Dems Change Confirmation Process

An excellent article about the dems judicial shennanigans by Senator John Cornyn

This has been going on for a long time. For my liberal readers: read John Cornyn's article and imagine if the Repubs did this to Clinton's nominees (they did not, by the way).

The Senate is there to vote on confirmation. That means that the whole Senate votes. If more vote for than against, the candidate is confirmed. The Dems know that more than 51 senators would vote for these nominees. Ergo, they are forcing a supermajority vote (60) to end a filibuster and THEN the candidate would get the straight up and down vote needing a 51 or better margin to be confirmed. It's called hijacjing folks. In effect, that means that any candidate needs a 60 vote supermajority just to be confirmed rather than the 51 required by the Constitution.

OpinionJournal - Extra - John Cornyn On Judicial Confirmation Politics

Today, a minority of obstructionist senators are forcing upon the confirmation process a supermajority requirement of 60 votes. They are using the filibuster not simply to ensure adequate debate, but actually to block many of our nation's numerous judicial vacancies from being filled.

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