Bryan HanselOne of the weirdest things in the US is that Supreme Court Justices only need 51 of 100 Senate votes to be put into a lifetime position — earned or not — but officers in the military need 100 of 100 votes to get a promotion that they earned and one nut job senator can prevent the promotion. That's a broken rule that should be changed.
Richard Brockie@bryanhansel the cynic in me thinks that the hold on military promotions is until a republican is president and a “politically acceptable“ new slate of general officers can fill the vacancies. There is precedent, c.f.: Garland, Merrick
@RichardBrockie Tuberville is a Trumper, so it wouldn't surprise me, but he also wants to ban abortion completely across the military and that's his stated reason for the block.
Darwin Woodka@bryanhansel @RichardBrockie which is also ridiculous. It's not going to end the policy or the necessity for it.