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To: NormsRevenge
Democrats say... (they) fall far short of the advice and consent consultations they expect before Bush announces a Supreme Court nominee

This is so much bullshiite it takes the breath away!

The Founding Fathers didn't want or expect the perfumed princes Senators to have any more input other than a simple "yeah" or "nay" vote on the matter.

Here is what the men on the scene when the Constitution was actually written had to say about this matter, and before it was even ratified:

"It will be the office of the President to NOMINATE, and, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to APPOINT. There will, of course, be no exertion of CHOICE on the part of the Senate. They may defeat one choice of the Executive, and oblige him to make another; but they cannot themselves CHOOSE, they can only ratify or reject the choice of the President." - Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 66, 1787

(emphasis in the original)

The Liberals, as usual, are trying to rewrite the constitution to their own advantage.

17 posted on 07/06/2005 4:20:23 PM PDT by Gritty ("The Founders cannot have intended this perverse result"-Sandra Day O'Conner on the Kelo Decision)
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To: Gritty

Of course they will get their usual opportunity to posture, pontificate, and mince before the cameras. Buncha queers.


23 posted on 07/06/2005 4:28:26 PM PDT by johnb838 (A chill wind.)
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