Are the Confirmation Hearings Anything More Than PR for the Nominee?

The Whiskey Priest

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Jan-13-06 03:50 PM
Original message

Are the Confirmation Hearings Anything More Than PR for the Nominee?

The last three SCOTUS confirmation hearings have been little more than fawning from the party in power and ineffective nay-saying by the party out of power. Then nominee is not required to say anything on how he or she might feel about anything that could come before the court.

As Senator Biden pondered today, why have them. Let�s just go to the floor and have a vote. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060112/ap_on_go_co/alito_biden

That is the way it was prior to the late twenties. Advice and consent meant an up or down floor vote. Maybe, as Biden said, the system is broken right now.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

napi21

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Jan-13-06 03:55 PM
Response to Original message

1. YES, it's PR for the damn Senators!

IF you listened, you heard the Senators babbeling for a LONG time, about all sorts of complaints, but asking very few questions of the nominee!

Jon Stewart even had a routine last night about who was the winner! It was a Pub Senator who talked, or babbeled for 9 1/2 minutes before he had a question for Alito!

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Nutmegger

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Jan-13-06 03:56 PM
Response to Reply #1

3. Biden sure looked like he was having fun. n-t

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

stray cat

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Jan-13-06 03:55 PM
Response to Original message

2. participation in a dog and pony show.

If nothing of substance will get discussed by the nominee the whole show serves no useful purpose.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Sat May 04th 2024, 10:13 AM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.