Sen. Chuck Schumer, a Democratic leader in the U.S. Senate, vowed on July 27, 2007, to block any of President Bush’s Supreme Court nominees for a full 18 months prior to Bush leaving office. But there have been no new calls among Republicans for the Senate to grant the nominee a hearing or a vote.
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Every Democrat in the Senate has agreed to sign a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Charles Grassley pushing for transparency and action in the Supreme Court nomination process. He predicted that if Republicans concede and give Garland even just a public hearing, the dynamic will change.
“That’s actually why she didn’t want to keep the outside, third-party, special-interest money out, and we could have ended that with the People’s Pledge”, Ayotte said.
We are encouraged that members of both parties have begun to meet with Chief Judge Garland as the first step to his confirmation process in the Senate.
“For something as important as the fundamental balance of the court for a generation, the American people should have the maximum say” by picking the next president, Toomey said. McCaskill said they talked about Missourian Harry S Truman, whose pictures adorn the walls of McCaskill’s Senate office.
The U.S. Supreme Court takes up a case Monday that could not only decide the fate of President Obama’s executive orders on immigration, but will also amplify two already
hot-button political issues at the height of the presidential campaign season.
Their half-hour sitdown at the U.S. Capitol is the latest two-step in a complicated dance that’s consumed Congress since Justice Antonin Scalia died in February and Obama nominated Garland as his replacement a few weeks later.
It’s another example of how Wisconsin voters have a clear choice in November’s general election. “Whether the American people elect a Republican or Democrat, I will judge his or her nominee on the merits, as I always have”.
After the vote, the state’s senior senator said: “Tennessee is fortunate to have such a well-qualified federal district court judge as Waverly Crenshaw”.
The national debate over Garland and the meaning of the Constitution’s “advise and consent” clause arrived at the Louisville Forum today.
He said Republicans are jeopardizing the “integrity of the judicial branch” by refusing to consider his “extraordinary” nominee to the Supreme Court.
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“I’m happy to be photographed with him”. GOP lawmakers say the decision to fill a seat on the court should be left to the next president.
