Sen. Dianne Feinstein's death creates a vacancy on the powerful panel that oversees President Biden's judicial nominees. Without her, Democrats don't have a majority on it.
And we all know the GOP would never hold a double standard on procedural precedents. That could turn into quite the slippery slope, maybe even holding up Supreme Court appointments eventually
My point is that the likelihood of the Democrats immediately turning around and using that new standard themselves is quite high here. It would be equivalent to what would happen if Thomas or Alito dies in the next few months and the Democrats promptly announce that they’re going to go ahead and confirm his replacement in an election year just like Republicans did for Ginsburg, except with the actuarial odds of a 90 year old instead of a 75 year old.
True, it’s in their interest this time. I still wouldn’t put it past them to fight Feinsteins replacement tooth and nail then act like the Dems are destroying the country by pushing back on Grassleys replacement
And we all know the GOP would never hold a double standard on procedural precedents. That could turn into quite the slippery slope, maybe even holding up Supreme Court appointments eventually
My point is that the likelihood of the Democrats immediately turning around and using that new standard themselves is quite high here. It would be equivalent to what would happen if Thomas or Alito dies in the next few months and the Democrats promptly announce that they’re going to go ahead and confirm his replacement in an election year just like Republicans did for Ginsburg, except with the actuarial odds of a 90 year old instead of a 75 year old.
True, it’s in their interest this time. I still wouldn’t put it past them to fight Feinsteins replacement tooth and nail then act like the Dems are destroying the country by pushing back on Grassleys replacement