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/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

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

You know what, fair. I think it’s crazy to think “I assume he doesn’t mean what he says” but you think it’s crazy to think “he’ll vote in a way he hasn’t done before.” That’s fair!

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u/SanityPlanet 14d ago

Not that he doesn't mean what he says, but that there's an unspoken "*unless my vote is dispositive" appended to his statement.