An example on Republican obstructionism. Court vacancies under Obama are UP (unlike Bush), vote times are up.
The DC Appellate court has a vacancy Obama has appointed a woman to. She has the top rating from the Bar - and has so far been waiting 2.5 years, and is still filibustered.
Why? A big reason is that after Republicans got control of that court, considered the most important appellate court in the country, their judges have shifted the law over and over and over in rulings expanding corporate rights and striking down the right of the people and the government to limit pollution or all kinds of other corporate abuses, and they want to keep it tha way.
Under Bush, Republicans said 'every judicial nominee deserves an up or down vote'. Now they are filibustering votes on all kinds of nominees.
Bush appointed some radicals to the court Democras objected to, some were filibusters, nearly all were finally confirmed. A handful that were the worst led Republicans to threaten to get rid of the filibuster. The 'gang of 14' of both parties broke this with an agreement that they all said they would only block a nominee in extreme cases, like ethics violations, and not on ideology, and this allowed Bush's nominees to go forward.
There are still three Republicans out of the gang of 14 in the Senate; all three now voted to filibuster this judge.
It's an example of the extreme abuse. Republicans lose the vote on the consumer finance agency? That's ok, they refuse to approve anyone to head it. Republicans want to beo so radical on guns they refuse to even allow anyone to head the ATF? That's ok, in 2006 they snuck in a provision making the position confirmable in the Senate - and the position has never had anyone confirmed since.
I wonder if the people who are about 'team' and just want to deny all the obstructionism - or defend it as 'helping their team' - have any idea of the facts, or they just don't care.
The DC Appellate court has a vacancy Obama has appointed a woman to. She has the top rating from the Bar - and has so far been waiting 2.5 years, and is still filibustered.
Why? A big reason is that after Republicans got control of that court, considered the most important appellate court in the country, their judges have shifted the law over and over and over in rulings expanding corporate rights and striking down the right of the people and the government to limit pollution or all kinds of other corporate abuses, and they want to keep it tha way.
Under Bush, Republicans said 'every judicial nominee deserves an up or down vote'. Now they are filibustering votes on all kinds of nominees.
Bush appointed some radicals to the court Democras objected to, some were filibusters, nearly all were finally confirmed. A handful that were the worst led Republicans to threaten to get rid of the filibuster. The 'gang of 14' of both parties broke this with an agreement that they all said they would only block a nominee in extreme cases, like ethics violations, and not on ideology, and this allowed Bush's nominees to go forward.
There are still three Republicans out of the gang of 14 in the Senate; all three now voted to filibuster this judge.
It's an example of the extreme abuse. Republicans lose the vote on the consumer finance agency? That's ok, they refuse to approve anyone to head it. Republicans want to beo so radical on guns they refuse to even allow anyone to head the ATF? That's ok, in 2006 they snuck in a provision making the position confirmable in the Senate - and the position has never had anyone confirmed since.
I wonder if the people who are about 'team' and just want to deny all the obstructionism - or defend it as 'helping their team' - have any idea of the facts, or they just don't care.
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