Posted on 10/11/2018 7:04:54 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The Senate confirmed 15 more judges late Thursday, all but wrapping up its pre-election work on a top Republican priority days after Brett Kavanaughs confirmation to the Supreme Court.
Clearing the judicial nominees provided a signature walk-off for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has focused on reshaping the judiciary with more conservative judges. Once final action was finished later Thursday evening, senators were not expected back to session full-time until after the November election.
While many of the judges were approved with bipartisan support, almost half were confirmed on mostly party-line votes. Democratic opponents and their allies swiftly objected to some of the nominees, in large part over views aligned with stricter abortion access. [ ]
Singled out for opposition were David Porter, who was confirmed as a circuit court judge in Pennsylvania over the objection of that states Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, and Mark Norris, confirmed as a district court judge for the Western district of Tennessee.
Republicans have seen a bump in polling since Kavanaugh confirmation. McConnell has marveled at the way the Supreme Court fight is animating Republican voters who, polls showed, had been less enthusiastic before Kavanaugh advanced.
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They won’t lose the House.
your lips to God’s ear...
We torpedoed Trump’s agenda(wall,etc) and prevented the swamp from being drained—The 2 things that MUST be done for AMerica survive(She’s barely breathing)
But pat us on the back for getting some judges through.
84 total, including Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, 29 circuit judges, and 53 district court judges.
Unprecedented success! No President has had record like this in just 2 years. Good on the turtle.
IF it is actually 15, great. Stock the courts.
Obama left over 80 open. He just couldn’t be bothered to do the work to nominate. MM didn’t hurry or encourage him to do so.
No realistic way to ever drain the swamp without first getting key parts of the Judiciary under Constitutional oversight.
Get everyone you can to vote to continue the trend, and shortly after the midterms this show might start to get really good.
Perhaps even Great.
“Wasnt there something like 165 pending?*
Probably running out of Judges to promote whom are right of center and believe in the Constitution. Not a joke. See how many Law Professors turned on Kavanaugh.
“But pat us on the back for getting some judges through.”
Liberal judges are the reason my niece has to share a bathroom with a man!
I would expect a lot more judges and administrators to be confirmed in the lame duck session immediately after the election. And assuming that Republicans retain (and likely increase) their control of the Senate, the confirmations will accelerate next year. By the end of Trump’s first term, he will have filled most of the judicial vacancies around the country. If he’s re-elected and Republicans maintain control of the the Senate after 2020 (both of which appear likely), Trump will have completely remade the majority of the country’s court system, as well as adding another Supreme Court Justice or two.
“No realistic way to ever drain the swamp without first getting key parts of the Judiciary under Constitutional oversight.”
I wasn’t aware the courts ran the country. The reason why America is on that sad height is because too many people believe they should. 3 separate and unequal branches under the Constitution. The judiciary, the unelected branch, should be the weakest.
If the executive and legislative branches are going to cede their powers to the courts, turn out the lights now.
Woohoo!!!!
“If the executive and legislative branches are going to cede their powers to the courts, turn out the lights now.”
They already did, and it’s unconstitutional. That’s what makes it key. You have to be able to stop the particular courts that only aim to protect the swamp.
I believe he already has the record for number of judicial seats filled. And since there were so many empty when he took office he will have the opportunity to fill an extremely high number.
His sister Mary Ann sat on the same bench as Sam Alito before he was elevated to the SCOTUS. (She spoke for him when he went through committee ) PDJT understands the judicial importance and how it is suppose to work and knows it will be his greatest legacy
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