This is extremely important:
Obama left office with 107 open judgeships, many with nominees who didn’t get a vote or even a hearing. A SCOTUS seat was unfilled. McConnell was responsible for the 2-year effort that created these vacancies. https://t.co/6PZHjCazcm
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) March 29, 2019
McConnell, who is often mischaracterized as an institutionalist, has been willing to scrap Senate traditions/rules if there's a compelling ideological or partisan benefit (e.g. ramping up legislative filibusters, axing blue slips, and nuking SCOTUS filibuster & now debate time).
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) April 3, 2019
“We are going to move judges like they are on a conveyor belt.” —@SenateMajLdr McConnell@SenateGOP wouldn’t give Merrick Garland a hearing.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) April 1, 2019
They took unprecedented steps to block Pres. Obama’s nominees.
Now they need to change the rules to force through Pres. Trump's judges? pic.twitter.com/XBWi0BChOb
Sad! 