RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:

Didn't Mitch McConnell refuse to countenance an Obama appointee close to the election, as it would be inappropriate?

Yes, he did. And as Jolly points out, he was playing by the rules of the Senate. The majority makes the rules.

Was it wrong? I'm of mixed thought on that.

Would it be hypocritical now? Sure.

[Klaus]

@Doctor-Phibes said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:

nobody important cares what we write

[Jolly]

@Doctor-Phibes said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:

Didn't Mitch McConnell refuse to countenance an Obama appointee close to the election, as it would be inappropriate?

The idea that the GOP have more principles than the DEMs is very amusing and everything, but guys, nobody important cares what we write - a little honesty is in order here.

Don't forget, Obama (a sitting President) was not running.

[Doctor Phibes]

Oh yeah, that makes it a completely different situation.

[jon-nyc]

Come on Jolly, just have the courage to say it was opportunistic then and it would be opportunistic now. The only principle applied was ‘because we can’.

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:

Come on Jolly, just have the courage to say it was opportunistic then and it would be opportunistic now.

There are shades of opportunism.

[Doctor Phibes]

Shades? They're more like curtains.

[Klaus]

@jon-nyc said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:

In theory. The senate might have to change their rules.
He has to nominate and the senate has to approve. I think it's only Senate rules that would prevent that from happening in rapid succession. And the Senate is GOP controlled.

But I assume a president Biden could "retaliate" by increasing the number of judges until they have a democrat majority?

[George K]

@Klaus said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:

@jon-nyc said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:

In theory. The senate might have to change their rules.
He has to nominate and the senate has to approve. I think it's only Senate rules that would prevent that from happening in rapid succession. And the Senate is GOP controlled.

But I assume a president Biden could "retaliate" by increasing the number of judges until they have a democrat majority?

Roosevelt tried that. It was met with outrage by both parties.

[Klaus]

@George-K I don't know the historic context, but why would that upset the Democrat party today?

[George K]

@Klaus said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:

@George-K I don't know the historic context, but why would that upset the Democrat party today?

Good question. I don't know.

https://time.com/5702280/court-packing-history/

[Horace]

The time for principled outrage in politics is over. The only thing keeping any political party from doing anything to win is prison.

[Copper]

Which party? Which prison?

[Horace]

California's secession can't come fast enough. Let them have their own prisons and politicians. And let the disadvantaged vote with their feet as they flock to that nirvana.

[jon-nyc]

@Klaus said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:

@jon-nyc said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:

In theory. The senate might have to change their rules.
He has to nominate and the senate has to approve. I think it's only Senate rules that would prevent that from happening in rapid succession. And the Senate is GOP controlled.

But I assume a president Biden could "retaliate" by increasing the number of judges until they have a democrat majority?

One of the main reasons I really would hate to see Trump force through a candidate at the last minute is it would give huge energy to the ‘pack the court’ faction in the party. (For the record Biden has consistently opposed it.)

[Copper]

force

nice word choice

If a candidate is needed this year he would have to nominate one. This would be entirely legal, justified and expected.

Giving away a SCOTUS seat would be unthinkable.

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:

@Klaus said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:

@jon-nyc said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:

In theory. The senate might have to change their rules.
He has to nominate and the senate has to approve. I think it's only Senate rules that would prevent that from happening in rapid succession. And the Senate is GOP controlled.

But I assume a president Biden could "retaliate" by increasing the number of judges until they have a democrat majority?

One of the main reasons I really would hate to see Trump force through a candidate at the last minute is it would give huge energy to the ‘pack the court’ faction in the party. (For the record Biden has consistently opposed it.)

Biden will do what his handlers tell him to do.

(Is there an echo in here?)

[taiwan_girl]

Actually, this was for a time she was in the hospital in 2019, but I think we were on the other forum board on that time?

A former health care worker who illegally leaked the health records of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison.

and

Russell denied all charges, suggesting his cat might have walked across the keyboard and accidentally called up Ginsburg’s data,

(that is at least somewhat original. 555)

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/4981214-healthcare-worker-sentenced-ginsburg-leak/

[jon-nyc]

My cat deleted my homework.

[George K]

They never caught the SCOTUS - Dobbs leaker, did they?