May 19, 2011
— Gabriel Malor Just thought I'd pop in to celebrate the successful filibuster of Obama's pick for the Ninth Circuit, a guy so far out in left field even Democrats were saying they'd vote no if it came to a confirmation vote.
I wrote about the reparations-loving Liu over a year ago and I'm glad to see his nomination finally die.
Liu was nominated by Obama in 2010 and again in 2011for a seat on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Senate Judiciary Committee had approved him by a vote of 10-8. Had Liu been confirmed by the Senate, many expect that he would have eventually been promoted to the Supreme Court.As Harry Reid noted of Goodwin Liu after meeting with him, “The court of appeals is where law is made, and we need the finest minds in the world for that.”
Note: Reid, the idiot, seems unaware that Congress is where law is made.
Of Republicans, only Lina Muzakski voted for cloture. The rest of the team hung together, even Lindsay Graham, who never met a cloture vote he didn't like. Oddly, Orin Hatch voted "present." One Democrat, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, crossed the line to vote against cloture. Under the press' usual rules, that makes this the bi-partisan rejection of an out-of-touch President, doesn't it?
Oh, and these DOOM-and-WOE posts from the MBM are rather nice. Politico wails, "Some Democrats fear the blocked nomination will set a new precedent." Politico apparently slept through the presidency of Bush 43. And here's WaPo's Plumline blog complaining that this was just about "petty revenge" for Professor Liu's ill-considered attempt to kill then-Judge Alito's nomination.
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Posted by: toby928™ at May 19, 2011 11:44 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: sifty at May 19, 2011 11:47 AM (2dbd9)
Next Fall on CBS...
L U I & C H U
Tune in Wednesdays at 9p for the zany adventures of Godwin Liu and Steven Chu as they battle The Man for civil rights for everyone and everything.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 19, 2011 11:47 AM (gM4zK)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at May 19, 2011 11:47 AM (KE+Ya)
Posted by: jjshaka at May 19, 2011 11:48 AM (IV3rS)
Posted by: SFGoth at May 19, 2011 11:49 AM (dZ756)
Posted by: Slublog at May 19, 2011 11:49 AM (0nqdj)
From Wiki:
State Treasurer Don Stenberg and State Attorney General Jon Bruning have announced their candidacies. A February 1, 2011 poll conducted by Public Policy Polling showed Bruning leading Nelson by a 50% to 39% margin and Stenberg leading Nelson by a 45% to 41% margin.
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman has announced he will not run.
He's losing substantially to little-known, named Republicans before the race even starts.
Posted by: AmishDude at May 19, 2011 11:50 AM (T0NGe)
Sarah Palin says that the VP is "in charge of" the Senate - this 'proves' she's an uneducated buffoon
Harry Reid says that circuit courts are "where law is made" - he's a member in good standing of the smart, educated set
Posted by: chemjeff at May 19, 2011 11:51 AM (7mSYS)
Posted by: AmishDude at May 19, 2011 11:51 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: curious at May 19, 2011 11:53 AM (k1rwm)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 19, 2011 11:54 AM (mWCdo)
Posted by: Tough US Immigration Policies at May 19, 2011 11:54 AM (zL6Hj)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 19, 2011 11:55 AM (mWCdo)
He's losing substantially to little-known, named Republicans before the race even starts.
well, Stenberg has run against Nelson before and lost - he's been state AG and has been around for a long time, so he is well known in the state. that said, he is pretty much past his sell-by date so I hope he does not get the nomination.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 19, 2011 11:56 AM (7mSYS)
Posted by: curious at May 19, 2011 11:56 AM (k1rwm)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2011 11:57 AM (UlUS4)
I think the deal was if he stepped down from the IMF, his powerful friends would make it so he could flee justice.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 19, 2011 11:57 AM (gM4zK)
House arrest, monitoring band, and passport confiscated.
Eh, that should be fine. At least he will be paying for his own room and board while in NY.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at May 19, 2011 11:58 AM (LH6ir)
Posted by: K~Bob at May 19, 2011 11:58 AM (9b6FB)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 19, 2011 03:55 PM (mWCdo)
Did he have to surrender his passport?
