Thank you, President Trump! MAGA!!!
First of all, F**k both of ‘em!
Secondly, this is rich: ““Last night the White House moved forward without consulting me, picking controversial candidates from its initial list And ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WITH NO JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE who had not previously been suggested,” Feinstein said in a statement.” Elena Kagan - an ultra-liberal, was confirmed to the SUPREME COURT without any judicial experience and Feinstein had nothing to say about it...
p,s, Karma’s a bitch, ain’t it!
Which is to uphold and support the Constitution, to protect individual rights, and to put the brakes on legislating from the bench. How dastardly of the President!
California is not the only state covered by the 9th. Why should California get a say so.
Isn’t Sac Bee like the Onion; a satire site?
The constitional advice and consent function is a function of the Senate, and it confers no special power or authority on any individual Senator. Senate customs are just that customs, not law, and sometimes not even in formal Senate rules.
The Leftists/Progressives have been using the “blue slip” to continue their packing of the courts for decades, insuring what they now call “mainstream” is just their own Left/Liberal orthodoxy. To concede a power to individual Senators over the selection of judges for circuit courts in their states, is against the division of sovereign powers between the states and the federal government. It’s akin to letting states choose federal positions over them. It’s a custom that never should have been started.
The time for dissent against a judicial nominee is when voting for a nominee in committee or on the floor of the Senate, not with an erroneous “privilige” that allows individual Senators powers that belong only to the Senate as a whole.
“Traditionally, presidents have deferred to home state senators when nominating federal judges, agreeing not to nominate people unless those senators returned their blue slip in support of the prospective judge.”
I can hear Trump in my head saying, “Why? Why does it have to done that way when the Constitution says differently?”
It takes 26 Red States for the Republicans to create a permanent firewall in the Senate to ensure the Judiciary doesn’t become the property of the uncivil radicals.
The following 22 States seem to fit the bill long-term, though they have some challenges (such as Doug Jones in Alabama) to cleanup.
Alaska, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana
North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Texas
Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia
South Carolina, Mississippi
Which 4 (better to plan for 6+) of the following 9 States can definitely be this way long term if the conservatives will do their work.
Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Wisconsin, Arizona, Virginia, Nevada
Here are 9 tougher possibilities.
Minnesota, Michigan, Colorado, New Hampshire, Maine, New Jersey, Delaware, Oregon, New Mexico
These 10 seem like lost causes as they’d vote for extremist Democrats shamelessly if their nutcases kept shooting more Republican congressmen every day like they did to Scalise last year & if they keep picking candidates like those 2 NJ US Senators, Keith Ellison, and Bill Clinton.
California, New York, Vermont, Mass, CT, RI, Maryland, Washington, Hawaii, Illinois
The #1 priority for the Federalists (and others who care about the Constitution being followed) needs to be to clean up the roster in those first 22 States
Joe Manchin of WV
Lisa Murkowski of AK
Doug Jones of AL
Heitkamp of ND
Tester of MT
McCaskill of MO
Donnelly of IN
Did I miss any big problems in those 22 states?
With a solid firewall we can ensure that the Constitution will be followed by the Courts.
“...on the influential 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...”
‘Influential?’ How about Anti-American and Anti-Constitutional?!?!
MAGA! Sic ‘Em, Mr. President!
I got your consensus right here, Lily.
To which I say:
BOO-HOO.... Cry me a river. The thing to really do is to break up the 9th Circuit into some smaller courts and do away with the LIBTARD contingent there forever.
Good. So sick of “customs” and all the garbage built up in the process since the founding of the Republic.
We win, they lose, is Dan Bongino’s phrase. And I add, if we do not win, the Republic will end under hate-filled, Republic hating fiends who use mob action to try and fulfill their lust to rule over US and silenxe US forever. The demonrat party IS the ENEMY of the American Republic.
January 3, 2018 - present: "The lack of two positive blue slips will not necessarily preclude a circuit-court nominee from receiving a hearing unless the White House failed to consult with home-state senators. Hearings are unlikely for district court nominees without two positive blue slips."