So people are clear - because there has been a lot of debate and incorrect assumptions, arguments and false statements made since RBG died.
First - this is Trump’s SCOTUS pick. It is freely and clearly his to make.
I know - many are saying “but -Obama and Merrick Garland....” Nope. Sorry. Totally different situation.
How so? Because historic precedent sets out that when the Senate and WH are same party (as now) the president freely makes a SCOTUS (or other) appointment as he chooses - even late in an election year.
In the case of a Senate and WH of opposing parties (as in Obama’s case) the Senate has no compulsion to seat a justice and late in election years, especially with a lame duck president (Obama was not running for re-election- so it was absolute there would be a new president)
Second, people are saying “oh, RBG last wish”. Nope. Just stop. It wasn’t RBG’s seat to determine. She held it while living. It is now Trump’s to pick.
If RBG was so determined that a liberal seat her replacement - she should have retired when Obama was president. She’d already had cancer more than once. She was clearly in her 80’s during Obama’s term. She had the ability to control that choice had she retired. She didn’t.
Third - It is not Biden’s place to say Trump should or shouldn’t seat a judge. He is just a candidate- and not really a very strong one either. He needs to concentrate on the debates and shut up about current policies - they aren’t his to make.
Biden has had close to 50 years to make his mark on America - and the marks he has made have been racist, classist and generally horrible. He is a liar, a plagiarist, a cheat who used position to garner money for his family, and if people can’t see he has issues with small children...well - open your eyes. What he doesn’t get to do is make this court choice - or influence it.
Fourth, and last (for now) - if the left chooses to throw a temper tantrum as we’ve seen from Schumer, Reza, and other so called “prominent” leftist leaders in the past 14 or 15 hours and decides to riot - again..., you really have to ask yourself - what is mentally wrong with these people, why would someone think they were a good choice to lead this nation - and why have so many bought into their lies, innuendo and propaganda?
Our nation started as an idea that a free people should be free to govern and rule themselves. The assumption was that those people chosen from the people would be levelheaded, honest and mentally stable. We’ve seen this summer that the far left leaders (Pelosi, Schumer, et al) have moved far, far away from the likes of liberal greats such as JFK, RFK, Tip O’Neill etc.
Bottom-line - this is Trump’s SCOTUS pick. If the left doesn’t like that - they should have put forth a better candidate that Hillary Clinton in 2016.
