Comments on: Ruth Bader Ginsburg And Republican Hypocrisy

By: Wil

Wil — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 18:40:20 +0000

Times:

President Trump questioned Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish that her replacement on the Supreme Court be chosen by the next president, suggesting without evidence on Monday that Democrats had concocted a quote provided by Justice Ginsburg’s grieving family.

“I don’t know that she said that, or if that was written out by Adam Schiff, and Schumer and Pelosi,” Mr. Trump said during an interview on “Fox & Friends” early Monday, referring to three top Democrats, Representative Adam Schiff of California, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York and Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California.

“That came out of the wind. It sounds so beautiful, but that sounds like a Schumer deal, or maybe Pelosi or Shifty Schiff,” added Mr. Trump, interrupting one of the show’s co-hosts, who had tried to interject that the quote had been verified by journalists.

Days before her death on Friday, Justice Ginsburg, 87, dictated a statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera, saying, “my most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed,” according to NPR’s Nina Totenberg, who was close to the justice and her family.

By: Wil

Wil — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 18:39:04 +0000

CNNMcConnell, and his fellow Republicans, have the chance to show that they really care about American democracy. They can refuse to move forward on a nominee because they know that pushing a justice through in this environment would be toxic. They can reduce Americans' already-fraught nerves, on both sides, by pressing pause. They can show that they have principle, using the same rule they created for 2016 right now, putting the wellbeing of their country ahead of their own partisan interests.

Or they can push forward to grab power at all costs, knowing that doing so will damage democracy even further.Senator McConnell: how do you truly wish to be remembered?

By: Joe D

Joe D — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 18:09:24 +0000

FYI: THEY’RE ALL ON RECORD.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R -S.C.): “I want you to use my words against me. If there’s a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say Lindsey Graham said let’s let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination.”
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Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Col.): “I think we’re too close to the election. The president who is elected in November should be the one who makes this decision.”
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas): “I believe the American people deserve to have a voice in the selection of the next Supreme Court Justice, and the best way to ensure that happens is to have the Senate consider a nomination made by the next President.”
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas): “It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don’t do this in an election year.”
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.): “I don’t think we should be moving on a nominee in the last year of this president’s term — I would say that if it was a Republican president .”
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Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.): “It makes the current presidential election all that more important as not only are the next four years in play, but an entire generation of Americans will be impacted by the balance of the court and its rulings. Sens. Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer and Harry Reid have all made statements that the Senate does not have to confirm presidential nominations in an election year. I will oppose this nomination as I firmly believe we must let the people decide the Supreme Court’s future.”
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa): “A lifetime appointment that could dramatically impact individual freedoms and change the direction of the court for at least a generation is too important to get bogged down in politics. The American people shouldn’t be denied a voice.”
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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa): “We will see what the people say this fall and our next president, regardless of party, will be making that nomination.”
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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.): “Vice President Biden’s remarks may have been voiced in 1992, but they are entirely applicable to 2016. The campaign is already under way. It is essential to the institution of the Senate and to the very health of our republic to not launch our nation into a partisan, divisive confirmation battle during the very same time the American people are casting their ballots to elect our next president.”
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Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.): “The very balance of our nation’s highest court is in serious jeopardy. As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I will do everything in my power to encourage the president and Senate leadership not to start this process until we hear from the American people.”
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Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.): “The next President must nominate successor that upholds constitution, founding principles.”
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.): “I strongly agree that the American people should decide the future direction of the Supreme Court by their votes for president and the majority party in the U.S. Senate.”
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Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.): “In this election year, the American people will have an opportunity to have their say in the future direction of our country. For this reason, I believe the vacancy left open by Justice Antonin Scalia should not be filled until there is a new president.”
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Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.): “There is 80 years of precedent for not nominating and confirming a new justice of the Supreme Court in the final year of a president’s term so that people can have a say in this very important decision.”
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Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio): “I believe the best thing for the country is to trust the American people to weigh in on who should make a lifetime appointment that could reshape the Supreme Court for generations. This wouldn’t be unusual. It is common practice for the Senate to stop acting on lifetime appointments during the last year of a presidential term, and it’s been nearly 80 years since any president was permitted to immediately fill a vacancy that arose in a presidential election year.”

By: Joe D

Joe D — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 18:06:15 +0000

The old saying goes: It’s always darkest before the dawn. I hesitate to say that in view of a possible Trump win in Nov. because it would be even more apropos then. But I digress. She’s left us, less than 2 months from her intended and deeply wished-for goal of seeing this nightmare of a President out of the oval. She clung to life as long as her heart would let her and we thank and honor her for that as well as for all her work for women’s equality. From the posts I’ve read, people on the Left are struggling with a feeling of impending doom, for the rights of our LBGTQ friends and for immigrants who are fighting this Administration for legal status in the U.S., our environment. Along with that is the fear of another little Trump sitting on the Supreme court – as well as on district benches. I fear for the continued slashing and burning of our rights, our staggering environment, our Constitution, our United States of Decency. She was a courageous bulwark against all of it. McConnell, in his continued supreme cynicism, will rush to fill her seat, after playing games with it for a year when Obama tried to have Scalia’s seat filled by Merrick Garland. Republican Speaker of the House, John Boener, called Ted Cruz, one of Rump’s potential nominees to replace RBG, “Lucifer in the flesh.” and “I’ve never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.” So what now, now that the legend of the Left has left us to figure it out without her guidance? It’s sometimes easy to see the sun’s light vanish behind tempestuous clouds. It’s sometimes easy for me to go dark and peer into the abyss. Over half the people in this country have been standing at the abyss and resisting the pull from this “Sauron” of a President to pull us in along with him. We haven’t seen the sun for four years now and with RBG’s passing, it feels like it’s full-on midnight. But I have to believe the dawn will come again. The alternative is to unplug and go live in the backwoods. And though a new day might be a while in arriving, I will continue to fight Sauron’s pull, step back from that abyss of despair, put my head down and keep pushing forward. If Joe and Kamala win, we must put pressure on them to fill the benches and vacant judgeships with women and men who are first, qualified to sit on those seats, and second, who have some understanding and compassion for people who’ve lived the kind of lives they haven’t. (Not people like Ted Cruz or Tom Cotton) We must Vote – for RBG’s legacy and for our own. Perhaps Voting against Trump, this scourge that is ripping the soul out of this country, is the best way to honor and thank her so please vote.

By: Mr.BD

Mr.BD — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:40:06 +0000

In reply to Truthiz1. Obama is right. This thing is about to get so ugly it isn't funny. The Repubs are playing games and I cannot wait to see it all backfire on them.