GOP judges still wild card - (Barbara Boxer v. Carolyn Kuhl.)

The Sacramento Bee ^ | Monday, November 11, 2002 | Michael Doyle -- Bee Washington Bureau

[mwl1]

Yes. Everybody be patient, we are going to govern right and talk moderate.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Very good list!

[AmishDude]

They need to redo the circuits, the ninth has far far too much of a population. I guess it made sense when they were first formed.

[Night Hides Not]

Thanks, Ernest! I expect a flood of 9th Circuit nominees from Idaho and Arizona!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Redoing the 9th Circuit has been talked about I think!

[Otta B Sleepin]

The subject of Pickering and Owens was brought up at the President's press conference last week. He told reporters he doesn't have to "re-nominate" them, because they were never voted on by the Senate; they're still active at the committee level.

[San Jacinto]

If your newspaper runs the comic strip, Mallard Fillmore , be sure and read today's strip -- Veteran's Day. You will enjoy it.

[justshutupandtakeit]

There seems to be some confusion here "Advise and Consent of the SENATE" does not mean an individual Senator should be able to thwart the President. Another tradition which just bit the dust was the one wherein one Senator does not lie to another and refuse to honor his promise, Senator Leahy. So if one tradition can go to the benefit of the RATS another can go for the GOP.

[discostu]

I find it amazing the Dems are in such a panic and are effectively threatening to spend the next to years in filibuster. The GOP spent nearly 40 years out of the majority we didn't talk about this kind of crap. I'd almost like the Dems to do what they're threatening, that would be the final nail in their coffin. Nothing would better demonstrate the corruption of the party than to have a Supreme Court seat empty for two years, that's political fodder we can use to get super majorities.

[CPT Clay]

The senate in all decency should hear and confirm Strom Thurmond's judge in the lame duck session. Decorum and such!!!!!!

[El Gato]

I guess 9th Circuit Judges will just have to come out of Utah and not California

I like it. That will really "Chap their A$$es", won't it? :)

[El Gato]

Looks like it will have to be Nevada or Idaho. Which is even better than Utah, even if Utah were in 9th circuit instead of the 10th.

[El Gato]

That map looks kind of out of whack. Maybe the circuits need rebalancing. The 9th would seem to be too big, while the 1st and maybe 2nd look too small, based on populuation. Congress has the power to change the circuit assignments, create new circuits or abolish the whole edifice if they want. (Art III, section 1 US Constitution)

[El Gato]

"The Constitution demands that the Senate have an 'advise and consent' role on judges, a provision that I take very seriously," Boxer said.

Senator Boxer, that's the Senate, not individual Senators, you arrogant Clymer. But then again we know your Constitutional reading and comprehension skills are sorely lacking.

[madrastex]

You are right! I think the 9th should be restricted to the Bekeley campus and the immediate neighborhood.

[votelife]

Bring on the judges! End the filibustering!

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