President Obama laid down the gauntlet once again and dared Republicans to go against the American people and the Constitution by not doing their job.
Announcing his selection of judges to fill the three vacancies on the federal appeals court in D.C, the president reminded Americans that nominating qualified individuals for these positions was his job, and voting on the nominees was Congress’s job. And he reminded the country that republicans have used politics to block almost all of his nominees to date, for no other reason but politics.
“There’s no reason — aside from politics — for Republicans to block these individuals from getting an up or down vote,” the President said during a ceremony unveiling three nominee. “It’s important we don’t play games here.”
Of course, Republicans will not disappoint. They have already signalled that they will in fact, do all the can to block these new nominees. Said Republican Chuck Grassley;
“It’s hard to imagine the rationale for nominating three judges at once for this court given the many vacant emergency seats across the country, unless your goal is to pack the court to advance a certain policy agenda.”
The hope by the Administration is that the American people would see the obvious, that Republicans have no intention of doing the people’s work, but instead would do what they think is best for them politically.
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