GOP Senators Ready to Start Fighting for Pickering Nomination Again

[kskiska]

Republicans are gearing up for a second tough nomination fight for White House judicial nominee Charles Pickering, the first of President Bush's picks for the bench to be rejected when Democrats controlled the Senate.

The Senate Judiciary Committee said Tuesday that Pickering, a U.S. District Court judge, would be on the agenda for the committee's next confirmation hearing.

"It is time for the committee to give his nomination the fair consideration it deserves," Judiciary Committee spokeswoman Margarita Tapia said.

The reaction was immediate from liberal groups.

"Judge Pickering's disturbing record exemplifies this administration's efforts to appoint judges who are far out of the mainstream to lifetime seats on the federal bench," said Ralph Neas, president of People For the American Way. "We are aware of nothing that has altered Judge Pickering's record since the committee's vote to reject his confirmation to the Fifth Circuit."

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[goobergunch]

1. You know what this means...

FILIBUSTER ALERT FILIBUSTER ALERT FILIBUSTER ALERT FILIBUSTER ALERT FILIBUSTER ALERT FILIBUSTER ALERT FILIBUSTER ALERT

[realFedUp]

2. I second that motion....

lol.

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. I smell a Lott manuevering behind this.

Just read an article about Lott and how he found a way to be a thorn in Bush's side, because of his demotion. Looks like it paid off. His boy Pickering is back in town.

On edit: Didn't Lott get into a position which allowed him to change filibuster rules?

[goobergunch]

4. He can't change filibuster rules by himself

but he is now chairman of the Rules and Administration committee, which has jurisdiction over all rule changes. Of course, they still have to be approved by the full Senate.

[Walt Starr]

5. Any attempt to change the filibuster rules

will be filibustered.

[goobergunch]

7. And it takes 67 Senators to block a rules change filibuster.

:evilgrin:

[PROGRESSIVE1]

6. Of Course........

Das Furher's henchmen are doing the "goose step" again!

[Flubadubya]

8. One thing's for sure...

The GOPiggers really know how to waste the peoples' time, money, and resources on losing battles. They should be made to PAY! :mad:

[HawkerHurricane]

9. Replutocan complaints

"The federal judiciary is undermanned, and the Democrats won't let us fill the seats!!!"
"You mean the seats that the Replutocans wouldn't let Clinton fill?"
"Stop changing the subject!"

[wabeewoman]

10. I swear, it must be a requirement

that in order to be a republican congressman, your momma must have dropped you on your head. How else do you explain them?

[leesa]

11. How did Republicans get to be so rotten. They are simply scum of the

earth. I hope God whips their asses good before he chucks them into hell.

[mefoolonhill]

12. judges

Someday the Republicans are going to look back on the Bush years and wonder how they could have been so goddam stupid. Instead of pushing for wingnut judges and far right appointees to government positions, they could have taken a more moderate tack and quietly dominated the national agenda for the coming decades. They had an opportunity to institutionalize the Republican party, to make it absolutely invincible. They have the White House, the Senate, the House, truckloads of money, and a President who enjoyed stratospheric post-9/11 popularity. They are in the process of pissing all that away, and they will have no one but themselves to blame.

[gratuitous]

13. One definition of insanity

Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

But keep sticking that fork in the electrical outlet, boys. Maybe this time it won't throw you clear across the room.

[Rose Siding]

14. Orrin "The Whiner" Hatch

has his LTTE published in the NYT

http://nytimes.com/2003/09/24/opinion/L24HATC.html

This attempted rules change should be on the list along with the recall, the recount, and redistricting.