Greetings and good morning! THE SUPREME COURT I want to share a few of the many comments I’ve received this week regarding the Supreme Court (I’m weighing in again tomorrow); From David Lash: I completely agree that Trump has every Constitutional right to nominate a replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsberg. He is elected for four years, not three years and nine months, and is vested with full Constitutional authority for the entirety of his term. McConnell selectively reduced that to three years. I guess maybe he read the Constitution now and changed his tune??! Can you imagine if McConnell had said that other presidential powers expired after three years and that Obama could not name a new Secretary of State or could not sign legislation into law?? But while I agree that Trump has the constitutional authority to send the name of his nominee to the Senate and have a hearing, he has no right to do so in a world where fairness is the standard, his colleagues (McConnell) having robbed him of that. But because fairness has no place in this Administration, I fully expect him to seat his nominee. Of course, in this perilous time, there will be no historical precedent for it.
#196 Musings from the Bunker 9/24/20
#196 Musings from the Bunker 9/24/20
#196 Musings from the Bunker 9/24/20
Greetings and good morning! THE SUPREME COURT I want to share a few of the many comments I’ve received this week regarding the Supreme Court (I’m weighing in again tomorrow); From David Lash: I completely agree that Trump has every Constitutional right to nominate a replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsberg. He is elected for four years, not three years and nine months, and is vested with full Constitutional authority for the entirety of his term. McConnell selectively reduced that to three years. I guess maybe he read the Constitution now and changed his tune??! Can you imagine if McConnell had said that other presidential powers expired after three years and that Obama could not name a new Secretary of State or could not sign legislation into law?? But while I agree that Trump has the constitutional authority to send the name of his nominee to the Senate and have a hearing, he has no right to do so in a world where fairness is the standard, his colleagues (McConnell) having robbed him of that. But because fairness has no place in this Administration, I fully expect him to seat his nominee. Of course, in this perilous time, there will be no historical precedent for it.