GOP Can't Complain About July Hearings

[usregimechange]

My quick reaction to the July 13 timetable just announced by Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is that Republicans probably don't have much basis for disputing it. As Leahy's statement details, the timetable he is using gives the Republicans about as much time as Democrats had to prepare for the hearings of John Roberts and Samuel Alito.

In addition, in the case of Roberts and to some extent that of Alito, it took time to obtain documents the nominees had authored as Justice Department officials during prior Republican administrations. Since Judge Sonia Sotomayor has never worked for the executive branch, it appears that all or virtually all significant documents written by her as a government official -- including her judicial opinions -- are already public, with the exception of her time as an assistant DA in New York City. (Internal memoranda Sotomayor has written for her colleagues or clerks while on the bench will presumably be considered confidential, as has been true of past nominees.)

http://ninthjustice.nationaljournal.com/2009/06/gop-has-no-grounds-to-complain.php

[FSogol]

1. We should have the hearings tomorrow. n/t

[Cha]

2. It's perfectly fair and they've

used up all their whining on insignificant trivia.

[zbdent]

8. but the media is going to give them a credit card with no limit ...

and 0 % interest rate ...

[Cha]

12. Tell me about the US corporatemediawhores..

They're the ones we should be going after, Constantly.

Jon Stewart points it out almost nightly.

[sarah553807]

3. Trust me,they will

They don't give a shit.It's like they like being called a hypocrite

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. But since she has 3200+ cases versus Roberts' 500 or so, Pukes are bitching about lack of time

I say they can go fucking stuff themselves.

If the dems could look at 500+ cases, then let the pukes look at 500 of hers; that's more than enough to see a pattern.

If the pukes are too goddamn dumb to see that, then fuck 'em.

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. So she's 6 times as qualified as the Chief Justice

:rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. That's what I thought, too, when I saw the numbers!

:rofl:

[Thrill]

5. Leahy will cave on this. Just like he did with Holder's hearing.

[usregimechange]

6. But he will cave after setting this weeks before he normally would have

[babylonsister]

7. Bet me. They weren't 'informed'.

GOP whining Dems left them out of the loop on Sotomayor hearings

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/senate-republicans/gop-senators-dems-left-us-out-of-loop-on-sotomayor-timing/

[DCBob]

9. The Republicans complaining about this sound nuts.

The news have been full of Sotomayor stories for weeks, 7x24. This will be seen as delaying just for the sake of delaying. The public is sick of this type of political non-sense. Vote and get it over with.