Democrats: Judges should require super majority to confirm

Who cares about the constitution?

Published on March 17, 2005 By Draginol In Democrat

The Senate's most famous brain donor, Democrat Barbara Boxer, publicly stated her belief that judges should require a super majority vote to be confirmed -- standing the constitution on its head.

Her argument stemmed from her erroneous belief that once a judge is in, you can't get them out. That's actually not the case. In the early days of the republic, Presidents removed judges quite regularly for not following the constitution. If we got back to that, then we wouldn't have ridiculous shenegans such as supreme court rulings based on "evolving standards".

The constitution isn't a wish list. It's an instruction book on how the government is to be run. If the constitution doesn't explicitly give the government a power, then the power returns to the people -- through their elected representatives.

If Democrats want there to be a super majority requirement to get judges in, then they should try to pass a new constitutional amendment and not play games with senate procedures.

Comments

voodoostation

on Mar 18, 2005

It's a living, breathing document. If it can't breathe it may rot. I think the Democrats actually believe it's an abstract painting now, every visit to it now conjures up a new and completely different image. That and it's fun to look at with a nice glass of cabernet.

Dr Guy

on Mar 18, 2005

The Senate's most famous brain donor, Democrat Barbara Boxer,

That gets an insightful!

But the reason the democrats wont try to change the constitution is simple. They do not have the will of the majority of people, so they cannot.

But what they are ignoring is that this whole hullabaloo is a 2 edged sword. The Republicans will not always be in control, so the shenanigans they try now will be used against them in the future.

terpfan1980

on Mar 18, 2005

Dr. Guy is dead on, the Democrats know that what they do now will certainly bite them in the future, and they also know that they've made the exact opposite arguments in the past (that only simple majorities should be required, etc.)

When Clinton was President and Republicans were doing the stalling, Democrats were screaming that the minority was holding the country hostage.

The Democrats better be extremely careful about what they ask for here, as it truly could cripple them in this area for years to come.

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