For the last time stop mischaracterizing my posts
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Posted On: 02/14/2016 4:01:06 PM
For the last time stop mischaracterizing my posts as misinformation, OR start engaging in the same hair-splitting with every other post on this board.
In this case there IS no hair-splitting by me as no Republican thus far has made the distinction between 'appointed' and 'confirmed'.
Grassley's comment says the 'practice over 80 years is to not CONFIRM a Supreme Court nominee in an election year,"
That is what other Republicans are quoted as saying, and they are all inaccurate.
Every president has the Constitutional right to nominate a replacement for a retired or deceased US Supreme Court Justice, regardless of what year and what term.
The opposition Party may not like it, but they have the power of the vote to confirm or deny. WTF are you people afraid of?
That Obama might nominate an ostensible 'moderate' who would actually be a 'stealth liberal'? Another....Roberts? LOL!
Be careful what you wish for. You will soon see arguments about what a Trump or a Cruz candidacy would mean 'down ticket'.
Yeah, if it's a Dem landslide the Senate isn't safe for Republicans.
In this case there IS no hair-splitting by me as no Republican thus far has made the distinction between 'appointed' and 'confirmed'.
Grassley's comment says the 'practice over 80 years is to not CONFIRM a Supreme Court nominee in an election year,"
That is what other Republicans are quoted as saying, and they are all inaccurate.
Every president has the Constitutional right to nominate a replacement for a retired or deceased US Supreme Court Justice, regardless of what year and what term.
The opposition Party may not like it, but they have the power of the vote to confirm or deny. WTF are you people afraid of?
That Obama might nominate an ostensible 'moderate' who would actually be a 'stealth liberal'? Another....Roberts? LOL!
Be careful what you wish for. You will soon see arguments about what a Trump or a Cruz candidacy would mean 'down ticket'.
Yeah, if it's a Dem landslide the Senate isn't safe for Republicans.
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The most recent contradiction of this claim would be Reagan’s nomination of Kennedy. Kennedy was nominated in November 1987 and confirmed during Reagan’s final year of office in February 1988.
Reagan’s timeline doesn’t exactly line up with what Obama faces; Reagan had more time between his nomination and the end of his presidency.
But it’s hard for us to see how Obama can be considered a lame duck but not Reagan. Both were second-term presidents who knew they would not serve again but did not yet know who their successor would be.
We rate this claim Mostly False.
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