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GOP blocks key Obama court nominee in Senate vote
Townhall.com ^ | November 12, 2013 | AP

Posted on 11/12/2013 6:00:56 PM PST by jazusamo

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans blocked another of President Barack Obama's picks for one of the nation's top courts on Tuesday, the latest skirmish in a nominations battle that has intensified partisan tensions in the chamber.

The vote derailed Obama's selection of Georgetown University law professor Cornelia Pillard to fill one of three vacancies on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The roll call was 56-41 in favor of ending GOP procedural delays that have blocked Pillard from winning confirmation — four short of the 60 votes Democrats needed.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: corneliapillard; dcappealscourt; districtofcolumbia; filibuster; georgetown; liberals; nominee; obama; pillard

1 posted on 11/12/2013 6:00:56 PM PST by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

Hold the line. These appointments are radical. Obama’s last grasp at victory.


2 posted on 11/12/2013 6:06:06 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: jazusamo

http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/22/obama-judicial-pick-cornelia-pillard-abortion-needed-to-free-women-from-maternity/

Rejected by Laz, too, I imagine.


3 posted on 11/12/2013 6:09:21 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: jazusamo

well good...perhaps they are growing a spine or some gonads


4 posted on 11/12/2013 6:11:30 PM PST by Nifster
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To: Viennacon

Yep, 0bummer is doing his best to get a lib majority in the DC Appeals Court, it’s personal with him because of his illegal recess appointments decision of the NLRB being overturned. Boy president doesn’t like to take no for an answer.


5 posted on 11/12/2013 6:11:53 PM PST by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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To: tumblindice

Yikes, that’s scary:)


6 posted on 11/12/2013 6:12:56 PM PST by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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To: jazusamo

So many of the these liberal women have that very same hair cut, pinched face, granny glasses, etc.

7 posted on 11/12/2013 6:13:08 PM PST by raybbr (I weep over my sons' future in this Godforsaken country.)
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To: jazusamo

Another femnazi they tried to sneak by the bouncers.


8 posted on 11/12/2013 6:14:54 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: jazusamo

GOPe nervous about the primaries...


9 posted on 11/12/2013 6:15:49 PM PST by SeminoleCounty (2014: RINO Hunting Season)
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10 posted on 11/12/2013 6:17:29 PM PST by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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To: jazusamo

We’ve got him by the balls on this. Reid wouldn’t dare change the filibuster rule, with senate Dems sinking almost as fast as Obama’s approval ratings. Too risky.


11 posted on 11/12/2013 6:22:06 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: jazusamo

Where did the GOP find the balls?


12 posted on 11/12/2013 6:33:43 PM PST by logic101.net (How many more children must die on the altar of "gun free zones"?)
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To: jazusamo

A professor?? Absolutely NO court experience??!!


13 posted on 11/12/2013 6:33:58 PM PST by Antoninus II
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To: Antoninus II

My Gaydar is pegging.


14 posted on 11/12/2013 6:50:49 PM PST by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks jazusamo.


15 posted on 11/12/2013 8:31:35 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: jazusamo

I guess this bimbo’s life story wasn’t “compelling” enough.


16 posted on 11/12/2013 8:32:32 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Millions are losing their healthcare thanks to ObamaCare! What a country!!!)
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To: raybbr
So many of the these liberal women have that very same hair cut, pinched face, granny glasses, etc.

You are correct. I used to date a liberal woman who was much prettier than this one, but she still had that same look. After a few years the crap they feel inside has to come perking to the top and it show in their faces.

17 posted on 11/12/2013 8:35:48 PM PST by calex59
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To: jazusamo

“Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska were the only two Republicans to vote “yes” on Pillard. “

I’m disgusted with those two, as usual.


18 posted on 11/12/2013 8:38:04 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: mrsmith

I hear you, more often than not those two side with the Rats.

Don’t know about Maine but I don’t understand how Alaskans elected that lib.


19 posted on 11/13/2013 8:18:34 AM PST by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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