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"Elections have consequences" --Barack Hussein ObamaPresident Trump, not Hillary Clinton, is moving ahead to fill three vacancies on the super duper liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. He is basically laughing off the Democrats' resistance to nominate conservative judges.
In the past, presidents worked with senators from judicial nominees' home state in the process of selecting their judicial picks. Now it's California who needs judgeships on the bench but President Trump is not asking for either comrades Feinstein or Harris for a "blue slip" or opinion of whom they would like to see on the bench.
The White House announced Wednesday that President Trump has nominated Patrick "Boom-Boom" Bumatay and Kenneth Kiyul Lee. Both are from California and both are reportedly members of the Federalist Society, a conservative group, to the influential circuit.
You may recall how this court has been like a burr on a bicycle seat for Trump, representing nine Western states. They ruled against the travel ban and limits on funding to "sanctuary cities." The GOP has branded these libtards the "Nutty 9th," partly due to their many rulings being overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
According to The Sacramento Bee, White House officials had been negotiating with Feinstein and Harris regarding the court appointments earlier in the year, but the dialogue collapsed over the summer.
Perhaps if the two weren't such dick-weeds over the Brett Kavanaugh hearings for Supreme Court confirmation, Trump would have been softer and kinder. But hey, who am I kidding?
The president and Republicans accused Feinstein of withholding information about an alleged claim of sexual assault against Kavanaugh until the hearing was over. And both Feinstein and Harris voted against the Kavanaugh confirmation, so why would Trump ask for their opinion about his nomination?
Allegiances and votes have consequences too.
Both California senators were angry about the news of the latest appointments. Feinstein stated that she had been prepared to accept a reported White House proposal of three other judges. She opposed Collins and Lee because, she claims, Lee failed to disclose his "controversial writings" on voting rights and affirmative action.
Perhaps he only wants actual American citizens be allowed to vote. How terrible.
"I repeatedly told the White House I wanted to reach an agreement on a package of 9th Circuit nominees, but last night the White House moved forward without consulting me, picking controversial [read: conservative] candidates from an initial list and another individual with no judicial experience who had not previously been suggested," she wrote in a statement.
Boo hoo.
"Instead of working with our office to identify consensus nominees for the 9th Circuit, the White House continues to try to pack the courts with partisan judges who will blindly support the president's agenda, instead of acting as an independent check on this administration," Harris mouthpiece Lily Adams told The Sacramento Bee.
Harris is wrong. If a judge is conservative and interprets the law that way, then yes, it goes along with the way Trump may be acting in his policies right now. But it doesn't make them shills for Trump. It simply means their overall philosophy is similar.
On the other hand, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, when it was stuffed with liberals, did exactly what Harris is claiming Trump's nominees would do: they voted against Trump every chance they got and then the Supreme Court usually overturned their clearly partisan decisions.
It was rule by judiciary until checked by SCOTUS.
Even if all of Trump's nominees were to get confirmed, it wouldn't result in a Republican majority.
The Los Angeles Times reports that the approval of Idaho attorney Ryan Nelson brings the Republican appointees to 10. If Trump fills the current openings, it would bring it to 13 Republicans and 16 Democrats.
But the Democrats aren't happy unless all of the 9th Circuit was filled with lefties.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Thursday that he wanted the Senate to stay in session until all of the 49 now pending judicial appointments are confirmed.
"Lots of work to do," Grassley tweeted. "Senate [should] stay in session til all 49 judges are CONFIRMED/ work comes [before] campaigning."
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