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Let the SCOTUS games begin

Schrute Farm

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We'll see if the front runner Ketanji Brown Jackson has the experience and temperament. She obviously has the two most important qualifications for the left and her leanings will be seen shortly.
 
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The Mitch McConnell rule will prevent Biden from appointing a successor. Look at the number of Federal Court Vacancies.

Judicial Vacancies

* Judges in territorial courts (Virgin Islands, Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands) and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims are Article I judges with term appointments.
www.uscourts.gov www.uscourts.gov

www.usatoday.com

'We'd fill it:' Mitch McConnell blocked Obama Supreme Court pick but says he'd help Trump fill a vacancy

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wouldn't let Obama fill a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year but he's OK with letting Trump do it.
www.usatoday.com

www.pbs.org

How McConnell's Bid to Reshape the Federal Judiciary Extends Beyond the Supreme Court

Just as Sen. Mitch McConnell helped cement a conservative majority on the Supreme Court for decades to come, judicial experts and journalists who spoke to FRONTLINE credit him with holding open lower federal court vacancies that President Trump then filled with conservative judges at a breakneck...
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www.politifact.com

PolitiFact - Fact-check: Why Barack Obama failed to fill over 100 judgeships

President Donald Trump often celebrates the large number of judicial appointments he’s been able to make. Federal judges
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Being the "Conservative" I wouldn't think you'd have an issue with Mitch.

The dems control 51 votes so I don't see a problem unless the 2 moderates that they've been insulting for the last 3 months are done with them.
 
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Schrute Farm said:
Being the "Conservative" I wouldn't think you'd have an issue with Mitch.

The dems control 51 votes so I don't see a problem unless the 2 moderates that they've been insulting for the last 3 months are done with them.
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Mitch stops too much that he shouldn't have control of. We the people??? Is now, I am Mitch...
 
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lostcreekranch said:
Breyer was relentlessly bullied by the left to get out before Republicans seize the Senate

www.foxnews.com

Breyer was relentlessly bullied by the left to get out before Republicans seize the Senate

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement comes after months of pressure from the left to hang up his robe in time for President Biden to name a replacement
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www.vanityfair.com

Justice Breyer’s Retirement Is a Break With Tradition That Reflects a New, Toxic Supreme Court

His retirement came all too soon, ensuring President Joe Biden can appoint a liberal justice, and yet too late to save a court mired in politics.
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