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turbinetree

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Sat May 2, 2020, 10:35 AM May 2020

Mr. fuck the Constitution #Moscow Mitch wants his baseball back is doing this next week




Politics 5/01/20 3:00 pm Read time: 3 minutes
McConnell To Bring Senate Back Not To Fight Covid But To Confirm More Trump Judges

Moscow Mitch has one priority: stack the courts before the voters catch up with him.
By Common Dreams

Democratic lawmakers and advocacy groups are accusing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of endangering the health of members of Congress and Capitol Hill employees for political gain as the Kentucky Republican presses forward with plans to reconvene the chamber next week for the sole purpose of confirming more right-wing judges—including his unqualified 38-year-old protégé.

"McConnell is calling the Senate back in, ignoring D.C.'s stay at home order, and putting thousands of Capitol employees at risk," tweeted Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.). "Not to do oversight of Trump's pandemic response. Not to pass a new relief bill. But to ram through more conservative judges."

"Instead of focusing on Covid-19, Republicans have decided to prioritize stacking our federal courts with conservative ideologues. We should all be alarmed."
—Vanita Gupta, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

McConnell made clear in an interview last week that resuming rapid-fire confirmations of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees will be the Senate's top priority when it reconvenes Monday, despite the desperate need for additional relief for frontline workers and the unemployed as the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause mass layoffs across the nation.

https://crooksandliars.com/2020/05/mcconnell-bring-senate-back-not-fight

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Mr. fuck the Constitution #Moscow Mitch wants his baseball back is doing this next week (Original Post) turbinetree May 2020 OP
Well when Biden is in the WH and dems control the senate, KS Toronado May 2020 #1
Great idea! Delmette2.0 May 2020 #3
Done. notinkansas May 2020 #2

KS Toronado

(17,259 posts)
1. Well when Biden is in the WH and dems control the senate,
Sat May 2, 2020, 10:52 AM
May 2020

we need a new law which states The American Bar Association has to put judges through a yearly vetting process, thus getting rid of deplorable judges. IMHO

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