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Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died by pandaman on Friday September 18, 2020 @08:50PM (#24523649)
And he just cited the position Joseph Biden asserted in 1992, no kidding: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/us/politics/joe-biden-arg...
Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died by sukilot on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:32PM (#24524389)
June 1992, quite a bit ways past February.

There's always another election coming up.

Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died by Hnrobert42 on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:24PM (#24524331)
So we are in agreement. Trump should not appoint.
Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died by rayiner on Friday September 18, 2020 @09:23PM (#24523935)
Biden didn’t just suggest the idea, he was also citing historical practice!
Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died by matthewbauer on Friday September 18, 2020 @09:51PM (#24524140)
Biden's speech was just saying that the nomination shouldn't happen during an election. I don't think he ever said it couldn't happen during a lame duck session of the Senate.
Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died by Hnrobert42 on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:24PM (#24524324)
Let’s be clear. A lame duck is one that has been shot, is still in flight, but is headed down. In politics, it refers to after a sitting representative loses an election (or term limit ends) but before before the term ends.

Obama was not a lame duck when Scalia died. McConnell et al redefined the term to suit their needs. As they will no doubt redefine it now.

Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died by pandaman on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:40PM (#24524440)
He was just saying that the nomination should not happen during an election year and then he expands that he won't consider conservative nominees from the conservative i.e. different party president. It's just 4 minute video of several speech fragments, does not take long to watch and be informed.