“When liberals fail to convince 218 House members and 60 senators of a position, they want to cross the street and try to persuade five lawyers instead. They want judges going beyond the text, roaming through policy questions and moral judgments. This is a huge difference [between the parties].”
For those unfamiliar with Capitol Hill geography, when lawmakers refer to “crossing the street,” they’re generally talking about the U.S. Supreme Court, which is literally on the other side of 1st Street, just to the east of the U.S. Capitol. With this in mind, McConnell made the case yesterday that the problem with the left and its approach to the judiciary is that liberals see the justices as super-legislators: If Democrats can’t get what they want through Congress’ legislative process, those rascals simply look a block to the east and pursue those same goals by trying to persuade likeminded justices.For example, congressional Republicans said they wanted to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
Congressional Republicans also wanted to gut the Voting Rights Act. When they failed to convince 218 House members and 60 senators of their position, GOP lawmakers crossed the street and persuaded five justices to roam through policy questions and give Republicans what they wanted.— also wanted to undo the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act .
In other words, McConnell is accusing his political opponents of doing exactly what he and his party have repeatedly done.
MaddowBlog Masco Mitch 👎
MaddowBlog How can he talk when he don't have lips?
MaddowBlog LeaderMcConnell is despite & delusional. Thanks for your homes
MaddowBlog He’s just evil.
MaddowBlog Isn’t this a case of McConnell finally verbalizing what we have known all along about the man? Does anyone really believe he’s ever had a moral compass pointing anywhere except in the direction of self-serving power?
MaddowBlog How does McConnell explain his hypocrisy to himself? What does he see when he looks in the middle?
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MaddowBlog The truth of the matter is that McConnel thinks Americans are stupid.
MaddowBlog I wish this would go viral !
MaddowBlog He is a Party man-that is all! He does not care about the majority of the American people much less Kentucky that he supposedly represents!
MaddowBlog CocaineMitch has reached folklore status, from both sides
MaddowBlog Seriously though we need another adjective to describe this guy.
MaddowBlog I absolutely hate this man and I love how Trump is systematically tearing down everything he’s done for 40 years.
MaddowBlog It’s not outlandish, it’s who they are!
MaddowBlog Senility setting in.
MaddowBlog You forgot to mention McConnell holding up the Garland nomination for almost a year because, 'you don't nominate so close to an election,' then pushing through Barrett 8 weeks before one.
MaddowBlog It's not a common problem; Someone who freely takes on obligations and who's dismissal of them is captured as a form of responsibility. -If people could see how little he stands for, things would be different.
MaddowBlog In the last two decades, the nominating process has become increasingly partisan. But, Mitch may have broken it with his Garland/Barrett one two punch.
MaddowBlog Out of touch ol mitch is a prime example of the need for term limits in congress.
MaddowBlog If McConnell doesn’t want to be mocked, the BEST thing he can do is retire.
MaddowBlog Quoting Jane Mayer in her book, Dark Money”Charles Koch wrote in the Libertarian Review,“Ideas do not spread themselves; they spread only through people.”That’s when he began using his wealth as dark money.McConnell is a vicious descendant of the movement Koch instigated.
MaddowBlog This illustrates the absurdity of our democratic system. The majority of Americans are in favor of liberal progressive policies. But we have a system where the minority can run amok and actually overstep the majority.
MaddowBlog People we can not let the evil ones ever get control of the senate again!
MaddowBlog McConnell and Trump are more similar than they’d like to admit: they both accuse their opponents of doing exactly what they’ve done.
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MaddowBlog McConnell is an embarrassing white supremacist! 🤬
MaddowBlog He means we don't want blacks on the supreme court , unless the GOP decides 🙄
MaddowBlog 😈💩👿
MaddowBlog I must choose how I want to spend my time! Reading or hearing anything referring to MOSCOWMITCH never enters my thought process! GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT!
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MaddowBlog He must get reprogrammed every freakin day OR he has the memory of a gold fish. Amy Coney Barrett Mitch !!!Mitch! Mitch! Hello,!! 😮🤨😖😆
MaddowBlog Mitch Lucifer Mcconnel. 👺👺👺👺👺
MaddowBlog Seriously after Kavanaugh you really think Democrats aren’t hypocrites.
MaddowBlog McConnell can't stomach the thought of an African-American woman on the Supreme Court. He prefers accused sexual harassment white males.
MaddowBlog And then there are people (many of them journalists) naive enough to believe that hypocrisy means anything any more. It doesn't and there no electoral nor legal consequences for it. It's not the gotcha you persist in asserting it is.
MaddowBlog Well said
MaddowBlog If Senate had proportional representation (like House), McConnell would be just another redneck rube. US Constitution has within it the nation's inevitable demise. Founders screwed up: California pop = 39,510,000 = 2 Senate votes Wyoming pop = 578,759 = 2 Senate votes
MaddowBlog In four years McConnell had time to select Federal Justices and one SC Justice. But 350 Congressional Bills sat on his desk while the Covid pandemic killed 1M and all America's needs went to hell.
MaddowBlog 'Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.'. Robert F. Kennedy
MaddowBlog It’s amazing his short term memory is seriously failing.
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