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Flake's last act: holding up judicial noms until Mueller protection bill passed

@pkcapitol Flake takes action: He will not vote to confir...
Sapphire racy meetinghouse jew
  11/14/18
fuck him. judicial nominees can wait till after the lame duc...
Fragrant emerald dilemma factory reset button
  11/14/18
The plan was actually to confirm a ton in lame duck
submissive glittery lodge
  11/14/18
yeah but if he wants to be a fucking bitch so be it what ...
Fragrant emerald dilemma factory reset button
  11/14/18
Still can, will just need Pence to break ties.
Internet-worthy Mustard Toaster
  11/14/18
Actually, I'm wrong- they won't get out of committee without...
Internet-worthy Mustard Toaster
  11/14/18
Yeah this is absolutely devastating to the GOP
submissive glittery lodge
  11/14/18
Wouldn't say devastating with 2 years left to get nominees t...
Internet-worthy Mustard Toaster
  11/14/18
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appoi...
submissive glittery lodge
  11/14/18
There was talk last year about reducing the time district ju...
Internet-worthy Mustard Toaster
  11/14/18
Here's an article about it: https://thehill.com/homenews/...
Internet-worthy Mustard Toaster
  11/14/18
April 2018. Haven't heard shit about it since
submissive glittery lodge
  11/14/18
music to dems' ears who in 2020 only have to defend 11 senat...
misanthropic swashbuckling coldplay fan
  11/14/18
tcr
Filthy khaki pistol
  11/14/18
0 chance
Fragrant emerald dilemma factory reset button
  11/14/18
Their next shot is 2022
Metal wagecucks
  11/14/18
How is this devestating? They won’t be confirmed in th...
purple pocket flask gay wizard
  11/14/18
Its about floor time
submissive glittery lodge
  11/14/18
Yes but that was partly because they worried they wouldn&rsq...
laughsome roommate property
  11/14/18
Not really - judges take 35 hours of floor time to confirm
submissive glittery lodge
  11/14/18
Theoretically they don’t need his vote to confirm the ...
laughsome roommate property
  11/14/18
Only one COA nominee is currently out of committee. ENJOY Jo...
submissive glittery lodge
  11/14/18
On September 14, 2018, the American Bar Association rated Ko...
laughsome roommate property
  11/14/18
180
Metal wagecucks
  11/14/18
You think TRump even knows the guy looks like http://files.p...
marvelous friendly grandma dingle berry
  11/14/18
alpha
Chocolate sadistic stag film sex offender
  11/14/18
How can Congress prevent the Executive from firing an employ...
translucent bat shit crazy brunch ratface
  11/14/18
They can't. Libs have just been pretending they can. Presuma...
trip territorial office
  11/14/18
This seems much more threatening to “Democracy” ...
translucent bat shit crazy brunch ratface
  11/14/18
So is the idea of court packing and a number of other ideas ...
trip territorial office
  11/14/18
because the rules re: a special counsel are ambiguous at bes...
misanthropic swashbuckling coldplay fan
  11/14/18
What a pathetic grandstanding loser. The sexy blonde pro-Ta...
Irradiated hell lettuce
  11/14/18
I always say that I’d rather have Dems than cucks. Cuc...
cheese-eating idiot goyim
  11/14/18
It’s hard to win when you have one retard constantly s...
translucent bat shit crazy brunch ratface
  11/14/18
It’s almost impossible to win with the overwhelming ((...
cheese-eating idiot goyim
  11/14/18
just shut the fuck up you anti-semetic piece of shit.
Filthy khaki pistol
  11/14/18
Woah! not cr, friend!
Chocolate sadistic stag film sex offender
  11/14/18
Please. Flake voted pretty much in lockstep with majority. Y...
purple pocket flask gay wizard
  11/14/18
We have a (slightly) larger Senate majority now, and Flake w...
Irradiated hell lettuce
  11/14/18
Flake is so bad that getting him off the judiciary committee...
laughsome roommate property
  11/14/18
...
Irradiated hell lettuce
  11/14/18
The committee time won't have been wasted, though- I seem to...
Internet-worthy Mustard Toaster
  11/14/18
so why doesn't mitch mccuckle just remove him from the judic...
Mauve Sticky Mental Disorder Wrinkle
  11/14/18
cq
purple pocket flask gay wizard
  11/14/18
...
aromatic masturbator
  11/14/18
That would be awesome. Strip Flake of all committee posts. ...
Irradiated hell lettuce
  11/14/18
The Sargeant at Arms will remove the Gentleman from Arizona ...
trip territorial office
  11/15/18
he should absolutely do this, i dont see any downside
sickened nursing home trust fund
  11/14/18
...
poppy talented messiness
  11/14/18
...
flushed floppy school cafeteria
  11/15/18
180 fuck trump
misanthropic swashbuckling coldplay fan
  11/14/18
indeed
Filthy khaki pistol
  11/14/18
Flake is literally a retard who takes cues from his buttboy ...
cyan motley national security agency
  11/14/18
...
Fragrant emerald dilemma factory reset button
  12/04/18
This article says McConnell can move it out of committee wit...
Internet-worthy Mustard Toaster
  11/14/18
https://nypost.com/2018/11/29/the-protect-mueller-bill-is-bl...
Irradiated hell lettuce
  12/04/18
excerpt: The president is the chief executive, and like i...
Irradiated hell lettuce
  12/04/18


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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:24 PM
Author: Sapphire racy meetinghouse jew

@pkcapitol

Flake takes action: He will not vote to confirm any judicial nominee that is already on Senate calendar, and will oppose any judicial nominee in committee, until the Mueller protection bill gets a vote.

