You think the Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings are bad, wait 4 Clarence Thomas' replacement hearings

[SoonerPride]

Coming soon.

I mean, hopefully.

[SheilaAnn]

1. I wonder who the Dems have in the bullpen.n/t

[nycbos]

14. There are quite a few names on the short list

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden_Supreme_Court_candidates

Of course most of it is speculation.

[Wounded Bear]

15. Hell, the short list for the KBJ nomination was pretty strong...

Pres Biden should send up another black woman and watch the repubs squirm.

[BradAllison]

38. Time for an Asian man or woman.

[Wounded Bear]

41. I'm OK with that, too. I'm sure there are qualified judges out there...nt

[Retrograde]

45. I'm still pushing for Judge Liu of California

It's also time (again) for someone from West of the Mississippi River!

[halfulglas]

2. There you go -

Getting my hopes up.

[SoonerPride]

6. Hope springs eternal.

[nycbos]

18. It's the hope that kills you.

[Wednesdays]

3. The GQP will do all in their power

to ensure the confirmation won't occur until after the election. And then if the GQP takes the senate, then McTurtle will refuse to allow any nominees indefinitely.

[JohnSJ]

7. I think there are ways to do it without McConnell, like they did to us

[lagomorph777]

10. Yup. Fuck the "traditions" - play by Moscow Mitch rules (i.e. make up the rules to suit the moment)

[madaboutharry]

8. They can't stop it as long as the Democrats have the Senate.

It will be ugly for certain, but if there is an opening it will be filled quickly. We have already seen that happen. What is good for the goose is good for the gander.

[Marius25]

16. That's assuming Manchin and Sinema allow it

I wouldn't be surprised if Republicans buy them off to block it.

[Wuddles440]

19. I'd say that's...

almost a 100% certainty!

[JohnSJ]

4. If that happens, they MUST push it through before the midterms

[SoonerPride]

5. Yes. In a week if need be,

Fuck em.

[underpants]

12. POTUS can just appoint someone

Not a Constitutional scholar but I remember reading or seeing commentary that Senate confirmation isn’t really needed. It’s just how we’ve done it. Joe would make their heads pop if he did that.

[wnylib]

33. Constitution requires "advise and consent" of the Senate.

[lagomorph777]

9. That is such an evil thought.

Which I am having CONSTANTLY!

[PCIntern]

11. I was just thinking the same...

It is conceivable that one of the reasons that the Republicans have such sour looks on their faces is that they’re gonna be back soon doing the same thing. Nobody can tell me that they don’t know what’s really going on with the other justice presently in the hospital. I’m sure word is out among the hot shots and they’re getting nervous.

It’s going to be Weekend at Bernie’s for justice Thomas if he sick so that they can get through the midterms and pray that they take the Senate, which I do not believe they will do. As far as I’m concerned the Republicans could forget about Pennsylvania, they screwed themselves as usual and I do believe that our lieutenant governor will be the next senator.

[lagomorph777]

20. They probably could pull off the Weekend At Bernie's trick with Thomas.

I mean, seriously, for 30 years he's just sat there silent as a corpse anyway.

[PCIntern]

24. Ex-actly

👍😄⚰️

[BradAllison]

39. This is true

Just a mindless mute vote, like about 30 of the Pig Senators themselves.

[cilla4progress]

13. Make me DREAM!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

17. With luck, these ARE the Clarence Thomas replacement hearings.

Once approved, Ketanji Brown Jackson will be "on the shelf" until a seat opens. Hopefully sooner than the end of this session.

[Buckeyeblue]

21. Interesting

KBJ gets confirmed and Breyer comes out of retirement until his replacement is confirmed.

These types of scenarios never work out for us.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

22. Breyer's not retired yet. There's time to get another justice (or two) approved, ...

... depending on our two favorite outlaw senators

[EYESORE 9001]

23. Unless memory fails me...

Clarence Thomas was nominated to replace Thurgood Marshall, so I don’t wanna hear any of the goopers’ shit

[Solomon]

46. And Thurgood literally begged Bush not to use the position to appoint a black right wing asshole to

the court, which is exactly what he did.

[jalan48]

25. I thought Manchin said he wouldn't agree to act on another nomination until after the 2022 election.

[lagomorph777]

26. Fossil Fool Koch Sucker sez what?

Please DOJ, dig up some dirt on this schmuck and blackmail his balls off. Go all J Edgar Hoover on him. Hoover up some really juicy shit that WV rednecks would hate.

[jalan48]

30. I found this from The Hill. Apparantly he did say it then walked it back--- if you belive him.

Manchin walked back the comment he made earlier afternoon indicating that he would not support confirming a second Biden nominee to the Supreme Court if another vacancy occurs shortly before the Nov. 8 midterm election.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/594196-manchin-would-oppose-on-second-supreme-court-nominee-right-before-midterms

[lagomorph777]

31. He's not easy to believe, but what choice do we have?

[jalan48]

36. I'd say we are basically screwed. THE biggest piece of legislation we need is the Voting Rights Act

and he won't vote for it. It's going to mean Republican's will be able to openly cheat and we can do nothing about it. We're slowly going down the shitter and accepting it because it could be worse if we don't have Manchin. I'm not even sure he will vote for Brown.

[lagomorph777]

40. We have to dig into his motivations and exploit them.

Basically, find a way to buy him off. Maybe buy out his oil, coal, and gas businesses? Can we get an actual billionaire to do that?

[jalan48]

42. I think we have about as much chance of that as we did with Mueller bringing down Trump. I don't

mean to be negative but the writing is on the wall. Our best chance is electing more Democrats and that avenue has been shut down with the help of Manchin and Sinema. At this point I wouldn't be surprised to see Brown's nomination pulled and the Judge from South Carolina put forth.

[lagomorph777]

43. Scary times indeed.

But look at what Ukraine is facing - and winning!

I think we can do this.

Ironically, I think Putin may have just seriously damaged the Russiapublican party's chances in the midterms. If we don't exploit their Putin ties, we are fools.

[jalan48]

44. I admire your positivity.. I agree, we can't give up.

[jcgoldie]

27. fingers crossed!

[FloridaBlues]

28. Republicans will delay that one for years.

[newdayneeded]

29. Careful!

I just read a thread that should no longer say an ill word of any republican.

[malaise]

32. Sooner than many think

That is all

[SoonerPride]

34. Can we have them next week?

Asking for a friend.

[malaise]

35. Well I did predict that Biden would have another SC nominee to

appoint.
Soon come

[malaise]

37. By the way as of yesterday

Thomas has been a Supreme Court Justice for 30 years and 151 days as of today March 23, 2022. Seems long enough to me.