I have hope — but not much optimism — that if enough Republican senators can summon the courage to reject this most appalling nomination, it might embolden others to challenge Trump's worst instincts.
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Retired journalist, university professor, lawyer. Coimbra, Portugal.
I have hope — but not much optimism — that if enough Republican senators can summon the courage to reject this most appalling nomination, it might embolden others to challenge Trump's worst instincts.
14.11.2024 16:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"The 'Advice and Consent of the Senate' serves both to curb Executive abuses of the appointment power... and "to promote a judicious choice of [persons] for filling the offices of the union."
—Justice Scalia for the Supremes in Edmond v. United States.
So: the first acid test for the new Senate.