Mitch McConnell and the Coming Tyranny of the Minority
<p>We must give credit where credit is due. Mitch McConnell waited almost a full hour after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to release the <a href="https://kstp.com/politics/senate-majority-leader-mcconnell-says-senate-will-vote-on-president-trump-supreme-court-nominee-to-replace-ruth-bader-ginsburg/5867387/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">statement</a> that had certainly been sitting on his hard drive since the beginning of the year. In doing so, of course, he completely reversed the position that he took four years ago, when he held the Court open for eleven months on the theory that, in his <a href="https://archive.thinkprogress.org/mcconnell-supreme-court-nomination-trump-obama-senate-party-final-year-presidential-term-garland-gorsuch-f340c7b26462/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">own words</a>, “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice . . . . Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new President.”</p>
<p>At the time, the entire Republican caucus fell in line and went about their business as if the President had not nominated a Justice to the Supreme Court. “The people must decide,” they insisted as if it were a rule that had to be obeyed, and, Merrick Garland did not even receive the courtesy of a vote.</p>
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