no statute of limitations?

SCOTUS judges aren't above the law personally, are they?

[shanny]

17. nope. they aren't.

"nobody" is. (in theory. kavanaugh is apparently OK with it)

[leftieNanner]

10. I think McConnell's announcements

are a little bit of theater. He knows he might not be able to get the votes, but he's making it look like he can. When it all falls apart, he can claim that he gave it a 100% effort. And then move on to the next nominee.

I'm just hoping we can keep this shit show limping along so that there is no new SCOTUS Justice before the election.

[MattBaggins]

18. If they do push him through

We must fight fire with fire and the next democratic president needs to play hardball and get as dirty as the repubs. They are not just playing politics with the USSC, they are playing down right filthy, dirty, mudslinging politics. When Trump is kicked out in 2020, the incoming president ought to day one, tell Roberts that he is being demoted to associate justice, and elevate RGB to chief justice.