“We want them to do their jobs”.
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Despite claims from Bradley’s campaign, Kloppenburg says she agrees. It is not unusual for judicial races at all to show so little about the candidates and indecision this far out.
The president also said the law isn’t clear in all cases that reach the high court. While the Supreme Court battle figures to dominate the foreseeable future for the Senate, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle hoped to be able to move forward with legislation on other matters, even with both sides dug in on a nominee. Sen. “That is still very much in the air”.
Feingold led by 50% to 37% in January. We need to make sure we elect someone that we can be confident that will appoint only constructionist justices, justices that will abide by the Constitution and the rule of law and not legislate from the bench.
President Barack Obama will convene a meeting on Tuesday with the Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. Senate and its Judiciary Committee to discuss a Supreme Court nominee, the White House said on Thursday. Instead of rushing through such a historically significant nomination on the eve of a presidential election, the Senate should take a thoughtful and deliberate approach that reflects the wishes of the American people and allows them to have a voice in the direction of the Court. Ron Johnson is falling in line with other Republicans in opposing action this year.
But the reality is that there is no way to force the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold hearings or compel the Senate to vote on a nominee.
The Senate voted 97-0 to confirm his nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit in 2013.
Chelsea Price, a School of Arts and Sciences alumna who studied criminal justice and psychology, said people today are hardwired to question everything they see or hear, which could be the root of the suspicion. “With this changing landscape, the unknowns, we just chose to put this behind us”. It seems unbelievable now, but only 39 days went by from Minton’s retirement announcement on September 7 – two months before that year’s election on November 6 – to Brennan taking his seat on the court on October 16, three weeks before the election. But the Democrats of 1956 aren’t the Republicans of 2016, are they? Ted Cruz had 19% among state Republican voters. 40 percent believe any confirmation should he delayed until 2017 when a new President is in place.
The poll of 802 registered voters was conducted between February 18 and Sunday and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
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But wait, whether congress wins by preventing Obama from choosing a justice at all, or if they get another Republican justice, they come out on top.
