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65. Renominate Goodwin Liu!!!!

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Fri Nov 22, 2013, 12:56 PM

Nov 2013

Let's get him in there! And more like him!

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Well that didn't take long. Cloture invoked on nominee Patricia Millett 55-43! [View all] Cali_Democrat Nov 2013 OP

Pack. The. Fucking. Courts. alcibiades_mystery Nov 2013 #1

Except that there are three vacancies so it's not packing to all but ReTHUGs malaise Nov 2013 #4

we need to start filling those vacancies fast with not jut progressives arely staircase Nov 2013 #6

+1,000,000 malaise Nov 2013 #8

+Infinity Fantastic Anarchist Nov 2013 #39

+1 and a bounce! Politicub Nov 2013 #49

Yes, this IS riversedge Nov 2013 #50

Some people change their political leanings. bluestate10 Nov 2013 #51

Clarence the angel hasn't mdbl Nov 2013 #61

I just want them to be qualified and fair n/t Gore1FL Nov 2013 #68

There are over ninty vacancies. Bandit Nov 2013 #18

You're right malaise Nov 2013 #32

And that's just the vacancies in the courts DWinNJ Nov 2013 #67

Three vacancies on the DC Appeals Court, plenty more elsewhere JHB Nov 2013 #19

I heard there are 42 vacancies? brush Nov 2013 #62

NOW, THIS MINUTE!! EVERY SINGLE OPEN SEAT! mountain grammy Nov 2013 #13

And make sure they are young enough to stick around should we lose the WH in 2016 LynneSin Nov 2013 #25

They have 12 months to dig out for the MASSIVE hole Cosmocat Nov 2013 #43

Hear Hear, Sir: Fill Every Vacancy That Exists The Magistrate Nov 2013 #47

By all means, appoint liberal justices, but please don't use the phrase "pack the courts" . . . markpkessinger Nov 2013 #64

Exactly! HenryWallace Nov 2013 #66

OK. This is PROGRESS. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2013 #2

Progressive policies once again are a win for us all:) grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #55

Awesome! zappaman Nov 2013 #3

Excellent! MineralMan Nov 2013 #5

Who was it who used to have that avatar Skidmore Nov 2013 #9

Sorry, I don't know... MineralMan Nov 2013 #11

Maddy McCall PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #15

Thank you. Skidmore Nov 2013 #20

I miss matcom's smiley butt too. nt Mnemosyne Nov 2013 #29

I miss matcom too, but not so much the smiley butt. Owl Nov 2013 #41

I miss them all! juajen Nov 2013 #54

It always made me smile! So many to miss these days... Mnemosyne Dec 2013 #70

Love that picture, MineralMan~ sheshe2 Nov 2013 #21

Me too. Frogs make good stand-ins for humans. MineralMan Nov 2013 #22

Fantastic sharp_stick Nov 2013 #7

How about swapping that insult out Ms. Toad Nov 2013 #53

How many are out of committee and currently blocked from vote? Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #10

Two long lists on the link below Tx4obama Nov 2013 #14

She had been already voted out of committe. BUT there is a HUGE problem now... Tx4obama Nov 2013 #12

So then change the judiciary committee quorum rules. Cali_Democrat Nov 2013 #16

I don't know how they will fix this - but they will have to find a way. n/t Tx4obama Nov 2013 #17

Why do you think it's huge? sharp_stick Nov 2013 #26

Oh course they could continue to boycott the committee and their supporters would love that... Tx4obama Nov 2013 #27

No, they can't. jeff47 Nov 2013 #36

Yipee!!!!!! sheshe2 Nov 2013 #23

Are there any liberals? Haven't been following this and would hate if... polichick Nov 2013 #24

Obama picks the nominees from lists that the U.S. Senators of 'that state' submit to him... Tx4obama Nov 2013 #28

He can only choose from those lists? polichick Nov 2013 #30

That is how it has always been done. Tradition. Tx4obama Nov 2013 #31

Bring the war on then! polichick Nov 2013 #33

Exactly. Fantastic Anarchist Nov 2013 #42

Well it's too late for timidity. CFLDem Nov 2013 #48

Yay! MatthewStLouis Nov 2013 #34

Harry Reid.. Cha Nov 2013 #35

It's about effing time. kestrel91316 Nov 2013 #37

November 13, 2013 will go down in US history as the day Senator Reid found his spine Jack Rabbit Nov 2013 #38

Also the day he finally had the votes brush Nov 2013 #63

k&r for progress! Celebration time. n/t Laelth Nov 2013 #40

Pack those courts, Barack Hussein Obamsavelt! PM Martin Nov 2013 #44

K&Rrrrrr! freshwest Nov 2013 #45

Actual work getting done? How DARE they! nolabear Nov 2013 #46

I wonder if she is related to Col Lew Millett? He was also from Maine. alfredo Nov 2013 #52

So will we now have influence on this DC circut court? Left Coast2020 Nov 2013 #56

If all the vacant posts are filled on the DC Circuit it could lead to incredible changes. last1standing Nov 2013 #60

Bout damn time. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #57

k&r Liberal_in_LA Nov 2013 #58

Great news to wake up to! great white snark Nov 2013 #59

Renominate Goodwin Liu!!!! calimary Nov 2013 #65

Finally! emsimon33 Nov 2013 #69