Posted on 09/29/2018 8:05:37 PM PDT by Cubs Fan
(Merkley)The Oregon Democrat will ask a federal judge Wednesday to issue an injunction to stop Senate Republicans' hurry-up plan to vote on Kavanaugh's nomination. Merkley asserts he's not been given adequate time to do his job of reviewing Kavanaugh's qualifications to serve on the nation's highest court.
Merkley's complaint has more to do with the 100,000 pages of Kavanaugh-related documents withheld by the Trump administration than with complaints of sexual misconduct. Specifically, Merkley accused President Donald Trump and his staff of "imposing a broad and unprecedented blockage on the Senate's and the public's access to reams of key documents that directly bear on Judge Kavanaugh's views, experience and character."
In Kavanaugh's case, the Trump administration has withheld records from his time working as staff secretary for President George W. Bush. The National Archives, which traditionally supervises records releases for Supreme Court nominees, has said it won't have its Kavanaugh records ready for release until late October.
Senate Republicans don't want to wait that long. They argue that Merkley and other Democrats have their minds made up anyway and the release of new documents won't change anything.
(Excerpt) Read more at oregonlive.com ...
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You worry for nothing. The courts never intervenes when it comes to how the House or Senate conducts their business. That is off limits. Merkley is showboating big time.
If an idiot judge issues an order, McTurtle should just say I don’t have to pay attention to anything a judge has to say on the issue, however given their actions I am going to Schedule a impeachment trial and we can discuss it there.
No can do, she has a headache tonight, that's why I am up late posting on FR instead :(
This is unquestionably a political question and so none of the federal court’s business. If a federal judge imposes an injunction on the Senate, the Supreme Court should vacate it the same day.
Wake up, dummies.
Judicial Branch has _no_ authority to make such a decision. None. No jurisdiction. Do not allow judges authority that they do not have.
Defend USConstitution, or you are an enemy of USConstitution.
I hope you're right but I remember back to trumps travel. Even though the law said specifically the president has the power to do it, the slimebag Hawaiian judge put a TRO on it anyway, stopping it until the SCOTUS overturned him. Do you really think a lib judge resistance member wouldn't try their luck at this?
Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branch...
Coequal but, not authoritative over the others.
Besides, IIR the records are being released by the Bush administration non issue....
Gotta run.
I think this woman I am talking to wants to “fake” advantage of me.
I have to gird myself to be victimised as she preys upon me...
Is that constitutional?
OK. You are wrong.
The President nominates and takes some poor bastard thru “advise and consent”. Senate votes up or down.
It MIGHT be possible to make such a case if it was Congress as a whole (the majority in control) demanding such documents, although the status of Executive Privilege is pretty clear and it would be almost certain to lose.
But an individual Congressmen or the minority party in Congress doesn’t have ‘status’, and the courts will rule that way pretty quickly. In any case, Executive Privilege would still apply.
A presidential exec order is fair game for the courts, but this is not a presidential exec order. This is how the House and Senate conduct their legislative business and a court has no jurisdiction.
I'm not certain why you don't understand the difference.
No way
And if that judge did hed be overruled in emergency hearing by appellate quickly
Nobody on SCOTUS would reach this far or they would have 11/2000
Its simply not happening
Senator, Jeff Merkley better start looking at the polls on this issue. His fellow Democrat, Joe Donnelly has now gone from a “NO” vote to a “MAYBE vote”. Why? Polls, that’s why!!! Polling across the country is showing massive support for Judge, Brett Favanbaugh 60% for Kavanaugh, 30% for Democrats, 10% Undecided. This political Circus presented by the Democrat, Progressive, Socialist, Communist, Clowns will not end well for the entire Democrat Party. The Democrats will rue the day they opened the investigation door to the FBI.
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- Southaven, MS
- Rochester, MN
- State of Kansas
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If that doesn't work, a California judge will rule the Supreme Court unconstitutional.
It is past time for the Supreme Court (or Congress, they can do it too) to unilaterally limit the power of these left wing autofellatory tinhorn dictators.
Give the coercive power of judges, it might actually rise to the level of sedition, eh?
It wouldn’t surprise me if he’s been getting the chrome sucked off his trailer hitch by one of the recent witlesses. [Note spelling carefully.]
Look, the sock puppet enters the thread, just in time!
OK Cubby...
You are wrong
There, happy now?
“Look, the sock puppet enters the thread, just in time!”
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Grey_whiskers, your Trollness is showing.
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