DONALD TRUMP IS A DISASTER, BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY. Part 2. BLAST FROM THE PAST: "THE HORRIFIC IMPLICATIONS OF REFUSING TO MEET AND EVALUATE THE PRESIDENTS NOMINEE FOR THE U.S. SUPREME COURT."

REMEMBER, A FEW YEARS AGO, WHEN THEN PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA NOMINATED MERRICK GARLAND FOR THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, AND THE REPUBLICANS VIOLATED CONSTITUTIONAL LAW BY NOT HOLDING MANDATED SENATE HEARINGS TO DISCUSS THE NOMINATION, AND HOLD A PUBLIC VOTE TO APPROVE OR DISAPROVE OF THE NOMINATION? REMEMBER HOW HARD THE DEMOCRATS FOUGHT TO PROTECT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCHES ROLE IN THE PROCESS? OH, THATS RIGHT...

THEY DID NOTHING!! SO NOW WE HAVE  ROE vs WADE POSSIBLY BEING JUDGED BY 2 DONALD TRUMP APPOINTEES TO THE SUPREME COURT.

THIS IS PART 4 OF A SERIES OF ARTICLES I WROTE ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE:

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THE HORRIFIC IMPLICATIONS OF REFUSING TO MEET AND EVALUATE THE PRESIDENTS NOMINEE FOR THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. PART 4.

In the End, the IMPLICATIONS OF NOT ALLOWING A SENATE HEARING FOR A PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE GOES EVEN DEEPER THAN MANY THINK, BUT I THINK THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS AWARE OF THIS, AND IS WILLING TO ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES. 

-  THE SEPARATION OF POWERS, (EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, JUDICIAL), HAS BEEN USURPED BY THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH IN THIS CASE. HOWEVER, IN THE FUTURE IT MAY BE THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH REFUSING TO NOMINATE ANYONE AT ALL, UNLESS CERTAIN CONCESSIONS ARE MET.

-  GIVEN THE COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, YOU ARE LEFT WITH A SYSTEM THAT ENCOURAGES THE DEMOCRATIC PARTYTO BEHAVE IN THE SAME MANNER, IF THE POSITIONS ARE REVERSED. DO YOU REALLY EXPECT ONE PARTY TO BE FAIR AND OPEN IN THE SELECTION PROCESS, IF THE OTHER IS JUST GOING TO DISCARD IT ANYWAY?  

-  IN ANY CASE, THE FUTURE OF OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM WILL BE PUSHED TOWARDS TOTAL CHAOS, WITH RANSOMING THE LEGAL SYSTEM A GIFT LEFT TO FUTURE GENERATIONS. NO LONGER WILL THERE BE A SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES, WITH NEITHER THE WHITE HOUSE OR THE SENATE CONTROLLING THE FATE OF OUR SYSTEMS OF LAW.

-  EVEN IF THE REFUSAL TO HOLD A HEARING IS SOMEHOW ALLOWED TO STAND, BUT A DEMOCRAT WINS THE PRESIDENCY, WE ARE STILL LEFT WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.  THEY WILL HAVE DONE IT ONCE, WITHOUT SANCTION, WHAT IS TO STOP THE REPUBLICANS FROM DOING IT AGAIN?

AND AGAIN...AND AGAIN...AND AGAIN.

SO THE BIG QUESTION IS: WHY?