Harry Litman, former U.S. attorney, gives his take on the articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY.
Democracy versus demagoguery — that is how some, including Vice President Kamala Harris, have fashioned the battle between the Democrats and Republican former President Donald Trump. We endlessly, perhaps myopically, focus on the candidates’ differences when it comes to the biggest policy issues facing our country, including the economy, inflation, reproductive choice, immigration, criminal justice, the environment and health care.
This would undermine Harris’ constitutional power to appoint federal judges, but would not be unheard of. During President Barack Obama’s presidency, the Senate, under then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, refused to hold a hearing for Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, current-Attorney General Merrick Garland. But these questions go well beyond who Trump or Harris might replace on the high court.
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