Watson Coleman: “You have to ask yourself, 214 years and the Senate has not done this, has not stopped a judicial circuit court nominee…”

“You have to ask yourself, 214 years and the Senate has not done this, has not stopped a judicial circuit court nominee by filibuster. That is a fact. My colleagues on the other side can argue with charts but that is the reality. You have to ask yourself, for 214 years was the Senate a rubberstamp for the President? I don't think so. I don't think anyone could make that argument. What you have is the reality that the Senate was exercising its constitutional responsibility. And doing it in a constitutionally responsible way. That is what is important, doing it with respect for the Constitution, respect for the authority of the President to set forth the nominee, respect for the obligations upon the Senate to advise and consent, by a majority vote. Again, the Constitution, article II, says treaties need a supermajority, not a simple majority vote. What we have here is the minority saying we are not living by majority votes when it comes to judicial nominees regardless of what is in the Constitution. That is unfortunate. It is more than unfortunate. It undermines the principles upon which this democracy is based.”