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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (6529)3/30/2005 6:54:54 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
Listen to the howls:

History.com

Today's Wall Street Journal has an editorial that would
cause Democrats to squeal like stuck pigs.

For those of you who don't have a Journal subscription, the thrust of the piece is that Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia -- the crazy old uncle in the Senate -- pointed out that there is nothing in the Constitution that requires an up-or-down vote on judicial nominees.

Byrd is correct. The Constitution requires only the Senate's "advice and consent," something the Senate has traditionally expressed with a vote.

The Journal concludes:

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But now that Senator Byrd has expressed the view that the Senate doesn't have to vote at all, here's a better idea for ending the impasse over judicial nominations: Fifty-one of the 55 Republican Senators can simply send the President a letter expressing their support for his candidates. Under Mr. Byrd's Constitutional analysis, the Senate will have exercised "advice and consent" and the judges will be confirmed.
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The thing is, it would in all likelihood withstand the inevitable court challenge. The Supreme Court would be loath to get involved with the Senate's internal workings.

I can just imagine the screeching from the political left if Republicans did this -- and I'd love every minute of it.

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