Kennedy Leaving SCOTUS

Max E. said:
They dont even need 51 votes, they only need 50, the Vice president or the speaker makes the decision if its 50/50, from what ive read.
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There isn't a fucking Speaker. There are majority and minority leaders. President Pro Tempore which is Orrin Hatch. They each get one vote. Imagine that. Pence is a Const. mandated "officer" and settles the tie.
 
vanzandt said:
OK I'm trying to figure this out. Am I correct in assuming that all they need now is 51 votes in the Senate for a nominee's confirmation? And if thats the case, aren't there 3 Republicans that are pro-choice? No way they'll let Roe V. Wade fall right? So whats gonna happen? A stalemate? What happens?
And more importantly....why didn't the market move up on the news?
Inquiring minds....
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The "nuclear option":

The nuclear option (or constitutional option) is a parliamentary procedure that allows the United States Senate to override a rule – specifically the 60-vote rule to close debate – by a simple majority of 51 votes, rather than the two-thirds supermajority normally required to amend the rules. The option is invoked when the majority leader raises a point of order that only a simple majority is needed to close debate on certain matters. The presiding officer denies the point of order based on Senate rules, but the ruling of the chair is then appealed and overturned by majority vote, establishing new precedent.

This procedure effectively allows the Senate to decide any issue by simple majority vote, regardless of existing procedural rules such as Rule XXII which requires the consent of 60 senators (out of 100) to end a filibuster for legislation, and 67 for amending a Senate rule. The term "nuclear option" is an analogy to nuclear weapons being the most extreme option in warfare.

In November 2013, Senate Democrats used the nuclear option to eliminate the 60-vote rule on executive branch nominations and federal judicial appointments other than those to the Supreme Court. In April 2017, Senate Republicans used the nuclear option to eliminate the exception for Supreme Court nominees, after the nomination of Neil Gorsuch failed to meet the requirement of 60 votes for ending the debate.[1][2]
As of January 2018, a three-fifths majority vote is still required to end debates on legislation.
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Actually, only 50 votes are required. Vice President Pence, who is the President of the Senate, would cast the tie-breaking vote. I think there is a lot of fear-mongering going on by the Democrats. We don't know how Chief Justice Roberts or Justice Gorsuch will vote on a challenge to Roe v. Wade. We also don't know how the new nominee to the court will vote. I'm sure precedence and "settled law" will be factors in the decision making process.
 
AAAintheBeltway said:
I fully expect all the republicans to back the nominee. Even McCain. He wants his wife or daughter to get his seat. No chance if he pulls one of his stunts.
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This will be the moment of truth, if Trump picks a suitable conservative candidate and the morons in the senate who are getting voted out oppose him, then everyone will forever know they were actually liberals.....

The complaint they always gave about Trump was that he was vulgar, and not pro life, and not pro family, and didnt represent the values of the party....... If Trump nominates someone who checks all the boxes, and these guys still disagree they just end up becoming even bigger pariahs....... this nominee will go through guaranteed before the election liberals going to get the biggest serving of shit in history, all because Harry Reid changed the rules.

Its so perfect. :)
 
From Wiki:

Susan Collins is a pro-choice Republican.[49] The Republican Majority for Choice, a pro-choice Republican PAC, supports Senator Collins.[50] On October 21, 2003, with Senate Democrats, Collins was one of the three Republican Senators to oppose the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. She did however join the majority of Republicans in voting for Laci and Conner's Law to increase penalties for killing the fetus while committing a violent crime against the mother. On March 30, 2017, Collins would again join Lisa Murkowski to break party lines on a vote; this time against a bill allowing states to defund Planned Parenthood. As in that case, Vice President Pence was forced to break a 50–50 tie in favor of the bill.[51] In 2018, Collins voted with the majority of Senate Democrats against a bill that would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.[52]
 
destriero said:
Not at all. Pointing out your hypocrisy.
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Just pointing out the left's hypocrisy when Schumer compares midterms to the Biden rule. Trump's gonna nominate, the Senate will confirm and the left's assault on democracy will go bye bye.
 
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