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That it did, but if you look at the record of debates from the Confederate Senate, they sought to block its appointment to limit what they feared would be judicial activism infringing on state power. If you recall, the senate has oversight on appointments to the court and can block those appointments from being filled if they so desire. To do so is within their constitutional authority.

To violate the constitution was within their constitutional authority? Neat system, like I said, in keeping with the overall contempt for the courts that the Davis regime had.

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To violate the constitution was within their constitutional authority?

No, but to block judicial appointments from occurring was. Or do you not remember the events of only a few months ago when the Dems were in control of the current senate? Judicial benches all over the country sat vacant for over a year, and many are still vacant, because the senate blocked any effort to fill them. Now it was wrong of them to do so, and we were right to complain, but it cannot be denied that the act of doing so is a right of theirs under the Constitution.