5595

Gore v. Bush was not a partisan decision. The court ruled 7-2 that it violated the equal protection clause.

5596

Yes, they ruled 7-2 against how the recount was being conducted, but the decision to actually stop the recount was 5-4.

The alternative included doing a full recount some other, presumably fairer, way.

5597

The thing that’s interesting is that while Gore wanted the partial recount, when they did studies afterwards, they showed that the partial recounts would still have had Bush win.

But if they had actually done a full statewide recount, THEN Gore would have won (by something like 60-150 votes).

5598

Yes, the thing that made Gore lose wasn’t the 7-2 decision, it was the 5-4 decision. I still thing Sandra Day O’connor bwould’ve liked that one back.

5599

Is there any doubt about whether Amy Coney Barrett “opposes abortion on demand and defends the right to life from fertilization to natural death”? This isn’t news.

5600

Just wanted to post pre-emptively that short of ACB or 6 Republican Senators dying, she is going to get confirmed to the Supreme Court.

Even if Trump died from Coronavirus, it would not stop McConnell from putting her up for a vote.

5601

That’s true, but as Timex pointed out, the “short of” is not outside the realm of possibility.

5602

They have to appear in person to vote, don’t they?

5603

That’s a rule I think they can change.

5604

They refused to change it due to common sense for the pandemic, so it would be very on brand for them to change it now so they can do some evil.

5605
5606

They can still confirm her after the elections. In fact, a senator like Collins might, if she loses, enjoy one final FU to her constituents.

5607

I think democrats could filibuster the rule change. I think Mike Lee is effectively not voting until after the election, certainly the next two weeks

5608

Interesting that no one thought to mention this before.

5609

And then someone could raise a point of order asserting that cloture on the motion requires only a majority, then the presiding officer would rule against the point, at which point a majority of the Senate could vote to overrule the presiding officer, which establishes a new precedent.

5610

Are we (or the tweets above) implying that since Barrett had Covid earlier this year that she is immune?

5611

Sure, if 51 Republicans want to end the filibuster. But consider that it’s not clear that 51 Democrats want to end it, and Democrats would be the long term beneficiaries.

Doing the Democrats’ work for them hardly seems worth the benefit of confirming Barrett one month sooner.

5612

I assume so, other than one documented case from a few months ago, we really haven’t seen much evidence of people getting it twice. Now, it is entirely possible that Barrett had a false positive test, I just haven’t seen detail about her Covid-19 experience.

5613

The more the senate does this, the more a full filibuster repeal becomes likely, and that’s going to be necessary to get real change.

Also increases the odds of court-packing, which is most likely also necessary

5614

https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?id=0A35EEED-C35F-4F94-8CF3-C13929C61F50&fbclid=IwAR1KjbzXEF34v2AYDchmjWcX24egGRK1hHy12ZyHAzhMDJHqiYFnUIALHro

Comes out strongly against virtual voting.