McConnell's murmuring about another SC pick before 2020

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Oh it's just chatter of maybe-if-the-opportunity-arises right now, but if he's talking about it at all, bets are that he's already got the playbook out for seating the next one.

They knew long ago that they had to own the SC.
However they had to do it.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/07/politics/mcconnell-scotus-2020-nominee-trump-senate/index.html

McConnell changes course after opposing SCOTUS nominees in presidential election year
Monday, Oct 8 2018-updated


Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell left open the possibility of confirming a Supreme Court nominee in 2020 if Republicans still control the chamber and there's a vacancy on the court, marking a shift over how he treated then-President Barack Obama's nominee in 2016.

Speaking to both Fox News and CBS News on Sunday, McConnell would not rule out seeking to confirm a nominee if there is a Supreme Court vacancy in the final year of President Donald Trump's first term in 2020, assuming the GOP holds onto the Senate in this November's midterms. McConnell instead seemed to suggest that presidents don't get Supreme Court nominees confirmed in a presidential election year — if the Senate is controlled by the opposite political party.

"You have to go back to 1880 to find the last time a Senate controlled by a party different from the president filled a vacancy on the Supreme Court that was created in the middle of a presidential election year," McConnell said on Fox News. "That's been the history,"


Asked directly if he would allow a nominee to be confirmed in 2020, McConnell repeatedly sidestepped the question.

"The answer to your question is we will see if there's a vacancy in 2020," he said.

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1. Alito or Thomas?

RBG, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Breyer aren't going anywhere McTurtle.

[ProudDem314]

3. Unless one of them dies

They do not have much control over that. I am specifically referring to RBG. She is not getting any younger.

[lapfog_1]

4. Any of them might die at any time...

Roberts has had previous "dizzy" episodes.

Thomas has bad health habits and diet.

Alito? Who knows.

RBG works out almost every day and seems to be going strong. Reminds me of my maternal grandmother... lived until she was 98, was sharp and doing NY Times crossword well into her 90s.

[NewJeffCT]

7. Breyer is now 80 as well

like it or not, the two oldest justices on the court by far are Democratic appointees in RBG and Breyer.

Thomas is only 70, even though it seems like he's been there forever - he'd need to serve another 15 years to reach RBG's age now. If he made it until 85, he'd have served 42 years, by far the longest tenure of any justice. (Oliver Wendell Holmes has the record at 36 years now)

[helpisontheway]

2. We need the Senate to stop him. He might be floating it so the nuts

go out to vote for Republicans in the fall. He is like want more immoral justices on the Supreme Court...vote Republican.

[tymorial]

5. It scares me. Breyer and Ginsburg are in their 80s.

Thomas will be soon. We need to control Congress desperately.

The court has acted dishonorably before and I have no doubt they will again. I wish Souter would publish his dissent from Citizens United.

[pandr32]

6. I hope the moderate to liberal justices have bodyguards

...and food tasters.