[GeronL]

It was the dem's and spineless GOP jellyfish who provoked this.

[Post Toasties]

Cry us a river, Lefties. This was a favorite Xlowntoon era tactic.

[Mike Darancette]

More Provocation

The President is doing his job even though the Senate is shirking their job of advise and consent.

[Jet Jaguar]

It's about time. He needs to get the rest in. When the dems start complaining, appoint Bork.

[FormerACLUmember]

Major Hypocrisy Alert: WaPo praised Clinton recess appointments.

[Consort]

The Democrat filibusters were the provocation — not the Recess Appointment. If Pryor were voted down by the full Senate and then Recess Appointed, that would have been a provocation. The Recess Appointment did what a full Senate vote would have done.

[cinnathepoet]

Mr. Bush is free to ask voters to elect Republican senators so that the filibuster ceases to be viable against his nominees.

How kind of the Post to give Pres. Bush this permission.

[edger]

I will be impressed when Bush makes a recess appointment of Robert Bork.

[Bobber58]

The result is that Mr. Pryor will be a judge for now, but he will leave office unless both Mr. Bush and a filibuster-proof Republican Senate majority win election this year. In other words, his prospects of longer-term service on the bench will be bound up with the electoral fate of the Republican Party -- exactly the sort of political dependency from which judges are supposed to be insulated.

If Demonrats lose more seats in the Senate and House "in spite of" these actions, the only question will be if Demonrats, in the face of electoral disapproval of their actions, will continue to engage in these unprecedented maneuvers to deny this President the oppourtunity to fulfill his constitutional requirements to fill judicial seats.

[Timesink]

The result is that Mr. Pryor will be a judge for now, but he will leave office unless both Mr. Bush and a filibuster-proof Republican Senate majority win election this year.

Why can't Bush just recess appoint him again next year?

[Jim Robinson]

Don't you just love it!

[CurlyDave]

Question:

Even if we don't get to 60 senators in 2004, how many of the RATs left in the senate will be vulnerable enough in 2006 to back off on the filibuster BS?

If we gained even 3 or 4 seats, a few may look over their shoulders at the 2002 results and decide that a little more cooperation might be in order.

Maybe all we need is 56 or so to confirm these recess appointments in the next congress...

A second question:

What is the law on filibuster of confirmation of a recess appointment?

Since the guy is already a judge is he entitled to an up or down vote, or does the appointment just automatically expire?

[BushMeister]

No article or news story on these issues can be taken seriously unless past precedent regarding #s of recess appointed judges per president are given.

Additionally, if this judge cannot, as the WP claims, be "approved on the merits", then prove it in an up-or-down vote.