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Originally posted by bilmore
You're referring, of course, to the Republicans' long history of filibustering judicial candidates?
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They certainly found ways to block an awful lot of Clinton's candidates. It's really a problem that has existed for decades on both sides of the aisle.
I think the biggest part of the problem is a lack of integrity and spine in Congress. They ceased being a responsible legislative body long ago. As a result, too much of the business of making law has been left to the regulatory agencies and the courts. Of course, since nobody is happy with the results, the Congress, instead of taking action through legislation, spends its time in inquiries designed to smear the other party and looking for ways to ensure that judges with their philosophical bent get appointed.
The one thing I'm quite sure of is that the current situation in not what our founding fathers had in mind when they put in place a system of checks and balances.
