'Is Leader McConnell joking when he complains about obstruction?' writes SenSchumer
by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, one might think it must have been a very bad April Fools’ joke. With a record of obstruction in the Senate as notorious as Senator McConnell’s, it is hard to take seriously his complaints about how Democrats have handled President Trump’s nominees. But since arguments about the Senate confirmation process can seem awfully inside-the-Beltway, let’s be clear about what this debate is really all about.
Take President George W. Bush’s nominee Miguel Estrada, who had no judicial experience, was a Federalist Society member but had no writings, and claimed he had never thought about. Or take another Bush nominee William Pryor, who called Roe “the worst abomination in the history of constitutional law." Or take Charles Pickering, also nominated by President Bush, who had advocated for a reduced sentence for a man convicted of burning a cross in the front yard of an interracial couple.
We saw this tactic during the Clinton administration, when Republicans on the Judiciary Committee killed a number of President Clinton’s quite moderate judicial nominees — without even the basic courtesy of a hearing. We saw it again during the Obama administration, when Republicans used the filibuster and other forms of delay to more than double the number of Circuit and District Court vacancies.
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