Roe v Wade has guaranteed the right to an abortion for almost 50 years. The decision by the conservative-majority Supreme Court paves the way to about half of the 50 US states banning or heavily restricting the procedure.
Well for one thing, there were a significant number of legal experts at the time who argued that the Senate refusing to hold a vote was essentially tantamount to assenting to whoever the President picked. So Obama could have used that, either by just appointing someone or by using the threat of it to get them to at least hold a vote
Yup. He shouldn't have even held their feet there, he should have just shrugged and put someone in saying they wouldn't do their job. They would have voted down every possible option anyway so he should have just taken the opportunity
Well for one thing, there were a significant number of legal experts at the time who argued that the Senate refusing to hold a vote was essentially tantamount to assenting to whoever the President picked. So Obama could have used that, either by just appointing someone or by using the threat of it to get them to at least hold a vote
Yup. He shouldn't have even held their feet there, he should have just shrugged and put someone in saying they wouldn't do their job. They would have voted down every possible option anyway so he should have just taken the opportunity