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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So much sanctimonious b-s about the senate doing its duty, etc.

I am a liberal and if someone like a Ginsburg were to retire or die, I'd want a Democratic senate to use every available means to block the nomination if the president were Republican - and if the vacancy occurred in an election year.

It is just politics and both sides indulge in this sort of thing. It is the reason why Schumer essentially talked about blocking nominations under GWB after Roberts and Alito were appointed and turned out to be even more conservative than was anticipated.[/quote]

OK, here's a hypothetical for you and everyone else: Let's say (1) Trump gets elected president, (2) the Democrats take back the Senate, and (3) Ginsburg dies on his first day in office.  Would the Democrats in the Senate be acting appropriately and fulfilling their duty if they say, "[i]Nope, we consider Trump an ideologue and a charlatan, so we're not going to consider any Supreme Court nominee he offers.  We'll just wait until the next President arrives in 2020 to replace Ginsburg.[/i]"  Justifiable in your worldview?

FWIW, you could easily flip that hypothetical too: Would a Republican Senate in 2017 be justified in refusing to consider any Hillary Clinton nominations for her entire four-year term?

I know the current line Republicans are drawing is just the third year of a President's term, but there's not reason it cannot be extended: Second half of a President's term?  Entire President's term?  What's the difference?[/quote]

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