Dems need to fight fire with fire over the Supreme Court

HUGE NEWS: Justice Kennedy, the swig vote in the Supreme Court for years, has announced his retirement.

— Michael D. Shear (@shearm) June 27, 2018

One stolen seat, and now we're looking at a potential extreme swing right. I try to avoid alarmism, but we've been slowly losing rights for the better part of two generations, and the recent Supreme Court decisions over immigration, labor organizing, and others, mean we're continuing that trend. Kennedy's retirement now could easily lead to an extremist court further eroding what little power the average American has left. Congressional Dems need to fight fire with fire over the Supreme Court, and use the same bullshit tactics the GOP used to get Gorsuch in:

The first thing all Dems need to do is get a firm mental grip on the new rules.

McConnell annihilated every norm of the nomination process to deny Garland a hearing or vote and steal the Court for a generation.

If you play by the old rules, you're playing a fool's game.

— Adam Jentleson 🎈 (@AJentleson) June 27, 2018

Merrick Garland was nominated on March 16, 2016 — or 237 days before that year’s election. McConnell said that was too close to Election Day for Obama to pick and voters should decide.

Justice Kennedy announced his retirement today — 132 days before this year’s election.

— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) June 27, 2018

Dem senators, repeat after me:

“The President of the United States is under investigation for collusion with a foreign adversary and obstruction of justice. There can be no SCOTUS replacement until he’s been cleared.”

— Christian Finnegan (@ChristFinnegan) June 27, 2018