Posted by: buzzion at May 19, 2011 11:59 AM (oVQFe)
Posted by: ontherocks at May 19, 2011 11:59 AM (HBqDo)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 19, 2011 12:00 PM (mWCdo)
that's right - on his salary that is appropriate for a downtrodden member of the proletariat a rich capitalist pig-dog
Posted by: chemjeff at May 19, 2011 12:00 PM (7mSYS)
Wait, that wasn't rape-rape. It was the faint whiff of nepotism.
That proved to be bogus.
Posted by: K~Bob at May 19, 2011 12:01 PM (9b6FB)
The tool's name is Gordon, I mean c'mon. The doosh had to see it coming.
Posted by: IE Con at May 19, 2011 12:03 PM (/COcn)
“The one thing that ought to be reasonably clear … is that someone who personally contributed to the sorry state of the confirmation process, by jumping in the mud pit with both feet and flinging the mud with both hands, is not well positioned to demand that standards be elevated solely for his benefit."
He who lives in the 'mud pit' dies in the 'mud pit'
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at May 19, 2011 12:03 PM (PrXnz)
If blocking a Clearly unqualified idiot from the bench, is considered a WIN for the GOP???
Talk about lowered expectations....
What next... "HEY! We showed up for work today! Win for the GOP!"
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 19, 2011 12:03 PM (NtXW4)
Posted by: Killerdog at May 19, 2011 12:03 PM (AkAYO)
Eh, that should be fine
Mmm hmmm. Within a week he'll be on the news from his digs in france or swizterland sticky his tongue out going neener neener neener.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 19, 2011 04:00 PM (mWCdo)
Hell let him try and even let him succeed. Then put every cocksucker in jail that helped him do it.
Posted by: buzzion at May 19, 2011 12:03 PM (oVQFe)
MYFOXNY.COM - A judge granted former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn bail on Thursday afternoon. He will post $1 million as part of the agreement and remain confined to his wife's New York City apartment around-the-clock with electronic monitoring. Strauss-Kahn also had to provide $5 million in collateral.
Strauss-Kahn had waived his extradition rights in a bid to win his release. The judge announced the decision in front of a packed Manhattan courtroom on Thursday afternoon.
Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 19, 2011 12:03 PM (LFiVW)
Posted by: Bannor at May 19, 2011 12:03 PM (6AXh/)
Blocking his nomination is not enough. They need to assemble a committee that can meet with Liu on a daily basis...
and beat the everloving shit out of him.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at May 19, 2011 12:04 PM (jx2j9)
Posted by: Captain Hate at May 19, 2011 03:59 PM (l3wWa)
We're working on it. He's been trying to cozy up to the Utah Tea Party ever since Bennett got primaried. I don't think it'll work.
Posted by: blue star at May 19, 2011 12:04 PM (++CMo)
WTF is with Hatch?
Posted by: Captain Hate
Lining himself up as a compromise Supreme Court nomination in the next congress, for either Obama or his Republican replacement.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 19, 2011 12:04 PM (M8E6y)
no - the far-left base likes Goodwin Liu. You should read the comments at firedoglake. They are along the lines of "The Republicans are playing hard ball! waaaa"
Posted by: chemjeff at May 19, 2011 12:05 PM (7mSYS)
Wonderful. Frenchie will be on the next plane home and we'll never see him again.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 19, 2011 12:05 PM (FkKjr)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2011 12:05 PM (UlUS4)
so Iran has started its nuke reactor?
wasn't that stuxnet virus supposed to set them back for years, or was that just for their HEU?
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 19, 2011 12:05 PM (gM4zK)
Posted by: t-bird at May 19, 2011 12:05 PM (FcR7P)
Isn't that cute? They filibuster our nominees, we argue that's wrong, they say "fuck you, we're going to do it anyway," so we lose the argument and now when we play by their rules they howl to high heaven.
Fuck 'em. You broke the rules, that sword cuts both ways.
