Schumer: Trump's Attack On Judge Raises Bar For His SCOTUS Nominee

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published FEBRUARY 4, 2017, 2:14 PM EDT

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to fight President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee after the President lashed out at the federal judge who blocked his executive order suspending the country's refugee program and temporarily barring visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

“The President's attack on Judge James Robart, a Bush appointee who passed with 99 votes, shows a disdain for an independent judiciary that doesn't always bend to his wishes and a continued lack of respect for the Constitution, making it more important that the Supreme Court serve as an independent check on the administration," Schumer said in a Saturday statement.

“With each action testing the Constitution, and each personal attack on a judge, President Trump raises the bar even higher for Judge Gorsuch's nomination to serve on the Supreme Court. His ability to be an independent check will be front and center throughout the confirmation process," the minority leader added.

Trump published a tweet on Saturday morning criticizing the order and calling U.S. District Judge James Robart a "so-called" judge.

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[Crash2Parties]

1. Rasies the bar to the GOP Senate? Hardly - the vote is just a mere formality, as with all the noms

[ginnyinWI]

10. no, for the Dems to approve. nt

[ElementaryPenguin]

2. Schumer's 100% correct!

[appleannie1943]

4. He is a rotten pick for the SC on his own merit. We don't need a fascist on the court.

[cstanleytech]

5. I suspect what they are hoping is to use this guy to replace Scalias hand that used to be

wedged up the ass of Justice Thomas.

[uppityperson]

6. He just posted another against the judge.

Link to tweet

[McCamy Taylor]

7. Schumer is correct. Dems now have a sound reason for refusing to let Trump appoint

another Justice. So what if the GOP "goes nuclear"? It will be on their heads. We can not keep doing the wrong thing for fear that the GOP will do the wrong thing.

[Gothmog]

8. I agree with Senator Schumer

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

9. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like Dems have the power stop the Twidiot

putting whoever he wants on the court. But I sure do hope they fight it with all they've got and make it clear to the public just why they're doing so.

[ginnyinWI]

11. and that, in itself, has a lot of value.

We won't let people forget which side they were on.

[yardwork]

16. If voters had supported Democrats in the election, we would have majority in the Senate.

Voting for Democrats matters.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

17. Yep, Dem's GOTV needs a boost. I may be overestimating the citizenry, but I'm hoping

the reality of the pResident and his cronies in office has already jumpstarted that boost. We also must deal with gerrymandering and voter suppression, but a tsunami of Dem voters can overcome all of that.

[barbtries]

12. a president of the united states

that tweets out temper tantrums and obviously has no respect whatsoever for the rule of law or the system of checks and balances. this is all so surreal.

[dchill]

13. K&R.

[nikibatts]

14. Dems must hold ranks. Force the nuke option but no Trump appt. in his first term.

That should be the goal.

[Cha]

15. Boom! Well done, Schumer