Posted on 11/22/2013 12:40:07 PM PST by bestintxas
Obama gave it away when he called the filibuster “arcane”. That was the real Obama talking. I think he savors the opportunity to uproot a two century old tradition just for the sake of doing it.
This was a knee-jerk to Great Leader’s crumbling popularity. It is now much easier for him to continue his nation-wide community organizing.
Obama has pulled off a coup d’etat. We are a dictatorship now.
In any event, people are being indoctrinated each day to be more dependent on Government for their daily existence. Every school and college in America turns out one group of Government dependees each year. Each day the older people who were taught self dependence, principles, pride of ownership, self respect, self respect, respect for others and their property, good morals, the responsibility of living free, die and are replaced by a Government indoctrinated parasite.
BTTT
“Or, more likely, they think that the senate will go Republican in 2014 and want to get as many liberal judicial nominees through as they can before that happens.”
but that means the gop house and senate can impeach and remove 100% of them too.
short-lived victory for dems
“The change isn’t legal anyway. Senate rules require a change in the rules to get a 2/3 vote. That’s 67, not 52.”
Illegal? what diff is that? Pray tell what the GOP does to disallow it?
Obama has been running rogue for 5 years without consequences.
“Remember that Clinton FIRED all federal judges so he could put his own people in. “
I think you mean federal attorneys.
federal judges must be impeached in order to be removed, they cannot be fired
Only nine or so federal judges have ever been impeached and removed from office. Even then, it has only been done for things like bribery - political beliefs and such have never been used to removed a federal judge from office. Once in, you won’t see any impeachments, even with a Republican trifecta.
“Only nine or so federal judges have ever been impeached and removed from office. Even then, it has only been done for things like bribery - political beliefs and such have never been used to removed a federal judge from office. Once in, you won’t see any impeachments, even with a Republican trifecta.”
All true.
However, we are in a different era when the Senate violates its own rules it has held for many years.
I say we should follow the Constitution and impeach ANY who decide their oath to it is not worth living by.
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