I see several posts where the claim that “democracy is threatened” and democracy is ending” if a Justice is appointed. It took 101 democratic elections to determine the Presidency and the makeup of the US Senate. If you win them both you completely control the Supreme Court nomination process. The Republicans won both. That is democracy. And in the US there is a free vote in both the House and the Senate making it more democratic than in Canada. If this is a horrible decision they only need to convince a few Republicans.
Are they being hypocritical? Of course they are, all politicians are. I can’t believe anyone is surprised by this. This issue is such a big deal to conservatives and especially ultra conservatives/evangelicals. Trump and moderate Republicans need them to get elected and for many of them the only reason they’ll vote for a moderate or someone like Trump is because they care deeply about the Supreme Court. It would political suicide to ignore that.
Finally the Supreme Court definitely needs an overhaul the positions have become far too powerful/political. And lifetime appointments make the appointment of younger justices far too influential. I like the idea of Presidential nomination and Senate Confirmation but something needs to change whether increasing the number of justices so just 1 appointment is not so important, or a mandatory retirement age, or just a limited term (10-15 years).
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