02-19-2016, 04:46 PM
(02-19-2016, 04:00 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I give you rep for seeing the logic in this argument, but you are wrong.
The Constitution does not say the President "has the power to appoint" it says he "shall appoint". It would viloate the mandate of the Constitution for the President to refuse to appoint a Supreme court Justice.
The Constitution orders the president to appoint Supreme Court Judges. The Senate is trampling on the Constitution by denying him him the ability to do his job.
Right, but there is no time limit.
But all this being said, I am in favor of the Senate making sure a person is qualified and doesn't have something in their past and then confirming then.
“History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.”-Thurgood Marshall
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