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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In reality, there are only two rules, both set forth in the Constitution: A president, for as long as he or she is president, has the power to nominate a person to fill a Supreme Court seat; and that nominee can fill the seat only with the advice and consent of the Senate. That’s it. Everything else is posturing. Everything else is politics.[/quote]

With McConnell's rule the Supreme Court can sit empty indefinitely. Is that Constitutional? Is that politics?[/quote]

Still waiting on an answer to this. No one?[/quote]

Not PP but the above analysis seems logical.  So, the answer to both questions would be yes.  Elections have consequences.    [/quote]

But the Constitution outlines the duties of the Supreme Court. They can't be fulfilled if the court is empty. [/quote]

So, I guess we would have a lot of circuit court splits in your hypothetical.  Or maybe you could eventually vote McConnell and his party out before you run out of justices.  [/quote]

But, in your view, it would be Constitutional for the Senate to allow the court to run out of justices? If McConnell's actions are Constitutional, then having an empty Supreme Court would also be Constitutional. [/quote]

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