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Lessons of the Estrada Defeat
Legal Theory Blog ^
| September 4, 2003
| Prof. Lawrence Solum
Posted on 09/04/2003 3:47:38 PM PDT by pogo101
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Lengthy but intriguing law-prof analysis of What Went Wrong and Whither Go We Now.
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posted on
09/04/2003 3:47:39 PM PDT
by
pogo101
To: pogo101
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posted on
09/04/2003 4:02:34 PM PDT
by
Congressman Billybob
(Everyone talks about Congress; time to act on it. www.ArmorforCongress.com)
To: Congressman Billybob
That means a lot coming from you, William Robert, thanks -- actually I wasn't sure I should bother posting it! Glad I did, then.
(Full disclosure: the posting script program of FR initially blocked this posting because its source is a "blogspot." The program was going to force me to post in General Interest, which has no categories for politics or the judiciary; only News does. So I cheated: I added extra spaces around the "dot" in the source URL.)
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posted on
09/04/2003 4:05:29 PM PDT
by
pogo101
To: pogo101
Good post on a bad day.
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posted on
09/04/2003 4:15:47 PM PDT
by
LisaFab
To: Congressman Billybob; pogo101
So what do you think are the chances that GW will work towards a "perfect storm," by nominating Al Gonzalez for the Estrada seat and waiting for a filibuster of Hispanic #2(Gonzalez); a Black Woman (Brown); a White Woman (Owen); and, a White Man (Pryor)?
To: pogo101
"Although the Republican leadership gestured toward the nuclear option, in the end the Democrats prevailed and Estrada withdrew"The Democrats should NOT have prevailed!
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posted on
09/04/2003 4:26:16 PM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions = Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
To: pogo101
Awesome post. Thank you!
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posted on
09/04/2003 4:26:28 PM PDT
by
Huck
To: Kaisersrsic
Low. Because I think Bush is holding back Gonzalez for a SCOTUS seat.
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posted on
09/04/2003 4:27:13 PM PDT
by
pogo101
To: pogo101
I can sum up the problem in 6 words: Republican Senate leadership is an oxymoron.
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posted on
09/04/2003 4:28:16 PM PDT
by
Keith in Iowa
(Tag line produced using 100% post-consumer recycled ethernet packets,)
To: pogo101
I tried clicking on the Blog link but all I get is some search engine.?
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posted on
09/04/2003 4:33:47 PM PDT
by
tet68
To: pogo101
24/7 Won't Work The contemporary filibuster is a polite affair. Charles Schumer does not talk through the night, bleary eyed and exhausted. Why not? Couldn't the filibuster be broken if the Republicans forced the Democrats to go 24/7? No. Because the 24/7 option actually gives an advantage to the minority. Why? In order to force a 24/7 filibuster, the majority must maintain a quorum at all times, but the minority need only have one Senator present to maintain the filibuster. So 24/7 both exhausts and distracts the majority, while allowing the minority the opportunity to rest and carry on their ordinary business. Not necessarily true. The majority can have a quorum call as often as they wish and send the sgt at arms and capital police to arrest the dems and bring them to the floor. They will get just as tierd, and look as foolish as the Texas State Senate hidfing in New Mexico.
SO9
To: pogo101
good article - ping to myself
To: pogo101
"The problem with recess appointments is that they expire at the end of the next term of the Senate."I tried to point this out earlier today. Several times. People just don't want to listen and the Bush bashers are bound and detirmined to drown me out.
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posted on
09/04/2003 4:44:14 PM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions = Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
To: tet68; All
Had to edit the URL slightly, as otherwise FR's programming would have blocked the posting in News.
Here is the proper link.
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posted on
09/04/2003 4:44:46 PM PDT
by
pogo101
To: cake_crumb
Something the author doesn't mention is that recess (judicial) appointees also are unpaid.
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posted on
09/04/2003 4:46:27 PM PDT
by
pogo101
To: Keith in Iowa
Correct - and next go round, the Republican "leadership" needs to toss around phrases that seem to work for the Rats....."Racism", "Hijacking the Constitution", etc., etc.
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posted on
09/04/2003 4:47:40 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(40 miles inland, California becomes Flyover Country!)
To: Congressman Billybob
Is the Filibuster of Judicial Nominees Now a "Custom of the Senate"?
Will this mean the end of the Supreme Court as we know it? What will happen in the future when no one will be approved and a vacancy needs to be filled??
Is there a Constitutional way to handle this?
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posted on
09/04/2003 4:53:00 PM PDT
by
jrushing
To: pogo101
"Something the author doesn't mention is that recess (judicial) appointees also are unpaid."Yep, that's true too.
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posted on
09/04/2003 4:55:10 PM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions = Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
To: Dane; Miss Marple; PhiKapMom
Worth a read... long but interesting
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posted on
09/04/2003 5:00:48 PM PDT
by
deport
Bump for later.
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posted on
09/04/2003 5:04:53 PM PDT
by
StriperSniper
(The Federal Register is printed on pulp from The Tree Of Liberty)
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