Grassley Wants to Slow Down on Justice Confirmation

[applegrove]

Grassley Wants to Slow Down on Justice Confirmation

March 7, 2022 at 2:58 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 7 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/03/07/grassley-wants-to-slow-down-on-justice-confirmation/

"SNIP.......

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is voicing new reluctance about moving too swiftly on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, saying there’s “no need to rush,” the New York Times reports.

Goddard:

If Republicans on the Judiciary Committee back Grassley, they could boycott Jackson’s confirmation and theoretically derail it. Republicans are currently employing this tactic in the Banking Committee to block President Biden’s Federal Reserve Board nominees.


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[spanone]

1. Of course he does. If republicans aren't hypocrites, they are nothing.

[live love laugh]

2. We'll I didn't see THAT coming!

[Chainfire]

4. You have to give Republicans credit, they are consistent.

You can always depend on them.

[momta]

9. Consistently hypocritical nt

[CrispyQ]

10. And they have absolutely zero shame about it, too. -nt

[spanone]

12. ...and the media rarely calls them out on it....if ever.

[LenaBaby61]

24. THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[Fullduplexxx]

3. Slow it down until 2024?

[Chainfire]

5. Why not?

[Crunchy Frog]

7. Or hoping to gain control of the Senate in the next election.

And then permanently shelve it.

[Claire Oh Nette]

6. Grassley is 88.

Pretty sure he was busy confirming Amy Coney Barrett while RBG's body was still warm.

I wonder which the old white men's club fears more. That KBJ is black, or a woman.

[applegrove]

8. That she has a heart and thinks using it. They hate when that happens.

[Crunchy Frog]

13. I think they simply don't want the Dems to ever again choose a SC justice.

They want it down to two liberals, and eventually none.

This is part of ending American democracy and establishing American Putinism.

[Claire Oh Nette]

30. Probably since the Warren Court.

The Republican party never forgave Earl Warren for One Man, One vote, The Miranda ruling, Brown v. Board, and the Voting and Civil Rights Acts.

The GOP is as Pro Authoritarian Anti-Constitution as it gets. They're the party who chooses to Not-See Fascism.

[Rebl2]

31. Yep

I’m sure he was.

[vanlassie]

11. Any home town paper to call this racist out?

[Jim__]

14. Do the Democrats have the power to push this through?

If they have to change the rules top push it through, do they have the power to do that? There is absolutely no reason for Senate Democrats to cooperate with the Republicans.

[2naSalit]

15. And he could...

Just shut up and go home.

[madaboutharry]

16. Grassley is a despicable hypocrite and fraud.

He is a loathsome and terrible person.

[Marthe48]

17. f you chuck

you dessicated older than dirt fart

[Mike Nelson]

18. Hmm...

... probably thinking some Senator will die, from a state with a Republican governor...

[dem4decades]

19. Hey Chuck. how's 30 days sound? You old fucker, we'll call it the Barrett Timeline.

[Mad_Machine76]

27. Or...........

The Barrett Rule, since they like to just invent rules out of thin air.

[bluestarone]

20. EVERYDAY, they

Give me more reasons to HATE these Bastards.

[lastlib]

21. Eff that fossil!

[Tatertot]

22. I believe this was discussed in prior threads

In the event of an evenly split committee, the senate majority leader can move a nominee out of committee with a majority vote of the senate as a whole. Or something to that effect.

[applegrove]

23. Should I delete this thread?

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[Tatertot]

26. Not on my account

Might be good to look up that prior thread and paste it here if you intend to leave it though. It was several weeks ago, but after the retirement was announced.

[applegrove]

28. I can't do a search. I only have my cell phone right now. I thought Grassley

just announced he was running again? Oh you meant the Justice.

[Mad_Machine76]

25. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

*deep breath*

[tosh]

29. Hey Chuck!!

If you can't handle the pace, perhaps you should, you know...RETIRE!

[PaulRevere08]

32. Wait, I'm confused. How were the repugs able to get Kavanaugh and ABC thru?

Just do whatever they did when they held the majority.

[TeamProg]

33. WTF ?!?!?!

Unfuckingbelievable!

Oh wait, they ARE RepubliSCUMS !!

[dlk]

34. Would that be the same way Republicans slowed down Coney Barrett's confirmation?

Seriously? Democrats should push for the same timetable. It worked just fine for Republicans then.

[Snackshack]

35. I am just soooo

Phucking sick of the GQP’s hypocrisy on every issue. As noted above Grassley is 88 so there is only a few more yrs till he’s gone but the sad fact is the junior GQP members (the next generation) are just as, if not more extreme and irrational as the seniors.