THREAD: I'm sorry to have to share this bad news (again), but dems on the Senate Judiciary can't block the advancement of Amy Coney Barrett for confirmation in the full senate. Yes, senate rules say they must have a quorum in committee, and the rules go on to say... 1/
...it must be 9 members with 2 in the minority. HOWEVER, Lindsey can simply gavel past this rule and move to advance. Graham has done it in the past, and DiFi even wrote him a letter in 2019 imploring him not to. NOW, if Graham does ignore the minority member requirement 2/
Dems COULD challenge this by going to the senate parliamentarian and arguing that the rule change is out of order. BUT, Mitch could simply call a quorum in the full senate to overturn the parliamentarian. He's done this before with the SCOTUS filibuster rule... 3/
As we have discussed on @dailybeanspod, there is no stopping this nomination. There's a complete outline of all the options and how the GOP can defeat them here: END justsecurity.org/72521/senate-p…
PS: The only way to get the majority back on the court is to impeach Kavanaugh for lying and impeach ACB for lack of candor for omitting significant records from her time at Notre Dame. OR: by expanding SCOTUS and the federal bench. Or both.
PPS: I do think the dems should go through with the fight and arguing the rule change with the parliamentarian. I just don't want people to get the idea that it will work. But it still should be done.
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