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Trump Horror, Day 15: Federal Judge Halts Trump's Muslim Ban

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)2/04/2017 2:42:25 pm PST

re: #243 lawhawk

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GOPers are determined to resurrect the MBF nonsensical BS that Democrats did to Bork what they’re threatening to do with Gorsuch.

This is all such total BS.

Bork was granted hearings. He lost a committee vote, but instead of withdrawing his name from consideration, he asked for a full consideration from the US Senate. The US Senate voted him down, with a bunch of Republicans voting against him. His confirmation was denied by a bipartisan group of Senators.

Now, let’s advance to Garland - who was not only denied a hearing, but never got a vote. The reason? GOP bullshit. They obstructed and blocked a qualified candidate from getting a hearing or vote. Even the GOPers who moments before Obama nominated Garland had stated Garland would be acceptable. They all lied and blocked Garland for no reason other than to deny Obama the right of seating a nominee on the Supreme Court.

Even up to the election, you had GOPers claiming that they would block Clinton appointments to the US Supreme Court.

That’s not Borking. That’s absolute and total abdication of their oaths of office to advice and consent. This isn’t delaying a vote or voting the nominee down. This is pure obstruction for the sake of trying to shift the balance of the court to GOP hands.

Now, Gorsuch is facing opposition from Democrats who lack the numbers to stop him. But they’ll try - as they should. It is a stolen seat and Trump needs to be challenged on every single nomination - we’ve seen rank failures among his nominees when challenged with basic questions about the positions sought. Gorsuch is qualified - but no more or less than Garland. And it will forever be known as a #StolenSeat. The GOP must be held to pay for this treachery.

Robert Bork got a hearing and even opposition from Republicans. Any conservative who uses how Bork was “treated” to justify Garland is full of it. Bork got rejected by Dems because he was an out of touch extremist who made Scalia look like Earl Warren.