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superman2012
nevermind
edit on 21-11-2013 by superman2012 because: (no reason given)
Aleister
...this is just on presidential appointments, so Cruz will have to wait. This seems to have been brought to a head by the Senate's recent rejection of three Obama nominees to the Washington D.C. Circuit Court, and Sen. Reid and the Dems have had enough of the Republicans nixing their favorite judges. Some long-time holds have or had been placed on nominees for various Federal Government appointments as well, and this will give every U.S. president from here on out a waterchute run for their appointees as long as the Senate is held by the same political party as the executive.
Senduko
As a none American Fellow, could anyone please explain what this means?
Senduko
As a none American Fellow, could anyone please explain what this means?
While it has the smallest geographic jurisdiction of any of the United States courts of appeals, the D.C. Circuit, with eleven active judgeships, is arguably the most important inferior appellate court. The court is given the responsibility of directly reviewing the decisions and rulemaking of many federal independent agencies of the United States government based in the national capital, often without prior hearing by a district court. Aside from the agencies whose statutes explicitly direct review by the D.C. Circuit, the court typically hears cases from other agencies under the more general jurisdiction granted to the Courts of Appeals under the Administrative Procedure Act. Given the broad areas over which federal agencies have power, this often gives the judges of the D.C. Circuit a central role in affecting national U.S. policy and law.
''This resolution is an arrow pointed at the heart of the constitutional liberties of the American people, and it points an arrow at my heart as one who reveres this institution,'' said Senator Robert C. Byrd, Democrat of West Virginia, a former majority leader who said he stood ready to protect the Senate ''against all comers.''
''When you go nuclear, it's bad for everyone,'' Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, said. ''You vaporize every bridge, every bipartisan bridge or every other bridge, in sight.''
Aleister
The U.S. Senate and its Democrat majority have used the so-called "Nuclear Option" and has changed the rule so that all presidential appointments, including judges, will only need a clean majority to pass.
This does not include Supeme Court nominees, as I understand it.