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by kim @ 5:54 pm. Filed under Uncategorized

While spending some time going through the list of usual suspects for Arbusto’s jihad of the Supreme Court, I ran into this little bit from the always hackalicious Byron York:

Look for Republicans to point to the confirmations of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer as models of the process that should be employed in the effort to replace Sandra Day O’Connor. Both Ginsburg and Breyer were nominated and confirmed at a time (1993-1994) in which the president’s party — Democrats — also controlled the Senate. And both were given relatively easy passage through the Senate because the minority party — Republicans — cooperated with Democrats to ensure a quick confirmation. Ginsburg was nominated on June 14, 1993 and confirmed by the Senate on August 3, 1993. Breyer was nominated on May 13, 1994 and confirmed on July 29, 1994.

They moved with such speed because Republicans, in particular Sen. Orrin Hatch, the ranking GOP member on the Senate Judiciary Committee at the time, declined to challenge their records.

What Byron omits is that Orrin Hatch suggested Ginsburg. That’s why they call it advise and consent, Yorky Boy.

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