It is vital to our judicial system.
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Republicans say they’ve only just begun making their case to the public.
Harry Reid was not coy about the endgame of this strategy either. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. They argue the GOP has leverage over President Obama now, giving them an advantage to shape who the president might nominate.
A spokeswoman for Sandoval said in a statement Wednesday that the governor had not been “contacted by or talked to the Obama Administration regarding any potential vetting for the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court”.
Sen. Donald Humason, a Westfield Republican, said, “I think we have better things to do in the Massachusetts Senate”.
“But”, she went on, “I sure hope the president chooses a true progressive”. Former state Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democrat, urged her Republican competitors to call for confirmation hearings if Sandoval is the pick. Over three-quarters of Democrats and an overwhelming majority of liberal Democrats agreed. The key could well be Republican senators who are up for re-election – such as Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Paul Kirk of IL and Rob Portman of OH – who could be hurt by perceived obstructionism against an impeccably qualified individual.
All four senators represent swing states, and all four are up for reelection this year.
“I don’t like this doublespeak”, Judge told the Register. The GOP leaders have said they will wait until a new president is sworn into office in January 2017 and has a chance to name a nominee.
Private conversations aside, few signs have appeared that Republicans are planning to back off their position.
“Why not let the American people also decide the direction of the Supreme Court?” Sen.
First, he points to the fact that the Founders rejected an alternative Senate discretionary veto model proposed by James Madison, whereby the President’s nomination would automatically be confirmed unless the Senate rejected the appointment by a majority vote. But like Udall, Heinrich said he would appreciate Obama nominating someone with ties to the West.
The White House insists that unambiguous declaration doesn’t mean game over for the president.
The meeting came about after a number of conversations – “some of them awkward” – between the White House and the lawmakers’ offices.
It is Obama’s constitutional duty to ensure that the high court is fully seated with nine members. There are other issues that Democrats will have with his political beliefs.
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But Nevada Gov. Sandoval said on Thursday he did not want to be considered for the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Scalia, but said the notion was “beyond humbling”. As we reported yesterday, Sandoval denied rumors that he was being considered on Tuesday.
