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In reply to the discussion: Dear Senator Dianne Feinstein: This is not about you. [View all]FBaggins
(26,783 posts)91. Not at all - the goal is to get good judges onto the bench
All four steps in the process have an influence on that final result.
1 - Judicial retirements
2 - Presidential nomination
3 - Committee consideration and recommendation
4 - Full Senate confirmation vote
Delays at any step in the process can influence how many judges get confirmed in a given term. There are currently 77 judicial vacancies (some going back several years). The president has nominated people to fill 35 of those slots. 18 of those have passed through committee and are waiting on floor votes (so it isn't possible that 24 have failed to pass through based on Feinstein's absence)
You claim that nominations are "not an issue" - yet it's far larger than anything created by Feinstein - you just don't want to focus on it. You claim that Harris' tiebreaking vote means that floor votes are not an issue - yet that too is incorrect. Other senate absences (Durbin/Fetterman) have slowed that down - but again... nobody is hoping to use their retirement to further their own political career - so it's "not an issue".
There's no indication at all that the total number of judges that we can seat in this term will be impacted by Feinstein's absence unless she misses several additional months. The flood of democratic judges looking to be replaced while Biden still has a senate majority has already occurred and the senate has confirmed an incredible number of them (exceeding TFG's numbers). The judiciary committee can keep up with the remaining volume even if they miss and have to reschedule a few hearings.
1 - Judicial retirements
2 - Presidential nomination
3 - Committee consideration and recommendation
4 - Full Senate confirmation vote
Delays at any step in the process can influence how many judges get confirmed in a given term. There are currently 77 judicial vacancies (some going back several years). The president has nominated people to fill 35 of those slots. 18 of those have passed through committee and are waiting on floor votes (so it isn't possible that 24 have failed to pass through based on Feinstein's absence)
You claim that nominations are "not an issue" - yet it's far larger than anything created by Feinstein - you just don't want to focus on it. You claim that Harris' tiebreaking vote means that floor votes are not an issue - yet that too is incorrect. Other senate absences (Durbin/Fetterman) have slowed that down - but again... nobody is hoping to use their retirement to further their own political career - so it's "not an issue".
There's no indication at all that the total number of judges that we can seat in this term will be impacted by Feinstein's absence unless she misses several additional months. The flood of democratic judges looking to be replaced while Biden still has a senate majority has already occurred and the senate has confirmed an incredible number of them (exceeding TFG's numbers). The judiciary committee can keep up with the remaining volume even if they miss and have to reschedule a few hearings.
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I will tell you what we are paying for, those self-identifed progressives who refused to vote for
JohnSJ
Apr 2023
#18
Really? The SC was at stake. Which part of that didn't those stupid voters understand? In every
JohnSJ
Apr 2023
#90
The US is facing one of the most serious times in our history. We need all hands onboard.
Irish_Dem
Apr 2023
#4
I think those reports, like the overwrought reports about Feinstein (and McConnell)
onenote
Apr 2023
#114
So as far as you're concerned, she's totally sane, right in the head, and
NotVeryImportant
Apr 2023
#115
So far as I'm concerned, apart from being unable to participate after she got shingles,
onenote
Apr 2023
#116
This is totally what it's about. There could have been respectful conversations with
Nixie
Apr 2023
#15
Thanks to you also for your very informative posts and exposing the distortions that
Nixie
Apr 2023
#27
Your posts have been so incredibly informative and completely expose the disinformation
Nixie
Apr 2023
#26
Thanks again for your factual posts that counter the hyperbolic ridiculousness DU is so prone to.
emulatorloo
Apr 2023
#67
You're absolutely right. These kinds of threads are not only reasonable discussion,
FoxNewsSucks
Apr 2023
#45
"Of the 58 votes Feinstein has missed while ill, 25 were for judicial nominees..."
SunSeeker
Apr 2023
#50
how is so pressing when there are still nominees waiting for votes from the full Senate?
bigtree
Apr 2023
#73
Give me one example of a judicial nominee who hasn't been confirmed because of Feinstein's absence?
onenote
Apr 2023
#16
Thank-you. In addition, she will be back soon. She has also instructed Schumer is she is needed on
JohnSJ
Apr 2023
#21
Good. And that needs to keep up, or even increase. NOT come to a standstill.
FoxNewsSucks
Apr 2023
#48
Then shouldn't pressure be put on Schumer to bring the 18 pending nominations to the floor?
onenote
Apr 2023
#57
Whether she resigns or just leaves the judiciary committee, we're still screwed
Fiendish Thingy
Apr 2023
#34
Same here. And said he did a "masterful job" on that hearing while hugging him.
FoxNewsSucks
Apr 2023
#49
Cyrano said perfectly what I have been thinking. Nicely done. I just want to add that a significant
flashman13
Apr 2023
#38
Just a guess, but some of the same folks declaring Feinstein incapable of recovering
onenote
Apr 2023
#105