Elizabeth Warren Humiliates Mitch McConnell For Threat To Block Obama SCOTUS Nominee

[21st Century Poet]

16. Sorry, but I see no humiliation.

Elizabeth Warren is right that President Obama has a mandate to appoint a nominee to the Supreme Court but the Republicans are right in saying that there is no obligation for the Senate to accept the appointment.

The President has a right to appoint a Supreme Court Judge.

The Senate has a right to reject the appointment.

It's right there in what Elizabeth Warren herself said: "With the advice and consent of the Senate".

What the Republicans are saying is not unconstitutional. The Senate has a right to refuse the appointment. Whether it is morally the right thing to do to leave Scalia's seat vacant for almost a year is another matter altogether.

Let's face it. Had the situation been the other way round with a Republican President in his last year trying to appoint a Judge to the Supreme Court, a Senate with a Democratic majority would also resist it.

You see, this is the problem with American politics today. You have a president and senate majority from opposing parties and the chasms between them are so wide that it is surprising that anything ever gets done. America either needs a president and Senate majority from the same party or more bipartisanship for stuff to work.