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Originally Posted by HedonistForever
Biden just lied AGAIN. Biden said that Trump should "follow the Constitution" and not nominate someone to fill the vacancy. Is Biden saying something he knows isn't true like how he as President would mandate a federal mask wearing law with his "follow the Constitution" remark? Or does he seriously not understand that there is nothing in the Constitution that says Trump can't or shouldn't name a nominee? Biden AGAIN says that if Trump nominates someone, it will be a "Constitutional abuse of power".
No, it won't be Joe. The question is, do you know this or do you not know this?
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how amusing. typical democrat nonsense. the Constitution specifically gives the current president the right to nominate a justice. doesn't say shit about "except during a presidential election year" or "because the Democrats don't like it".
never mind Harry Reid, this is really Bushy's fault. that dummy never should have caved in as a lame duck prez and deferred to whoever won in 2008 which was Obama. quite possibly the single worst mistake Bushy made in terms of US politics in his 8 years in office.
i find some items in this article interesting
Biden hits back on calls for his list of Supreme Court nominees, gives 3 reasons candidates shouldn't do it
https://www.yahoo.com/news/conscienc...202555177.html
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is pushing back against the Trump campaign's criticism of him not releasing a list of potential Supreme Court nominees to
replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, saying it showed his opponent looks at the issue as a "game" and that there are good reasons candidates don't normally release such lists.
candidates who happen to be the sitting president do
Speaking at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia Sunday, Biden praised Ginsburg for achieving a level of standing in American culture that had been held by few Supreme Court justices and said she "did as much to advance the constitutional rights, opportunities and justice for women, as Justice Marshall did for African Americans." And he implored Senate Republicans to let the winner of the Nov. 3 election decide who will fill Ginsburg's vacant Supreme Court seat, telling them that to do otherwise risked "irreversible damage" to American democracy.
He also addressed calls for him to release a list of people he's considering to replace Ginsburg on the bench. President Donald Trump released a
list of his potential nominees on Sept. 9 and said he is
expected to pick one of the women on that list to replace Ginsburg.
Biden said the Trump campaign's focus on lists is an indication that the matter is "a game for them" which they want to use to "gin up emotions and anger."
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"There's a reason why no presidential candidate, other than Donald Trump has ever done such a thing. First, putting a judge's name on lists like that could influence that person's decision making as a judge. And that would be wrong," Biden said.
see note about sitting president above
"Second, anyone put in a list like that under these circumstances will be subject to unrelenting political attacks, because any nominee I would select would not get hearing until 2021 at the earliest."
all potential candidates for the court are subjected to intense scrutiny regardless of the pending election. just ask Brett Kavanaugh
Finally, he said he didn't want his decision to be "based on a partisan election campaign."
Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh accused Biden of "hiding his list of potential nominees."
"Biden knows that he is an empty vessel for the radical left and that’s why he’s refusing to be honest with the American people about who he would want on the court," Murtaugh said.
Earlier Sunday, Marc Short, chief staff to Vice President Mike Pence, told CNN Trump's list was an example of the president's transparency.
"We still haven't seen a list from Joe Biden. We would welcome a list from Joe Biden that would show the American people, if he's elected, here's who I would appoint to the Supreme Court," Short said on "State of the Union."
In an email to supporters, the Trump campaign said Biden had "pledged" to release a list on June 30. At that time,
Biden said he planned to pick a Black woman to fill any potential Supreme Court vacancy and was vetting a list of possible nominees. In response to a reporter who asked if Biden would release the list like Trump, Biden said, "One thing I hesitate to do is follow anything the president does at all, because he usually does it all wrong."
So! Joey does have a list after all! didn't recall him saying that from June. of course he doesn't want to release it now because like his VP pick of Harris he boxed himself in to nominating a female and in this case he specifically said black female.
"I am not going to release that until we go further down the line in vetting them," Biden continued. But he did not specify that "further down the line" meant before the election.
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In his speech Sunday, Biden repeated his pledge that he would nominate an African-American woman to the court. He said he would consult with senators from both parties about his pick, as well as "legal and civic leaders."
two words Stacy Abrams. bahhaaa no, Biden's handlers know what a mistake that would be, even if he doesn't.
"It will be the product of a process that extends our finest traditions, not the extension of what has torn the country apart for the last years," he vowed. He pointed to the challenges and division facing the country and warned against adding " a constitutional crisis that plunges us deeper into the abyss and deeper into the darkness."
"If we go down this path, I predict it will cause irreversible damage," he warned.
Biden cited
Ginsburg's reported dying wish that her replacement not be selected until there is a new president in office.
"As a nation, we should heed her final call to us, not as a personal service to her, but as a service to the country, our country, at a crossroads," Biden said.
Biden pointed to Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell's decision not to bring Merrick Garland's nomination to a vote in 2016. "Having made this their standard," he said, "they cannot just four years later, change course when it doesn't serve their ends."
He said he was not "being naive" and addressing his comments to Trump or McConnell, but rather to Senate Republicans who "know deep down what is right for the country and consistent with the Constitution."
"Please follow your conscience. Don't vote to confirm anyone nominated under the circumstances President Trump and Sen. McConnell have created," he said. "Don't go there."
Two Republican senators – Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine – have said they
will not support a vote on a nominee before the election. But two more would be needed to join with the Democrats to reach the 51 votes required to block a nominee.
November election: Trump, Democrats thrust Supreme Court fight forward as a central issue
Murtaugh said Ginsburg's successor was Trump's prerogative, regardless of the timing.
"When there’s a Supreme Court vacancy, the President selects a nominee and the Senate provides advice and consent. That’s what the Constitution says and those are the only rules," Murtaugh said in a statement. "Make no mistake about this: The President has been clear that he will nominate a woman to fill that seat and the Senate should vote to confirm her."
does anyone think that if this had happened in 2012 there would be any uproar about "candidate" Obama releasing any list or more importantly moving to fill the vacancy before the election?
