Posted on 03/14/2002 2:39:32 PM PST by Reagan Man
WASHINGTON - The Democratic-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines Thursday to kill the nomination of Judge Charles Pickering to the appeals court, handing President Bush a stinging defeat in a racially-charged confirmation battle.
In a series of roll calls, the panel also snubbed Bush's request to allow a vote in the full Senate on Pickering, a 64-year-old Mississippian with more than a decade on the bench.
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ATTN: U.S. Senators !!
Please CONFIRM Judge Pickering !!
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
230. Gene & Katie Gallimore We want Pickering!!!!!! Austin,Texas
229. Paul D. Coleman Hanover, PA
228. Pauline Stout Oceanside, Ca.
227. Sydelle Rothstein Judge Pickering is VERY qualified and deserves the vote of the senate Chatsworth, CA 91311
226. JANICE HENDRY MISSISSIPPI
225. Terry Woods Let's have a full senate vote and see who's the best man. Talk about prejudice! Riverside Ca
224. Jennifer Fay The role of the Senate is to advise and consent; not to obstruct by committee! Fayetteville, GA
223. Dolores Corcoran Too mad to make comment that can be posted Lorane, Or.
222. Joyce E. Simmons
221. Rus Thompson It is the Constitutional Right of the President to have a full vote of the Senate. Must we constantly remind you of the Constitution you swore an oath to Protect and Defend? If you can't do the job right do us all a favor and step down Grand Island, New York
220. Brian J. Marotta Bandon OR
219. Gary Bishop Democrats need to stop the partisan politics. Houston, Texas
218. Phillip Farr Simi Valley, CA
217. James S. Haley Glendale, MO 63122
216. Nancy J. Sturdevant San Juan Cap., Calif.
215. Leslie
214. Shaira L. Goldstein Judge Pickering needs to be confirmed. San Francisco, California
213. SHIRELY COOGAN ALL OF YOU SHOULD BE ASAMED OF YOURSELVES TO DO THIS TO MAN. HE IS HONEST AND WILL HELP ANYONE. ALL OF YOU IN CONGRESS SHOULD BE SO LUCKY TO BE A PERSON OF THIS MAN HONESTY. IT WILL COME BACK TO TO BIT ALL OF YOU WHO WILL NOT LET HIM GET A FULL VOTE ON SENATE FLOOR. MOST OF YOU WOULD NOT KNOW A HONEST MAN IF YOU SEEN HIM. JUDGE PICKERING IS ONE THE MOST HONEST MEN AND TESTIFED AGAINST THE KK WIZARD. BUT THEN ALL OF YOU VOTE FOR BYRD AND HOLINGS WHO HAVE WORKED AND SPOKEN AGAINST BLACKS AND BELONG TO KK (BYRD) AND HOLINGS WAS THE ONE WHO THE CONFEDERAT FLAG UP IN HIS STATE. WHAT HYPOCRITES ALL OF YOU ARE. MR. AND MRS. FRANCIS COOGAN PEARL, MS. 39208
212. Gloria Smith Someone stop those out-of-control Democrats! Houston, TX
211. Julie Brady The Senate is authorized by the Constitution to Advise not Obstruct.....this nomination should go before the entire Senate for a vote. Florida
210. Sandra Olsey Flint, MI
209. Tim Jackson
208. lyn washington What occured today was a travesty. Our system of checks and balances was hijacked by one man, Jeffords, who handed control of the Senate to Tom Daschle. How many times have we heard the President does not have a "mandate" to send up conservative nominees. Need I remind anyone that Senator Daschle has no mandate to obstruct the will of the people who voted for a GOP leadership in the Senate?
