Federal Judiciary

McCain as Nominator in Chief

By AndrewHyman

Here?s an interesting post over at Redstate: "Why the idea of John McCain appointing Supreme Court Justices worries me even more than Rudy Giuliani appointing them." Check it out.

UPDATE: We'd be remiss if we didn't also point out this recent McCain quote: "Can you find me one republican who now thinks we should have only 51% to confirm a judge?" Yes. A GOP Senate minority has never permanently blocked confirmation of a judge (notwithstanding what John Dean says).

UPDATE #2: Sen. McCain seems to have won the GOP primary in New Hampshire this evening, so let's hope the concerns about his nominating skills are off the mark. Romney now has an overall three-to-one lead over McCain in the delegate count.

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Full post as published by ConfirmThem on January 08, 2008 (boomark / email).