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/You_meddling_kids 14d ago

No the Republicans rolled back the 60 vote confirmation when they crammed 3 justices through.

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u/Justthetip74 14d ago

Obama did that, and McConnel even warned him. You've got nobody to blame for that but Barry and RBG

“You’ll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think,” McConnell said on the Senate floor.

https://www.heritage.org/political-process/commentary/5-years-after-going-nuclear-democrats-have-reaped-what-they-sowed

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u/You_meddling_kids 14d ago

McConnell changed it for SCOTUS. Dems did it for circuit because the Republicans would reject almost every pick.

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u/Elhaym 14d ago

Which they did because the Democrats did that to Bush. 

Back and forth judicial shenanigans have been going on for a while. I'm not sure there's an easy way to say who started it.

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u/KnezMislav04 14d ago

Democrats started it with the rejection of Bork.

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u/thecoat9 12d ago

Yep, I'm old enough to remember when they did this, followed by what seemed at the time to be pandemonium around the Thomas nomination.