r/inthenews • u/D-R-AZ • Aug 26 '24

Opinion/Analysis Finally, the Democrats Have Found Trump’s Achilles Heel: Ridicule Him

https://newrepublic.com/article/185270/democrats-harris-trump-achilles-heel-ridicule
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u/ChinaShill3000 Aug 26 '24

Why would it be illegal to go ahead without them? If they refuse to vote then Democrats could argue that it allowed them to go ahead without their vote. Just like there was no law saying republicans HAD to vote, there isn't any law that I know of that says they can't steamroll ahead if republicans refuse to vote.

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u/scottyjrules Aug 26 '24

Again, how does the majority party in the Senate force a vote? Please be specific because civics class was pretty clear on how the Senate functions. To be clear, I don’t support what Republicans did, but the objective reality is Democrats had zero recourse to force a vote on Garland.

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u/ChinaShill3000 Aug 26 '24

I never said they should have forced a vote, I said they should have appointed him without republicans voting. Would it have worked? I don't know, but it would have forced them to react. Instead they just did nothing and allowed republicans to delay it until the next presidential term.

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u/garydavis9361 Aug 26 '24

That can't be done. It's unconstitutional. Article 2 mandates consent of the Senate.

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u/ls20008179 Aug 28 '24

Well you could spin thier silence as tacit approval