Ive seen the Tin Foil hat running with this today so it didnt take long.
Harris became VP just so Biden can back door her to the SC. And Breyer is part of this. Waiting to announce his retirement till this year so that the Dems would rush Biden's pick through before the midterms. And that pick is of course Harris as this has been the plan for years.
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Of course, they have been planning this for years.
This article was dated November 22, 2021.
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I'd like to mention that another politician who never served as a judge was appointed to the Supreme Court.
Michigan ex-Governor and US Attorney General Frank Murphy was appointed to the Supreme Court.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Murphy
Charges haven't even been announced yet, so there's some time.
This theory seems stupid.
Harris obviously wants to be President, and it would be pretty awkward if she were shuffled off to the Supreme Court. It would invite conversations about whether she wasn't good enough to be VP, or whether she was the victim of major bias.
It would also necessitate the confirmation of a Vice President to replace her.
If Biden wanted to nominate Harris to the court, it would've been easier if she's a Senator.
If Democrats could get Harris to the Supreme Court, it would probably be a good move for all involved. Being on the court is a pretty sweet deal, and it allows Democrats to replace Harris with someone who is a better governing partner and/ or presidential nominee.
But it would be awkward. And it would look really bad for the party if it didn't work out.
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Thomas Mets
The main reason current justices tend to be federal judges is that they've got predictable records.
Though it may also be one way to preserve the sense that the court isn't predictable.
The main name seems to be Ketanji Brown Jackson, recently elected to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit after eight years on the Federal District Court in the District of Columbia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/26/u...eme-court.html
There would have to be some kind of agreement with Republicans.
McConnell might support it if it allows for a special election in a swing state.
Senators tend not to vote for themselves for appointed office. It's a norm, but it's not a law.
https://joshblackman.com/blog/2016/1...-confirmation/
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/v...1-dc718799cdec
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Sincerely,
Thomas Mets
Decent piece on Mediaite about why it's not going to be Harris.
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/why...supreme-court/
The main problem in this hypothetical scenario would be the brief period before after Harris is nominated and before a new Vice President is approved by Congress.
There are of course a few very serious political issues with Faulkner and McEnany’s analysis. First of all, with the current 50/50 partisan split, Harris is the tie-breaking vote in the U.S. Senate, and removing her from that position would effectively end the Democratic Party’s majority in the upper chamber.
Secondly, if Harris were to leave the vice presidency a 50/50 Senate would then be partly responsible for confirming her replacement. According to the 25th Amendment, a vice president must be confirmed by a majority vote in both houses of Congress, meaning Republicans in the Senate, or any individual Democrat, would be able to effectively stall or even stop Biden from replacing Harris.
A president governing without a vice president has been rare in American history and is unlikely something that 79-year-old Biden would be willing to do. Additionally, if the Republicans manage to flip the House in the 2022 midterms, the GOP speaker would then be next in line for the presidency if Harris were not replaced ahead of the next Congress taking office — a likely prospect in an evenly divided U.S. Senate.
Sincerely,
Thomas Mets
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