Just moments after Antonin Scalia’s untimely death, D.C. was lit aflame with controversy over the nomination of his replacement. Republicans said that a replacement should be appointed by the next President, and the Democrats responded by attacking the GOP’s actions as unconstitutional.
Never one to fall out of step with her party, Elizabeth Warren unsurprisingly sided with her fellow Democrats, going so far as to accuse Republican love for the constitution was nothing more than “empty talk.”
If Warren truly had the grasp of the Constitution she claims she has, she would acknowledge the fact that sending someone to the Supreme Court is a two-branch process, not just the Presidents’.
She may be right, the American people did have a say in the nomination process when they elected Barack Obama to the oval office, but they also had a say when they acknowledged their mistake and sent the President a Republican Senate just two years later.
Somehow, though, she doesn’t seem to agree. See her full statement on the next page:
Chuck Shumer.did it,if it weren’t for double standards the Democrats wouldn’t have any standards
And the democrats in office are such stupid individuals.
S.RES. 334. EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE PRES. SHOULD NOT MAKE RECESS APPOINTMENTS TO THE SUPREME COURT, EXCEPT TO PREVENT OR END A BREAKDOWN IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE COURT’S BUSINESS. KEATING MOTION TO RECOMMIT TO JUDICARY COMM.
This vote was to kill a nonbinding resolution proposed by the Democrats who hoped to prevent President Eisenhower from using recess appointments to fill a vacancy in the Supreme Court. (This vote failed, and the resolution was subsequently passed.)
Although the vote occurred in an election year, there is no indication that this vote was about election year appointments specifically. Eisenhower had used the recess appointment power to make previous appointments to the Supreme Court, and Democrats objected to further use of the recess appointment power. No President has used the recess appointment power to appoint a justice of the Supreme Court since then.
A recess appointment is made while the Senate is in recess, and while such appointments do not require Senate approval they instead expire at the end of the subsequent legislative session (these days, a calendar year). The Washington Post explained:
Each of President Eisenhower’s SCOTUS appointments had initially been a recess appointment who was later confirmed by the Senate, and the Democrats were apparently concerned that Ike would try to fill any last-minute vacancy that might arise with a recess appointment. Not surprisingly, the Republicans objected, insisting that the Court should have a full complement of Justices at all times.
These days, the Senate often holds pro forma sessions, by gaveling-in for one minute each day, rather than go on recess in a time when the President is expected to use the recess appointment or pocket veto power, thus typically preventing recess appointments. On Feb. 14, 2016, President Obama stated that he would not use the recess appointment power to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Scalia, which occurred during a Senate recess.
In this clip from the C-SPAN archives, President Reagan implores his Congress and the American people to fulfill their “constitutional obligation” and restore the Supreme Court to its full strength following the 1987 retirement of Justice Lewis F. Powell, whom he replaced with Justice Anthony Kennedy. Reagan had 13 months left in his term.
Here are the FACTS:
In June of 1987 Justice Powell was scheduled to retire.
On July 1, 1987 Reagan nominated Justice Robert Bork to the SCOTUS.
Democrats did not like Bork because he actually believe in the Constitution and they prefer justices who act as left wing activists and legislate rather keep the Constitutionality of legislation in check.
Democrats, led by former head Klansmen Robert Byrd and the man who left a woman to drown to death, Teddy Kennedy, blocked Bork’s nomination.
On October 29, 1987 Reagan nominated Justice Douglas H. Ginsburg to the SCOTUS.
Unfortunately for Ginsburg he apparently smoked marijuana in the 60s and 70s and suddenly wasn’t fit for the SCOTUS.
So on November 30, 1987 Reagan nominated Justice Anthony Kennedy. A man who isn’t a strict Constitutionalist and will often side with the left wing activist side of the court when it comes to social issues.
Kennedy was confirmed by the Democrat-controlled senate in a unanimous vote on February 3, 1988.
So there you have it. The TRUTH about history.
Reagan started the SCOTUS nomination process months before his last year in office. It took longer because Democrats impeded the process and didn’t want the justice Reagan nominated
Just like the DEMOCRAPS,did with Bush,whats good for the goose,is good for gander…FOOL….2016
What?! It’s not racist?!
Our new Supreme Court Chief Justice.
Stfu! Crazy bitc! Your another reason civil war is on the door step!
More Genius !
Dems are total hypocrits.