Why Janice Rogers Brown wasn't blue-slipped

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Fri. May 27
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PART 4—WHY BROWN DIDN’T GET BLUE-SLIPPED: Forget about her up-or-down vote; why did throwback nominee Janice Rogers Brown ever get out of committee? After all, despite recent hallelujahs from the GOP about the wonders of up-or-down votes, Republican senators snuffed endless Clinton nominees by the use of those devilish “blue slips.”

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So now, two slips wouldn’t be enough! Clinton’s nominees for these seats had been snuffed by a single blue slip. But now, both Michigan senators turned in their slips—and Hatch, a man of deep moral bearing, said they were “misusing their authority.” Indeed, they hadn’t “articulated any specific objections to any of the nominees,” he thoughtfully said. And it’s true—Stabenow and Levin had failed to say, “I just don’t like them,” when they blue-slipped the Bush nominees. How could a pious man like Hatch fail to note such a deep problem?
So there you see the remarkable story—a remarkable story that’s easy to tell. Why didn’t Justice Brown get blue-slipped? Because the GOP kept changing the rules once George W. Bush came to power. First, they said it would take two slips; then they said even two slips weren’t enough! Today, an endless string of pious fakers describe their passion for up-and-down votes. These men and women are hypocrites—complete, total fakes. And your “press corps,” huddled beneath its desks, simply refuses to confront them.

Let’s add one more part of the story. Nicholas Confessore limned it in the American Prospect, back at the start of this disappeared gong show. We’ll highlight the most potent part of his spot-on piece:
http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=5727

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CONFESSORE (6/4/01): During the Clinton years, any one senator could block any candidate from his or her home state (by refusing to return a memo of approval printed, literally, on a blue slip of paper); under George W. Bush, Hatch informed the Democrats, a veto would require the opposition of both home-state senators—a substantial dilution of a treasured prerogative of office.

snip from dailyhowler: Yes, this story is easy to tell—and it’s a classic of pious hypocrisy. But your fearless press corps refuses to tell it. At the risk of sounding “buffoonish,” we’ll ask a slick question: Why is that?

if Larry Flynt decided to open a porno shop across the street from a church? Since Judge Brown is against zoning laws because it interferes with business, I'd love to be there when she agreed with Flynt that the porno shop stayed.

to make it easier for their nominees shortly after Bush took office.

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you remember them?

Feinstein refused. Feinstein always insisted on sending in the blue-slips right away - no matter how bad the justice. The article is way off base.

under the rules Hatch used when Clinton was in office one blue slip would have been enough. That doesn't let Feinstein off the hook but the Republicans did change the rules.

Because the liburl judges are evil and make up laws, but conservative judges are great and anybody who says otherwise is against people of faith.