re: RB Ginsburg dead 87

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McConnell removed that exception to shoehorn Gorsuch in, after blocking Obama's nominee for several months.

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Do you think Gorsuch wasn’t qualified and deserved the political games Democrats were playing as usual? How does that compare to Republican treatment of La Raza member and sexist Sotomayer or even of RBG or Obama’s own Solicitor General & Doug Heffernan look-a-like?

Don’t have to go into detail about what Democrats did to Kavanaugh or Thomas or even Bork (Democrats have been doing this for decades including showing some bias against Catholic nominees). Parker was immediately put in as chief to limit games Democrats play by limiting hearings that would have happened if pushing existing member.

Also don’t think for a moment Reid or next Democrat wouldn’t have taken next step. They just didn’t need it yet in 2013. Reid opened the door & just said they wouldn’t use it for SC to keep some kind of faux high road in press. He did it when Republicans were treating all nominees better than Democrats ever do when in same position and especially treating SC nominees of Democrats better. Just saying he wouldn’t use again means nothing they lost Senate before next Supreme Court position opened, but He made it possible. If they controlled Senate in 2016 they would have done it and Obama’s nominee wouldn’t have been considered closer to being a centrist but another leftist judicial activist like his first 2.

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A Supreme Court nominee used to require 60 votes for confirmation if any senator objected. However, in 2017, McConnell invoked the "nuclear option," a procedural maneuver changing Senate rules. This was made possible when Democrats last controlled the Senate. Majority Leader Harry Reid used the nuclear option in 2013 to confirm lower court judges.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-vacancy-process-nomination-senate-confirmation/