207. Debra A. Perry The judiciary committee's job is to "advise and consent", not "search and destroy". Read the constitution, please, Senators. This is disgraceful. Allow the process...FULL SENATE VOTE! Phoenix, AZ
206. Jim Kopecky Get Real.. Stop this rediculous political BS Green Bay, Wi
205. Karen Woods
204. Donna Fields You threw a hissy fit about David Duke, a former Klansman, it was justified. So where is the outrage about Democratic Senator Byrd, the former Grand Wizard of the KKK???! LIARS!!! Valley Mills, TX
203. Jerry Reichenberg
202. ronald reed
201. John Fields I despise you self serving treasonous Democrats for what you are doing!!! Valley Mills, TX
200. Leo Lambert Salinas, CA
199. Margaret McCaron Irvine, Calif
198. Barry van Brunt
197. Theresa Smiley America first, you idiots, not your left-wing agenda! Camano Island, WA 98282
196. Thomas Huie NJ
195. Virginia M. White Judge Pickering 's name should be allowed to go before the enire Senate for a vote.
194. Joseph B. Romeo Easton
193. JANE BUCKNER Take it to full senate for confirmation Hixson, Tn 37343`
192. Jeannie Nadeau Please stop this nonsense and confirm Judge Pickering. He deserves it!! Seattle, Washington
191. Jayne T. Deife Spokane, WA
190. Bridget Meadows Oklahoma City OK
189. Cathy Sullivan Los Angeles, CA 90036
188. D. Carey
187. Molly K Persinger Vallonia, Indiana
186. Roxanne McKnight Stand up for the president's nominee! Support conservative values! Don't give up! San Antonio, Texas
185. David Dameron Las Vegas, NV
184. Douglas Maher Mark my words: The Democrats are going to rue this day. They launched an all-out Borking of a comparative gnat in the grand scheme of things. This guarantees that they'll look like partisan jerks in the eyes of the voting public (especially after Bush's impassioned statements on the matter at the beginning of his press conference yesterday), and guarantees that all potential goodwill at the White House has already been exhausted. That they did this over such a minor nominee ensures that there will be no more Mr. Nice Guy on Bush's part. It will be all-out war. Expect a number of recess appointments, and a lot of intentional snubbing of the Senate Democrats on a whole host of issues. (If they think they're not getting enough information about the war now, just they wait!)In addition, this will ensure that the GOP will be far more partisan and intentionally obstructionist towards anything the Senate RATS want once the RATS become the minority party in that chamber come January.The Democrats have dug themselves Naples,Florida
183. Kevin Willmann
182. William R. Purcell Rio Rancho, New Mexico
181. GINGER WALTON
179. Barbara Sindt MO
178. Mr. & Mrs. David Goldstein
177. Maggie Carne He's qualified and deserves a full Senate vote NOW! Naperville, Illinois
176. John Haynes Norman, OK
175. Jon D. Zoback Tent Lott: Man or Mouse? Fl.
174. bill wetmore
173. Shari Snavely Harrogate, Tennessee
172. Virginia D. Simpkins Arkansas
171. James A. Perry sad,sad, sad DemocRATS.... Anchorage, Alaska
170. Barry S. Gleaton Aptos, California
169. Erick Smith Let Congress(the people) vote! Grove City, OH
168. Nancy Attwood Van Nuys, CA
167. Charlotte Benjamin Spokane, WA
166. Dr. John Buxton Stop playing partisan games!
165. Sandra W. Warner The Democrats have no mandate either!!!!!
164. Cathy Stratman Stop the obstruction!
163. Clark Megerle Vote him IN!!! Orlando, FL
162. Clint Oldham
161. Tracey and Clark Megerle
160. Donna Angelone Lake Worth Fl
159. Tammy Melzac Spring Lake, NC
158. Monte Rockett I don't feel they voted him out because of racial issue's, they voted his out probably because he's from Mississippi. He's a Southerner, and Liberal's in the senate couldn't find the nose in the dark if they tried. The senate must show the same prejudice as the same so-called Southern racist boogy man. Always play the victim, etc. Black women hit's a whitehomeless man, drive's five miles with him in her windshield, offer's no aid, laughs at his plea's for help, but that's not a hate crime or racist. screw the Senate. Mesquite, Texas 75150
157. Rudy Robon Toledo, Ohio
156. Ted W Eastes Don't Pick on Pickering! Marina del Rey. CA
155. John Downing
154. Mrs. Karen M. Scharosch I find it outrageous that a Judge once confirmed by the Senate was not confirmed today. Grow up and represent us honestly or you won't be re-elected. I am livid over this. Bring this to a vote for the entire Senate. Thank You Salem, OR 97305
153. Matthew Maier Vadnais Heights, MN
152. L.L. Riedy Ten dictators running our legislature, our judicial system and our country? Terrifying! New Port Richey, Florida
151. WALTER H. ZOLLINGER DEMS BORKING OF PICKERING, DEMOCRATS IN ACTION. NO WONDER THE CONSERVATIVES ARE TAKING OVER. CANYON LAKE CA.
