So… this is great and all, but how come the senate will confirm any Biden appointments? One would think these days it would just be business as usual to deny all appointments if you control the senate. They face no repercussions for anything these days it seems.
Why wouldn’t they confirm his appointments? Senate is controlled by dems right now. They can either confirm Biden’s appointments, and have a dem judge, or not, which risks Trump making appointments to these same positions.
Only time the judges don’t get confirmed at the end of a president’s term is when the opposing party controls the senate. See: end of Obama’s term and his appointment of Garland to the SC.
Only time the judges don’t get confirmed at the end of a president’s term is when the opposing party controls the senate. See: end of Obama’s term and his appointment of Garland to the SC.
This wasn’t the normal process and I don’t think it should be treated as such. It was a cynical ploy by the GOP to highjack SCOTUS. Unfortunately it worked.
So… this is great and all, but how come the senate will confirm any Biden appointments? One would think these days it would just be business as usual to deny all appointments if you control the senate. They face no repercussions for anything these days it seems.
Why wouldn’t they confirm his appointments? Senate is controlled by dems right now. They can either confirm Biden’s appointments, and have a dem judge, or not, which risks Trump making appointments to these same positions.
Only time the judges don’t get confirmed at the end of a president’s term is when the opposing party controls the senate. See: end of Obama’s term and his appointment of Garland to the SC.
This wasn’t the normal process and I don’t think it should be treated as such. It was a cynical ploy by the GOP to highjack SCOTUS. Unfortunately it worked.