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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenate Dem Leader Links Trump Attack on Federal Judge to Consideration of SCOTUS Nominee
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Saturday warned that President Donald Trumps attack on a federal judge who issued a broad block on his travel ban would firm Democratic resistance to his nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
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 statement.
He added, 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.
read: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/schumer-warns-trumps-attack-on-judge-could-impact-supreme-court-confirmation-234646
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Senate Dem Leader Links Trump Attack on Federal Judge to Consideration of SCOTUS Nominee (Original Post)
bigtree
Feb 2017
OP
GOOD!! I hope they bring up the fact that he already has disdain for federal judges.
AgadorSparticus
Feb 2017
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,158 posts)1. The SC appointments for the next 4 years need to be done by a Democrat
ONe seat was stolen last year and this year an election was stolen.
70,000 mostly black people in Detroit dont leave president slot empty nor does 161,000 (twice the norm) in FL.
What else dont we know about this stolen election?
Thank you Senator Schumer...you are exactly right.
Yes, we see how this POTUS treated Yates and Robart!
Cha
(298,139 posts)7. Good.. trump stepped in his own shite.. a-gain.
ismnotwasm
(42,030 posts)8. K&R
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)9. GOOD!! I hope they bring up the fact that he already has disdain for federal judges.
Remember when he attacked Judge Gonzalo Curiel last summer? I hope they bring ALL that up too. So if turtle wants to go nuclear, we can too.