A lot of ink on all sides has been spilled regarding the ongoing debate surrounding Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to Justice Anthony Kennedy's seat on the Supreme Court.
In April 2017, mere hours before the Senate Judiciary Committee was set to vote on Judge Neil Gorsuch, spurious plagiarism charges were leveled in a last-ditch attempt to scuttle President Trump's nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia's seat on the court.
Senate Democrats mounted a fruitless filibuster against the Gorsuch nomination.
Senate Democrats led by then-Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., arguably made a huge tactical error in removing the threat of filibuster in November 2013 on all but Supreme Court nominations.
Had cooler heads prevailed in the Democratic Party and theirs moderate voices been allowed to speak, let alone lead, one has to wonder if they would have forced Senate Republicans' hands to break the rules on the Gorsuch nomination.
Imagine how the Kavanaugh nomination would have gone down were Gorsuch confirmed with 60-plus votes and if the filibuster were still in place today.
Judge Gorsuch becomes Justice Gorsuch, Republicans would now either need 60 votes to confirm Kavanaugh or McConnell would have to convince 50 of the 51 GOP Senators to end the filibuster in this current divisive political environment.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/dont-want-justice-brett-kavanaugh-blame-harry-reid
In April 2017, mere hours before the Senate Judiciary Committee was set to vote on Judge Neil Gorsuch, spurious plagiarism charges were leveled in a last-ditch attempt to scuttle President Trump's nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia's seat on the court.
Senate Democrats mounted a fruitless filibuster against the Gorsuch nomination.
Senate Democrats led by then-Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., arguably made a huge tactical error in removing the threat of filibuster in November 2013 on all but Supreme Court nominations.
Had cooler heads prevailed in the Democratic Party and theirs moderate voices been allowed to speak, let alone lead, one has to wonder if they would have forced Senate Republicans' hands to break the rules on the Gorsuch nomination.
Imagine how the Kavanaugh nomination would have gone down were Gorsuch confirmed with 60-plus votes and if the filibuster were still in place today.
Judge Gorsuch becomes Justice Gorsuch, Republicans would now either need 60 votes to confirm Kavanaugh or McConnell would have to convince 50 of the 51 GOP Senators to end the filibuster in this current divisive political environment.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/dont-want-justice-brett-kavanaugh-blame-harry-reid
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