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02-02-2017 , 06:55 PM
Filibuster Republican Supreme Court Nominee:

The Republican Party’s Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and their judiciary committee members deliberately prevented the U.S. Senate from discussing and voting upon the Democratic president’s nominee for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court while a Democratic president was in office. If this was in the best interests of our nation, then surely Democratic Senators should behave no less patriotically. Until at least the year 2021, Democrats should filibuster any discussion or vote regarding a U.S. Supreme Court nominee.

If Republicans behaved contrary to our nation’s best interests, their behavior should not be rewarded to encourage similar or worse occurrences in future senate sessions.

At very least the Democrats should insist that Senator McConnell on behalf of the Republican Party lead the passage of a vote for his own censure and publicly apologize for their undermining the reputation of the U.S. Senate; I do not believe the Democrats should insist upon McConnell’s resignation (if he wishes to remain in the U.S. Senate).

Until such a public Republican apology, it’s Democrats patriotic duty to filibuster any discussion or vote for a U.S. Supreme Court nominee while a Republican President is in office.

Respectfully, Supposn
02-02-2017 , 10:44 PM
An apology? You want an apology.

Man. This generation really is soft. You're gonna want to get ready for a fight. Trim your nails, run some miles, do what you need to do. We are so far past the point of apologies. You need to get conditioned for a serious fight and then get active: protest, call your congresscritters, and organize locally.
02-03-2017 , 03:33 AM
Dems will roll over like they always do, which is why Trump got elected.
02-04-2017 , 03:20 AM
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Originally Posted by florentinopeces
Dems will roll over like they always do, which is why Trump got elected.
Florentinopeces,Democrats should insist but Senator McConnell is not expected to apologize on behalf the Republican Party and lead the passage of his own senatorial censure for acting to undermine the reputation of the U.S. Senate.
Consequentially, Democrats should then filibuster any Supreme Court nominee (unless they believe it’s one more favorable to them), or at least until 2021.
Senator McConnell would then be expected to lead his party to evoke the “nuclear option” which would be additionally more detrimental to the decorum and reputation of the U.S. Senate.

The alternative of Democrats not attempting to block all President Trump’s nominations to the Supreme Court would be to accept that no Democratic President should be able to appoint a U.S. Supreme Court Justice unless Democrats at that time also hold 67 seats in the U.S. Senate.

Respectfully, Supposn
02-04-2017 , 02:27 PM
You're certainly sufficiently incoherent to be a Trump supporter.

      
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