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Senate To Break Record For Judges
OANN ^ | 07-16-2018

Posted on 07/16/2018 10:55:32 PM PDT by Kevin in California

Senate Republicans are on pace to break the record for the most appellate court judges confirmed during the president’s first two years.

Majority leader Mitch McConnell has Senate votes planned for two circuit court nominations this week.

There’s Andrew Oldham for the 5th Circuit and Ryan Bounds for the 9th Circuit.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: judiciary; mcconnell; mitchmcconnell; trump
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1 posted on 07/16/2018 10:55:32 PM PDT by Kevin in California
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To: Kevin in California

Not a fan of Mitch McConnell, but the turtle is moving faster than many of you think with judges confirmations.


2 posted on 07/16/2018 11:03:28 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: Kevin in California

POTUS way of permanently stopping the left....


3 posted on 07/16/2018 11:03:53 PM PDT by straps (we elect a commander in chief, not a pastor in chief)
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To: Kevin in California

The pace of confirmation of Appeals Court judges is great but they really need to pick up the pace on District Court judges. 20 have been confirmed in the past year and a half and 45 have been approved by the judiciary committee and are awaiting a floor vote, plus there are another 35 that have been nominated but not passed by the committee.

Bookmark this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Donald_Trump


4 posted on 07/16/2018 11:26:44 PM PDT by arista
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To: Kevin in California

Yes! Go, go, go!


5 posted on 07/16/2018 11:30:11 PM PDT by familyop (Trump-voting, smelly, Walmart hillbilly here. You got somethin' to say? I'm interviewin'!)
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To: packrat35

I think McConnell is doing all right overall. I don’t understand the level of hate he gets here sometimes.


6 posted on 07/16/2018 11:43:41 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: arista
they really need to pick up the pace on District Court judges.

Maybe the Turtle could scrap the stupid 30-hour rule for debates ...it slows down the judicial confirmation process

7 posted on 07/16/2018 11:51:24 PM PDT by spokeshave2 (WWG1WGA.....Where we go one we go all....WWG1WGA.)
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To: Kevin in California

Thank Dingy Harry Reed. He broke the rules LOL


8 posted on 07/17/2018 12:00:14 AM PDT by the_daug
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To: straps

“POTUS way of permanently stopping the left....”

The Left is like the ending of every modern horror movie. The cute couple think they’ve killed the monster, but as the credits run the camera focuses in on one more egg, or some dripping goo or something else that tells the viewer that the whole thing is going to happen again. No matter how many times or how spectacularly communism fails, it will never die. It will just abate until people are so rich they think, heck, we can just add a tax and everybody will be able to have (fill in the blank.)


9 posted on 07/17/2018 2:23:41 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: arista

Thanks for bringing up the negatives.

Can’t let us normals think we are making progress!


10 posted on 07/17/2018 3:44:28 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (The Democrats in California want another civil war over cheap labor!)
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To: arista

Thanks for bringing up the negatives.

Can’t let us normals think we are making progress!


11 posted on 07/17/2018 3:44:30 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (The Democrats in California want another civil war over cheap labor!)
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To: Kevin in California

We are actually making progress getting judges seated. I do wish it were faster but the Senate has always been slow and deliberative. The only judicial nominee I didn’t like was that turkey from Hawaii who went to the 9th circuit. Getting more circuit judges seated is especially important. Most cases are not going to make it up to the Supreme Court. Flipping some of those circuit courts back after Obama put as many Lefties as possible on them is vital work.


12 posted on 07/17/2018 4:39:37 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Redleg Duke

Imagine what the record would be if we could get rid of the 9th District judges.


13 posted on 07/17/2018 4:40:34 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: packrat35

Perhaps the turtle appelation is not really applicable and is in fact dogma


14 posted on 07/17/2018 4:42:18 AM PDT by bert ((K. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... In August our cities will be burning))
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To: spokeshave2

“Maybe the Turtle could scrap the stupid 30-hour rule for debates ...it slows down the judicial confirmation process”

Probably the biggest problem now, but sadly McConnell doesn’t get to scrap it - it takes the entire Senate, which now means every Republican. And McConnell has said the votes aren’t there to do that.


15 posted on 07/17/2018 4:44:56 AM PDT by BobL (I drive a pick up truck because it makes me feel like a man)
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To: BobL

Slow and steady wins the race.


16 posted on 07/17/2018 4:51:20 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Proud member of the DWN party. (Deplorable Wing Nut))
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To: arista

Bttt


17 posted on 07/17/2018 4:56:00 AM PDT by novemberslady
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To: EQAndyBuzz

I’ll take it - it’s still going in OUR DIRECTION!


18 posted on 07/17/2018 5:43:27 AM PDT by BobL (I drive a pick up truck because it makes me feel like a man)
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To: packrat35
Not a fan of Mitch McConnell, but the turtle is moving faster than many of you think with judges confirmations.

Speeding up from a snail's pace to a turtle's pace is not praise-worthy.

They are still confirming new judges at a slower pace than judges are retiring, so the gap of open seats is not closing.

19 posted on 07/17/2018 6:11:53 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: DaveA37

We would still hear criticism.


20 posted on 07/17/2018 10:55:15 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (The Democrats in California want another civil war over cheap labor!)
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