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Democrat senators Chuck Schumer and Harry Reid first introduced a filibuster for judicial nominees, and then ending the filibuster for judicial nominees when it was politically convenient for them.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/mitch-mcconn...

Do you think that might have affected the ability of the current president to successfully appoint a supreme court justice now?



There are so many unpacked assumptions and unevaluated arguments here it would take a book to work through them all.

To give a short version - if you oppose a filibuster, then don't use it to prevent Merrick Garland from being on the court.

Nothing about Schumer's position on the filibuster in 2002 can be used to argue that the trajectory of court appointments since then is a culmination of any logically consistent argument in response to it.


> Democrat senators Chuck Schumer and Harry Reid ...

*Democratic

Chuck Shumer, a Democrat, is a member of the Democratic Party.

When used as an adjective the correct usage is “Democratic”


The useful thing about seeing 'Democrat' in a comment is that it is immediately obvious which way their bias leans.


What's wrong with "democratic" and why would it tell someone's political leanings? Isn't it just a different way to say "democratic"?


You must not be from around here.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet)


In this case I don't see why it needs to be an adjective.

By analogy, you'll more often hear "Texas senator Mr Bean" (using the singular noun) vs "Texan senator Mr Bean" (using the adjective).

In any case, it's not something anyone should get worked up over.


Let's ask Google.

  "democratic senators"
  > About 969,000 results (0.52 seconds)

  "democrat senators"
  > About 92,800 results (0.42 seconds)
Bonus:

  "democratic senators" site:breitbart.com
  > About 1,010 results (0.32 seconds)

  "democrat senators" site:breitbart.com
  > About 2,300 results (0.27 seconds)
Conclusion: "democratic" is significantly more common outside of right-wing propaganda.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet)


I'm well aware... but in this particular sentence he or she is talking about specific Democrat, not the Democratic Party, and as such, seems grammatical.


"Democrat" is a Trump-speak signifier and chosen on purpose.


Do you think the republicans would not have ended it for Kavanaugh?


They did. Reid's cloture vote to end the filibuster applied to federal judges, not Supreme Court justices. Before the vote on Kavanaugh there was a cloture vote to end the filibuster.


Oh well if he hasn’t done that surely the republicans would’ve sat on their hands this whole time


> Democrat

Childish. Come on.




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