150. Suzanne M. Ring SUPPORT JUDGE PICKERING! Our country NEEDS him, our citizens DESERVE him! Lombard, IL
149. Elaine Stephens
148. nancy kramer Justice is Not Being Served - We NEED JUDGES
147. Patricia L Donoho This honorable and qualified judge should be confirmed without delay! Baltimore, MD
146. merle rosenberger dmocrats should get over the election and stop trying to throw a wrench in the works swanton, ohio.
145. Catharine Doty
144. Ray Kozaczensky
143. Jacqueline Ryerson Homosassa, Fl 34446
142. Terry C. Workman A typical democrat smear campaign, pure and simple. Would be very surprised anyother way with the dems, like an old car, stuck going left.
141. John Blair many support but few will write Michigan
140. Barbara Clearfield New Jersey
139. Shirley Dooley
138. Lisa Lascody Santa Monica, CA
137. MICHAEL COLCHISKI DUMP DEMOCRAT TYRRANY VOTE PICKERING OCALA FLA
136. Douglas B. Doty once again I see Daschell as the problem! Forest Hill, md. 21050
135. Bernice Grieb Entiat, Washington
134. Terri Slater Whole Senate is to confirm judges not committees !! Topeka, Kansas
133. Bob Neely Highly support and endorse Judge Pickering Fort Lauderdale, Florida
132. Robbie H. Dendy
131. Lanita Reber He should be confirmed
130. Laurel Steckler Beaverton, OR
129. Lynn Wyman Prevent slander from working, confirm Judge Pickering! Laurel Md
128. Lynna L. Howard CA
127. anthony e. vigil conservative values 4087 w. 130th st. unit a hawthorne,ca 90250
126. Cheryl Piascik
125. Don Maggard Please don't do this shameful thing to a good man. Lenexa, KS
124. Edgar C Ransdell let the ENTIRE senate vote!!
123. Jacqueline Tillman Judge Pickering should absolutely be given the opportunity to be voted on by the entire Senate. No Committee should have the right to hold up judicial nominations or to vote them down out of hand. Concord, CA 94518
122. Mike Mulcahy 7202 Peninsula Drive Traverse City, Michigan 49686
121. Gail Friend Wichita,KS
120. MANON ROSS FT. MYERS, FL
119. Angel Lopez America needs this fine man. Nelliston, NY
118. James Peterson
117. Dirk M. Schuneman
116. barbara courtenay allow full senate vote Whittier, Ca.
115. Stephen Sikkenga Let's quit playing political games with the court and approve Judge Pickering!! Whitehall, MI
114. Ben W and Hazel Heggins
113. Harry McMenamin S.F. CA
112. Stephen Van Osdell Let FULL SENATE VOTE! Its more DEMOCRATIC Maineville, OH
111. Jane Patterson Kenner, LA
110. Michale A. Stasi downers grove, Illinois
109. Shirley Oules Senator Biden and Leahy - stand by your principles you stated several years ago about this subject! Cool, CA 95614
108. William R. Christie Senators Boxer and Fienstien...Enough Partisan Politics...Support Judge Pickering! Fullerton, California
107. Randy Shandle The partisinship being displayed by the Democrats, makes me sick to my stomach. This is not what our country is all about A full Senate vote is what is needed. Chardon, Ohio
