Comments on: Are judicial nomination battles damaging our democracy? http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2011/09/are-judicial-nomination-battles-damaging-our-democracy/ Smart Conversation about the Constitution Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:04:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Gavel Grab » Obama Makes History by Diverse Judicial Picks http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2011/09/are-judicial-nomination-battles-damaging-our-democracy/#comment-2140 Gavel Grab » Obama Makes History by Diverse Judicial Picks Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:45:59 +0000 http://blog-dev.constitutioncenter.org/?p=7714#comment-2140 [...] hearing lasted an hour and he was confirmed a few days later. His commentary appears in the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution [...]

]]> By: Jim Olsen http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2011/09/are-judicial-nomination-battles-damaging-our-democracy/#comment-4714 Jim Olsen Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:18:52 +0000 http://blog-dev.constitutioncenter.org/?p=7714#comment-4714 It’s interesting that this article mentions the elder Bush, and Obama, but not the younger Bush. This lets the author rail against Republican obstruction of Obama’s nominees, which maintaining a stony silence about Democratic obstruction of the younger Bush’s nominees.

This is not to deny that judicial obstruction is a problem. But you can only pin it on the Republicans via a highly selective view of history.

]]> By: Jim Olsen http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2011/09/are-judicial-nomination-battles-damaging-our-democracy/#comment-2519 Jim Olsen Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:18:52 +0000 http://blog-dev.constitutioncenter.org/?p=7714#comment-2519 It’s interesting that this article mentions the elder Bush, and Obama, but not the younger Bush. This lets the author rail against Republican obstruction of Obama’s nominees, which maintaining a stony silence about Democratic obstruction of the younger Bush’s nominees.

This is not to deny that judicial obstruction is a problem. But you can only pin it on the Republicans via a highly selective view of history.

]]> By: Jim Olsen http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2011/09/are-judicial-nomination-battles-damaging-our-democracy/#comment-2518 Jim Olsen Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:18:52 +0000 http://blog-dev.constitutioncenter.org/?p=7714#comment-2518 It’s interesting that this article mentions the elder Bush, and Obama, but not the younger Bush. This lets the author rail against Republican obstruction of Obama’s nominees, which maintaining a stony silence about Democratic obstruction of the younger Bush’s nominees.

This is not to deny that judicial obstruction is a problem. But you can only pin it on the Republicans via a highly selective view of history.

]]> By: Jim Olsen http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2011/09/are-judicial-nomination-battles-damaging-our-democracy/#comment-2517 Jim Olsen Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:18:52 +0000 http://blog-dev.constitutioncenter.org/?p=7714#comment-2517 It’s interesting that this article mentions the elder Bush, and Obama, but not the younger Bush. This lets the author rail against Republican obstruction of Obama’s nominees, which maintaining a stony silence about Democratic obstruction of the younger Bush’s nominees.

This is not to deny that judicial obstruction is a problem. But you can only pin it on the Republicans via a highly selective view of history.

]]> By: Jim Olsen http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2011/09/are-judicial-nomination-battles-damaging-our-democracy/#comment-2508 Jim Olsen Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:18:52 +0000 http://blog-dev.constitutioncenter.org/?p=7714#comment-2508 It’s interesting that this article mentions the elder Bush, and Obama, but not the younger Bush. This lets the author rail against Republican obstruction of Obama’s nominees, which maintaining a stony silence about Democratic obstruction of the younger Bush’s nominees.

This is not to deny that judicial obstruction is a problem. But you can only pin it on the Republicans via a highly selective view of history.

]]> By: Jim Olsen http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2011/09/are-judicial-nomination-battles-damaging-our-democracy/#comment-2509 Jim Olsen Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:18:52 +0000 http://blog-dev.constitutioncenter.org/?p=7714#comment-2509 It’s interesting that this article mentions the elder Bush, and Obama, but not the younger Bush. This lets the author rail against Republican obstruction of Obama’s nominees, which maintaining a stony silence about Democratic obstruction of the younger Bush’s nominees.

This is not to deny that judicial obstruction is a problem. But you can only pin it on the Republicans via a highly selective view of history.

]]> By: Jim Olsen http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2011/09/are-judicial-nomination-battles-damaging-our-democracy/#comment-2510 Jim Olsen Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:18:52 +0000 http://blog-dev.constitutioncenter.org/?p=7714#comment-2510 It’s interesting that this article mentions the elder Bush, and Obama, but not the younger Bush. This lets the author rail against Republican obstruction of Obama’s nominees, which maintaining a stony silence about Democratic obstruction of the younger Bush’s nominees.

This is not to deny that judicial obstruction is a problem. But you can only pin it on the Republicans via a highly selective view of history.

]]> By: Jim Olsen http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2011/09/are-judicial-nomination-battles-damaging-our-democracy/#comment-2511 Jim Olsen Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:18:52 +0000 http://blog-dev.constitutioncenter.org/?p=7714#comment-2511 It’s interesting that this article mentions the elder Bush, and Obama, but not the younger Bush. This lets the author rail against Republican obstruction of Obama’s nominees, which maintaining a stony silence about Democratic obstruction of the younger Bush’s nominees.

This is not to deny that judicial obstruction is a problem. But you can only pin it on the Republicans via a highly selective view of history.

]]> By: Jim Olsen http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2011/09/are-judicial-nomination-battles-damaging-our-democracy/#comment-2512 Jim Olsen Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:18:52 +0000 http://blog-dev.constitutioncenter.org/?p=7714#comment-2512 It’s interesting that this article mentions the elder Bush, and Obama, but not the younger Bush. This lets the author rail against Republican obstruction of Obama’s nominees, which maintaining a stony silence about Democratic obstruction of the younger Bush’s nominees.

This is not to deny that judicial obstruction is a problem. But you can only pin it on the Republicans via a highly selective view of history.

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