Posted on 06/13/2012 6:56:30 PM PDT by SMGFan
With less than four and a half months until Election Day, Senate Republicans are shutting off the bipartisan spigot when it comes to confirming President Barack Obama’s nominees to the nation’s top courts and will present a unified front against his circuit court picks through November.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) made the decision to blockade nominations official Wednesday when he informed his colleagues that he would invoke the “Thurmond Rule” from now until after the elections.
(Excerpt) Read more at rollcall.com ...
Thanks SMGFan, in before the RINO concern trolls.
See Mitch & the GOP? That wasn’t so hard to finally stand up against the demoRATs now, was it!
They better do something right or they’re gone!
I pray that they do not cave... I expect that they will.
LLS
Excellent!
Good, show some spine, pubbies.
“Nothing will be able to stop our communists black King Obama from appointing judges. Recess appointments.”
Exactly. It was my first thought when I read the article. He just makes up laws to fit his ideology and ignores the laws that get in his way. The lack of action by Congress and the Courts to put the brakes on this administration has been breathtaking.
I think any recess appointments expire.
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