Trump summons final two SCOTUS nominees

[Jehanne]

I hope that the Democrats filibuster him.  Such will knock Trump down a peg or two.

Meh, no it won't. It'll just make the Dems look bad.

They already look bad; question is, "How can they look any worse?"  If they do not stand-up to Trump now, then he will continue to appoint right-wing judges.  I bet that they will filibuster and will succeed.  I remember Robert Bork in the late 80s and this guy is just as crazy, if not more so.

[vorlon13]

Gorsuch approves of sweat lodges.

I find myself in concurrence . . . .

[Jackalope]

Meh, no it won't. It'll just make the Dems look bad.

They already look bad; question is, "How can they look any worse?"  If they do not stand-up to Trump now, then he will continue to appoint right-wing judges.  I bet that they will filibuster and will succeed.  I remember Robert Bork in the late 80s and this guy is just as crazy, if not more so.

You know what's changed since then? The nuclear option to break filibusters, which has Ben used by the democrats, and I'm not a fan of hoping McConnell's love of congressional tradition to prevent it's use again.

[vorlon13]

BTW, why is Gorsuch even a 'thing' now ?

throughout her lackadaisical campaign of torpor and ennui, Hillary didn't even rouse enough to raise Garland as an issue. An old Italian proverb springs to mind: silence conveys consent. And seeing more angst and fervor now on what was clearly a dead issue during Hillary's campaign is galling in the extreme.

Can we agree this sort of somnolent crap isn't going to occur in 2018 ?