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Summary

Senate Democrats are rushing to confirm President Biden’s judicial nominees before Republicans take control in January.

Republicans are frustrated, accusing Democrats of pushing through liberal judges. However, critics point out GOP hypocrisy, as they did the same in 2020 to confirm Trump’s judges.

Democrats have confirmed 217 judges so far and aim to confirm 26 more, potentially surpassing Trump’s first-term total and cementing Biden’s judicial impact.

Schumer has vowed to keep the Senate in session as long as needed to finish the confirmations.

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[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 113 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Republicans are mad that Democrats are doing their job"

FTFY

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

Republicans, who are not showing up to do their job, are mad that Democrats are doing their job.

Love to see it.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 88 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Democrats should have been trying to piss Republicans off for the last 20 years.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

The existence of anyone slightly to the left of Rush Limbaugh makes them apoplectic, if we are to be honest.

[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 99 points 2 days ago (2 children)

“That’s not fair! You can’t do exactly what we did! You said it wasn’t fair, remember? And now you are doing it! Wwwaaaahhhhh! Stop it! I’ll tell daddy putin, and he’ll be very mad”

[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 41 points 2 days ago

“It’s not fair that you can do what you’re permitted to do! You should do what we want you to do! Remember when you didn’t get to confirm SCOTUS judges? That was more fair because it helped us!”

[–] ZeroCool 14 points 2 days ago

"Copycats!!!1!!" - the party of petulant children

[–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 88 points 2 days ago

Yeah? Fuck em

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago (2 children)

LOL, the qons don't have a fucking leg to stand on. Moscow Mitch unilaterally changed the number of judges on SCOTUS for nearly a year as a gigantic fuck you to Obama and the Democrats and the majority of the country, so they can just FUCK RIGHT OFF with their bullshit.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Fucking right. You need to change that account image though buddy. Sadly.

well said. their chicanery with the judiciary goes back decades. As usual they are fine with their actions but when dems emulate the way they act to the smallest degree and they get mad.

[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 58 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, Republicans are mad because not enough of their own party can be bothered to show up to block or debate the picks on the floor.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They’re so overconfident in their win they’ve stopped showing up to do the job.

[–] Pips@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Would he nice if that attitude persists for a while.

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

The next four years would be nice, but I'll settle for two

[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

After the SCOTUS bs under Obama then trump....cry and die mad about it HAHAHA

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We don't negotiate with terrorists.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We don't but the DNC sadly does more often than not

[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Scratch a liberal...

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Could any of this been done 4 years ago?

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 43 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Apparently this is one of the things the Biden admin was doing consistently over all its four years.

This last flurry is only so that he confirms more than Trump did.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

This last flurry is only so that he confirms more than Trump did.

I really doubt this a dick measuring contest.

It's to stop Trump from putting more sycophants and fascists in these positions.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

I expect part of it is that enough Republican senators have gone home for the season.

[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

It would have been uncivil - and as we all know, the most effective way to fight fascism is by letting them run roughshod over you while smugly pointing out how correct you are, and that they're breaking the rules while adjusting your policies to be a watered down version of the fascists, exciting the fascists, liberals, and leftists at the end time.

If the Dems get another election and don't pick a left populist like Sanders, they're finished.

[–] jherazob@fedia.io 11 points 2 days ago

Too damn bad then, hopefully this will help