Posted on 05/06/2020 10:53:27 AM PDT by jazusamo
With the Senate back to business in Washington, D.C., this week, the body moved ahead with what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said is his top priority -- confirming judges -- this time with the Senate Judiciary Committee holding a tense hearing for a Trump nominee named to a powerful slot on the nation's second-highest court.
The committee Wednesday considered the nomination of Judge Justin Walker to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, also known as the D.C. Circuit, the first step to confirming the 37-year-old judge after he was nominated early last month.
The hearing, which comes in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, looked significantly different than what such gatherings have in the past. Just a handful of senators were present in the room at any given time in an effort to maximize social distancing, with some asking questions via videoconferencing. Walker and the senators in the room were spread out on multiple daises.
"That's one of the side effects of the virus, you need glasses," Committee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said, squinting to see the others in the room as the hearing came to order. "As you can tell, this is a new room set up differently to try to deal with the reality that we face as a nation."
As Graham ceded the floor to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who was at the rear of the hearing room, he said, "Rand, I think that is you."
It was a stark contrast from the usual setup, with senators squeezed onto the dais and sternly glaring at witnesses who are set up just a few feet away.
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Did the press label ANY of Obama’s nominees “controversial”?
I sincerely doubt it, can’t specifically remember any.
The Democrats are the party of Fraud and Insane Hate. They Hate any non-Democrat..
He’s only “controversial” because the traitorous, foreign-born Chief Justice of that D.C. Appeals court Sri Srinivasan made an unprecedented attempt to meddle in the process — and the media is running with his narrative.
They Hate any non-Democrat
They do a pretty good job of hating other Democrats, once they've managed to get rid of non-Democrats.
Northam, DeBlasio, Whitmer...These people are never “controversial’ to the craven media pigs.
McConnell has frustrated me quite a bit but his commitment to getting some better judges confirmed is a very good thing from all accounts.... thank you Senator McConnell!
Contravertial means Conservative.
By asking that question you have exposed yourself as a racist, probably a white supremacist.
Bump!
I did a quick search and NPR indicated that Obama’s choice TO nominate a replacement for Scalia (hours after his death) was controversial but not to candidate himself.
Wonder how many times that line has been written or uttered by the msm in the past 4 years - couple thousand?
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Anyone who is not a card carrying Marxist who insists on legislating from the bench is controversial to the complicit Media and their Democrat masters.
DiFi, Turban Durbin, Chuckie and the Rats in general are still slinging mud and lying in their obstruction of President Trumps nominees.
Trump’s nominee? A 37 year old from Kentucky? Not a chance. This nominee is a China Mitch special.
He’s only “controversial” because the traitorous, foreign-born Chief Justice of that D.C. Appeals court Sri Srinivasan made an unprecedented attempt to meddle in the process — and the media is running with his narrative.
Not really. He’s got an incredibly thin resume for the high profile DC circuit.
“He’s got an incredibly thin resume for the high profile DC circuit.”
Maybe a little, but there have been others (Dem nominees) who have sailed through. His is not so thin that every single Dem vote against him.
I like how McConnell is maintaining discipline and filling the courts with more conservative Judges! At least on this we are not rolling over!
Remember how many judges Clinton fired and when.
There’s nothing “controversial” about him. Its just that Democrats don’t like him.
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