@ubiquitin. >> Mcconell didn’t even hold hearings. He didnt allow the senate to consent or reject. Mcconell isnt “the senate” he is but one of 100.
We are not talking hasidut, just plain din: Senate has it’s own rules that conform to Constitution, and they followed those rules. Voters elect Senators, Senators make rules, they select Majority Leader according to the rules, and he acts within the rules. If you think, this was not consent, write to your Senator and suggest him to challenge.
re: packing. It is justifiable, it just carries much heavier political price than what R-s did, and it is also has unclear ending. If each party starts adding Justices, ein ledavar sof…
politically curious is that Biden can’t say what he plans to do. Today, he got so relaxed after ducking softballs, that he admitted that voters deserve to know his plans and he is going to announce it some time between confirmation and election. Maybe he is tricking voters to watch him talking.
Recap for those who did not watch: Biden plans to save “barrels of energy”, which was followed by admitting that Trump achieved peace between [pause] Israel [could not name the second party to peace] and a reference to recent event with “a guy with the knife” or something like that. I don’t think he wants to court the pack.