Quote:The constitution doesnt demand the senate confirm his nominee.

 

 

Quote:Nor does it establish a timeline or process for doing so.

 

I'm fully aware.  The problem I have, and I'm not the only one, is that Senator McConnell is already obstructing the process without having any idea who the president will nominate.

 

That's just plain partisan politics from an obstructionist who claims not to be obstructionist.  If he just said he was going to ignore his constitutional obligation to at least consider confirming a candidate because he wants to keep the court conservative, I'd have more respect for him.

 

Just so we're all on the same page, Article II, Section 2, clause 2 of the US Constitution:

 

<i>He[The President] shall have the Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Councils, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.</i>

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