Posted on 01/17/2006 7:43:57 AM PST by presidio9
Now that Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito seems headed for confirmation, it's a good moment to ask: What about the rest of them?
We refer to President Bush's six stalled nominees for the appeals courts. Several nominations -- including, most notably, that of White House staff secretary Brett Kavanaugh -- have been languishing for years. Mr. Kavanaugh was first nominated to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on July 23, 2003. He had a hearing on April 27, 2004, but no vote. The President renominated him on February 14, 2005, shortly into his second term, but again no vote; by the end of the year the Senate still hadn't acted.
In such cases, the Senate routinely permits nominations to be carried over into the following year. No such luck for Mr. Kavanaugh, whose nomination was blocked by an unknown Senator or Senators. That means the President must now nominate Mr. Kavanaugh for a third time, as we're told he will.
Who is this secret Senator? Speculation centers on New York Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, who reportedly is uninterested in furthering the career of the man who once worked for Whitewater Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. Mrs. Clinton was the sole Senator to vote against Michael Chertoff and Viet Dinh in 2001 when they were confirmed for top Justice Department positions in the Bush Administration. Both men had participated in the investigation of her husband. The Senator's office says she "has taken no action to impede [Mr. Kavanaugh's] nomination."
The advise-and-consent clause of the Constitution gives the Senate the duty of vetting all federal judicial nominees. Mr. Kavanaugh and his fellow appeals-court candidates deserve up-or-down votes on the Senate floor --
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Not sure how the House has anything to do with teh Senate vote. Or are you referring to the Democrats taking both Houses?
If you are going to patroize, it helps to have some clue what you're talking about (re: the House's role in impeachment proceedings).
Let's not get too complacent. I can imagine the RATs saying the same thing in 1993.
Why is it a secret ..?? I thought even committee votes were public information ..??
All a person would have to do is look at the record and see who voted against taking the guy out of committee. And .. even if there was no committee vote - there had to be a senator or 2 who gave the guy a blue slip - just like Durbin did to one of Bush's appointments - and Bush ended up having to do a recess appointment.
It's time to take these dems to task.
And .. this isn't about Whitewater - this is about HER HUSBAND'S impeachment. She wants revenge - and that quest is going to sink her.
"If you are going to patroize, it helps to have some clue what you're talking about (re: the House's role in impeachment proceedings)."
Was thinking of the Senates role in voting on a SCOTUS nominee. I was not patronizing you. The relevance between the house impeaching and blackmailing Bush into picking a Liberal for SCOTUS didn't register.
OK. I may have over-reacted too. Let's put this ugly little incident behind us, shall we?
"OK. I may have over-reacted too. Let's put this ugly little incident behind us, shall we?"
Surely :)
Skull and Bones forever.
The next president must have no connection to Yale.
Good luck with that.
BTW, did you know that President Bush is related to 16 former presidents besides his father?
If you know that, you're overeducated!!! LOL
"Rest assured, "Whitewater Payback" will happen when the Rats take the House in November."
You may be right about Whitewater Payback, but the problem is that the 'Rats will not take the House in November.
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