Discussion: Orrin Hatch On Supreme Court Process: It's McConnell's Call

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By the way, I know everyone here who is enraged by this spectacle voted in 2010 and 2014. Right? Riiight?

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His brain is as numb as his face.

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He argued if Obama was to appoint a Supreme Court justice now, it could “smear the court.”

The court has been able to do it’s own “smearing” just fine thanks.

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Yeah, I think I’ll tell my boss I’ll get to that important matter, vital to the functioning of our business, early in 2017, after my long Christmas break.

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OK, does this mean they really think they’ll win POSTUS and keep the Senate?

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So, the argument is that a GOP Senator simply cannot perform his or her job, while running a campaign to keep the job.

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Conservatives pretending to care about the “integrity of the court” is so precious. The whole concept of judicial conservatism is a long con that is carefully engineered from start to finish. “Judicial activism” is a wonderfully Orwellian phrase along with “originalism.”

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As certain as snow in winter proves there is no climate change.

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He said, as McConnell dragged him into the pool of quicksand with him.

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Yep. They’ve lined up all sorts of cases to OVERTURN legislation, and OOPS!!! Key player dies. Crap. Now how can we legislate from the bench??? 30 years of planning down the shitter.

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Hatch backed his leader’s earlier statement saying that “McConnell is right” to want to put off a nomination fight until after the “brouhaha time” of the presidential election.

No it really isn’t. The Constitution is pretty fucking clear:

[quote=“Article II - Section 2 - Clause 2”]
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law
[/quote]

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well Trump is supposedly malleable…

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Note: Less than year before the 1988 Presidential elections.

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Hey, Orrin, Teabagger Repo Central just called. 7 more payments and they’ll give you your balls back.

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“The reason we’re not going to confirm is because we value the court, we don’t want it to be in this political atmosphere.”


 I'm so relieved to find out the contentious political atmosphere we currently live with is going to disappear in 2017.
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Look, I already have dead guys telling me I shouldn’t eat shrimp and bang Bob’s wife, I don’t need this too.

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"No, I don’t think we should filibuster Supreme Court nominees or any judge nominees. We wouldn’t have to filibuster.

hmm, he’s being reasonable…

Just – all it would take is for Senator Grassley to just say, look, we’re not going to confirm anybody this year. The reason we’re not going to confirm is because we value the court, we don’t want it to be in this political atmosphere.

so obstruction it is…

Value the integrity of the court,

and we’re going to put it over until next year," Hatch said.

“Good luck with that…”

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Said the pompous POS, Orrin Hatch.

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No, Sen. Hatch, the Constitution outlines the process. The branches of government follow it.