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b_b  ·  2935 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Here Is What Donald Trump Wants To Do In His First 100 Days

Will be most interesting to see their position vis Supreme Court. Considering McCain's position that Clinton not be allowed to nominate a justice at all, Chuck Shumer might as well come out and say that we need to wait for the next president so that the people can have a say in the Court. It's an absurdist position, but not any more so than McConnell's. I'm not in favor of the government grinding to a halt, but I also don't expect for there to be no reciprocity from Shumer, given McConnell's behavior since 2010.





user-inactivated  ·  2935 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Justice nomination has always been a glaring problem in our system. There isn't a particularly fair way to do it, especially now that justices are contemplating early retirement in order to secure a like-minded successor. I don't know if anyone has put forward broad solutions to the perverse incentives we have now.