The Senate Finally Listens: Removes Major Obstacle to Conservative Judges

ACLJ ^ | 11 October 2017

[Tuketu]

BTW the 60 vote Senate rule is in MHO un Constitutional. The Constitution provides for the Vice President to cast the deciding vote in ties. With the super majority rule there is no tie. Sic. the Senate is violating the Constitutional rights of the Vice President of the United Stats.

[bitt]

judges ping

[bitt]

‘Now we need to work on that 30 days debate’

I believe you mean “30 hours”....

[DoughtyOne]

There are conflicting reports, and I don’t think this we ant our way.

More status quo.

A G A I N !

[leapfrog0202]

I thought it was going to say they removed Mitch McConnell!

[ichabod1]

I don’t see how either of them can do it without a majority vote to change the rules.

[Zhang Fei]

McConnell can force Grassley off the Judiciary Committee, if he really means business about ending the blue slip tradition. We’ll see how he proceeds.

[topher]

The Keyword “BLUESLIPS” will show all the articles/threads on this recently... FYI

[miniTAX]

Even a simple decision like this can’t be made clear and straightforward by McConnell, unbelievable! But so typical of the useless despicable turtle.

[mazda77]

“McConnell can force Grassley off the Judiciary Committee,”

Right after we all see supersonic pigs flying around in the sky.
This is just another typical Good Cop, Bad Cop follow the magic bouncing ball routine.

Grassley gets on our good graces because it ‘appears’ he is working for us and Mitch is tired of handling the hot potato. So he just cleverly passes it off to someone who has the ability to bury it in procedural horsecrap.

[Petrosius]

McConnell should declare that for the purposes of the 30 days debate per judge that a day equals a work day of eight hours. Then keep the Senate in constant session 24/7, one eight hour session after another. This way the 30 days will be reduced to 10.

[Hostage]

McConnell can’t force Grassley off, he doesn’t have the backing, support to do such a thing.

McConnell is doing this because he is feeling the heat, his poll numbers back in KY are in the tank. He’s trying to change the subject from the fact that he is a loser on repealing Obamacrap and delivering tax reform. He’s a poor leader and it shows.

[BlueLancer]

...the 30 days debate...

I'm pretty sure that the "requirement" is 30 hours, not 30 days.

[facedown]

I don’t see how either of them can do it without a majority vote to change the rules.

Because it's not actually a rule; it's a tradition, a gentleman's agreement.

[Old_Grouch]

I read that this was premature, they are not doing away with the blue slip process. 30 hrs of debate on each confirmation to slow track the confirmations. No?

[arthurus]

You misunderstand. McConnell is NOT trying to expedite. He is trying to hinder and ultimately prevent. What he should do is allot one hour for debate for each judge. He is a Democrat(R) trying to minimize Trump's effects.

[jjotto]

It’s 30 hours, not 30 days. And there are ways around it.

[Petrosius]

For 30 hours, form a special committee for each nominee and have the debates concurrently. The Democrats are abusing the rules. Pay them back with their own coin.

[rxsid]

"Don’t believe it until they are confirmed."

That's right!

[rxsid]

50 of Trumps nominees are pending. 50!

"Today, there are 149 vacancies in the federal judiciary. Of these, over 50 vacancies are “judicial emergencies.” A “judicial emergency” is a situation in which there are over 600 case filings per judge and that vacancy has existed for more than 18 months. In other words, a judicial emergency is when there are insufficient judges to timely hear and adjudicate cases; people’s rights are left hanging in the balance."

Currently, there are 50 nominees still pending in the Senate, and many of these nominees would fill these emergency seats and help bring justice to parties in conflict. "