Sorry Obama: No SJC Hearing For You!
- Thread starter EagleSmack
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I guess what comes around goes around.
It is that they appear so shocked at the announcement makes me laugh.
It is that they appear so shocked at the announcement makes me laugh.
Roger that. Unfortunately. Still, I guess it'd be too much to ask our politicians to not act like schoolkids.
They fake it pretty convincingly, don't they?
They do. Even when they pull out old recordings of Dems saying the same things that they are today shocked about.
"There's only the truth of the signal, Mal. The rest is just the puppet theatre."
--Mr. Universe, Serenity
Not sure... but as it stands now the standing president won't have his choice given a hearing
So here's a question: At what stage of the term of office does the GOP feel that the President should no longer fulfill his duties? And which of those duties must he ignore?
He has every right to submit a name. The GOP has every right to not hold a hearing. They're doing their job too.
As was pointed out... the Dems in Congress during the final Bush year made it clear that a SJC Judge should not be appointed by him.
Once the old recordings came out the Dems were a little tongue tied.
They simply got caught in their own trap
They simply got caught in their own trap
When did the Dems do that to a Republican?
Every vacancy in the SC, so far as I know, was always filled.
here's what Biden actually said:
No, Joe Biden Didn't Say That The Senate Should Block Supreme Court Nominees During An Election Year | ThinkProgress
and, the Senate did approve of Bush's nominee
Oh dear... Think Progress thought it best to cut out what Biden said.
"It is my view that if a Supreme Court justice resigns tomorrow or within the next several weeks, or resigns at the end of the summer, President Bush should consider following the practice of a majority of his predecessors and not, and not name a nominee until after the November election is completed,"
In fact, he said that if President Bush put forward a nominee, the Judiciary Committee - his committee - should "seriously consider not scheduling confirmation hearings on the nomination until after the political campaign season is over."
"It is my view that if a Supreme Court justice resigns tomorrow or within the next several weeks, or resigns at the end of the summer, President Bush should consider following the practice of a majority of his predecessors and not, and not name a nominee until after the November election is completed,"
In fact, he said that if President Bush put forward a nominee, the Judiciary Committee - his committee - should "seriously consider not scheduling confirmation hearings on the nomination until after the political campaign season is over."
I thought I was pretty clear. The President has every right to submit a name and if he wants to he should. The GOP is just following the Democrats lead and saying they won't have a hearing for it.
So the President should keep being President and execute the laws of the land. I say that with a BIG LAUGH because we all know the President ignores laws he doesn't like.
In addition... Obama cannot even fully enact Obamacare. Probably because he wants to be out of office when the exemptions end.
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