Posted on 08/09/2010 8:27:43 AM PDT by NetRight Nation
The nomination of Judge Robert Chatigny to be promoted to the 2nd District Court of Appeals has been derailed in the U.S. Senate for the time being. Americans for Limited Government, of which this site is a part of, ran several ads exposing Chatigny’s true character.
According to Capitol Watch, U.S. Senate Republicans have derailed President Obama’s nomination of Hartford district judge Robert N. Chatigny to the federal appeals court, likely postponing the controversial appointment to next year when partisan opposition is expected to grow.
The Senate’s minority Republicans invoked a procedural rule which has the effect of removing Chatigny’s nomination from the Senate – where it had not reached a final vote – and returning it to the White House.
Observers said Obama is likely to renominate Chatigny after the Senate’s summer recess. But they said the Judiciary committee is unlikely to act upon the nomination, for what would be a second time, until after what is expected to be an increasingly Republican Senate is convened following the November election.
Obama nominated Chatigny to the influential U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on the recommendation of a selection committee chosen by Connecticut Senators Christopher Dodd, a Democrat, and independent Joseph Lieberman.
Read more at NetRightDaily.com: http://netrightdaily.com/2010/08/chatigny-nomination-derailed/#ixzz0w7ersD6j
Thnak you. My thoughts too
Sorry guys, I thought people were fairly aware of who this guy was. He was a fairly big story towards the end of June. Not trying to pimp, just trying to let people know of the breaking news.
Why didn’t they use this procedure with Kagan?
I think the better question is, why are we just now hearing of this provision? This could have been used on a lot of people.
The "procedure" is that the Senate has created its own right to return nominations to the president, when the Senate takes a recess of 30 days or more. The exercise of this right is discretionary, and returns are selected by the majority party.
There must be film of him stabbing and eating defenseless kittens while wearing fur, burning a cross on the lawn of Harvard.
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