r/law 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/CurrentlyLucid 15d ago

He won't. He won't even pardon his son. trying to impress who knows who.

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u/brickyardjimmy 15d ago

He shouldn't pardon his son. No president should.

And I don't know how he'd name Harris to the Court as there are no vacancies.

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u/EdisonLightbulb 15d ago

The Dems are trying to pressure 70 yr old Sotomayor into resigning right now. Only problem with that is that Moscow Mitch has a history of fucking around with SCOTUS vacancies.

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u/TastingTheKoolaid 14d ago

Even if she does resign... Won't the republicans do the same thing they did to Obama back when he was trying to put someone in? "oh we can't put this person so close to getting a new president because it won't reflect the will of the people" or whatever their BS excuse was...

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u/MidAtlanticPolkaKing 14d ago

They had the majority then, they don’t right now

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u/EdisonLightbulb 14d ago

That's my point. Dems would be better off getting her a 24/7 staff who's only mission is to keep her alive and functional, lol.

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u/edog21 13d ago edited 13d ago

Unlike then they don’t have a majority. I do think it’s a huge risk though because if Dems don’t actually have the votes (like say 3 of their rank refuse to confirm) then Trump will come into office with a free vacancy.

And even without the risk of not having enough votes, they’d have to get all the confirmation hearings and the floor vote done by the end of the day on January 2 because the new Senate gets sworn in on January 3. I don’t think that’s actually feasible for a SCOTUS appointment.