Is Sen Reid trying to block seating Sen Burris because Burris was not on Reid's short-list for the seat?
liddle : No. Noone else was "supposed" to get the seat. Only Gov. Blagojevich has the Constitutional authority to appoint the new Illinois Senator. Only he can say who is "supposed" to get the seat. No one in the Senate has the Constitutional authority. No one in the Executive Branch. And no Supreme court judges.
Grateful Dead question! Who are some famous Deadheads?
Please, if you are answering this question just to joke about the bands reputation, and make a stupid drug reference, just keep it to yourself. Any real answers are appreciated.
Since McConnell eliminated the filibuster for Supreme Court justices, if Democrats win back the White House and Congress in 2020, can they just add more justices to the court to shift the balance?
No, the Judiciary Act of 1869 capped the Court at 9 Justices. Presumably, if both Houses of Congress were Democratic, and the President was a Democrat, yes, they could pass legislation, superseding the Judiciary Act and expand the Court. Right now? Pres. Trump would veto any legislation passed by Congress to accomplish a court expansion.The Democrat, Harry Reid was warned, when he ended filibustering for Court nominees (except SCOTUS). He was warned that if you change the rules, while you're in Majority, you may not like more rules changed, by the next majority. Hence, the Republicans went one step further than Reid and end the filibuster for all judicial nominees, SCOTUS included. The Democrats opened a door that they shouldn't have.The Quora Liberal Support Team, will jump on what I said and claim "the Republicans were blocking Obama's appointments"....it had to be done! No, it didn't. This is our system of Government. Rules are in place because they prevent one party from dominating too much. If the Democrats never opened the "end the filibuster" door, they would still have the filibuster to block SCOTUS nominees. Regardless of what the Quora Liberal Support Team says, the Republicans would not have ended the filibuster. They wouldn't have. QLST, stop defending bad actions on behalf of your Democratic Party. But you will do it anyway, because you regard your mindset and beliefs as superior to mine.