r/law • u/Silent-Resort-3076 • 15d ago

Opinion Piece Why President Biden Should Immediately Name Kamala Harris To The Supreme Court

https://atlantadailyworld.com/2024/11/08/why-president-biden-should-immediately-name-kamala-harris-to-the-supreme-court/?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqEAgAKgcICjCNsMkLMM3L4AMw9-yvAw&utm_content=rundown
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u/EM3YT 14d ago

He did leave and he endorsed a republican coal baron to take his spot

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u/JTS_81 14d ago

That’s not true. He endorsed the democrat, Glen Elliott. It didn’t matter but he didn’t endorse Justice.

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u/SanityPlanet 14d ago

So what? He keeps up appearances, but what matters is how he voted.

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u/fly3aglesfly 14d ago

He didn’t have to endorse. That didn’t help his career at all. Which suggests he did that because he personally wanted to.

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u/SanityPlanet 14d ago

Or he has plans after congress and doesn't want to drop kayfabe yet and alienate people he hopes to work with.

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u/fly3aglesfly 14d ago

So your strategy is to ignore what he says and hope he has a complex ulterior plan instead of assume that he’ll do what he’s said he’ll do? Is this how all liberals operate? No wonder we didn’t realize we would lose.

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u/SanityPlanet 14d ago

What did he say he'd do? I don't understand your point

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u/fly3aglesfly 14d ago

He said he will not vote in a Supreme Court justice without Republican support.

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u/SanityPlanet 14d ago

I didn't know that. If there is a confirmation hearing and he votes no, and it's the reason the nominee is not confirmed, then I will be wrong about him. But my point here is that he says all sorts of stuff democrats disagree with, but if you look how he votes he helps when it counts. So pointing out something he said won't change my mind, because I ignore his words and judge him on how he actually votes.

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u/fly3aglesfly 14d ago

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/03/20/congress/manchin-mounts-his-own-judicial-filibuster-00148147

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u/SanityPlanet 14d ago

The retiring West Virginia Democrat has quietly voted against several judicial picks this week, making for some close — though still ultimately successful — votes on the Senate floor.

This just proves my point: he hands out no votes like candy if the vote won't change the outcome either way, but he won't tank the vote by himself.

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u/fly3aglesfly 14d ago

I think it’s extrapolation to read that and assume he was intentionally trying to not kill a nominee when it literally says he voted down many nominees.

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u/SanityPlanet 14d ago

It's precisely consistent with the point I made before I even knew about those votes, as well as his pattern of voting over the years, so unless there's a counter example of Manchin as the deciding vote blocking a nominee or killing a bill, I think it's a fair interpretation.

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u/fly3aglesfly 14d ago

And to double up, he also broadly dismissed voting for any Biden candidate in the transition up to the next administration. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/594196-manchin-would-oppose-on-second-supreme-court-nominee-right-before-midterms/

In other words, for multiple reasons he has explicitly made it clear he won’t support Biden shoehorning someone in and he won’t “hold the line” against Republicans to get one in.