Chuck Grassley Tries To Trick Obama Judicial Nominee Into Criticizing Another Nominee

[applegrove]

Chuck Grassley Tries To Trick Obama Judicial Nominee Into Criticizing Another Nominee

by Jennifer Bendery at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/11/chuck-grassley-dc-circuit_n_3907988.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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"Again, I don't know the context of that quote, sir," said Wilkins, who is currently a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. "But I would follow the Supreme Court precedent in this area, as I have all other precedent when I handle cases."

"OK," Grassley said. "Third one. ... Reproductive rights really are fundamentally about sex equality."

At this point, Wilkins seemed unsure of where things were going.

"Um, again, I'm not familiar with that statement so it's hard for me to react to it, sir," he said. "So I really don't know what else to say about it."



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[applegrove]

1. Classic "playing one person off against another". More tools from the psychopathic toolbox.

[Tx4obama]

2. The Republicans had no problem with approving FOUR of George W. Bush's D.C. Circuit nominees...

... but now that a Democrats is in the White House the Republicans want the three current vacant D.C. seats eliminated.

The Republicans are disgusting


A list of George W. Bush's judicial nominees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_George_W._Bush

A list of Barack Obama's judicial nominees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Barack_Obama

[Hawaii Hiker]

3. Reagan had EIGHT confirmations to the DC Circuit

Obama could be president as long as FDR and would never get 8 confirmations to the DC Circuit