By Annie Karni
In a bitterly divided Congress, (click here) it was a rare measure that had been expected to sail through without a fight.
A bill to name a federal courthouse in Tallahassee after Justice Joseph W. Hatchett, the first Black man to serve on the Florida Supreme Court — sponsored by the state’s two Republican senators and backed unanimously by its 27 House members — was set to pass the House last month and become law with broad bipartisan support.
But in a last-minute flurry, Republicans abruptly pulled their backing with no explanation and ultimately killed the measure, leaving its fate unclear, many of its champions livid and some of its newfound opponents professing ignorance about what had happened.
Asked what made him vote against a measure that he had co-sponsored, Representative Vern Buchanan, Republican of Florida, was brief and blunt: “I don’t know,” he said....
A bill to name a federal courthouse in Tallahassee after Justice Joseph W. Hatchett, the first Black man to serve on the Florida Supreme Court — sponsored by the state’s two Republican senators and backed unanimously by its 27 House members — was set to pass the House last month and become law with broad bipartisan support.
But in a last-minute flurry, Republicans abruptly pulled their backing with no explanation and ultimately killed the measure, leaving its fate unclear, many of its champions livid and some of its newfound opponents professing ignorance about what had happened.
Asked what made him vote against a measure that he had co-sponsored, Representative Vern Buchanan, Republican of Florida, was brief and blunt: “I don’t know,” he said....
The Republicans are the white supremacists party. There is absolutely no doubt in that. This is yet another example of it.
Dating back to Judge Bork (click here), the Republicans have held increasingly obvious vengeful politics. And now, considering the past work within the Senate Justice Committe, President Biden is receiving his full share of Republican Revenge Politics.
I think "Moscow Mitch" is doing Americans a great favor by declaring that judges are no longer nominated by any given opening on the Supreme Court with a President of either party, but, by political majority in the US Senate. So, when Americans go to the polls they now have one more paradigm to consider. Do Americans elect their US Senators by reputation of blocking obstruction or by the judges they will approve? Or both?
I think Americans when they vote believe they are acting to make their government benevolent, fair and democratic. That has changed with the Republican Party, especially obvious with Trump's involvement in the GOP. Now, when Republican Seantors are elected it isn't under the idea that there is benevolence, but, more a dictatorshiop according to Republcan politics and not the policies of the country.
"Moscow Mitch" is anti-American. That is not just a political statement, it is a statement in fact. The US President is supposed to decide anyone nominated to the Supreme Court. The US Senate is supposed to advise and consent. "Moscow Mitch" has changed those RULES OF LAW. Advise and Consent is not being honored as a Constitutional precept if all the nominations are decided at the ballot box and not that of the US President. That is a great deal of damage to the USA democracy.
The circus the Republicans carried on in the most recent judicial nomination to the US Supreme Court was shameful, yet, to Republicans it was all about B Roll for the PACS to use at will to throw their money at the next election. That is not a democracy, it is a Plutocracy with policy imbedded in a dictatorship.
When a US Senator is elected that means there is one vote in the US Senate. That one vote exists because of the governance of the US Constitution. Predecided votes is not ethical or legal. "Moscow Mitch" needs an ethics investigation. There is absolutely no way a predetermined vote regarding Supreme Court nominations is legal. In that, realize, profoundly qualified nominations will be sent back to their day job without a fair hearing or a fair vote. That is highly illegal according to the USA Supreme Court. If we, as Americans, are to have the governance we want we have to end the openly opposition to the USA Constitution. "Moscow Mitch" is a chronic ethical violator including casting a vote to bring monies to Russian oligarchs to establish steel rolling factories in Kentucky, the state "Moscow Mitch" represents.
The revenge politics of the Republican Party is attacking the USA Constitution. There is no doubt about it. A US Senator having a predetermined vote regarding a nomination to the US Supreme Court is EXTREMELY corrupt. The CORRUPTION is directly due to the monies donated to politics by The Federalist Society. This is a closed loop that provides a guarantee that the USA Constitution takes a back seat to partisan politics and standards set by an private organization. The Federalist Society is BUYING the government. That is EXTREMELY corrupt. What is interesting is that because it is known to be a fact in the USA and openly known, the corruption somehow doesn't matter at the time of elections.
If states that elected CORRUPTED politicians into their seats of power believe they are most qualified to protect that power and the USA Consitution I strongly suggest the states build a new political brain trust and out the current corrupted politicans.
The country acted to protect the USA Consitution in the 2020 election, it isn't over yet. The Republicans are doubling down on a dictatorship and there is no doubt whatsoever.
