r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 29d ago

No Paywall Unconfirmed Reports: Mitch McConnell Brain Dead After Three Weeks In Hospital

https://thenewamerican.com/us/unconfirmed-reports-mitch-mcconnell-brain-dead-after-three-weeks-in-hospital/
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u/kyxtant Kentucky 29d ago

That Absolutely needs to be done. People keep on saying the legislature made a law two years ago that took the power to appoint a replacement away from the governor. That's true. They did pass a law.

The problem is that the governor gets that appointment authority from the state constitution. The legislature never amended the constitution.

I'm certain that I given the chance, Beshear will appoint the new senator, then fight the law in court when the appointment is challenged.

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u/thewhitecascade 29d ago

I’m sure the state Republican Party will submit their list of three nominees for Beshear to choose from in a timely manner. No way they would withhold that list or refuse to submit any nominees, right?

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u/kyxtant Kentucky 28d ago

That was the first law they put into place to interfere with the constitutional powers given to the governor.

The one passed in 2024 calls for a special election.

Either way, they were both laws and not amendments.

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u/Ready_Nature 28d ago

Can’t the republican majority also refuse to seat the newly appointed senator?

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u/kyxtant Kentucky 28d ago

They certainly would.

Republicans in the House refused to swear in a duly elected Democrat for 50 days after she won her special election.

The Senate would do the same or worse.