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Senate Democrats Obstruction Damaging Senate As Senate Democrats oppose President Trump’s nominees
Republican National Lawyers Assn ^ | 10-10-2017 | Michael B. Thielen

Posted on 10/11/2017 2:28:39 PM PDT by KeyLargo

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Senate Democrats' Obstruction Is Damaging the Senate As Senate Democrats oppose President Trump’s judicial nominees for bad reasons and no reasons, they are damaging the Senate as institution long-term. A quick example of each.

The Democrats are using procedural motions to delay the confirmation of NON-CONTROVERSIAL nominees:

The Senate has confirmed just seven judges this year, including Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. There are 149 judicial vacancies right now, compared to the 108 Trump started the year with. Trump has so far sent nominees for 50 of the current vacancies. . . .

The majority leader has primarily blamed Democrats for dragging out the pace on confirming Trump's nominees.

“Up until now, our friends across the aisle have thrown up one unnecessary procedural hurdle after the next on even the most uncontroversial of nominees,” McConnell said as the Senate confirmed Ralph Erickson to the Eighth Circuit late last month. “In many cases, our Democratic colleagues actually do support the nominees. Just as they do now. This has got to stop. It’s time to end these games.”

Democrats cannot outright block nominees, given the GOP’s 52-senator majority. But they can require procedural votes and drag out the time after each procedural vote for 30 hours.

While it is damaging to the institution of the Senate to delay a worthy nominee just because that nomination was made by a President of an opposing party, what is worse is bigoted attacks on nominees. A prime example of this is the attacks on the religious beliefs of 7th Circuit nominee Professor Amy Barrett. As Chairman Grassley said when discussing the obstructions tactics before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last week:

(Excerpt) Read more at thereplawyer.blogspot.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: democrats; judiciary; senate; trump
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1 posted on 10/11/2017 2:28:40 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Hells bells. The filthy republicans have done nothing but block trump in the senate.


2 posted on 10/11/2017 2:31:57 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: KeyLargo

Who wrote that headline? Oh, a lawyer.


3 posted on 10/11/2017 2:33:14 PM PDT by youthphil
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To: KeyLargo

Gee, Wally, why didn’t our guys do that when they were in the minority?............................................


4 posted on 10/11/2017 2:35:52 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: youthphil

This was the actual headline:

“Senate Democrats’ Obstruction Is Damaging the Senate As Senate Democrats oppose President Trump’s judicial nominees for bad reasons and no reasons, they are damaging the Senate as institution long-term.”

FR required me to shorten the headline, so blame me, I guess.


5 posted on 10/11/2017 2:37:47 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Yes, the Dims are obstructing, with the help of spineless RINOs.


6 posted on 10/11/2017 2:40:24 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: Red Badger

“Elections have consequences.” Was the excuse I recall they chided us with most frequently. That, and, “Obama won, he gets to pick the judges.”


7 posted on 10/11/2017 2:40:37 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: KeyLargo

Harry Reid jammed through plenty of left wing judges after he threw out the filibuster rule.

We need new Republicans.


8 posted on 10/11/2017 2:42:36 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: gubamyster

“Yes, the Dims are obstructing, with the help of spineless RINOs.”

I blame the GOPe more than the Dims.

The Dims are all snakes and we know it, but the Republicans are worse because they claim to be either Conservative or doing what is good for Conservatives.

We know different.


9 posted on 10/11/2017 2:47:10 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

They’ve only approved 7 judges so far this year? Christ, keep the Senate in session 24 hours a day, 7 day’s a week! WTF is wrong with the “Senators”!


10 posted on 10/11/2017 2:49:01 PM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY.)
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To: KeyLargo

Last time I looked, the Republicans held the majority in the Senate.


11 posted on 10/11/2017 2:50:21 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: KeyLargo

Why aren’t republican jamming them through. I’m lost!!!


12 posted on 10/11/2017 3:01:08 PM PDT by raiderboy ( "...if we have to close down our government, we’re building that wall.”)
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To: raiderboy

http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/conservative-leaders-call-for-mcconnell-to-step-down/


13 posted on 10/11/2017 3:08:28 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Jut vote to change the friggin’ rules!

The GOP has no damn spine!


14 posted on 10/11/2017 3:15:49 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (ALL records destroyed/faked, books rewritten, statues renamed, dates altered and more.../1984)
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To: KeyLargo; Impy

Slow walking the Judiciary nominees?


15 posted on 10/11/2017 3:26:44 PM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: KeyLargo



16 posted on 10/11/2017 3:34:39 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

The congresslosers should be slow-walked into prison cells. What a bunch of seditious criminals.


17 posted on 10/11/2017 3:34:55 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: KeyLargo

I can’t even imagine a Democrat majority putting up with the same BS as Republicans under Mcconnell have endured. What a pathetic POS.


18 posted on 10/11/2017 3:35:47 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Democrats destroy the Middle Class. It's what they do.)
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To: KeyLargo

“While it is damaging to the institution of the Senate...”

LOL!!............Ahahahahaha............hehehehehehe. What a lame statement.


19 posted on 10/11/2017 3:44:51 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: SgtHooper
"damaging the Senate as institution long-term."

The whole swamp is an institution.

20 posted on 10/11/2017 4:28:18 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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