And the consequence is it is technically true that a judge like Karen, Judge Karen Immergut from Oregon is technically a Trump appointee to the federal bench. But the reason why she’s a Trump appointee to the federal bench is because the only way to get that seat filled was the two Democrat senators from Oregon had to sign off on her nomination because they were never going to sign off on anyone that’s a conservative. That’s the reality on it. So when you read in the press that another Trump appointee in these anti-gun, anti-American blue states has ruled against Donald Trump, don’t be duped. [Watch]
Anybody see any movement from Trump and Republican senators to explain and try to change that, or are we just supposed to accept that tyranny and treason-enabling “blue slips” are prioritized over the prime directives in the Preamble by the Uniparty’s entrenched political class, and that A-raters will vote for cloture and then for confirmation, no one will be held accountable, and apologists will tell us there’s nothing we can do about it?
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Why do the two Senators from Oregon have such veto power over confirmation votes? I thought federal judges had to be confirmed by the WHOLE Senate?
Do every State’s Senators have full veto power over judicial confirmations that will be serving in their State/region? Where is that in the Constitution?
Where I’m going with that is, if the choice is between appointing a domestic enemy the State’s Senators approve of, or leaving the seat unfilled, I say, leave it unfilled. I get that a vacant seat when the next President (possibly, if not likely, from the opposing party) takes over could be a disaster if/when they get confirmed in the future, but on the other hand, is appointing and confirming a domestic enemy now any less damaging?