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Another judicial dirty trick from Senate Republicans
The Los Angeles Times ^ | January 03, 2017 | The Editorial Board

Posted on 01/03/2017 11:09:16 AM PST by Trump20162020

One of 2016’s most spectacular examples of government dysfunction was the U.S. Senate’s outrageous refusal to consider President Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. That dereliction of duty by the Republican majority not only denied a sitting president his constitutional prerogative to fill vacancies in the court (so that the appointment would go instead to a hoped-for Republican successor). It also prevented the court from resolving a handful of cases because of a 4-4 split and probably discouraged the justices from accepting other cases because of the possibility of a similar deadlock.

Less well known is the fact that the Senate also failed to hold floor votes on 24 Obama nominees for lifetime federal judgeships who had been cleared by the Senate Judiciary Committee. They are among 59 aspiring judicial appointees whose nominations will expire when the 114th Congress fades into history this month.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: callawaaambulance; cheeseandwhine; dnctalkingpoints; donaldtrump; garland; gop; mcconnell; merrickgarland; mitchmcconnell; obama; scotus; senate; supremecourt; trump
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To: rjsimmon

>>Do NOT keep me in suspense...<<

Tres Sad.


41 posted on 01/03/2017 12:33:08 PM PST by freedumb2003 (obozo: not just the worst president in American history - worst *American* in American history (turf)
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To: Trump20162020
Is there anyone in the country who does not realize that the Democrats would have behaved in exactly the same way if the situation were reversed (a vacancy occurring a few months before a Presidential election with a Republican President in office)?

The Senate has no duty to approve a Presidential nomination. The Senate even rejected George Washington's nominee for Chief Justice--John Rutledge, a Signer of the Constitution of the United States (who had previously served as an associate justice).

42 posted on 01/03/2017 12:56:06 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Jim Robinson

They admit in the article that they did the same thing to Bush’s nominees in 2008, but THIS is outrageous.


43 posted on 01/03/2017 1:05:14 PM PST by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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To: kaehurowing

Elections have consequences. We Won. Now it is time to reward our friends and punish our enemies. (and listen to the lamentations of their women).


44 posted on 01/03/2017 1:06:38 PM PST by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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To: Trump20162020

The Senate should have considered garland. And then voted to deny him the appointment. But since senators, especially the republican ones, are cowards, the path they took achieved the same result and didn’t involve the risk that garland might be confirmed. Senators should consider each supreme court nominees on their merits and their faithfulness to the Constitution. If they did then we wouldn’t have breyer, ginsburg, sotomayor or kagan on the ussc.


45 posted on 01/03/2017 1:21:30 PM PST by lakecumberlandvet (APPEASEMENT NEVER WORKS.)
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To: ladyjane
For my kids I interpreted it as "Tough Situation". You got the "sh" and I gave them the "it". Put them together and you've got the deepness where Obama left his party. Kinda makes me feel like River Dancing!


46 posted on 01/03/2017 1:36:06 PM PST by katana
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To: Trump20162020

Finally, the Pubies got something right.


47 posted on 01/03/2017 1:49:42 PM PST by Lion Den Dan
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To: Trump20162020

The Senate has a VERY BUSY SCHEDULE, so it’s difficult getting around to ever Tom, Dick, and Harry that wants to be a judge.

But, given all of this pressure on this now, I’m sure they’ll do MUCH BETTER in this new term.


48 posted on 01/03/2017 2:22:01 PM PST by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
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To: Trump20162020

I think I hear FReeper heads exploding. By not passing the judges, it seem, nay it is a bonefide fact, the Republicans did something very good and are not really the enemy many deplorably claim


49 posted on 01/03/2017 2:37:24 PM PST by Thibodeaux (the end of Obama plague is near........ rejoice)
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To: rjsimmon

Are you serious? You don’t know what t.s. means either? You’re kidding, right?


50 posted on 01/03/2017 4:44:47 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: Trump20162020
So, President Trump has one (1) immediate SC appointment to make AND 83 district court judge appointments to immediately make.

President Trump getting his people into the district courts (where most of the damage is done) will have huge consequences over the next year...

51 posted on 01/03/2017 5:53:37 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: Trump20162020

Do people REALLY still buy and read this rag?


52 posted on 01/03/2017 9:19:38 PM PST by Taxman ((H. L. Mencken correctly observed: Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man.))
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To: Trump20162020

Was the LAtte Times upset when Ted Kennedy conspired with far left groups to hold up Bush’s judicial nominees specifically to control certain pending federal cases?

This wasn’t even during a “transitional” period.


53 posted on 01/03/2017 11:14:22 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Dead Red Ted Kennedy was behind Borking, as well (see previous post).

Always seemed ‘odd’ that McCarthyism was named for “the” (a) perpetrator of “the” technique but Borking was named for the victim of the attacks and not the ringmaster of those attacks.


54 posted on 01/03/2017 11:16:17 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
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To: Trump20162020

Not a “trick” and not “dysfunction”, we elected them to not confirm marxist judges.


55 posted on 01/03/2017 11:21:33 PM PST by Impy (Toni Preckwinkle for Ambassador to the Sun)
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To: ladyjane
Are you serious? You don’t know what t.s. means either? You’re kidding, right?

Of course I am kidding. Everyone knows it means Technical Standards... ;)

56 posted on 01/04/2017 9:42:23 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: lakecumberlandvet

The Kentucky Turtle handled it just right...he kept Garland off the Court and minimized any political damage to his colleagues by not having public hearings. That the seat was still unfilled as of the election gave conservatives an incentive to go to the polls to make sure that Trump rather than Hillary got to fill the vacancy.


57 posted on 01/04/2017 1:01:27 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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