The two first comments are disinformed or disinformative.
Originally Posted by
Neil123
The midterms in my eyes for the Republicans would’ve been way better because of her unpopular in the White House they might’ve had a super majority to pass all kinds of conservative judges for 2019 and 2020.
The super-majority requirement was abolished in 2013 for lower-courts judges, and in 2017 for the Justices. Republicans successfully filed all (two) vacancies that arose in the Supreme Court.
It is at best a conjecture that Clinton's election would have subsequently favored Republicans, but what is an established fact is that members of the Judiciary are not elected by the Senate. The Senate gives only an advice and consent to presidential nominees, and judges resulting from Trump-McConnell appointments are far more conservative that those that would have been the product of Clinton-McConnell compromises.
Originally Posted by
Mike
No, the federal judiciary exists. Control of the senate means nothing when the president can use recess appointments.
Recess appointments expire at the end of the next congressional session, while non-recess appointments in the Judiciary are for life. That's quite more than nothing.
It is a consensual and widespread information that judicial nominations are among Republicans' best achievements during this presidential term.
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