Political Quotes

“some of the people I have heard who oppose Ms. Halligan were also some of the same people who successfully opposed an effort in the Congress to actually protect police officers a few years ago. So I want to put the opposition in context. It is probably why so many law enforcement groups support Ms. Halligan, because she stood up for law enforcement, unlike some of the groups we have heard about who oppose her, who sought to make the life of police officers more dangerous. Be that as it may, the Senate stands at a crossroads today. Voting to end the partisan filibuster of this judicial nomination is as important as it was when the Senate did so in connection with the nomination of Judge McConnell to the United States District Court of Rhode Island earlier this year. If we allow the partisan filibuster to go forward, then the Senate will be setting a new standard that no nominee can meet if they wish to be confirmed to the DC Circuit. Republican Senators who just a few years ago argued that filibusters against judicial nominees were unconstitutional and said that they would never support such a filibuster, and those who care about the judiciary in the Senate, need to step forward and do the right thing. You cannot say that filibusters against judicial nominees are unconstitutional when you have a Republican President but suddenly support a filibuster when you have a Democratic President.…”