In 51-49 Senate, that can make McConnell life a tad more difficult.

https://twitter.com/pkcapitol/status/1062817968755752960



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232674)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:25 PM
Author: Fragrant emerald dilemma factory reset button

fuck him. judicial nominees can wait till after the lame duck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232686)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:26 PM
Author: submissive glittery lodge

The plan was actually to confirm a ton in lame duck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232690)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:27 PM
Author: Fragrant emerald dilemma factory reset button

yeah but if he wants to be a fucking bitch so be it

what the shit is the meueller protection bill anyway? why does that skeletor looking faggot need any protection?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232695)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:30 PM
Author: Internet-worthy Mustard Toaster

Still can, will just need Pence to break ties.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232717)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:37 PM
Author: Internet-worthy Mustard Toaster

Actually, I'm wrong- they won't get out of committee without Flake's vote:

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/416751-flake-says-hell-oppose-judicial-nominees-until-mueller-bill-gets-vote

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232768)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:43 PM
Author: submissive glittery lodge

Yeah this is absolutely devastating to the GOP

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232789)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:50 PM
Author: Internet-worthy Mustard Toaster

Wouldn't say devastating with 2 years left to get nominees through, with an even larger majority and no Flake to worry about. Definitely a monkey wrench in the short term plans though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232835)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:53 PM
Author: submissive glittery lodge

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Donald_Trump

Look how much of a backlog there is especially for district court. GOP needs every day it can get.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232860)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:56 PM
Author: Internet-worthy Mustard Toaster

There was talk last year about reducing the time district judges could be held on the floor to only two hours. Kind of a nuclear option for district judges. I recall at the time that only Lamar Alexander opposed among Republican Senators, and McCain's absence prevented them from doing it.

I see no reason they couldn't pass that next Congress and, if so, district court nominees should fly through the Senate.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232884)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 5:02 PM
Author: Internet-worthy Mustard Toaster

Here's an article about it:

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/384943-gop-moves-to-cut-debate-time-for-trump-noms

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232923)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 5:15 PM
Author: submissive glittery lodge

April 2018. Haven't heard shit about it since

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232979)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 5:29 PM
Author: misanthropic swashbuckling coldplay fan

music to dems' ears who in 2020 only have to defend 11 senate seats compared to 22 for the republicans. very plausible they could net 3-4 seats in that election.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37233062)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 8:29 PM
Author: Filthy khaki pistol

tcr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37234526)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 8:33 PM
Author: Fragrant emerald dilemma factory reset button

0 chance

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37234559)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 8:34 PM
Author: Metal wagecucks

Their next shot is 2022

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37234575)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:54 PM
Author: purple pocket flask gay wizard

How is this devestating? They won’t be confirmed in the next session? Repubs have more votes now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232863)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:57 PM
Author: submissive glittery lodge

Its about floor time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232890)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:42 PM
Author: laughsome roommate property

Yes but that was partly because they worried they wouldn’t keep the senate.

Since they kept the senate, this is a temporary meaningless delay.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232788)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:43 PM
Author: submissive glittery lodge

Not really - judges take 35 hours of floor time to confirm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232793)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:48 PM
Author: laughsome roommate property

Theoretically they don’t need his vote to confirm the ones already out of committee



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232817)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:50 PM
Author: submissive glittery lodge

Only one COA nominee is currently out of committee. ENJOY Jonathan Kobes on the 8th circuit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232829)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 5:09 PM
Author: laughsome roommate property

On September 14, 2018, the American Bar Association rated Kobes "Not Qualified."

MAGA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232956)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 8:33 PM
Author: Metal wagecucks

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37234550)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 8:26 PM
Author: marvelous friendly grandma dingle berry

You think TRump even knows the guy looks like http://files.pfaw.org/uploads/2018/11/jonathan-kobes-800x458.png

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37234500)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 8:42 PM
Author: Chocolate sadistic stag film sex offender

alpha

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37234638)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:38 PM
Author: translucent bat shit crazy brunch ratface

How can Congress prevent the Executive from firing an employee of the Executive

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232774)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:46 PM
Author: trip territorial office

They can't. Libs have just been pretending they can. Presumably this bill makes it so but who knows wtf these guys are up to.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232805)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:48 PM
Author: translucent bat shit crazy brunch ratface

This seems much more threatening to “Democracy” and seperation if powers than anything Trump has even suggested. And conservatives are going along with it. Its baffling.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232818)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:52 PM
Author: trip territorial office

