Mitch McConnell, the House Minority Leader and a Kentucky senator, is ready to oppose President Joe Biden on his first Supreme Court pick. If Democrats and Republicans join forces in the Senate, the nomination will be tied 50-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the deciding vote. But, if Biden is viewed as too extreme, will he garner the required 50 Democratic votes? “In the long run, the American people selected a Senate with a 50-50 split.” According to The New York Times, “to the degree that President Biden gained a mandate, it was to rule from the center, to steward our institutions, and to unite America.”
The President must not relinquish control of this crucial subject to the extreme left; the American people require a candidate who has demonstrated a respect for the written text of our laws and the Constitution, he continued. On Thursday night, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich conveyed this position to Fox News host Laura Ingraham. Biden believes that he has every right to pick a liberal but no right to pick an extremist. Furthermore, he says that if he nominates a radical, Republicans and moderate Democrats have an absolute obligation to reject that person because they will spend their entire careers polluting the court and weakening the Constitution.
You know, Nixon nominated a lot of folks that didn’t work out, Lyndon Johnson nominated individuals who failed, and they failed because the nation judged they were awful — that they weren’t fit to be on the Supreme Court when they got into the investigations and hearings, he continued. I don’t want to prejudge anything, but I thought it was noteworthy that Biden today used the pronoun ‘she,’ which, when you think of the University of Pennsylvania (transgender) swimming incident, instantly narrows it down.
According to the President, she will be the first black woman nominated to the United States Supreme Court. It is, in my opinion, long overdue. That was a promise I made throughout my presidential campaign, and it is one I intend to follow. I’ll follow through on all I promised. “I shall carry out my duty to choose a justice not only with the Senate’s permission, but also with its advise,” the president stated. He went on to say that he would ask senators from all political parties to share their views and perspectives. I’ll also seek counsel from eminent academics and attorneys. And I’m grateful to have Vice President Kamala Harris on my side during the selection process.
