Judiciary Republicans delay Sotomayor vote 1 week
July 21st, 2009 . by TexasFredJudiciary Republicans delay Sotomayor vote 1 week
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate Judiciary Committee has put off its vote on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor for one week after Republicans asked for a delay.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy says the vote will occur on July 28. The Vermont Democrat says he’s disappointed the GOP held up the committee’s action, but predicts Sotomayor will join the Supreme Court in time for an earlier-than-usual first meeting on Sept 9.
Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, the senior Judiciary Committee Republican, says President Barack Obama’s first high court nominee is on track to be confirmed in early August – a slightly faster timetable than GOP-nominated Chief Justice John Roberts.
Sotomayor is expected to be confirmed easily
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Judiciary Republicans delay Sotomayor vote 1 week
Sotomayor may indeed be a done deal, and easily confirmed, but I have to ask, WHY?
Are our Senators that gutless? Are they afraid that if they don’t confirm Sotomayor they will be labeled as racist or sexist? Are they afraid of Obamanure? What is it about this Sotomayor that makes her qualified for the Supreme Court? I just don’t get it.
WASHINGTON — An aide to Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins says Collins will vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
Spokesman Ian Swanberg says Collins is preparing a statement detailing her support for President Barack Obama’s first high court nominee. Sotomayor is in line to become the first Hispanic and third woman justice.
Collins becomes the fourth Republican to say publicly she’ll break with her party’s conservative leaders to support Sotomayor. The federal appeals court judge is expected to win confirmation easily in a Senate vote early next month.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote on Sotomayor’s nomination for later Tuesday, but panel Republicans are expected to block the action and force a one-week delay.
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GOP Sen. Collins to support Sotomayor for court
And to the people of Maine; you should ALL be ashamed of yourselves. YOU are the ones that put her in office, YOU are the ones that let her STAY in office. I hope you get exactly what you deserve for putting this notorious RINO in the U.S. Senate!
If the people of Maine have ANY guts at all, they will spend the next few days HAMMERING this RINO Collins and making her painfully aware that she is currently enjoying her last remaining days as a U.S. Senator.
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I don’t understand it, it didn’t seem to be a problem for the dems to shoot down Bush’s hispanic nominee and now we are being labeled as racist. I could be wrong, but from what I read nominees have been turned down for having a 59% turnover rate and this one has a 60% rate. All you hear are poems and songs from these people about her- no I really do not understand.
Our senators are indeed gutless turds and hey, we in Illinois are about to replace Burris (in 2010) with RINO Jerk Mark Kirk or a real Dem just to maintain the status quo.
I’m sorry Fred but I see this as DOA. The back lash by the constituents of the dems who back her may help with the 2010 election. I have very little hope that she can be stopped.
If people would beat their senators with mail, email and calls we may be able to pull this back from the edge. My only hope is in the time factor. People are starting to wake up and demand more from these fools who have been elected.
I don’t know if people will wake up and realize that the right to vote has got us here and returning to the principals and responsibility of voting can save us. Too many people for too long have failed to exercise this right. We have allowed our nation to fall to the least because we have been too lazy.
Keep pushing Fred. Perhaps time will save us.
I have a, perhaps, stupid question. If it turns out that Barry is not actually a U.S. citizen, and is tossed out on his hind end, would she be canned as well? I mean if it turns out he had no legal right to make such a nomination to the Supreme Court, wouldn’t that mean she’d be ineligible?
Kate, I have NO idea why you would call that a stupid question…
It’s one for legal scholars I am sure, and I am NOT a legal scholar, BUT, it makes perfect sense…
Especially to us bog dwelling hicks…
EDIT: Actually, that poses another question; what about his cabinet?? If they were appointed by someone ILLEGALLY, would they too be outed??
Well, not being a legal scholar myself, I didn’t know if it would make any sense. Heh.
Makes perfect sense to me… But, I don’t have a PhD and all..
Of course we’re gonna loose this one. When Lindsey Graham and 2 others demonstrate the ball size of a gerbil, we’ll loose every time.
But we all knew the first 2 years were gonna be bad. Hopefully it gets so bad that the independents wake up and swing back to the right.
As far as Sotomyass, because she’ll be confirmed by senators and isn’t a presidential appointment, I’m guessing she’ll plant her bigoted butt in the garden of life tenure to spread her noxious philosophies like dandelions in my Kentucky Bluegrass lawn.
Gawfer, *most* independents ARE on the right, it’s the damned RINOs that are the problem..
RINOs, Republican In Name Only!
I grew up in Upstate New York where there are quite a few Puerto Ricans and I never knew they were their own race of people. All those I grew up with considered themselves the same as me but of Spanish descent; my descent is Polish and Italian. A Puerto Rican woman was godmother to my oldest son. How is it that someone who is genetically Caucasian is now a separate race?
It’s simply a matter of Democrap convenience… A lot like that selective outrage the libbers suffer…
“Gawfer, *most* independents ARE on the right,”
That is true, Fred. But it was those ‘right’ oriented independents that voted for Obama last year. That’s who I was referring to.
Heck, I’m close to putting myself into the ‘Independent Conservative’ class because of the RINOs you speak of. I’m sick to death of the snakes in office.
She won’t be tossed out. Barry only nominated her…the Senate is the one that voted her in.
Thanks to the Rino’s we know what is going to happen. Americans are being buried alive. Depressing.
However, Obama getting kicked to the curb for not being a Natural Born Citizen is not depressing so I’ll keep thinking about that one. ha
@ Gawfer, OK, I thought you about to saddle up on the “If you didn’t vote for McLame/Barbie” thing that so many have…
I am going to say this, and I may offend a few folks, but anyone that follows this lame bunch of so-called Republicans, the RINOs, is about as dumb as those that follow the Dem/Libbers, and Gawfer, there’s not a dimes worth of difference between the Dems and GOP anymore, not even a dime…
I believe both you and are are what is termed as “disinfranchised’ with our representatives.
Coming from CA, I don’t think there is a conservative anywhere that could fault me for that.
At least in Texas, you have a Governor you can stand behind.
Our Governor and several of our Congressional Reps as well…
Our Senators are RINO wild cards, you never know what either is going to do, but right here in my area, I live at the junction of 3 Congressional districts, and we have Sam Johnson, Jeb Hensarling and Ralph Hall, 3 of the best, and most dedicated Conservatives in the business…
Rowlett is a non-partisan community, our council is an AT LARGE council and PARTY isn’t an issue, our Mayor, Dr. John Harper, is a SOLID Conservative and as independent as I am, we have talked a couple of times lately and he impresses me greatly…
Gawfer, if I lived in Cali, I would be going POSTAL on ALL of em… I don’t know how you guys can stand that cesspool of libber puke!
I’d rather see Donald Duck on the Supreme Court.
Sotomayor isn’t being truthful? I’m shocked. She’ll feel right at home with all the other liars. Gaggggg.
GOP Senators Ignore Sotomayor’s Criminal Activities
Oh come on. Just stop it.
YES the GOP is scared shitless of being labeled as racists.
Of COURSE they are.
VOTES trump LOGIC and COMMON SENSE and FACTS.
It’s politics.
BZ
I think that the Republicans are afraid of being labeled sexist and racist, that is why Obama chose her in the first place. He knew that they could never oppose her without facing harsh criticism.