02-18-2016, 03:23 PM
(02-18-2016, 02:58 PM)fredtoast Wrote: The appointment power given to the President is one of the "checks and balances" in the Constitution, and the Senate is clearly violating it by saying that they will refuse to appoint ANY judge nominated by the President.
The Senate can not just void a power granted by the Constitution.
They aren't voiding it. They are using one of their powers of check and balances. We can think it is a ridiculous move all we like, that doesn't mean there is anything legally wrong with what they are doing. The Constitution says the Senate must give consent. If they are going to act like children that's on them, and they will have to own those actions. But they can do what they are doing.
