Posted on 01/27/2022 3:55:28 AM PST by cotton1706
Sen. Joe Biden said Sunday that if President Bush nominates recently confirmed Circuit Court Judge Janice Rogers Brown to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court, Senate Democrats will launch a filibuster.
"If [Bush] sent up Edith Jones, I could assure you that would be a very, very, very difficult fight - and she would probably be filibustered," Biden told CBS's "Face the Nation."
In the next breath Biden corrected himself, saying, "I misspoke, I misspoke. Janice Rogers Brown is what I meant to say."
Asked whether that would break the Senate's much heralded compromise last month not to filibuster judicial appointments except under "extraordinary circumstances," Biden explained:
"[The Supreme Court] is a totally different ball game . . . A circuit court judge is bound by stare decisis. They don't get to make new law. They have to abide by [legal precedent]."
Asked if O'Connor's retirement was more likely to provoke a filibuster than would have been the case had the more conservative Chief Justice William Rehnquist retired, Biden responded: "Probably."
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It was a sad day for the US
Democrats blocked Estrada because he was on a path to be the first Hispanic Justice, and they blocked Rogers-Brown because she was on track to be the first woman African-American Justice.
It was always about identity politics with Democrats. They wanted to be the Party to be first to nominate all minorities, and they were willing to scorch the earth to do it.
-PJ
Nice history lesson, but there isn’t even a filibuster for our side to use regarding court appointments.
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