So is the idea of court packing and a number of other ideas popular in lib circles. They're a menace.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232849)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 5:30 PM
Author: misanthropic swashbuckling coldplay fan

because the rules re: a special counsel are ambiguous at best

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37233071)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:40 PM
Author: Irradiated hell lettuce

What a pathetic grandstanding loser. The sexy blonde pro-Taliban democrat will be an improvement over Flake.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232782)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:45 PM
Author: cheese-eating idiot goyim

I always say that I’d rather have Dems than cucks. Cucks are THE WORST, and legitimize the Dems.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232801)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:47 PM
Author: translucent bat shit crazy brunch ratface

It’s hard to win when you have one retard constantly scoring own goals

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232808)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:51 PM
Author: cheese-eating idiot goyim

It’s almost impossible to win with the overwhelming (((media))) in this country.

Add in cucks, and it’s basically impossible. I want every single cuckservative voted out and replaced with more Trump-friendly politicians, and the midterms were a step in the right direction.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232843)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 8:31 PM
Author: Filthy khaki pistol

just shut the fuck up you anti-semetic piece of shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37234537)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 8:43 PM
Author: Chocolate sadistic stag film sex offender

Woah! not cr, friend!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37234643)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:56 PM
Author: purple pocket flask gay wizard

Please. Flake voted pretty much in lockstep with majority. You think that pink tutu would have voted to confirm kav?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232885)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 5:00 PM
Author: Irradiated hell lettuce

We have a (slightly) larger Senate majority now, and Flake will be replaced on the SJC by someone with more backbone, hopefully.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232909)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 5:10 PM
Author: laughsome roommate property

Flake is so bad that getting him off the judiciary committee is almost worth losing his seat over

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232961)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 8:23 PM
Author: Irradiated hell lettuce



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37234464)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:54 PM
Author: Internet-worthy Mustard Toaster

The committee time won't have been wasted, though- I seem to recall there's a procedure where nominees who already testified before the committee the previous session don't have to do so again.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232866)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:56 PM
Author: Mauve Sticky Mental Disorder Wrinkle

so why doesn't mitch mccuckle just remove him from the judiciary committee? judiciary committee appointments are not matters of law; they are just part of senate procedure.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232881)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 4:57 PM
Author: purple pocket flask gay wizard

cq

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232891)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 5:00 PM
Author: aromatic masturbator



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232907)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 5:02 PM
Author: Irradiated hell lettuce

That would be awesome. Strip Flake of all committee posts. And take his coat while you're at it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37232925)



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Date: November 15th, 2018 8:36 AM
Author: trip territorial office

The Sargeant at Arms will remove the Gentleman from Arizona from the committeeroom. Also, take his coat.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37237348)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 8:24 PM
Author: sickened nursing home trust fund

he should absolutely do this, i dont see any downside

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37234479)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 9:56 PM
Author: poppy talented messiness



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37235187)



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Date: November 15th, 2018 8:26 AM
Author: flushed floppy school cafeteria



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37237312)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 5:26 PM
Author: misanthropic swashbuckling coldplay fan

180 fuck trump

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37233038)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 8:38 PM
Author: Filthy khaki pistol

indeed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37234608)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 9:05 PM
Author: cyan motley national security agency

Flake is literally a retard who takes cues from his buttboy Chris Coons.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37234809)



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Date: December 4th, 2018 5:20 PM
Author: Fragrant emerald dilemma factory reset button



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37350167)



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Date: November 14th, 2018 10:02 PM
Author: Internet-worthy Mustard Toaster

This article says McConnell can move it out of committee without Flake:

In both cases, however, there are ways for McConnell to just barrel forward: He can move nominees even if they haven’t been approved by committee, and he could likely keep the Republican conference united on most judicial picks.

https://www.vox.com/2018/11/14/18095703/jeff-flake-mueller-nominees



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37235235)



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Date: December 4th, 2018 4:28 PM
Author: Irradiated hell lettuce

https://nypost.com/2018/11/29/the-protect-mueller-bill-is-blatantly-unconstitutional/



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37349912)



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Date: December 4th, 2018 4:28 PM
Author: Irradiated hell lettuce

excerpt:

The president is the chief executive, and like it or not, Trump is president. This means he runs the executive branch. “I conceive that if any power whatsoever is in its nature executive,” James Madison declared, “it is the power of appointing, overseeing and controlling those who execute the laws.”

If the president can fire the attorney general — the ill-used Jeff Sessions attests that he can — he certainly can fire Mueller. The attorney general is a much more important position than the special counsel.

In compelling Senate testimony, Yale law professor Akhil Amar explained the constitutional problems with the Mueller protection bill. The special counsel by definition is an inferior officer. Otherwise, he has to be confirmed by the Senate, which Mueller wasn’t. And if he’s an inferior officer, he can be fired.

Amar’s point is that Mueller can’t be an unconfirmed inferior officer in some respects and a hyper-superior officer in others, enjoying protections from his ouster that even cabinet officials don’t enjoy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4133100&forum_id=2#37349916)