“When there is a vacancy on the SCOTUS, the President is to nominate someone, the Senate is to consider that nomination… There’s no unwritten law that says that it can only be done on off-years. That’s not in the Constitution text.”
No seriously, which is it….?
The President has the right, or he doesn’t…?
Because if he does, the GOP fucked Obama, and if he doesn’t, neither does Trump.
The President has the authority; no one claims or claimed otherwise. The Senate has the authority to provide or withhold consent. Why no mention of all the Democrats who insisted 4 years ago that the President’s selection should have go through the review process. They were pretty adamant.
trumpsters say they wanted someone to drain the swamp and not be like a politician and yet they hold NONE of their elected officials to any sort of standards
He totally does. He just doesn’t give a shit about being a hypocrite as long as he gets what he and his donors want.
“When there is a vacancy on the SCOTUS, the President is to nominate someone, the Senate is to consider that nomination… There’s no unwritten law that says that it can only be done on off-years. That’s not in the Constitution text.”
How come they didn’t consider Obama’s nomination then….?
No seriously, which is it….?
The President has the right, or he doesn’t…?
Because if he does, the GOP fucked Obama, and if he doesn’t, neither does Trump.
The President has the authority; no one claims or claimed otherwise. The Senate has the authority to provide or withhold consent. Why no mention of all the Democrats who insisted 4 years ago that the President’s selection should have go through the review process. They were pretty adamant.
trumpsters say they wanted someone to drain the swamp and not be like a politician and yet they hold NONE of their elected officials to any sort of standards