02-06-2019, 06:11 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,426
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim in CT
Pete, the fact is, until recently, senators not in the presidents party usually voted to confirm SCOTUS nominees. they didn’t go berserk trying to block the other party’s nominees. the democrats changed that, and as usual, they didn’t like being on the receiving end of what they started.
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You are wrong, 37 times out of 115 justices who have served is not usually, in 11 cases they were rejected in Senate roll call votes, in 11 cases the President withdrew the nominee and 15 lapsed at the end of a Senate session. |
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