Isakson, Perdue Comment on Democrats’ Filibuster of Gorsuch Supreme Court Nomination
A few minutes ago, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell deployed “the nuclear option,” which will allow the Senate to confirm Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court on a simple majority vote. This is in response to the Democratic filibuster on Gorsuch’s nomination that began three days ago.
Both of Georgia’s Senators have released statements regarding the filibuster.
“Judge Gorsuch is an exceptional nominee with the right judicial temperament and a strong reliance on the text of our Constitution and laws. I am extremely disappointed by the blind obstruction carried out by Senate Democrats today. The Senate and our country are headed in a dangerous direction if this type of partisan behavior continues. Though I had hoped that my Democrat colleagues might be willing to put country over party and do the right thing here today, there is no reason for further delay of the Senate’s consideration of Judge Gorsuch. I urge the Senate to move quickly toward a final vote on his nomination to fill this critical vacancy.”
“Judge Gorsuch is a principled jurist who is steadfast in his commitment to defending the Constitution. Democrats have agreed, and they confirmed Judge Gorsuch without objection in 2006. That’s why it is ridiculous Democrats today put self-interest and party-interest ahead of the nation’s interest. Republicans this year have said all along we’ll do what it takes to get Judge Gorsuch the up-or-down vote he deserves, and next week he will be an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court.”
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Holly Croft
Holly is an archivist at one of Georgia's institutions of higher learning. In a past life, she was a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill. She cares a lot about records management, open records laws, and privacy laws. Political persuasion? It's complicated. What's not complicated is that she's proudly equal parts Bulldog and Tar Heel.
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“Country over party” and “the up-or-down vote he deserves”
Would love to hear why they think those things didn’t apply last year….
Because the senate employed the Biden Rule of not voting on a SC sear in the last year of a presidency. Next!
Sigh. Rules are only rules if you know….they are actual rules.
I’m still befuddled at where this outrage was about Merrick Garland. is it only obstruction when it’s not your party not doing their jobs? the hypocrisy although not surprising is still disappointing
Here’s the thing: The 2013 Nuclear Option happened because Republicans were filibustering any replacements, at all, for the 3 vacant slots on the D.C. Circuit. Prior filibusters / obstruction were mostly personal: I don’t like X Candidate, whether Goodwin Liu or Janice Rogers Brown. This was about locking in a partisan split on the DC Circuit despite winning neither the Presidency nor even the Senate. It was Garland before Garland: No appointee, no matter how qualified or moderate, could be allowed so long as they were a Democrat. No principle other than pure partisan blindness. Naturally, Sen. Isakson went right along with the obstruction.
Yawn. The usual characters spewing the usual left-wing nonsense. I must be in a fit of self-flagellation to even drop by here this evening. The Dems actually created this scenario in about 2001 when they changed the historical simple majority to a 60 vote requirement – in order to prevent George W. Bush court appointments. Which is why Obama inherited all those vacancies and was able to pack the lower federal courts. Then the Dems added insult to injury in November 2013, steamrolled over Repubs…. again. It was like they thought they would hold a majority forever.
But their chickens came home to roost when they lost the 2016 elections. Now, for the first time in US history they filibustered a SCOTUS confirmation. What the Repubs did today was to change the vote back to a simple majority, like it was historically prior to 2001. No more, no less. I bet I’m the only person on this thread who will be smiling tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. G’night, mates.
Statements like “…pack the lower courts” and “Now, for the first time in US history they filibustered a SCOTUS confirmation” indicate you’ve gone from alternate facts to an alternate reality.
Your statement indicates your momma didn’t teach you any manners. Facts are facts, even when they are inconvenient to one’s political narrative – and your own alternate reality.
“pack the lower courts” is an alternative fact.
“first time in US history they filibustered a SCOTUS confirmation” is a first only if you’re basing the remark its the first time Dems are doing so. Abe Fortas, 1965, look it up.
Johnny Isakson, Perdue lite.
Send the Dems a train car load full of Doan’s Pills. Y’alls backs are gonna be sore for the next four years from bending over and grabbing your ankles. Today will be the first of many!