Manchin Will Stop SCOTUS Appointment Before Midterms

[Rightguide]

Except Beyer isn't a conservative so his houseboat is seemingly safe:


Manchin: If there's another SCOTUS vacancy close to the midterms, I won't allow it to be filled
ALLAHPUNDIT Feb 14, 2022 6:41 PM ET

I spent an entertaining 20 minutes on social media this afternoon watching liberals have conniptions in response to this comment.

He infuriated them by tanking Build Back Better. He made mortal enemies of them by refusing to change the filibuster to pass voting-rights legislation.

If he denied them a Supreme Court seat — particularly an opportunity to replace a conservative on the Court — I think they’d sink his house boat.

What does Manchin mean when he says he doesn’t want to be hypocritical? Well, despite his habit of supporting Republican SCOTUS nominees, he voted no on Amy Coney Barrett in 2020. The reason? Timing.

It may be true that no justices have been confirmed after July in a presidential election year. (I’ll take Manchin’s word for it.) But there have been justices confirmed after July in a midterm election year. Why, Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed in October 2018.

https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2022...midterms-i-wont-allow-it-to-be-filled-n448602

 

[ll74]

Why are you posting the same thing as the OP?

It won't ever get to that point...Manchin will be voting in May/June in favor of the nomination

 

[pecksniff]

"Another vacancy"? He know something we don't?

 

[BidudeinWi]

Why are you posting the same thing as the OP?

It won't ever get to that point...Machine will be voting in May/June in favor of the nomination

“Because I said so!”

 

[ll74]

“Because I said so!”

Manchin said so, actually

Schumer is going to take McConnell's lead on the speed of the nomination, which he has already said he would.

 

[Wrong Element]

I'm pretty sure Manchin was talking specifically about a vacancy that happened to occur just before the election. I can't imagine he'd be opposed to a vacancy that opened up at the end of a Court term, with a confirmation coming a few months later, which is the most common scenario for Court appointments and occurred most recently with Kavanaugh, who Manchin voted for.

 

[Rightguide]

Why are you posting the same thing as the OP?

It won't ever get to that point...Manchin will be voting in May/June in favor of the nomination

Is there another thread? I didn't see it, but to answer your question, because I can.

Manchin is saying, if the hearings go past the summer, he won't be voting for the nominee. That is the point, because if Biden nominates a radical it will be held up.

 

[Rightguide]

"Another vacancy"? He know something we don't?

I'm pretty sure Manchin was talking specifically about a vacancy that happened to occur just before the election. I can't imagine he'd be opposed to a vacancy that opened up at the end of a Court term, with a confirmation coming a few months later, which is the most common scenario for Court appointments and occurred most recently with Kavanaugh, who Manchin voted for.

He's talking about the current nominee.

 

[ll74]

Is there another thread? I didn't see it, but to answer your question, because I can.

Manchin is saying, if the hearings go past the summer, he won't be voting for the nominee. That is the point, because if Biden nominates a radical it will be held up.

And since the hearings won't go past this summer, you're hope is misplaced. The shortlist doesn't contain a radical at all

There is another thread on this.... I thought you posted to it...but apparently you just echo everything AlterErgo says.