the fight was over a nothingburger

Yeah but they would be forced to give a good reason

They probably wasn’t one

no not really

Merick from what I understand was pretty non partisan

did the democrats have a good reason for voting against the latest nominee?

Hyper religious

that is

🤮

unconstitutional

Prob not

its not

So judges aren't allowed to be religious?

But they didn’t control the senate

I don’t want my judges hyper religious no

OK well that is not a "good" reason to me

Are you aware several current justices before justice barret were practicing Catholic?

They didn’t really need to give a reason

@james j, you just advanced to level 17!

neither would the republicans

They were the minority

this is a bs argument bro

last nominee was a nothing burger

they don't have to give a "reason" and if they did, they could make up some BS

Yeah but since they were the majority they would be responsible for actually blocking the judge where as if you as a democrat object it has no impact

Typically the reason you would not confirm a judge is due to something related to their work in law

No one is gonna be like “why did you let her through?”

She denied a woman to suit the department of correction because she said rape was not part of the correctional officers duty

Defcon

Is that true via statute?

Judges only apply the law. If you don't like a judges ruling but they applied the law as written, change the law not the judge

except in some cases*

I guess no one would care if we had a judge that had ties to blm or antifa

Next judge up

(for example where the intent of the law is very different than how it is being inadvertently applied, to prosecute someone and put them in prison or somesuch)

Are they even required to be real judges with law degrees

She has practically no trial experience as a lawyer... She had very little in court experience as an attorney. She practiced for 3 years - with very little lead attorney experience. She jumped straight to being a judge (after teaching). She heard a little over 100 cases. That is very little practical experience by any measure.

OK fine, but if there was some other nominee, they would still have voted no to a person

the court has become a power grab

because it effectively has unlimited powers

So why we need judges. Have a computer decide cases. They just read the laws and do the verdict.