Posted on 10/12/2017 8:31:51 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Senator Mitch McConnell (KY), the Senate Majority leader, has heard our demand for action and reform. He has just removed an archaic procedural rule that has been misused by the left to block conservative federal judicial nominees from ever getting a vote—or even a hearing. It is called the Senate “blue slip,” but you will not find it in the Constitution.
Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution gives a clear and efficient procedure for nomination and confirmation of judges: “He [the President] shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint…other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States.” These extra-constitutional and extraneous Senate “courtesies” fall outside the requirements of the Constitution, are regularly abused by the Left, and add red tape to what the Founder’s had intended to be a clear, transparent, and democratic process.
Today’s rule change marks a return to the simple, efficient, constitutional model of judicial confirmation. As Senate Majority Leader McConnell explained, the “blue slip” will now be viewed “‘as simply notification of how you're going to vote, not as an opportunity to blackball’ a nominee.” The Senate has heard your voice and removed a major barrier to the confirmation of highly qualified conservative justices. Now, all Senator’s have an equal voice, and no Senator can single handedly stonewall the President’s judicial nominees.
Now it is time for the Senate to quickly move forward with confirmation of eminently qualified judges. It’s time to end the anti-Christian bigotry and attacks on judicial nominees for being men and women of faith. Our message to the Senate is clear: it’s time to vote.
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‘Now we need to work on that 30 days debate’
I believe you mean “30 hours”....
There are conflicting reports, and I don’t think this we ant our way.
More status quo.
A G A I N !
I thought it was going to say they removed Mitch McConnell!
I don’t see how either of them can do it without a majority vote to change the rules.
McConnell can force Grassley off the Judiciary Committee, if he really means business about ending the blue slip tradition. We’ll see how he proceeds.
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Even a simple decision like this can’t be made clear and straightforward by McConnell, unbelievable! But so typical of the useless despicable turtle.
“McConnell can force Grassley off the Judiciary Committee,”
Right after we all see supersonic pigs flying around in the sky.
This is just another typical Good Cop, Bad Cop follow the magic bouncing ball routine.
Grassley gets on our good graces because it ‘appears’ he is working for us and Mitch is tired of handling the hot potato. So he just cleverly passes it off to someone who has the ability to bury it in procedural horsecrap.
McConnell should declare that for the purposes of the 30 days debate per judge that a day equals a work day of eight hours. Then keep the Senate in constant session 24/7, one eight hour session after another. This way the 30 days will be reduced to 10.
McConnell can’t force Grassley off, he doesn’t have the backing, support to do such a thing.
McConnell is doing this because he is feeling the heat, his poll numbers back in KY are in the tank. He’s trying to change the subject from the fact that he is a loser on repealing Obamacrap and delivering tax reform. He’s a poor leader and it shows.
I'm pretty sure that the "requirement" is 30 hours, not 30 days.
Because it's not actually a rule; it's a tradition, a gentleman's agreement.
I read that this was premature, they are not doing away with the blue slip process. 30 hrs of debate on each confirmation to slow track the confirmations. No?
It’s 30 hours, not 30 days. And there are ways around it.
For 30 hours, form a special committee for each nominee and have the debates concurrently. The Democrats are abusing the rules. Pay them back with their own coin.
That's right!
"Today, there are 149 vacancies in the federal judiciary. Of these, over 50 vacancies are “judicial emergencies.” A “judicial emergency” is a situation in which there are over 600 case filings per judge and that vacancy has existed for more than 18 months. In other words, a judicial emergency is when there are insufficient judges to timely hear and adjudicate cases; people’s rights are left hanging in the balance."
Currently, there are 50 nominees still pending in the Senate, and many of these nominees would fill these emergency seats and help bring justice to parties in conflict. "
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