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Chuck Schumer: “The bottom line is, the Founding Fathers wanted the Senate to be actively involved in the process. It is my…”

On the recordMarch 4, 2003
The bottom line is, the Founding Fathers wanted the Senate to be actively involved in the process. It is my understanding, as I read the Federalist papers and the deliberations of the Founding Fathers, for a good period of time they were so afraid of the President, so much like a king, having too much power and knowing that judges would have lifetime appointments and have absolute power, at least on the cases they rendered, that for a long period of time they wanted the Senate to appoint the judges.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Discussing the role of the Senate in judicial appointments.

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