Republican Senators May 'Go Nuclear'

Posted by michael on Friday September 10, 2004 @05:44AM 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."

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Spelling! by TeknoHog · 2004-09-10 06:31 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I thought the republican spelling was 'nukular'

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You are new here, aren't you? by Safety+Cap · 2004-09-10 07:25 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Don't remember the 503 errors that happen after every code update? The lack of any process, the rogue programmer syndrome?
What will you do when the government can't communicate and Taco only shrugs and says, "Par for the course," before turning back to his gin and juice?

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