September 19, 2020
Sorry, Mr. Biden: The voters did pick who should fill the SCOTUS vacancy
By Neil Braithwaite
Commenting on the death of associate justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Joe Biden said:
There is no doubt, let me be clear, that the voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice for the Senate to consider.
Well Mr. Biden, in case you don't remember, the voters did pick a president in 2016, and the voters picked Donald J. Trump. Mr. Trump was inaugurated at noon on Jan. 20, 2017, making him the 45th president of the United States.
Again, in case you can't recall, Mr. Biden, Section 1 of the 20th Amendment of the U. S. Constitution states that Donald J. Trump's term as president of the United States does not end until noon on Jan. 20, 2021.
And until that time, President Trump holds all the rights and powers as determined by that same U. S. Constitution.
I'm sure, Mr. Biden, since you were a member of the U.S. Senate for many years, and presided over the Senate Judiciary Committee when Judge Ginsburg was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Clinton, and were also vice president for eight years, that you know that "The Appointments Clause" is part of Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, which empowers the president of the United States to nominate and, with the advice and consent (confirmation) of the United States Senate, appoint someone to a vacated seat of the SCOTUS.
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