106. James & Ellen Pruitt Bethel Park, PA
105. John & Hazel Rehm Pittsburgh, PA
104. Leland J Cooper Jupiter,FL
103. Lydia Roseberry Gibsonia, Pa
102. Henry & Mildred Cochran Gibsonia, Pa
101. Max & Jo Lynn Brackett Harmony, PA
100. Susan M. Wood
99. John D. Fader We'll Remember in November Villa Park, CA
98. charles holland The democrats have behaved shamefully on this nomination
97. Robert Wilson valrico,fl
96. Martha De Wallace Democrat and moderate Republican politicians disgust me! Billerica, MA
95. Chris Romero Walnut, CA
94. Milt Keene Don't let defense of political ambition stand in the way of justice. Please. Wilmington,DE.
93. Joan Lopez This fine man MUST be confirmed! Nelliston, NY
92. Neil Baxter Please confirm Judge Pickering Santa Rosa, CA 95401
91. sam sweg Hamilton, Mt
90. Judi Baxter VOTE FOR Pickering Santa Rosa, CA 95401
89. elizabethjmarkey i'm sick of the tom daschle's of the government chicagoil
88. Debra A. Farley Confirm this Judge!! Woodbridge, VA
87. George Schoonmaker Thanks a lot Senator Jeffords Fremont In.
86. Courtney Yawn I SUPPORT JUDGE PICKERING Birmingham, AL
85. Terry Cone Fort Worth, TX
84. Win MacAndrews
83. Judy Farmer ÿ Glen Burnie, Md 21061
82. Cathleen J. Coolidge Chico, California
81. Myra Johnston Confirm Judge Pickering Omaha Ne
80. Suzanne Basaras
79. Barbara Knight What is happening to this man is disgraceful! Cordele, GA
78. Ted Farr Spokane, Wa
77. J.C. Giancarlo I support Judge Pickering Haworth, NJ
76. Craig Eldridge Houston,Texas
75. Ernest L. Diefenderfer Wickenburg, AZ.
74. Pete Osborne
73. Sheldon Harber St. Louis,Mo.
72. Janet L. Bucklew Judge Pickering is not a threat to the Constitution and the laws of this country!!! Glen Rock, Pa.
71. Susan Smith Stop Bickering! Support Pickering! Mountain View, California
70. Rick Shawver Keep up the pressure on those stinking Liberals Pewaukee, WI.
69. Thomas B Glans on vacation Weston, CT
68. Robert Exton San Franciasco
67. Katharine P Winterer on vacation now Weston, CT
66. Lynn Tanner Support President Bush Klamath Falls, Oregon
65. Cheryl A. Vallerie
64. Viola Thun Confirm a good man, vote yes for Judge Pickering! Hilton Head S.C.
63. Melinda Whitley Annandale, VA
62. james r. douglas stop political games & dowhats right
61. Anton Lobenstein Tom Daschle is a disgrace Cincinnati, OH
60. Edyie L. Whaley Glendale, AZ
59. R Stohr He will be a fair and impartial judge
58. Jo W. He is a man of integrity, His qualifications are superb. His rejection would only mandate a closer perusal of what our Judiciary com. goals are. New Jersey
57. Bonnie Jaeger Phoenix, AZ
56. Kathy E Lorton Please vote for this good and honest man Cusseta, Al
55. Joshua M. Kolakowski Allow the WHOLE Senate a vote- not just a small group. Sioux Falls, SD
54. Viola M MCPherson Nashville, TN 37205
53. J. B. Gaither Judge Pickering is right for the job!!!!!!! Raleigh, N. C.
52. Lyle K Lorton Cusseta, Al
51. Anthony Williams Please let Judge Pickering vote happen - Stop the partisan politics! Kennesaw, Georgia
50. Jen Davis It's unheard of not to allow a vote on the floor. This man deserves the right to an up or down vote! Texas
49. kathleen brinko Washington state
48. Charles R. Adams confirm Judge Pickering Charleston SC 29412
47. James Sanders It is unconscionable that this man not be confirmed so he can be voted on in the Senate. If he were a Clinton appointee, the media would be screaming like crazy. Grand Rapids, Michigan
46. J Maue
45. BETTY FLANAGAN I SUPPORT JUDGE PICKERING
44. Earl Carter No more BORKING allowed! We ARE watching! Huntsville, Texas
43. Katherine Dhalle Rome, New York
42. Ruth O'Dell
41. Leon O'Dell
40. Ron Brueher Judge Pickering's nomination has been overwhelmingly endorsed by the people of his district... drop the partisan politics and confirm the most qualified man for the job. Post Falls, Idaho
39. ken miles CONFIRM JUDGE PICKERING NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! marion,ar.
