Lauren Fox · Monday, October 31, 2016, 6:56 am
In a stunning political move, conservatives are already strategizing on how to block any future Supreme Court nominee from moving forward during Hillary Clinton's presidency before the election even happens.
"I don't think there is precedent for it. It really does reveal just how politically charged and polarized our judicial politics have become," said Charles Gardner Geyh, a professor of law at Indiana University who advised then-Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) during the 1991 confirmation hearing of Justice Clarence Thomas. "We are at risk of losing legitimacy as a nation in terms of being able to govern effectively."
A number of Republican lawmakers and scholars have already begun openly rationalizing why Clinton shouldn't be allowed to appoint Supreme Court justices. (These are many of the same people who argued President Obama shouldn't get a nominee in the last year of his term because it should be up to the person who wins the November election.)
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told reporters that the Senate would have a "debate" about whether to accept Clinton's nominees and that there was nothing wrong with having just eight justices.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/legal-experts-fear-gop-threats-to-blcok-scotus-noms-under-clinton
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