Harry Reid ending the filibuster for federal judicial appointments, and no outcry was heard!

and the GOP not voting on a seat when the parties are divided in senate and POTUS before an election, vs Republicans voting on a seat when the parties are unified, is not a norm break https://twitter.com/koaleszenz/status/1321095446782234625

when the parties are the same in the senate and POTUS, 19/24 of election year nomination votes have passed

when the parties are different in the senate and POTUS, it happens that 4/15 votes pass

but as an even more basic rule, the majority body in the senate has *always* has/

/discretion the timetable by which it chooses to vote in justices.

the dirty little secret of Garland was that even if we had a vote, he would've lost, because the GOP were in the senate majority.

as for democrats:

i'm sick and tired of people saying that it's breaking norms, when by all historical evidence it's not, AND Democrats don't give two shits about the norms anyways

anyone who thinks Chuck Schumer would've acted any differently than McConnell given the same situations, is naive

don't pretend that you've always "played fair" and by the rules, when you've broken the rules yourself, and you're threatening to break more to get your way

it's pathetic to watch, and it's almost like watching cult members trying to defend it.

it is blatantly obvious they don't care about norms. you don't get to talk about court packing, and pretend to have the high moral ground on norms

you don't get to scream for months about how not filling the seat is an affront to Democracy, only to flip once you lose/

/the POTUS, and make the exact opposite claim

if Democrats were consistent and respected norms up to this point, *maybe* they'd have a case, but they're not, so i don't care.

stay mad, court packing is a losing issue in the polls, deal with it.

the *correct* solution here is to realize that we've faaaar over extended the power of the supreme court, and it's better if we don't treat it as if it has unilateral authority over our legislature and executive

there's no constitutionally granted supremacy for the court. none.

but because we've had this deification of the supreme court as some super legislature via wild reinterpretation of law, people are freaking out because the conservatives are in control

if you respected our institutions all along, we wouldn't be in this mess

all these euphemisms of "rebalancing" & "depoliticizing" the court are such obvious bullshit. it's all political, and it's for favorable imbalances

after this election I'm not sure I can vote Democrat again.

any respect for our federal republic is dead in that party