By Dave Workman | Editor-in-Chief
Democrats are already threatening to pack the Supreme Court, or have hinted at another impeachment attempt if President Donald Trump puts forward a nomination to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court following the death of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
The 87-year-old Ginsburg succumbed Sept. 18, and almost immediately Democrats declared war, demanding that the president wait, perhaps hoping that Joe Biden will win in November. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McDonnell (R-KY) vowed that the Senate will vote on a Trump nominee.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hinted at a possible second impeachment attempt to roadblock the president. Also in play are the potential votes of two Republican senators, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine. Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah is also a wild card.
At risk, according to grassroots gun rights activists, is the future of the Second Amendment. A conservative appointment by Trump would almost certainly guarantee Second Amendment protection from activist liberal justices, and might also bring forth consideration of gun rights cases by the high court. Since 2010, the court has been reluctant to take another Second Amendment case, and many believe it’s because the court’s conservatives cannot count on Chief Justice John Roberts to vote on the side of gun rights.
One group, “Train Democrats,” has been pushing hysteria via emails to supporters.
But a new Rasmussen poll shows overwhelming support from Republican voters for the president to act quickly on a nomination to fill the empty seat. Rasmussen said Monday 83 percent of GOP voters want Trump to put forth a nomination. However, 84 percent of Democrat voters want him to leave that decision to the winner of the presidential election in November. Overall, 45 percent of all voters think a nomination should be forthcoming while 51 percent want to wait.
According to Fox News, “The president’s shortlist is said to include Judge Amy Coney Barrett from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Judge Barbara Logoa of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, and Judge Allison Jones Rushing of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, among others.”
The only certainty is that the next few weeks could be very ugly as the fight intensifies over the empty seat.
