Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Republican Senators May 'Go Nuclear'

Posted by michael on from the mutually-assured-destruction dept.

expriest writes "In an attempt to confirm Bush's most conservative nominees to the federal bench, Senate Republican leaders are considering a nuclear option. Under this procedure, the person chairing the Senate rules that filibusters of judicial nominations are unconstitutional. Republicans claim a simple majority (51 senators) would be all that is necessary to uphold this ruling, and therefore give them the power to confirm judges. The problem with this procedure, however, is that the Supreme Court could still overrule the Senate, and the status of the then improperly confirmed judges would be unknown."

5 of 323 comments (clear)

  1. GOP'ed words by missing000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    can a republican senator even say "nuclear" correctly?

  2. Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I was getting tired of democracy anyway. Two and a quarter centuries of tradition isn't that big a deal to begin with.

  3. Re:The Republicans aren't going to own... by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 3, Funny

    These folks believe the "rapture" is coming before that time...

    --
    "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
    Never been known to fail..."
  4. Re:Never Happen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    While you're discussing the theocratic Senator himself, be sure to check the Santorum Google bomb before it gets wiped away...

    (Google "santorum")

  5. Re:Please stop posting. by theghost · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Help! Help! I'm being oppressed!"

    I don't think he was saying agree or shut up. I think he was saying "don't be a dumbass or shut up." Better to argue that you're not a dumbass than to argue that he's a meanie.

    --
    The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.