Posted by: Jimmuy at May 19, 2011 12:05 PM (8gzIK)
Reparations? OMG.
This guy reminds me of Van Jones, with his whacked-out advocating for giving animals the same rights as humans at the UN.
Why can't the Republicans get any traction from this stuff? They ought to be able to wipe up the floor with this guy. Seems like Trump was the only guy who could make any hay from this kind of thing.
Posted by: Optimizer at May 19, 2011 12:07 PM (F56VB)
Posted by: IE Con at May 19, 2011 12:08 PM (/COcn)
Fuck 'em. You broke the rules, that sword cuts both ways.
the absolute funniest part is that they literally cannot see the double standard they are embracing. they honestly believe they are justified in filibustering conservative judges but Republicans are not justified in filibustering liberal judges. why it is almost as if they believe themselves to be on a superior plane of existence compared to the rest of humanity....
Posted by: chemjeff at May 19, 2011 12:08 PM (7mSYS)
Posted by: Jean at May 19, 2011 12:08 PM (WkuV6)
Wonderful. Frenchie will be on the next plane home and we'll never see him again.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 19, 2011 04:05 PM (FkKjr)
I figure he'll hop a private jet that isn't charted for an international flight, and oops they made a wrong turn at takeoff and went to france instead of LA.
Posted by: buzzion at May 19, 2011 12:09 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 19, 2011 12:10 PM (7mSYS)
Posted by: sifty at May 19, 2011 12:11 PM (2dbd9)
Posted by: logprof at May 19, 2011 04:07 PM (BP6Z1)
Courage! Courage!
Posted by: Big Dan at May 19, 2011 12:11 PM (V0K6Q)
Posted by: polynikes at May 19, 2011 12:12 PM (T8iAI)
This is the same way my asshole senator voted on that last jerk-off up for confirmation (some Irish named dude). I had called his office yesterday to ask specifically about the cloture vote and they said he was going to vote 'No'. Dirty lying POS
Posted by: SaintGeorgeGentile at May 19, 2011 12:13 PM (WecpO)
> 60 no - the far-left base likes Goodwin Liu. You should read the comments at firedoglake. They are along the lines of "The Republicans are playing hard ball! waaaa"
Posted by: chemjeff at May 19, 2011 04:05 PM (7mSYS)
I can't go there. I've been banned-for-life by me.
Posted by: K~Bob at May 19, 2011 12:13 PM (9b6FB)
he'll be outta this country faster than you can say pepe le pew.
Oh please. Obama and Big Sis have Border Security well in hand......
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 19, 2011 12:13 PM (7YzRS)
Posted by: curious at May 19, 2011 12:14 PM (k1rwm)
Thanks again Team GOP for protecting your own in her election.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 19, 2011 12:14 PM (M8E6y)
Posted by: K~Bob at May 19, 2011 12:15 PM (9b6FB)
Oh I understand. It is just funny to see how far-far-left they are. They hate Republicans and Democrats about equally there, as both are "corporate tools" to them. They are somewhere to the left of Lenin.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 19, 2011 12:15 PM (7mSYS)
Posted by: Big Dan at May 19, 2011 12:15 PM (V0K6Q)
Thanks for all the help....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 19, 2011 12:17 PM (M8E6y)
I figure he'll hop a private jet that isn't charted for an international flight, and oops they made a wrong turn at takeoff and went to france instead of LA.
Posted by: buzzion at May 19, 2011 04:09 PM (oVQFe)
Musta been that left turn at Albequerque....
Posted by: Bugs Bunny at May 19, 2011 12:18 PM (NtXW4)
As Harry Reid noted of Goodwin Liu after meeting with him, “The court of appeals is where law is made, and we need the finest minds in the world for that.”
Note: Reid, the idiot, seems unaware that Congress is where law is made.
Maybe he meant it in a Morman Mafia kinda way......
Posted by: Elaine Benis at May 19, 2011 12:18 PM (SPVfc)
Thanks for all the help....
