Posted on 04/05/2017 12:24:26 PM PDT by Kaslin
Sen. Jeff Merkley spoke for over 15 hours, protesting the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch, saying how this seat on the high court is stolen, and that the integrity of the courts would be undermined for decades if the Senate confirms him. Yes, a man who received the American Bar Association’s highest rating is going to denigrate the courts. This is bath salts logic, but Merkley has been one of Gorsuch’s early (and vocal) opponents. He’s from a blue state. And his base is frothing at the mouth to go all-out war, even in the face of defeat. Tomorrow, it’s likely that the Senate GOP will nuke the filibuster rules, allowing Gorsuch, an eminently qualified candidate with impeccable academic credentials to go along with it, to be confirmed by a simple majority.
Before that happens, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) decided to launch a counterstrike against the liberal hysteria, torching his Democratic colleagues for their hypocrisy over this unprecedented filibuster. His first target was Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who said that you couldn’t just filibuster a SCOTUS nominee just because you disagree with him or her. She said this in 2006, when some Senate Democrats were mulling blocking Samuel Alito. The Arkansas Senator also cited President Obama, who was a senator at the time—for joining the effort to block Alito.
Sen. Cotton Cites Hypocrisy From Feinstein On SCOTUS Filibuster
Sen. Cotton Goes Through Litany Of Dems Hypocrisy On SCOTUS Filibuster
Even those who oppose Judge Gorsuch used to sing a different tune about the standards for judicial confirmation. For instance, the senior senator from California put it best when she said: "I think when it comes to filibustering a Supreme Court appointment, you really have to have something out there, whether it's gross moral turpitude or something that comes to the surface." Speaking of a previous Republican president's nominee, she further said, "Now, I mean, this is a man I might disagree with. That doesn't mean he shouldn't be on the court."In fact, President Obama filibustered a Supreme Court nomination while he was a senator, yet later expressed regret over that decision. He said, "I think that, historically, if you look at it, regardless of what votes particular senators have taken, there's been a basic consensus, a basic understanding, that the Supreme Court is different. And each caucus may decide who's going to vote where and what but that basically you let the vote come up, and you make sure that a well-qualified candidate is able to join the bench, even if you don't particularly agree with them."
Cotton added that Democrats were very different animals last year, where they said they would invoke the nuclear option to get Hillary Clinton’s nominees through should she win the election. Donald Trump’s upset victory torpedoed those plans. He cited Reid’s remarks about nuking the rules for non-SOCTUS judicial nominations, setting the foundation for confirming Supreme Court nominees by a simple majority. He also read past statements by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), who also made similar overtures about the Supreme Court and the nuclear option last year.
“The Constitution does not give me the right to block a qualified nominee no matter who’s in the White House…a minority in the Senate should not be able to block qualified nominees,” said Cotton, reading the past remarks of Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM).
Yeah, Senate Democrats are just bitter that Trump is president, and that Republicans blocked Merrick Garland—Obama’s initial nominee to fill the vacancy left by the late Antonin Scalia. Well, you can’t always get what you want, folks. And now not only will Gorsuch be confirmed, but also should a second vacancy occur (one that does alter the balance of the Court)—it won’t be much of a fight.
Considering that Obama ordered the assassination of Justice Scalia, this seat is not stolen. Instead, Obama and the rats tried to steal it from the GOP.
They Republicans in good faith have allowed Obama to appoint to the Supreme Court two very extreme hard left ideologues (Kagen and Sotomayer). It’s about time that Republicans started placing some hard right conservatives on the bench.
No more Anthony Kennedys, Sandra Day O’Conners, David Souters or even John Roberts.
Mark Levin for SCOTUS!
The Democrats are mad because Obama's choice did not get confirmed--who happened to be better qualified than the two "diversity" choices Obama made earlier (Latina, lesbian). The Senate rejected a nominee by George Washington--John Rutledge, a signer of the US Constitution. Not that George Washington can hold a candle to the awesomeness of Barack Obama.
Everyone who's been critical of my call to end the filibuster once and for all because that will give the democrats an advantage when they take over should read Kaine's statement. They were planning to kill the filibuster this year if Hillary won. The filibuster is dead...the only question is who will reap the benefits of its demise. The Republicans, thus giving us a chance of maintaining our nation as a constitutional republic. Or the democrats who will destroy what remains of American liberty.
Get off the thread, ya big dope!
Two things here. One they thought they had a lock on getting a hard left 5-4 SC. Two, as long there is a 4-4 SC that’s exactly what they have because of the 9th circus. So they are going to the wall with this and hoping 2 rinos will balk on the rule change. McTraitor was calling the nuke option a catastrophe today. I think they probably killed Scalia.
Stop it with your stupid ridiculous speculation. You're making a fool of yourself
People do pass away in their sleep, without obvious reasons. Especially when the Lords calls them, which was obviously the case with Justice Scalia.
Don't bother to reply because you will be ignored.
LOL!
I see that and shudder, knowing that we truly dodged a bullet. Obama played a high stakes game of chicken, hoping the Senate might prefer Garland to anything Hillary might offer up... with the betting being at the time that she was going to win, of course.
That was close.
Levin really pissed me off during the campaign with his anti-Trump tirades, but I have to admit, he’d make a helluva Supreme Court Justice.
Garland should have gotten a good Borking and then been rejected.
Excellent. Republicans as a whole need to find their balls and start getting way more aggressive. If only we could put one of them in the Turtle’s place! (And Paul’s!)
Scalia was found with a pillow over his head in a Rat donors house, no security, no autopsy. It is at least suspicious.
This Cotton guy is going places. I really, really like him.
Yeah! Cotton is awesome. Only Senator that voted asgainst the Corker bill. Veteran too.
there is no truth to it. It's noting but speculations. Stop it you're making a fool of yourself.
Jerkley and his Pedo Alliance buddies are getting worried...
Scalia had been a walking heart attack for years.
Please, there is no evidence that Scalia was assassinated.
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