If, hypothetically, Trump remains president after the 2020 election but there is now a Dem majority in the Senate, and the Democrats in the Senate start to hold up Trump judicial nominations, is this bad, an illegitimate consolidator of power, or a coup? Or is this the senate rightfully exercising their power to not consent to a Trump's judicial appointments? In my opinion, this is the Senate justifiably exercising their power. If, in 2024, there was then a Democratic President with a Democratic Majority Senate, and they started to fill many vacancies, is this a coup or a dangerous consolidation of power? Or is this simply the results of elections and branches of governments exercising their power?
Mitch held up many judicial nominations, including the Supreme Court one. His SCOTUS reasoning was bullshit that he made up to sound more appealing, because saying "We're blocking it in hopes we may end up with a more favorable outcome in the future" might piss people off and telling them made up bullshit is electorally beneficial. There is nothing that says anything about election year appointments, but at the end of the day, the Senate can refuse to consent to presidential judicial nominations, and that's what they did. It very much so is unethical and shady, and might bite them in the ass later, but it's not really a coup.
Under Obama and the GOP senate did infact, not confirm a lot of Obama nominations. This is because the President was nominating people that Senate did not like or want. If we had a Democrat controlled Senate, and Schumer blocked many of Trump's appointments, you would probably say the Trump should nominate people the Senate would approve of, not that the Democrat Senate is trying to seize power and coup shit.
Trump and the GOP are trying to say impeachment is a coup. It is not, is is a very specifically outlined power that the House has. They do this because they have no legitimate defense of Trump's actions, so they flail out any defense they can, here trying to insist that impeachment is just some big smear and coup by the Democrats. It's not, impeachment is specifically allowed and dictated. They say its a coup because ultimately impeachment is a political process, not a legal process, and spitting out bullshit like that is the only defense they have.
However, impeachment not being a coup, is completely in line with my overall point. Impeachment is not a coup, it is what the House has the explicit power and authority to do. Similarly, the President and Senate nominating and appointing judges, or refusing to consent to appointment, is not a coup, it is what they explicitly have the power to do.
I don't like Trump, or McConnell but I'm sure no matter how many times I say this or any way I say this you won't believe me. But I fail to see how the Senate not approving many of Obama's appointments but approving of many Trump's appointments, when their specifically allowed to do this, is a coup.
Not to mention, doesn't a coup imply overthrowing a government? Who or what is getting overthrown? I can understand the argument of a coup of overthrowing American Democracy, but I fail to see how appointing judges? Sure it arguably is a consolidation of power, but until pretty much a month ago, the majority of Circuit courts that had more Democrat appointees than Republican appointees. There are also more still more federal judges appointed by Democrats than Republicans. I wouldn't say that is some crazy consolidation of power by the Democrats or a coup, but that Democrats were elected and appointed judges they wanted. Even despite the Senate holding things up, Obama still has more judge appointments on courts than any other president by a very large margin.
Also, what charade? What charade am I putting up that's so egregious you go through past comments to comment and shit on me elsewhere? Do you think I'm some Trump loving sycophant who's trying to act normal? The entire second half of your comment seemed like you thought I was saying & believed things that I really don't.