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Jake Stern

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20. Where does the constitution require a floor vote on a nominee?

Reply to MyOwnPeace (Reply #11)

Sun Feb 10, 2019, 12:22 AM

Feb 2019

While the president is required to seek the advice and consent of the Senate for appointees, no where in that clause is the Senate is compelled to give either.

In fact nowhere in the constitution is there a requirement that the Senate entertain ANY request by the president.

What Turtle did was unconscionable but not unconstitutional.

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Democrat promises investigation into $18 million donor who helped steal the Garland seat for Gorsuch [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2019 OP

The Garland thing was a travesty... doompatrol39 Feb 2019 #1

I agree. There will be payback for that though, and the Whitter hearing was just a prelude to that still_one Feb 2019 #3

Well, ys there was more to it, much more. 2naSalit Feb 2019 #8

I generally accept things as "God's will"........... MyOwnPeace Feb 2019 #9

thta's my current 2naSalit Feb 2019 #10

Oh, WOW! MyOwnPeace Feb 2019 #12

Gotta dream BIGLY! 2naSalit Feb 2019 #13

What would motivate McTurtle? metalbot Feb 2019 #18

Mitch's palms were greased with some of that 18 million? Botany Feb 2019 #14

Evidently too much of our government depends on norms & traditions. CrispyQ Feb 2019 #22

They won't find crap... it's round robin deception. they all give to each other... PeeJ52 Feb 2019 #2

They can subpoena witnesses like bookkeepers Apollyonus Feb 2019 #23

A worthy investigation Evolve Dammit Feb 2019 #4

I don't understand how a donation could have had anything to do with the theft of Garland's seat on Nitram Feb 2019 #5

A donation could be used as carrots to keep GOP defectors in line haele Feb 2019 #28

why did the Seante Democrats just run away from this issue INdemo Feb 2019 #6

One of the reasons MyOwnPeace Feb 2019 #11

Where does the constitution require a floor vote on a nominee? Jake Stern Feb 2019 #20

It is the senate's constitutional duty Apollyonus Feb 2019 #24

Dig for the truth! Achilleaze Feb 2019 #7

But, for some of them............. MyOwnPeace Feb 2019 #15

OMG. The most crooked political party in our history. Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #16

It sure seems that way........... MyOwnPeace Feb 2019 #17

Dark money is helping install judges that work for the rich and powerful, not the people EleanorR Feb 2019 #19

How can this happen? Isn't it against the law to pay money to install a judge? Also since Mitch hydrolastic Feb 2019 #21

Kick ck4829 Feb 2019 #25

Investigate Justice Kennedy and his son the banker, too! Grasswire2 Feb 2019 #26

My money is on Sheldon Adelson CanonRay Feb 2019 #27