In defense of my Senator, he was probably too busy getting spanked by an escort.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 19, 2011 12:19 PM (UvFnc)
Posted by: curious at May 19, 2011 04:14 PM (k1rwm)
I personally think we should begin by returning that island in the Hudson that we bought for a bunch of beads and didn't even pay the right tribe for.
Moral Authority hardest hit.
Posted by: buzzion at May 19, 2011 12:19 PM (oVQFe)
He's got an ankle tag too. I imagine at least some of NY's finest are drooling for the opportunity to arrest this type of a high-profile escapee. He'll be staying put.
The only way they'll pick him up is if he cuts the tag......and waits a couple of hours before leaving for the airport.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 19, 2011 12:20 PM (7YzRS)
Posted by: K~Bob at May 19, 2011 12:20 PM (9b6FB)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 19, 2011 12:23 PM (7mSYS)
I personally think we should begin by returning that island in the Hudson that we bought for a bunch of beads and didn't even pay the right tribe for.
Moral Authority hardest hit.
Posted by: buzzion at May 19, 2011 04:19 PM (oVQFe)
There will be no wampum refunds.
Posted by: Manhatten Super Store - Bargains galore! at May 19, 2011 12:24 PM (V0K6Q)
We need some serious alcoholics to get in there, get mean drunk, and point fingers and yell, Ted Kennedy style.
*urrrrrrp*
See if you can guess what I am now......
Posted by: Senator Blutarsky in the Senate Executive Lunchroom at May 19, 2011 12:24 PM (7YzRS)
93 88 Three other GOP senators, Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, David Vitter of Louisiana and Jerry Moran of Kansas did not vote.
Thanks for all the help....
Kay never misses a Hair appointment.
I did Her's once, badly
Posted by: CatLlady at May 19, 2011 12:24 PM (CyPWX)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 19, 2011 12:24 PM (7mSYS)
I personally think we should begin by returning that island in the Hudson that we bought for a bunch of beads and didn't even pay the right tribe for.
Can't we blame the Dutch for that?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 19, 2011 12:26 PM (7YzRS)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 19, 2011 12:28 PM (M8E6y)
Posted by: Bob Muff Cabbage Saget at May 19, 2011 12:28 PM (F/4zf)
They can come try to take Texas. It'd be the most fun I've had with firearms in years.
Posted by: JR at May 19, 2011 12:28 PM (gWOju)
Posted by: buzzion at May 19, 2011 12:30 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: polynikes at May 19, 2011 12:33 PM (T8iAI)
Posted by: polynikes at May 19, 2011 04:33 PM (T8iAI)
Just expel the liberals. Its what the Founders did to the Acadians and Tories.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 19, 2011 12:36 PM (z1N6a)
usually deals are worked out by the Senate and the President to avoid these. The ability to appoint an Article III judge without consent of the Senate has never been tested by the supreme court and it has been questioned by legal scholars.
The question arises with these judges because their appointments call for life while a recess appointment is only good for the term of the next congress so many scholars argue that there was never any intent for judges to be in that category.
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 12:45 PM (M9Ie6)
I think it would be difficult for them to find against it, since some of the recess appointment have been to that body.
From the Wiki, fwiw:
Recess appointments
When the Senate is in recess, a president may make temporary appointments to fill vacancies. Recess appointees hold office only until the end of the next Senate session (at most, less than two years). The Senate must confirm the nominee for them to continue serving; of the two chief justices and six associate justices who have received recess appointments, only Chief Justice John Rutledge was not subsequently confirmed.
No president since Dwight Eisenhower has made a recess appointment to the Court, and the practice has become rare and controversial even in lower federal courts.[69] In 1960, after Eisenhower had made three such appointments, the Senate passed a "sense of the Senate" resolution that recess appointments to the Court should only be made in "unusual circumstances."[70] Such resolutions are not legally binding but are an expression of Congress's views in the hope of guiding executive action.[70][71]
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Posted by: curious tob at May 19, 2011 04:36 PM (GTbGH)
Yes, it already does....
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You and me both. Never did like that self promoting jerk. We can do better.
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They treated Liu very cruelly.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 19, 2011 11:42 AM (gM4zK)