Here's what it means. Right off the bat Republi
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Posted On: 02/13/2016 8:16:56 PM
Re: Roy Fortin #1803
Here's what it means.
Right off the bat Republicans are making ahistorical claims. Do any of these Republican dumb asses EVER check anything? C'mon Chuck, use the f*ck'n Google Machine! Watch every nominee make the same claim tonight.
Obama will nominate a surprisingly moderate federal judge, who will be endorsed by the ABA and some conservatives, and Republicans will say no. It will b apparent to everyone that it's the usual blind obstruction, and Dems will appropriately use it to campaign on.
Right off the bat Republicans are making ahistorical claims. Do any of these Republican dumb asses EVER check anything? C'mon Chuck, use the f*ck'n Google Machine! Watch every nominee make the same claim tonight.
Obama will nominate a surprisingly moderate federal judge, who will be endorsed by the ABA and some conservatives, and Republicans will say no. It will b apparent to everyone that it's the usual blind obstruction, and Dems will appropriately use it to campaign on.
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Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee said "it’s been standard practice over the last 80 years to not confirm Supreme Court nominees during a presidential election year.
Justice Anthony Kennedy was nominated by President Reagan and confirmed in Feb. 1988 — which was an election year — after the Senate had rejected Reagan's first nominee, Robert Bork.
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