Posted on 04/04/2019 11:39:00 AM PDT by jazusamo
The Senate Judiciary Committee cleared two nominees Thursday for seats on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ignoring objections from California’s two Democratic senators who complained they didn’t get a say in who President Trump picked.
Daniel P. Collins and Kenneth Kiyul Lee were both approved on party-line 12-10 votes.
Democrats said the two men were too conservative to earn seats on the West Coast’s most important court, but their complaints were even broader, accusing Republicans of further upending the “blue slip” tradition that, at some points in the past, has allowed home-state senators to veto judicial nominees.
“We are seeing a new low,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein said, calling the move to advance the two 9th Circuit picks the first time a judicial nominee had been approved by the committee over objections of the top member of the minority party — in this case, Mrs. Feinstein herself.
“One thing we’ve learned, what goes around comes around,” the California Democrat warned.
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Republicans say they respect the blue slips as a veto when it comes to lower district court nominees, whose jurisdiction is bound by a particular state. But for circuit nominees, which span multiple states, even though states claim ownership of seats, the GOP says it won’t allow senators to let the blue slip become a veto.
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DiFi has no say anymore - especially in appointments - after her disgusting evil spectacle at the kavanaugh hearings. And Harris has zero credibility trying to fundraiser to become president, the only office she’s ineligible to hold. Californication needs much much much more honest senators then these lying crooks!!
Democrats said the two men were too conservative.......
I still don’t know what that means even after hearing it for many years.
Someone needs go tell Jeff Flake to F himself - these judges would have been on the court last year if he hadn’t blocked them over the Mueller report of all the stupid things.
“cleared two nominees Thursday”
We are off to the races with the new rules!
Vroom! Vroom!
Right on! It’s great to have that Rat gone.
How about the full vote? And all of the other vacancies in the 9th Circuit and throughout the courts? Immediately filling these is the least McConnell and Republicans can do since they refuse to repeal/replace Obamacare, fix immigration, and so forth. At least fill the court vacancies!
They still get a say. They can say “no” when it’s time to vote on confirmation. They’re upset because Trump refuses to let them pick his nominees for him.
Too bad...
The 9th US Circuit Court covers 9 states:
Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada Oregon, Washington
Why do Feinstein, Harris and Pelosi think they are the only ones that can approve judges that cover 9 states?
Rather intolerant and elitist of them...
Nope, you already hit rock bottom in the Kavanaugh hearings. But you're right, what goes around comes around.
Winning.
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What's "going around" is your party swirling the toilet bowel Dianne.
This is not a constitutionally delegated power any senator has over the president.
Seats are informally considered to be the seat(s) allocated to this state or that state. The execrable blue slip procedure, as pertains to appellate seats, would apply to your state’s seats
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