Amy Coney Barrett did not decline to take her current federal judge appointment on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in deference to Myra Shelby, who was one of the many Obama nominations that Mitch McConnell blocked from going before the Senate and expired when trump took office. That’s how principled she is.
https://ballotpedia.org/Myra_Selby
Amy Coney Barrett did not decline to take her current federal judge appointment on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in deference to Myra Shelby, who was one of the many Obama nominations that Mitch McConnell blocked from going before the Senate and expired when trump took office. That’s how principled she is.
I have read that has been McConnell's mission, to be totally dedicated to "stacking the courts" while the rest have been distracted by other late-breaking news.
Thanks for this link. Very interesting. Another problematic process that clearly needs to be changed. I think all Senators should be docked pay if they don’t confirm a jurist for an opening in a certain amount of time.
They don't have to confirm every nomination - this last Senate has sinned greatly against the American people by confirming so many unqualified people - but they should be required to hold hearings and vote.
This case does not apply now, because of what McConnell and his lemmings did all throughout Obama’s presidency. In fact, I personally think all of Trumps judge appointees should be removed as illegal when McConnell obstructed justice by not holding confirmation hearings on any of Obama’s nominees. They should all get a redo.
Amy Coney Barrett did not decline to take her current federal judge appointment on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in deference to Myra Shelby, who was one of the many Obama nominations that Mitch McConnell blocked from going before the Senate and expired when trump took office. That’s how principled she is.
https://ballotpedia.org/Myra_Selby
That just makes me angrier and angrier at McConnell. He is an evil, corrupt, power abusing ass. I would so love to see him lose his re-election bid.
Thanks to McConnell Russian Oligarchs own enough of Kentucky to annex it to Russia.
Yes! But I think that after rigging the election for himself, drumpf will surely protect him and, I’m afraid, loser Lindsey....
he'll drop them like a stone, calling them "suckers and losers". Me, myself and I!
You bring up an interesting point. I wonder how many federal judgeships McConnell blocked...????
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/06/04/senate-obstructionism-handed-judicial-vacancies-to-trump/
105 in the lower courts, plus Merrick Garland to the SC
I have read that has been McConnell's mission, to be totally dedicated to "stacking the courts" while the rest have been distracted by other late-breaking news.
Thanks for this link. Very interesting. Another problematic process that clearly needs to be changed. I think all Senators should be docked pay if they don’t confirm a jurist for an opening in a certain amount of time.
They don't have to confirm every nomination - this last Senate has sinned greatly against the American people by confirming so many unqualified people - but they should be required to hold hearings and vote.
And what about the current situation with the Supreme Court vacancy? Now or after Jan 20th?
This case does not apply now, because of what McConnell and his lemmings did all throughout Obama’s presidency. In fact, I personally think all of Trumps judge appointees should be removed as illegal when McConnell obstructed justice by not holding confirmation hearings on any of Obama’s nominees. They should all get a redo.