GOP has to act fast to confirm Kavanaugh before it's too late

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GOP has to act fast to confirm Kavanaugh before it's too late
by Paul Moreno
 | July 18, 2018 12:00 AM


President Trump nominated his justice quickly; Republican senators need to act just as fast. If history tells us anything, it’s that they may not get another chance, even if Trump is re-elected in 2020.

Clarence Thomas is now the only Supreme Court justice nominated by a president of one party and confirmed (narrowly) by a Senate controlled by the other party. The rest were appointed and confirmed in the brief periods when one party controlled both the White House and the Senate.

Former President Barack Obama got Justice Elena Kagan and Justice Sonia Sotomayor through in the first half of his first term, before the Republican midterm “shellacking” of 2010. Former President George W. Bush got Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito confirmed just before the Democrats retook the Senate in 2006. Former President Bill Clinton’s two appointments, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Justice Stephen Breyer, were confirmed in the first half of his first term, before the Republicans took control of Congress for the first time in 40 years.

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Schumer's strategy is to delay as much as possible in order to get a more moderate candidate like the Dems did when they "Borked' and were able to get Kennedy to replace Powell instead of Robert Bork.

[Snarknado]

Schumer's strategy is to delay as much as possible in order to get a more moderate candidate like the Dems did when they "Borked' and were able to get Kennedy to replace Powell instead of Robert Bork.

What can he do now that he didn't already try with Gorsuch? If anything, his ill-advised filibuster then makes his job harder this time...