From DailyWire.com…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) can reportedly stop Democrat President Joe Biden from being able to replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer should Breyer indeed decide to retire as expected.
With judicial nominees, only 51 votes are needed to confirm a nominee, commonly referred to as the “nuclear option.” In a 50-50 tied Senate, Democrats will likely need all their Senators to vote for the nominee and then would need Vice President Kamala Harris to be the tie-breaking vote.
But the nuclear option can go into motion only if the Judiciary Committee reports the nomination to the floor, a procedural move that says whether a majority on the committee recommends the full Senate consider the pick,” TIME Magazine reported. “Well, in a little-noticed backroom deal that took more than a month to hammer out, McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer agreed to a power-sharing plan in February that splits committee membership, staffs and budgets in half.”
