Comments on: Justice Breyer set to retire?

By: Christopher B

Christopher B — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 12:46:34 +0000

Regarding dying on hills … always good to remember Patton’s admonition (paraphrased) that you don’t win wars by dying for your country, you win by making the other poor bastard die for his.

By: R2L

R2L — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 03:09:33 +0000

An interesting scenario at RedState for the GOP to hold up SCOTUS nominee(s) they really don’t like – but hinges on 11 Republicans (including Lindsey Graham) “working together”, a sometimes doubtful prospect.
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/01/26/the-shortlist-for-scotus-and-how-the-gop-could-block-the-nominee-n513040

By: Ray+Van+Dune

Ray+Van+Dune — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 19:37:29 +0000

“If you’re going to be called nasty names no matter what you do, you may as well do what you think is right.”

No, most Republican politicians will still try to do what they think will look good in the eyes of their enemies. Their constituents OTOH, can pound sand… their only function is to vote and be perpetually disappointed!

Where the hell are the Martians, anyway?!

By: stan

stan — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:05:45 +0000

Tribe says the VP can’t break a tie when Senate is in “advise and consent” role for Court.

By: LeClerc

LeClerc — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 13:48:51 +0000

More on the Princeton ballet program. Biden will employ similar ideas in picking the next SC justice:

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/01/woke-ballet-at-princeton-part-two.php

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 08:13:50 +0000

Charles Cooke had some ideas about how a far-leftie could backfire on the Democrats. A couple of people on the Open Thread suggested some of the same things.

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/justice-breyers-retirement-may-not-be-all-bad-news-for-conservatives/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=right-rail&utm_content=corner&utm_term=first

By: Chester Draws

Chester Draws — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 03:34:30 +0000

Biden will nominate a black woman, no question. He won’t want to supply the Republicans with ammunition for the election, so it will be someone without much of a public record or public statements. Manchin and Sinema will support her, and so will a handful of Republicans, but no more. She will then be a reliable left/liberal vote, probably to the left of Ginsberg on economic issues.

A very dangerous game for them to play.

A person with few public statements might be far more conservative than they think, or so loopy left that it comes back to bite them. If they want a safe left justice, then they need to pick one that has clearly signaled that.

Getting a clever, articulate, “correct” person from the very small pool that Biden has unwisely hitched himself too might prove more difficult than they think.

By: huxley

huxley — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 02:51:29 +0000

Leaving aside the Veep vote part, I can see the appeal for Democrats to put Harris on the Court. However, I think Harris and Democrats can see the downside too.

I don’t believe anyone considers Harris competent enough to be on the Court, incuding Harris.

Even if she were willing to be on the Court, I doubt Democrats would want to have Harris on display as a fool over her head and a constant reminder of Democrat idiocy during the Biden years.

By: Robert Shotzberger

Robert Shotzberger — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 02:28:13 +0000

The problem is Kamala has to vacate the Veep before Michele Obama can replace her. They will then need 51 votes to get her in. Meaning 1 republican would have to vote for her.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 02:13:22 +0000

Geoffrey Britain, reports are that Kamala is such an awful boss she might not be able to hire clerks to do the work for her.

Zaphod, unless BHO were to claim to be transgendered, he doesn’t qualify.