Here are some of the things that will probably happen now:

(1) The Democrats will almost undoubtedly hold up any nomination, until after the November 3 presidential election.

(2) We will hear the words (or rather, the name) "Merrick Garland" thrown around promiscuously.

(3) We will surely hear a lot about "preserving the balance" on the Court.

(4) If an originalist is nonetheless confirmed, we will hear a great deal about expanding the membership of the Court, once a Democrat takes over the White House. (There is no constitutional requirement that it should be set at nine members; but that has been the tradition for over 150 years now.)

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"In his second inaugural address, [Franklin D.] Roosevelt sought 'unimagined power' to enforce the 'proper subordination' of private power to public power. He got it…"—George Will, July 8, 2007

Which they will pretend that only republicans did that even though Biden is on record opposing Bush's nomination during the last year of his term.


WHich they could care less about.They want liberal majority just like republicans want conservative majority in the supreme court/
I could see them doing that unless republicans get a 2/3rds majority in both houses and make a constitutional amendment setting the limit to 9.

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"There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag… We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language… and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”—Theodore Roosevelt

Yeah McConnel is a hypocrite but I have no qualms about the nominee unless it turns out to be a real bonkers pick like a reality show host or person from foxnews.
You should know my views on abortion; the only thing that would rattle me is if there was a move to crush gay/trans/etc. rights after they fought so long to have them.

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The largest consequence is the ability to get the SCOTUS to start passing more decisions in concert with the constitution. Since RBG has passed, that is one less anti-constitutionalist on the court.

Even if the Left got whomever they wanted, it's a break-even...Anything less is a win ("more of a win") for loyal Constitutionalists...

Personally, my main question would be this...

"Is the Constitution a living, evolving document?"...

Anything less than "Hell no!" is a disqualification IMHO...

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"You get the respect that you give" - cnredd

A better answer would be: "Only by the process of amendment."

Not necessarily, Roberts and recently Kavanaugh have shown a tendency to side with the public interest super legislature arguments of the Left. Roberts in particular with ad hoc rewriting Obamacare after buying off concerns over people losing coverage instead of the Constitution. Trump ought to push for another justice to return the SCOTUS to its Constitutional role.

Besides, another SCOTUS nomination will infuriate the Left exposing their toxic hatred and violence to the voters. Losing their avenue to advance their agenda by judicial decree instead of messy elections where the uneducated might interfere with progress is guaranteed to inspire fury over losing their entitlement.

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What is a 30 something year old single man with a rock in one hand and a Honduran flag in the other?

An asylum seeker.

funny when it disagrees with your views of how life should be you call rulings "unconstitutional".

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I think he refers to things as being unconstitutional if they are not specifically mentioned in the Constitution.

In this regard, I would fully agree with him.

(And no, an infinitely flexible view of the "public welfare," mentioned in the Constitution, does not work. Not with me, anyway.)

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"In his second inaugural address, [Franklin D.] Roosevelt sought 'unimagined power' to enforce the 'proper subordination' of private power to public power. He got it…"—George Will, July 8, 2007

Since the thread is about RBG, I assumed the discussion was about her legendary efforts and successes concerning women's and minority rights.

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