“The Senate shall
advise and consent…”
Elections create
change. When we change something, it’s not the same. The Senate has
a Constitutional obligation to provide advice and consent when the
President fulfills the duty of the Executive Office by proposing a
Supreme Court Justice Nominee. There’s no mention of when they must
act, only that they must act (that pesky legal term ‘shall’). The
President nominates and the Senate votes. The coming election changes
the Senate. Without a timely hearing and vote, Mitch sets precedent
by intentionally violating his Constitutional directive to advise and
consent. Mitch’s power over the Senate (his ability to violate the
Constitution, AKA a high crime– in the vernacular, a crime from
on-high) is a direct result of the very election (2014) he
invalidates by requiring another (2016) before the Constitutional
duty of the Senate is preformed, a duty he may not be privileged to
oversee in his current capacity.
Why is hypocrisy not
among the seven deadly sins? Remember Mitch, Karma’s a bitch.
The GOP’s in a
self-destructive spiral. Their chaotic Presidential field illuminates
their prejudice, stemming from a single, specific, point of view.
Women, atheists, climate change, the LGBT community, minorities,
inequality, immigrants, and everyone not like them are not only the
“other” but the enemy. This narrow-minded, grossly inefficient,
horribly costly, and ultimately unsustainable methodology holds on
for dear life. This limbic, reptilian, devout culture faces
extinction. The GOP is in denial over the death of a renowned
standard-bearer, their late Supreme Court Justice.
After the elections,
it’ll be no different. They’ll be angry. Then they’ll bargain.
But depression and acceptance? Come on, this is the GOP. Not gonna’
happen. Their pathology is their inflexibility. They burrow like a
tick, sucking the blood of the fat American– now infected with
Rocky Mountain Fever. Replacing this Justice is about the future,
about change and growth, adaptation and evolution– fundamental
concepts they refuse to face. The GOP shatters because it will not
budge– something it’s quite proud of.
“There are no
atheists in foxholes.”
They love to say
things like this. Elections illuminate the truth of how things work;
we’re moving forward with or without them. When reason and humanity
prevail, ignorance and bigotry loose value. They will find themselves
in that foxhole and have yet another “coming to Jesus moment.”
After Hillary’s elected, they’ll come-a-running because Obama
stands by his nominee.
Will this Senate act
Unconstitutionally?
Not likely.
So, I’ll warm to
the idea of
Supreme Court
Justice Garland.
