Correct. It’s about an extremely lame joke being done in a ponderous manner.
Mr. CarnalK… SNL writers are on hold for you on line 5.
thank god you’re dragging it out then
What browser? I can copy and share using chrome but the long press doesn’t actually show me the link. That’s a good idea actually. Feel like an idiot for not having thought of it before and seeking it out.
/Derail
I use firefox focus mostly on my phone but the version of google chrome that I have also displays the link, though in chrome, I have to tap the link in the context menu to see the full url which is ugh.
Thank you for the tip
Seeing the news about Ginsburg missing arguments reminded me of a question I wanted to pose here.
How long would she have to hold out on her deathbed before confirmation could be forced to the next administration assuming the left could get four republicans to vote with them?
Obama nominated Merrick Garland on March 6 so that sets a baseline of about 8 months.
Gotta take issue with your sloppy use of the word “joke,” there.
It also lets you just type, “That’s a lame joke,” instead of whinging about blind links whose destination you already know.
I don’t think that’s the right baseline. Normally confirmation processes run for a few months, but in a rush, I suspect the Republicans could get it done in a few weeks, so … she’s got to hold out until, I don’t know, sometime around New Year’s Day 2021.
Technically, I wonder what prevents Trump from nominating a replacement if Ginsburg dies, and Senate Republicans from confirming the nominee that very day or next day. There seems to be no rule written in law that a confirmation must take a certain amount of time. So maybe even until January 19, 2021.
Maybe. I suspect there are some rules about procedures that have to take place (for example, I seem to recall that 30 hours of floor debate time must be allotted). I suppose if they’re feeling ruthless enough they might be able to nuclear-option those rules away on the morning of the 20th and hold a quick vote at 11:45 AM.
I understand that that would likely be the case. My hypothetical assumed that there would be enough republicans voting with the left to block a nomination until the after the next POTUS takes office. My question was how long they would be able to keep the seat open if Ginsburg does pass before the end of the current term. If it happens tonight would they be able to stall for a year?
If they refuse to hold confirmation hearings, why wouldn’t they be able to leave the seat open indefinitely? Functionally, that causes a bunch of problems but I can’t think of any possible legal roadblock.
Was that really worth the pixels, dude? Day old news.
Sure, I see no reason they couldn’t stall indefinitely, a reverse Garland.
How would that be a reverse Garland? Wasn’t that pretty much exactly what Garland was? Stalling until there was a new administration in the hopes it would be Republican?
There there’s precedent for rapid nominations and confirmations of Supreme Court Justices.
John McLean was nominated to the court on March 6, 1829 by President Andrew Jackson. He was confirmed by the Senate and received his commission the next day.
Any rules in the modern day that would slow a confirmation hearing could be done away with by a determined majority.
I’m not sure I understand the question, but Justices serve on the Court until they die, resign, or are impeached and removed (Samuel Chase is the only Justice to be impeached, and he was not removed).
So assuming Ginsberg is on her deathbed and unable to speak or communicate, she is still technically a Justice. To remove her, she would have to be impeached by the House (currently controlled by the Dems, so not likely even if she is in a persistent vegetative state) and removed by the Senate (currently controlled by the GOP, but they can’t remove her until she is impeached).
Thus Ginsberg needs to keep breathing until either Trump is out of office, or until the GOP loses control of the Senate.
If Ginsberg is no longer a Justice for whatever reason, the Dems will stall until the 2020 elections and hope for the best. The GOP will try to get another Justice confirmed while they have the chance.
Ginsberg has to hang on until the Dems regain control of the White House, the Senate, or both.
Regards,
Shodan