[LanaTurnerOverdrive]

The Senate IS required to perform its Advice and Consent function. It is not optional

We should have considered this while we were "blue slipping" all those Clinton appointees. Then again, foresight and turnabout has never been the strong suit of pols and partisans.

[tarheelswamprat]

The Senate IS required to perform its Advice and Consent function. It is not optional

We should have considered this while we were "blue slipping" all those Clinton appointees. Then again, foresight and turnabout has never been the strong suit of pols and partisans.

Good point. It's even simpler than that. If we simply followed the Cocstitution and never resorted to subterfuges like blue-slipping and philibusters these things wouln't be an issue.