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Schumer: Democratic US Senate may block Trump nominees for Supreme Court, lower courts (ohiocapitaljournal.com)
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer indicated Wednesday that should Democrats regain control of the chamber following the elections, they plan to block judicial nominees sent up by President Donald Trump, including for any possible vacancies on the Supreme Court.

“Look, the bottom line is, one of the reasons that we want to do everything we can to take back the Senate is not let Trump put such horrible justices, MAGA justices, on the Supreme Court and the lower courts,” he said.

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[–] 12 points 5 days ago

This should be table stakes for any party actively trying to oppose fascism.

But since we're hearing about it now and it's Schumer, let me predict:

  • By January when democrats maybe have a senate majority, it'll be, "We'll need to look at every nominee case-by-case."
  • By the time Alito steps down in 2027ish, it'll be, "We would need to see someone who isn't an idealogue."
  • A month later when Trump nominates someone off of the Heritage Foundation's list, it'll be "There's no way they'll be confirmed, so we should have a vote."
  • Then a few hours before the vote, Fetterman will announce he is switching to GOP along with one or two democratic senators with strangely full bank accounts.
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