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In reply to the discussion: New Headline: Biden, Senate Democrats Can Replace Justice Stephen Breyer on Party Lines [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,271 posts)63. Well, there's always self-respect. All you have to do is note that Philip Elliott has reversed
and retitled the article "Biden, Senate Democrats Can Replace Justice Stephen Breyer on Party Lines", and the Editor's note says the original article which you've preserved in your unedited OP is "incorrect". They say that twice, just to be clear.
Elliott's article now reads:
With the news that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire when the current term ends this summer, President Joe Biden has the opportunity to nominate a replacement who can be confirmed in the Democratic-led Senate by a majority vote. Even if the Judiciary Committee breaks along party lines, the Senate-negotiated rules provide for a way to usher the new Justice to the bench.
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The Senate is split 50-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie. A 2013 agreement allows most presidential nominees to be confirmed with simple majority votes rather than a 60-vote, filibuster-proof margin. A 2017 update added Supreme Court nominees at that threshold. Under a power-sharing agreement reached a year ago between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, that bare-majority threshold still holds for Supreme Court nominees, according to a May 2021 report by the Congressional Research Service, Congress nonpartisan research institute. Biden pledged during the campaign that he would nominate a Black woman to the nine-Justice panel in an historic first.
If Democrats stay united from the committee through the floor, there is nothing standing between the Presidents pick and the bench. Every step requires a simple majority, which theyll have, says Matt House, a former top aide to Schumer.
This should be a political win for Democrats, says Alex Conant, a Republican strategist who worked in two Senate offices and counts others as clients. The White House has an opportunity to reset the narrative and add to Bidens legacy.
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The Senate is split 50-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie. A 2013 agreement allows most presidential nominees to be confirmed with simple majority votes rather than a 60-vote, filibuster-proof margin. A 2017 update added Supreme Court nominees at that threshold. Under a power-sharing agreement reached a year ago between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, that bare-majority threshold still holds for Supreme Court nominees, according to a May 2021 report by the Congressional Research Service, Congress nonpartisan research institute. Biden pledged during the campaign that he would nominate a Black woman to the nine-Justice panel in an historic first.
If Democrats stay united from the committee through the floor, there is nothing standing between the Presidents pick and the bench. Every step requires a simple majority, which theyll have, says Matt House, a former top aide to Schumer.
This should be a political win for Democrats, says Alex Conant, a Republican strategist who worked in two Senate offices and counts others as clients. The White House has an opportunity to reset the narrative and add to Bidens legacy.
As you can see, he's completely abandoned his previous argument about cloture.
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New Headline: Biden, Senate Democrats Can Replace Justice Stephen Breyer on Party Lines [View all]
Cuthbert Allgood
Jan 2022
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Editor's Note: The original version of this story incorrectly stated that Republicans could use
Celerity
Jan 2022
#61
He couldn't convince his colleagues to let him be chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
tritsofme
Jan 2022
#23
Caucus rules would have prohibited Durbin from holding the post, he got a waiver.
tritsofme
Jan 2022
#54
The fact that Biden has had a record number of judges confirmed in his first year
Fiendish Thingy
Jan 2022
#10
Perhaps there's room for a procedural end run by nominating someone already approved by this Senate
Fiendish Thingy
Jan 2022
#5
Exactly. So much poor journalism in the rush to be first with analysis. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
Jan 2022
#21
You ought to consider deleting this thread. No sense spreading misinformation.
tritsofme
Jan 2022
#31
Philip Elliott is expressing a way he thinks the Republicans can block a nominee
Cuthbert Allgood
Jan 2022
#37
He is wrong. It's been definitively proven in this thread. He is getting roasted on Twitter.
tritsofme
Jan 2022
#38
That they haven't done this tactic is not proof that the tactic isn't possible.
Cuthbert Allgood
Jan 2022
#41
No rule. Just common sense and common courtesy to take down a story you know is false.
onenote
Jan 2022
#59
Well, there's always self-respect. All you have to do is note that Philip Elliott has reversed
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2022
#63
I guarantee that you won't come back in this thread next month and apologize when it's proven wrong
Polybius
Jan 2022
#58
Time already admitted it was wrong, yet the OP still has not been self deleted
Celerity
Jan 2022
#62
The GOP cannot block the confirmation of the judge selected by President Biden
LetMyPeopleVote
Jan 2022
#65