There is nothing asinine about stating facts. I do understand how one could [wrongly] assume such a statement to be so, if they do not understand the role of congress in what we errantly refer to as "presidential appointments," and the US senate confirmation process.
Too many people wrongly assume that these appointments are all a presidents doing, but they are not. It is technically a political misnomer to call any appointments made by a president a "presidential appointment," if that appointment requires senate confirmation. <~~~The US senate has the ultimate authority for who actually gets appointed, not the president.
It is very important to understand that all president's have one hand tied behind their back by the senate confirmation process before they ever even announce a nomination. A president cannot "pick" anyone who the senate will not confirm; the senate has as much say in the "pick" process as the president.
All of those SCOTUS turds that Trump "appointed" were in fact confirmed by Mitch McConnell and the senate establishment, and they hold at least an equal share of the credit for those "presidential" appointments as the president does.
TL;DR A president cannot, and does not "pick" a candidate without the US senate approving of that pick, before it is even made.
Im gonna wait until this plays out before I make assinine assertions like Trump was coerced.
There is nothing asinine about stating facts. I do understand how one could [wrongly] assume such a statement to be so, if they do not understand the role of congress in what we errantly refer to as "presidential appointments," and the US senate confirmation process.
Too many people wrongly assume that these appointments are all a presidents doing, but they are not. It is technically a political misnomer to call any appointments made by a president a "presidential appointment," if that appointment requires senate confirmation. <~~~The US senate has the ultimate authority for who actually gets appointed, not the president.
It is very important to understand that all president's have one hand tied behind their back by the senate confirmation process before they ever even announce a nomination. A president cannot "pick" anyone who the senate will not confirm; the senate has as much say in the "pick" process as the president.
All of those SCOTUS turds that Trump "appointed" were in fact confirmed by Mitch McConnell and the senate establishment, and they hold at least an equal share of the credit for those "presidential" appointments as the president does.
TL;DR A president cannot, and does not "pick" a candidate without the US senate approving of that pick, before it is even made.