SUPREME COURT ENDANGERED BY RABID PARTISAN IDEOLOGUES IN THE SENATE
Hard on the heels of a statement by New York Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who told the American Constitution Society that "the Senate should not confirm another U.S. Supreme Court nominee under President Bush 'except in extraordinary circumstances,'" we find that Chief Justice Roberts may be suffering from epileptic-like brain seizures which may be controlled by medication.
While it is too soon to comment on Justice Roberts' medical condition and his continued participation in Supreme Court decisions, it is particularly troublesome that Chuck Schumer has decided, once again, to pervert the "Advice and Consent" function of the Senate to something akin to providing a small minority of ideologues with the power to subvert the will of another branch of government on a "take it or leave it" basis.
According to published reports, Schumer went on to say: "We should reverse the presumption of confirmation. The Supreme Court is dangerously out of balance. We cannot afford to see Justice Stevens replaced by another Roberts, or Justice Ginsburg by another Alito."
Which leads to another constitutional crisis regarding the function of the Senate in the Supreme Court confirmation process.
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