I'd hate to be a Democrat Party strategist these days. 28 House Democrats are retiring and there's probably no way that they can hold on to the Senate. After November 7th, it's increasingly likely that President Biden will be formally admitted to the Lame Duck Club, and Congressional Democrats will be able to do is very little to prevent another disaster in 2024.
I agree that the radical Marxists, aka "progressives", have chosen this SCOTUS seat as their hill to die for (I wonder if Justice Breyer ever considered changing his mind just to spite the wokesters).
If the economy goes further south, as I suspect it will, and/or Ukraine becomes the foreign policy disaster I expect ir to be, with Europe deciding not to follow America's lead and the limits of our ability to supply Europe with natural gas made obvious due to the Bidenauts' green obsession, American influence in the world will fall to a low not seen since the end of the Vietnam misadventure. And in that case, the vacuum will not be filled by Russia, but rather by China, thus concentrating Americans' attention on Biden's Beijing-friendly policy. The Europeans are already moving away from the U.S.; Ukraine, France, Britain, Germany, and the EU are already trying to negotiate a resolution to the Ukranian situation onterms which certainly won't favor America.
The disaster is closer thasn it appears in the rearview mirror, Erick.
According to Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law Professor (WSJ Notable & Quotable 1/27,2022) "while the vice president has the power to cast a tiebreaking vote to pass a bill, the Constitution does not give him the power to break ties when it comes to the Senate's "Advice and Consent" role in approving presidential appointments to the Supreme Court....You don't have to take my word for it. Alexamder Hamilton said the same thing way back in 1788...........Giving the vice president tiebreaking pwer over Judicial appointments would also break the Framers' careful constitutions structure.
I'd hate to be a Democrat Party strategist these days. 28 House Democrats are retiring and there's probably no way that they can hold on to the Senate. After November 7th, it's increasingly likely that President Biden will be formally admitted to the Lame Duck Club, and Congressional Democrats will be able to do is very little to prevent another disaster in 2024.
I agree that the radical Marxists, aka "progressives", have chosen this SCOTUS seat as their hill to die for (I wonder if Justice Breyer ever considered changing his mind just to spite the wokesters).
If the economy goes further south, as I suspect it will, and/or Ukraine becomes the foreign policy disaster I expect ir to be, with Europe deciding not to follow America's lead and the limits of our ability to supply Europe with natural gas made obvious due to the Bidenauts' green obsession, American influence in the world will fall to a low not seen since the end of the Vietnam misadventure. And in that case, the vacuum will not be filled by Russia, but rather by China, thus concentrating Americans' attention on Biden's Beijing-friendly policy. The Europeans are already moving away from the U.S.; Ukraine, France, Britain, Germany, and the EU are already trying to negotiate a resolution to the Ukranian situation onterms which certainly won't favor America.
The disaster is closer thasn it appears in the rearview mirror, Erick.
Real-politic at its finest! Excellent analysis!
According to Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law Professor (WSJ Notable & Quotable 1/27,2022) "while the vice president has the power to cast a tiebreaking vote to pass a bill, the Constitution does not give him the power to break ties when it comes to the Senate's "Advice and Consent" role in approving presidential appointments to the Supreme Court....You don't have to take my word for it. Alexamder Hamilton said the same thing way back in 1788...........Giving the vice president tiebreaking pwer over Judicial appointments would also break the Framers' careful constitutions structure.
The problem, Janet, is that Erick noted, that precedent has already been set in the past, and it would be a near impossibility to reverse it now.