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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRubio's cravenness on proud display
Rubio's cravenness on proud display
By Steve Benen
When it comes to judicial nominees, there's a common practice that's been in place for many years -- the White House takes the lead in choosing appeals court nominees, while U.S. senators are play a leading role in choosing district court nominees from their own states.
So in Florida, for example, President Obama would nominate jurists for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers the Sunshine State, but Sens. Marco Rubio (R) and Bill Nelson (D) would be chiefly responsible for sending the White House qualified professionals to serve on federal district courts in the state.
Judge William Thomas, who currently serves on the Miami-Dade Circuit, fits the bill nicely. Thomas, who grew up in poverty in a large Pennsylvania family, worked hard and succeeded throughout his legal career. Rubio and Nelson reviewed Thomas' record, subjected him to a background check, and encouraged the White House to nominate him...Ten months ago, Obama's team agreed and Thomas was poised to become the first black openly gay man to serve as a federal judge. That is, until a few days ago, when Rubio announced his opposition to the judicial nominee he recommended.
Given the way the process works, Thomas' nomination has now effectively been defeated -- thanks to something called the "blue slip" process, a district court nominee needs the support of both in-state senators in order to advance towards confirmation. Rubio, by endorsing and then rejecting Thomas, therefore killed the nomination.
The question, of course, is why.
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http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/09/24/20675455-rubios-cravenness-on-proud-display
By Steve Benen
When it comes to judicial nominees, there's a common practice that's been in place for many years -- the White House takes the lead in choosing appeals court nominees, while U.S. senators are play a leading role in choosing district court nominees from their own states.
So in Florida, for example, President Obama would nominate jurists for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers the Sunshine State, but Sens. Marco Rubio (R) and Bill Nelson (D) would be chiefly responsible for sending the White House qualified professionals to serve on federal district courts in the state.
Judge William Thomas, who currently serves on the Miami-Dade Circuit, fits the bill nicely. Thomas, who grew up in poverty in a large Pennsylvania family, worked hard and succeeded throughout his legal career. Rubio and Nelson reviewed Thomas' record, subjected him to a background check, and encouraged the White House to nominate him...Ten months ago, Obama's team agreed and Thomas was poised to become the first black openly gay man to serve as a federal judge. That is, until a few days ago, when Rubio announced his opposition to the judicial nominee he recommended.
Supporters of Judge Thomas, who grew up on welfare in Pennsylvania in a family of 10 children, said Mr. Rubio's opposition was rooted in politics, not court rulings. Mr. Rubio, a Republican, has seen his allure among conservatives tumble, a result of his aggressive push for immigration reform. In recent weeks, he has scarcely mentioned immigration, keeping his focus mostly on issues with broad conservative appeal like abortion and health care. <...>
"As much as I would like to think that politics has nothing to do with this, it looks as if it does," said Yolanda Strader, president of Miami's largest association for black lawyers, who called Judge Thomas one of the hardest working on the bench. "It would be unfair to prevent a well-qualified judicial nominee from proceeding with the nomination process because he is an openly gay black male."
Given the way the process works, Thomas' nomination has now effectively been defeated -- thanks to something called the "blue slip" process, a district court nominee needs the support of both in-state senators in order to advance towards confirmation. Rubio, by endorsing and then rejecting Thomas, therefore killed the nomination.
The question, of course, is why.
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http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/09/24/20675455-rubios-cravenness-on-proud-display
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Rubio's cravenness on proud display (Original Post)
ProSense
Sep 2013
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randome
(34,845 posts)1. Please let Rubio run for President. The laughs would be greater than before.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]
ProSense
(116,464 posts)2. More hilarious than
watching this thread ignored?
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)3. K & R
JI7
(89,260 posts)4. fuck him, and from what Rachel Maddow said Rubio is kind of like Rick Perry
he may look good on paper . but when you actually listen to him there is nothing impressive .
i hope he does run for President and loses worse than Perry if that's even possible.