Posted on 11/04/2006 5:21:05 PM PST by doug from upland
There's no way now or even when the new congress takes their seat there will be 60 votes for cloture for any USSC nominee put up by this President.
If this does occur, first of all, let me wish Justice Stevens a healthy life for however long he is still here.
If this occurs, President Bush should appoint either Janice Rogers Brown or Miguel Estrada. If you could get Estrada on by recess appointment, it would make it very hard for him to be turned down if subsequently nominated.
Yes, I mentioned Estrada earlier. Imagine not allowing him to remain on the court with full confirmation.
Gideon. Agree with point.
(from internet)
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had undergone chemotherapy and radiation treatment for her colon cancer. Her sigmoid colon was removed on September 11, 1999 for what had been classified as stage-2 cancer. About 75% of stage-2 colon cancer patients are cured. The treatments began in October, 1999 and ended in June of 2000. The classification system rates the cancers up to stage-4. The sigmoid colon makes up the lower third of the large intestine. It now turns out that the original diagnosis of diverticulitis may also have been correct. The operating surgeon, Dr. Lee Smith discovered a perforation in her upper bowel that was non-malignant. It has been estimated that most patients in Justice Ginsburg's condition need at least 4 to 6 weeks to recuperate from this type of surgery.
Hope you are right. Maybe Lindsey Graham, John McCain and the other "14 Gangsters" will get the message.
"Yes, I mentioned Estrada earlier"
Estrada and Pickering were great nominee's and got left hanging by Frist and the "14 Gangsters"
bttt
Gideon
One a dem bibble peeps.
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