Mitch McConnell: What Principle, Who’s Rule?!

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell halts the Supreme Court selection process.  He claims that it is based on principle (not person): “The Biden rule reminds us that the decision the Senate announced weeks ago remains about a principle and not a person.  About a principle and not a person.”

Really!?

And exactly what principle is that?  Is it a constitutional principle?  Is it a legal principle?  Is it an old British rule, governing principle?  Is it a Biblical, moral, ethical, or otherwise religious principle?  NOT!  None of the above!!

It is a political principle that Mitch McConnell has created in order to block, obstruct, and deny the normal constitutional right and obligation that the president of the United States has in nominating someone to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat.  It is a political principle that Mitch McConnell has created solely because he, along with other Republicans, is hoping that a Republican president will fill that vacant seat rather than a Democratic one.  It is as simple as that.

McConnell speaks of a “Biden Rule” as if there is some long standing operative rule, procedure, or law that the Senate is obligated to abide by.  This is nothing more than fancy political rhetoric to make it appear as if he is speaking with legitimate and sound legal constitutional authority.  He is not!

This is politics at its worse!

McConnell is actually stopping the machinery of constitutional government!  By such a move, Mitch McConnell is unilaterally modifying and amending the United States Constitution.  McConnell is the one that is politicizing the selection of a Supreme Court judge, and in a most egregious manner.

Republican or Democrat, all elected officials are elected to do their constitutionally required jobs until their appointed time is over.  They are not to use election years to avoid their responsibility simply because they hope for better election results!

Does Mitch McConnell even realize the damage that he is doing to our system?  Does he even care?  No.  He must not care. He is obviously more concerned about politics and preferred outcomes than he is about the operative integrity of our constitutional government.

Shame on YOU, Mitch McConnell!!