Memo details how Dems can stall or stop GOP rush to confirm Trump SCOTUS pick

[UCmeNdc]

‘Capitulation’ not an option: Memo details how Dems can stall or stop GOP rush to confirm Trump SCOTUS pick

Warning against “mere capitulation” to the unpopular effort by President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans to rush through another right-wing Supreme Court justice right before the November election, a memo circulating on Capitol Hill outlines a number of ways in which Democrats in both chambers of Congress can gum up the works and delay the advance of Trump’s nominee.

The memo details a number of procedural maneuvers available to congressional Democrats, including the introduction of privileged War Powers Resolutions—an idea floated this week by Kate Kizer of Win Without War—and House passage of impeachment resolutions against Trump or other administration officials, which the Senate would be required to consider before moving to other business.


https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/capitulation-not-an-option-memo-details-how-dems-can-stall-or-stop-gop-rush-to-confirm-trump-scotus-pick/

[rso]

1. SCOTUS

I’m certainly not an expert in this arena, but there certainly are many delaying maneuvers available to democrats. Even if these maneuvers fail in the end, it would in my view, energize democrats to fight and vote.

[Bayard]

2. Article provides a list of many ways Dems can slow things down

I like the idea of impeaching Barr. He'd be an easy target. And instead of picking out just a few, like they did with trump, throw all of his flagrant misdeeds in the pot.

[NCjack]

3. I hope some reviews every shitty tactic the GOP has used and give

them our first priority to do.

[COLGATE4]

4. Impeachment as a tactic is make believe.

Lawrence O'Donnell took this up on his show 2 nights ago. Impeachment is supposed to take 'priority' in the Senate but only if the Senate decides that it does. Guess which way that vote will fall? According to O'Donnell (who appears to have a better than average knowledge of Senate procedures) there are few to none maneuvers available to us to slow down or thwart the push to put Baby Attila the Hun on the court.