38. Jan Perna
37. Grace Kent
36. Francis J Valliere Stop the partisan politics. Pickering is just as worthy as the next for this appointment! Westerly, RI
35. William W Hull It's the right thing to do North Platte, NE
34. Matthew W. Peters Saint Louis, Missouri
33. Donald R. Pinkleton Don't disenfranchise your colleagues - let 'em vote! Richmond, VA
32. David O. Waters Stop Daschles' childish obstructionism. Phoenix, Az.
31. Roy A. Rodriguez Judges should interpret the law, not try to make law from the bench. Dallas,Tezas
30. Eleanor Baldwin St. Petersburg, FL
29. Wynn Myint Aung Frederick, MD
28. Scott Whitney Please confirm this man. He is an outstanding American. We the public grow weary of partisan bickering and gridlock. Do not force the process of judicial appointments to the recess....Confirm Pickering Now! Corte Madera California
27. Orville Gheen This is a outrage that this is needed to bring this to a vote. Burlington, N.C
26. Erin Filbert Rocklin, CA
25. connie wilson Please Sen. Cantwell give the Senate the opportunity to vote on the Judge Pickering nomination Shelton, WA
24. J&B McB Stop the silliness and do a vote!!! Colorado Springs, CO 80921
23. Steve Febbraro
22. Allison Brennan Support Judge Pickering ... stop the partisan games! California
21. Matthew J Kearney, Jr Pennington, NJ
20. Larry Kahn Support qualified candidates without giving them a litmus test! Baltimore, MD
19. William F. Bennett Send it to the Senate floor for a vote! Baltimore, MD
18. Bette Duncan Stop the petty partisanship and allow Judge Pickering's nomination to come to the floor of the Senate for an up or down vote. I'm ashamed of my Wisconsin Senators. Mequon, WI 53097
17. Patrick J Lyddane Senator Feingold believes in allowing the President's choice to serve. Now is the time to practice what you say. Pewaukee, WI
16. Lida Schedler
15. John Sausen
14. Lee Barker Confirm Pickering!!!! CA
13. The Donnell Family Stop the Borking ! Southampton, PA
12. Gil Jaffe Obstruction -- excessively partisan here, borders obscenity Los Angeles, CA
11. Mike Murray Do the right thing and confirm Judge Pickering
10. Charles Fletcher Approve his nomination or suffer the political consequences.
9. Michael Bared Pittsburgh PA
8. Dennis Schmahl Stop this destructive partisan gamesmanship, now Vancouver, WA
7. Julie Showalter Don't put party above what's right. Stop lying about why you are blocking this nomination, it's for politics and nothing else. Norfolk, NE
6. Donn Vitek Crystal Lake, IL
5. Ruben Obregon Send Pickerings name to the floor!! New Rochell, NY
4. Faith Reed PO.Box 68 Owl's Head Me.04854
3. John S Shelley Friendship, NY
2. Dean Simms
1. David C. Osborne I Support Judge Pickering Tallahassee, FL
And rightfully so; the Republican Ashcroft was derelict to allow the widow a Senate seat as though the wife ran for election instead of the husband.
There is only one person TRULY to blame for the dems controlling the Senate: Mitch McConnell.
As chairman of the RSC from 1997-2000, he SINGLEHANDEDLY took a 55-45 Republican majority and gave it to the Dems. If ou remember, all the talk in 1998 was about the Reps getting a filibuster-proof majority- they broke even. He refused to help Linda Smith in her bid against Patty Murray- all because of her stance on campaign finance. Schumer had no business beating D'Amato. In 2000, Reps lost WAY too many seats than they should have. All this falls on McConnell's shoulders, and he's the one that needs to be held accountable.
Members of the Republican Liberty Caucus, who consider themselves libertarians and republicans, show no intention of breaking with the Republican Party.
FreeRepublic happens to be a home for many activist libertarians, I think you may be getting a false impression of their strength and numbers.
We need more people like Mitch McConnell in the Senate.
