As they say, turnabout is fair play. And today we saw they perfect example of that. But because Senate Republicans filibustered the nomination of Caitlin Halligan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, today we are now risking “chaos,” that according to that proverbial piece of dog squeeze, Sen. Chuckie Schumer, Democrat from New York. On the Senate floor, Schumer recalled a move in 2005 when a bipartisan “Gang of 14” senators came to an agreement aimed at preventing filibusters of judicial nominees except under extraordinary circumstances. But when exactly was that Schumer and his fellow Democrat scum abided by that agreement?
“It seems to me that a vote against this nominee is a vote that declares the Gang of 14 agreement null and void,” Little “Chuckie” Schumer whined. “If Republicans are going to suddenly junk that 6 year armistice it could risk throwing the senate into chaos on judicial nominees.” It just never ceases to amaze me that whenever their own tactics are used against them, Democrats turn into what is nothing more than a bunch of pathetic crybabies. Later “Chuckie” added, “The defeat of Caitlin Halligan would throw into chaos nominations at the circuit court into chaos for a long, long time.” Tuesday’s roll call vote on cutting off debate was 54 to 45, six short of the 60 votes necessary to break a filibuster.
Ms. Halligan faced stiff criticism from some Republicans regarding her past record on such things as gun rights as well as pro-choice issues. In remarks on the Senate floor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) expressed his reservations on Halligan, a former New York state solicitor general. “Ms. Halligan’s record strongly suggests that she wouldn’t view a seat on the U.S. appeals court as an opportunity to adjudicate, even-handedly, disputes between parties based on the law, but instead as an opportunity to put her thumb on the scale in favor of whatever individual or group or cause she happens to believe in,” McConnell said. We do not need any more judges who refuse to interpret, and instead strive to rewrite, our Constitution.
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