Sorry to repeat myself, but I am truly baffled by the seemingly widespread belief that a Republican-controlled Senate will ever again confirm a Democratic president's Supreme Court nominee. It's just not going to happen. Not in your lifetime, not in mine, not in anyone's.
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Taking this a step further, I'm not convinced a Republican-controlled Senate will ever confirm another Democratic president's appeals court nominees, either. *Maybe* a tiny handful, but as a rule, Republicans will hold those seats open. They've all but admitted as much!
Democrats should assume that if Republicans win the Senate in 2022, they will refuse to confirm any of Biden's nominees to the courts of appeals or the Supreme Court. It'll be like the 2015-2016 blockade—but worse, because of what Republicans have gotten away with in the interim.
Forget 2023. If the Senate flipped tomorrow and Breyer retired the day after, Mitch McConnell would not let Biden replace him. Republicans are done confirming Democrats' Supreme Court and appeals court nominees. It's never going to happen again.
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