If he'd do that, I might just rename all my children (and myself) "W" for a day!
Dan
Dan
The redefinition of the advise and consent role of the senate to include an Orwellian probe into the political leanings of nominees is an unprincipled abuse of the Constitution.
We have American sons and daughters fighting and dying to preserve the Constitution, but the disordered minds of a craven pack of liberal barbarians figuratively scrawl across that priceless document with their crayons.
Intolerable.
Usurping Executive branch powers to serve momentary political expediency is the act of an unprincipled child. When unprincipled children behave poorly they are corrected, when foolish children reach out and grap a hot pan they get a painful burn. When similarly unsocialized socialists behave poorly there has to be some kind of corrective feedback.
Call Rush, call your congressfolks, make some noise here, the issue of legal sanctions for creating a constitutional crisis needs to be raised. At the very least a civil action should be brought against the senate judiciary committee by the executive branch seeking restoration of the constitutionally defined roles of the branches of government.
If we let this stand the constitution is going to gather more crayon edits, either correct the barbarians or stand by for more barbarism.
Pretty simple stuff.
Is it illegal to make a Supreme Court appointment when the Senate is in recess? Probably.
W needs to take this issue to the Supremes, and get it out of the arena of arguing with the Senate.
A committee should not be approving the nominees.
The Senate should be approving the nominees.
It's a constitutional question, which, last time I checked, the Supremes should referree.
"He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court,and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments."
Article II, Section 2, US Constitution
Nothing there about a committee - Senate would mean all 100 senators.
195 posted on 3/14/02 8:42 PM Mountain by 4ConservativeJustices
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>>>If Mr. Bush were actually interested in putting non-activist legal interpreters on the bench, he could just as readily pull them from the ranks of moderate Republicans rather than dredging the sludge from the bottom of the right-wing barrel.<<<
You're full of crap Mister Liberal. Moderates don't really stand for anything. They go with the flow. Liberals want more taxation and bigger government. Conservatives want smaller government and less taxation. It's that simple. The same political gamesmanship applies to presidential nominations for judges/justices. Liberal jurists have a proclivity to interpret the Constitution to suite their social agenda. Conservative jurists would rather leave the Constitution alone and not create law from the bench.
Judge Pickering is an honorable man and has been a good lower court judge for the last thriry years. He has wide support among Democrats and black leaders in his home state of Mississippi. The full Senate should be allowed to vote on Pickering's qualifications to serve and not on some leftwing distortion of his actual voting record.
I think you're on the wrong website.
Jeers!
Please, sir, you scrawl across the sterling record of Judge Pickering with the same abandon with which the barbarians on the judiciary committee deface the Constitution.
Creating a caracature of Judge Pickering and then hurling abuse and unsupported smears against this false representation is a revoltingly propagandistic activity which resides far below the level of discourse which is required to express good faith and citizenship.
In point of fact, Judge Pickering testified against the KKK when he knew is could cost him his life, and the lives of his wife and child.. He enjoys the staunch support of the African American community in his home state in no small part because he is a hero of the struggle for civil rights.
Do you have any comparably sterling testaments to your courage and character? Or are you heaping vitriolic abuse on a man who is your better?
Judge Pickering enjoyed UNANYMOUS support when he was nominated to the federal bench ten years ago, he is seldom reversed. His sterling credentials are endorsed even by leftist fanatics at the ABA.
Churlish behavior by the left is expected when the media fails its function as the fourth estate, but being a churl is not a condition which will pass here unremarked.
The issue is not Judge Pickering, it is the unprincipled assault upon the Constitution on the part of minuscule intellects who would destroy this republic for a transient advantage in political games.
Thanks to the Libertines, we almost had Gore Vidal as POTUS.
Typical Libertinethink: "There, we showed those Republicans a thing or two about principle.
Note to Libertines: Politicians have no principles.
Sometimes you have to accept the shortcomings of the GOP candidate, a lesser evil to the alternative, a certain Rat win.
This math always boggles the mind of a Libertine.
Your historical perspective has to go back more than just 6 or 8 years.
Think "Robert Bork".
The Dimocrats started this tactic, not Strom Thurmon and Jesse Helms.
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