Posted on 03/02/2009 8:46:11 PM PST by cc2k
March 2, 2009
President Barack H. Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
We look forward to working with you as you consider nominees for the federal judiciary. Unfortunately, the judicial appointments process has become needlessly acrimonious. We would very much like to improve this process, and we know you would as well. It is in that spirit that we write early on to suggest two steps your Administration can take to achieve that shared goal.
First, in the beginning of his Administration, your predecessor demonstrated his desire to improve the judicial confirmation process by nominating to the circuit courts two of President Clinton’s previous judicial nominees, Judge Barrington Parker to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and Judge Roger Gregory to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. It would help change the tone in Washington if your Administration would take the same bipartisan step. Because the last Congress sadly set the modern record for the fewest circuit court confirmations in a President’s final Congress, there are plenty of well-qualified nominees with bipartisan support from whom to choose. For example, Peter Keisler has been praised repeatedly by colleagues in both the public and private sector, Democrats and Republicans, and has earned accolades from major media observers, like The Washington Post. And Judges Glen Conrad and Paul Diamond both enjoyed bipartisan support and have outstanding records on the federal trial bench.
Second, as our Democratic colleagues have emphasized for the last several years, the process of federal appointments is a shared constitutional responsibility. We respect your responsibility to nominate suitable candidates for the federal bench. And as a former colleague, we know you appreciate the Senate’s unique constitutional responsibility to provide or withhold its Advice and Consent on nominations. The principle of senatorial consultation (or senatorial courtesy) is rooted in this special responsibility, and its application dates to the Administration of George Washington. Democrats and Republicans have acknowledged the importance of maintaining this principle, which allows individual senators to provide valuable insights into their constituents’ qualifications for federal service.
We hope your Administration will consult with us as it considers possible nominations to the federal courts from our states. Regretfully, if we are not consulted on, and approve of, a nominee from our states, the Republican Conference will be unable to support moving forward on that nominee. Despite press reports that the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee now may be considering changing the Committee’s practice of observing senatorial courtesy, we, as a Conference, expect it to be observed, even-handedly and regardless of party affiliation. And we will act to preserve this principle and the rights of our colleagues if it is not.
Because of the profound impact that life-tenured federal judges can have in our society, the Founders made their appointment a shared constitutional responsibility. We look forward to working with you to discharge this important duty in the best interest of our country.
Sincerely,
All Republican Senators
Cc: The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy
LMAO, you made my day.
and judging by previous bully comments he has made, I expect THIS is his reply-
_______________________________
Dear Congressional Senators:
Eff You!
I won!
I’m KING OF THE WORLD!
Sincerely,
Barak HUSSEIN Obama
Pipe dream
Even Senator Webster, famed for his oratory and his stance against a central bank, did not speak out against the central bank when he had the opportunity (and duty) because the central bank had given him so many ‘gifts.’
What we have to do is hope and pray that none of the CONSERVATIVE/constructionist judges retire or become ill (or get bumped off by Obammie and his commies).
Perhaps we can pray that all the nominees are in arears with the IRS.
Don’t loose heart, Mojitojoe. There’s alot of work to be done.
That letter is now posted in the bottom of all the urinals in the Democrat cloak room.
I agree with you. They should send a letter telling the president their constituents are free and all his attempts to go above the powers granted him by the constitution will be ignored by the states.
They’re just playing politics as usual. It’s not about playing politics anymore. This isn’t a cute little cat fight between James Carville and Mary Matilin-Carville. We’ve fought WARS over what’s happening now and people’s fathers, brothers, and sons have died agonizing deaths to keep this stuff from happening and their playing politics of judicial nominees. HOGWASH!!
The next thing you know they’ll threaten to issue a statement stressing their “Deep Concern”.
Fat chance. They will put in every slime ball, abortion approving, gun hating, God hating, liberty despising, freedom hating, pig leftist judge they can find. The judges they select will be just left of Stalin.
Actually, Republicans should insist on picking the Supreme Court nominees, which is what the Democrats did when they were out of power.
Let Obama nominate someone, and then vote against him/her.
And I want a litmus test...is she/he is pro-abortion, we cannot allow them on the bench.
Just deny every one of his picks up and down the list. Demand 2/3rds majority approval. Tell Ted Kennedy to stick it in his rump (he coordinated with PACs to deny hispanic candidates their hearings all for political advantage at the polls).
Say, you do?... Aren't they sooooo cute when they're being naive? Bless their little hearts...
Obama: "We won".
You are exactly correct.
Only if the GOP can get its sorry act together.
I think you started something with pres__ent, LOL Viralize it! Keyword it. Get Jim to make a tag of it, cross post it on other blogs, forums, etc.
Is there any video of 0bama saying “present”? Put it up on youtube and name it
0bama is PRES_ _ENT!
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