The Democrats’ Bogus Concern for SCOTUS ‘Norms’

When Republicans play by the rules, Democrats threaten to change them.

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The Supreme Court bench draped with black bunting in honor of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Washington, D.C.

Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States/Reuters Handout

For those keeping track, here’s a list of Democratic Party “norms” for placing new justices on the Supreme Court of the United States, as they stand today:

Norm #1: When Democrats are in charge of both the Senate and the White House, they are free to nominate and confirm any justice they please, as quickly as they please, as they did in the cases of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan.

David Harsanyi

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David Harsanyi

David Harsanyi is a senior writer at the Washington Examiner.

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