Does LOLManchin even vote for a justice to the left of any of the current justices? Given his leverage, drawing at best to a Merrick Garland type; fuck it the way we run it will be Merrick Garland and Sleepy Joe will choose another spineless boomer to run doj.
He’s voted for pretty much every circuit judge they’ve put up so far so probably. I guess maybe he calculates differently for SCOTUS but my read on him is he’s just mashing buttons up there. If he votes with the Ds on something big he’ll vote against the next big thing just to prove his independence. Tanking BBB should give him the cover to vote for a SCOTUS justice. But also, who cares? We’re gonna be down 6-3 or 7-2 for generations and this is almost certainly the last pick we’ll get confirmed in our lifetimes if it even happens so whatever.
RBG shouldn’t even be in the top 1000. Yeah she was a selfish, narcissistic idiot but 5-4 just gets us a controlled descent into hell while 6-3 gets us the express trip. Same end result, just a different speed.
Ok, I’ll give you that lol. I do wonder if a 5-4 court makes it more likely the Rs win at least one of those GA seats given how close they were and any little boost would’ve put them over the top.