THREAD: Between 2001 and 2003, Republican Senate staffers hacked into and stole 4,670 files on controversial Bush judicial nominees from 6 Democrats, including me. This scandal amounted to a digital Watergate, not unlike Russia’s hacking of the DNC.

@SenatorLeahy @SenateDems These are all good points, but he will get confirmed anyway because the @GOP is corrupt. Only solution is #demwalkout

@Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP Dems walking out isn't going to stop his confirmation

@GracieUSA1 @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP No, but it will force the GOP to either release the docs or confirm him by themselves. For all time his legacy will be tainted by the starkly absurd process.

@Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP They will confirm him by themselves. At least with Dems questioning him they are getting him on the record (for all the good it will do)

@GracieUSA1 @Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP I agree with you both. There's got to be something else we can do! This is a charade. It is clear to all of us Trump's picking his own get out of jail free card/Justice. Not sure what any of us can do to stop it.

@joesegal @Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP Other than to vote in November and try to ensure this never happens again.

@GracieUSA1 @joesegal @Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP Call your senators. Many of them are running for re-election, in which case call their campaigns and let the campaign know how their vote here will affect your November vote. Then help your local statehouse candidates win, to ensure no anti-abortion bills pass.

@rnelson0 @joesegal @Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP I have done all that but I live in a very blue state. I am preaching to the choir here.

@GracieUSA1 @joesegal @Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP there’s plenty could be done. lincoln didn’t hem and haw.

@b9i19 @joesegal @Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP Just so we're all clear...I meant I didn't believe there was anything we could do to stop the confirmation in the legal sense (being the minority). Not that we couldn't keep resisting, tweeting, protesting, reaching out to Congress, etc.

@GracieUSA1 @joesegal @Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP Unfortunately ur right, we are helpless and that’s not how it’s supposed to be. We rational Americans are being held hostage by not only politics but by ignorance as well! It’s sickening and sad!

@AntiRacism4Eva @joesegal @Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP In my opinion, the most important thing we can do is to make a commitment to ourselves that we will vote in every election (local, primaries, general, etc) to make our voices heard and to convince others to do the same...

@GracieUSA1 @joesegal @Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP You're dismissed from the table then Gracie, bye

@FOAFOAFOAF @joesegal @Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP I say you're dismissed. How ya like them apples?

@GracieUSA1 @joesegal @Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP Supreme Court Justices can be removed or forced to resign - it's happened once before (Abe Fortas in 1969).

@bormal @joesegal @Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP We could, although I'm not sure that will help either...

@MelissaLKnutson @joesegal @Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP @fred_guttenberg I'm trying that's for sure..

@GracieUSA1 @joesegal @Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP 11 justices!

@GracieUSA1 @joesegal @Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP If we take power, we can appoint more than 9 judges to balance the court again and make it more in line with how most of America thinks.

@GracieUSA1 @joesegal @Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP All it would take is a couple of Republicans with a conscience, and this could all be over. You would think Flake, & few of the folks who have at least been willing to speak up occasionally, could actually DO something to make a difference. More would join in, I hope?

@Ralfoo7 @joesegal @Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP I'm willing to bet he is still going to get a few Dem votes

@robbienotrobin @joesegal @Feminishannon @SenatorLeahy @SenateDems @GOP lol...