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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLindsey Graham will NOT be holding committee hearings for new judges during impeachment
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Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham says he will not be holding committee hearings for new judges during impeachment
Thank you, Senator Harris!
(posted yesterday --> https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212873611)
ETA - from today
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The Senate should not advance any judicial nominees while the person who nominates them is on trial. Period.
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Lindsey Graham will NOT be holding committee hearings for new judges during impeachment (Original Post)
PunkinPi
Jan 2020
OP
REC 1 out of 4 circuit judges already are from trump . 120 district look at turtles brag video
lunasun
Jan 2020
#1
Lindsey's trying to give himself some distance. Tooooo little, tooooo late.
marble falls
Jan 2020
#2
Moscow Mitch will probably just dispense with committee hearings, go directly to confirmation votes.
hvn_nbr_2
Jan 2020
#6
No appointments in the last year of his Presidency. McConnell rule from 2016. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2020
#7
lunasun
(21,646 posts)1. REC 1 out of 4 circuit judges already are from trump . 120 district look at turtles brag video
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EveHammond13
(2,855 posts)3. this is the reason that RatfuckingTheCourts.com exists - to ratfuck Mitch
https://www.ratfuckingthecourts.com
The Fact Sheets under the Blog tab list the ugly details about the unfit, biased judges corruptly rammed through the judicial confirmation process by Trump and Moscow Mitch as they pack the courts.
The Fact Sheets are one page, quick to read and easy to share. The post on each judge also includes extensive background information if you want to know more.
It's not enough to say these judges are bad. To persuade, we must share the specific facts of their own records.
Trump and McConnell are counting on the resumes of their hand-picked extremist judges going generally unnoticed. The opposite needs to happen - we need to shine a light on them. Download Fact Sheets and post them, share them, tweet them, mail them or hand them out. Force accountability on every GOP senator who voted to confirm these judges. The American people deserve answers from these senators about their votes.
Who needs to see this information? Friends. Neighbors. Colleagues. Lawyers. Law students. Law student organizations. Job placement officers at law schools. Women's professional organizations. Diversity officers at any corporation or State Bar...
The Fact Sheets under the Blog tab list the ugly details about the unfit, biased judges corruptly rammed through the judicial confirmation process by Trump and Moscow Mitch as they pack the courts.
The Fact Sheets are one page, quick to read and easy to share. The post on each judge also includes extensive background information if you want to know more.
It's not enough to say these judges are bad. To persuade, we must share the specific facts of their own records.
Trump and McConnell are counting on the resumes of their hand-picked extremist judges going generally unnoticed. The opposite needs to happen - we need to shine a light on them. Download Fact Sheets and post them, share them, tweet them, mail them or hand them out. Force accountability on every GOP senator who voted to confirm these judges. The American people deserve answers from these senators about their votes.
Who needs to see this information? Friends. Neighbors. Colleagues. Lawyers. Law students. Law student organizations. Job placement officers at law schools. Women's professional organizations. Diversity officers at any corporation or State Bar...
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)4. thanks for the link!
Moscow Mitch wants courts to be distorting the law long after he's a rotting corpse.
jimfields33
(15,823 posts)5. Mcconnell screwed us in 2013 when he changed the nuclear option on judges
and Then in 2017, switched the Supreme Court. Scumbag.
onenote
(42,714 posts)10. It was Harry Reid that used the nuclear option in 2013, not McConnell
marble falls
(57,104 posts)2. Lindsey's trying to give himself some distance. Tooooo little, tooooo late.
hvn_nbr_2
(6,486 posts)6. Moscow Mitch will probably just dispense with committee hearings, go directly to confirmation votes.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,006 posts)7. No appointments in the last year of his Presidency. McConnell rule from 2016. . . . nt
onenote
(42,714 posts)11. Except that there were judicial confirmations in 2016
McConnell held up a SCOTUS nomination, but he didn't hold up all judicial nominations. There were eight District Court Judges and one Court of Appeals judge confirmed in 2016. The bigger problem was, sadly, that Obama basically stopped making nominations. He didn't make any district court nominations in 2016 and he didn't make any appeals court nominations in either 2016 OR 2015.
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)8. Now, how to keep this trial going....
for 11 more months? Any suggestions? Anyone? Anyone?
calimary
(81,318 posts)9. Well, isn't that big of you, Lindsey.