[AMDG&BVMH]

BUMP!

[LeoWindhorse]

someone should nuke the Democrats

[cotton1706]

This is basically the democrats doing what they can to get some victories under their belt in the face of absolute disaster...and of course to stick a shiv in while they can.

[SES1066]

In a year and a half, Dingy Harry will be SCREAMING about how unfair this rule is and, what is worse, the MSM will be ever so sympathetic! The difference is that the MSM are always sympathetic towards the Democrats. This is the sea that the GOP must swim in and dictates much of their reaction. Regretfully this is our fact of life!

[Dick Bachert]

“OK, here's the deal with my nuclear option thingy:

Because my buddy Barack's transformation of America isn't moving at the rate Mr. Soros, David Axlerod, Valerie Jarrett and his other handlers anticipated, we simply MUST pack the agencies and courts with more dedicated Marxists and libturds before BO's term is up. And although BO's agency heads will be removed should, allah forbid it, the pubbies take the WH in 2016, they will have had 3 years to bring in so many fellow libturds that a new administration will not be able to clean them all out.

But the courts – especially here in DC – are where the REAL action is! Dontcha just love that LIFETIME TENURE thing? We sure as hell do!

Oh...the finger?

Just my way of telling you Tea Party people that if you don't like it...suck on this!!

ROFLMAO!!!”

Most DISrespectfully, Harry “The Grinning Weasel” Reid

[Lurking Libertarian]

If they want to add seats to a court -- if they want to add five new liberal seats to the DC circuit, for example -- they can do it.

No. Obama can appoint judges to a vacant judicial slot, and needs only 51 votes in the Senate to confirm, but he can't create a new judicial position without legislation that has to pass the House.

[dan on the right]

GOP should just shut it down.

Still need 60 votes for the other laws (so far, anyways!).

Demand cloture vote for every minor matter and don’t let anything go forward. No unanimous consents.

Let them all know publicly that the GOP will do this until this rule is reversed (to try to put it back on the Democrats). Stay united. Nothing gets done, except these appointments.

[Lurking Libertarian]

They said that the nuclear option, the 51 votes is only applicable if Democrats are the majority? So if there's a change after the election, this goes away? I haven't seen that. Well, I wouldn't be surprised.

A majority of the Senate can change the Senate rules at any time (U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 5, clause 2). No Senate can bind a future Senate. So whatever this rule says, the Republicans can keep it or change it as they see fit once they get the Senate majority.

[RginTN]

Exactly. Republicans aren’t filibustering judges.

[onyx]

Today Democrats in the Senate led by Harry Reid changed the rules so that now all Presidential nominations and most importantly Judges can be confirmed on a mere party line vote. This has never been done in 225 years.

They will use this power to stuff the courts with radical judges that are appointed for life. This forever changes our country.







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Today Democrats in the Senate led by Harry Reid changed the rules so that now all Presidential nominations and most importantly Judges can be confirmed on a mere party line vote. This has never been done in 225 years.

They will use this power to stuff the courts with radical judges that are appointed for life. This forever changes our country.







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[glorgau]

He can nominate anybody for anything ...

He'll do a Caligula and put a horse in the Senate.

[dennisw]

Wait until you see who Obama and his minions pack our courts with. The leftist and racist judges. The only thing stopping them was the 60 votes needed when the Republicans objected to one of these radical candidates for our Federal judiciary

[depressed in 06]

I would think this has made the 16 vulnerable Bolshies nervous, since, the need for their vote has been diminished.

From under the bus they should side with the Repubs to show they are, indeed, needed.

[ObamahatesPACoal]

A Republican majority in the Senate can’t force Obama to elect moderate or conservative judges. Can’t he stack the courts for a year and then let the GOP reject his 2015 judges?