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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Lane3 who wrote (64061)5/7/2008 12:08:14 PM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (1) of 542449
 
I can't argue with that, but I will argue that recent performance is no reason to throw the principle out with the bathwater.

I've lost track of the principle we are discussing. If the principle is that the Senate should only pay attention to the nominees qualifications, then I disagree. The principle has to include judicial philosophy since it is possible for a president to nominate someone who has the acceptable credentials but whose philosophy is so out of whack as to be unacceptable.

Once that is in the door, then it's clearly proper for the Senate to consider judicial philosophy. Then it's back to the senate's concern for that philosophy, plus concern for continuity on the court, etc. Lots of variables. Not just credentials. I suspect the "advice and consent" clause is deliberately vague on this point.
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