Political Quotes

“this week, Senate Republicans sought to confirm the 10th, 11th, and 12th circuit court nominees of the year. The Republican-controlled Senate has been moving at warp speed to try to confirm President Trump's circuit court nominees as quickly as possible. Twelve circuit court nominees is the same number of nominees confirmed in the first years of Presidents Obama, Bush, and Clinton combined. In quickly rushing through President Trump's picks for these critical lifetime appointments, my Republican colleagues have been abandoning longstanding norms of due diligence and careful scrutiny. They want to rubberstamp these nominees despite a lack of complete information about the nominees' records and despite clear warning signs about the nominees' ideologies, temperaments and judgment. Consider the nominees that came before us this week. Eighth Circuit nominee Steven Grasz received a rare unanimous ``not qualified'' rating from the American Bar Association. Only 4 out of 1,755 nominees reviewed by the ABA since 1989 have received this rating. For those who are not aware, the ABA has worked since the Eisenhower administration to conduct a confidential peer review process for vetting judicial candidates. For their review of Mr. Grasz, the ABA conducted 207 interviews with his peers. These interviews revealed some very troubling things. People familiar with Mr.…”