Emails show White House initially planned to nominate anti-abortion Republican to federal judgeship
Source: CNN
Emails show White House initially planned to nominate anti-abortion Republican to federal judgeship on the day Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade
(CNN)The White House informed Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear's office in late June -- the day before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade -- that President Joe Biden intended to nominate an anti-abortion Republican as a federal judge in Kentucky, according to emails obtained by CNN on Wednesday through an open records request.
In an email dated June 23, White House aide Kathleen Marshall, who works in its office of intergovernmental affairs, wrote to Coulter Minix in Beshear's office that Chad Meredith was "to be nominated tomorrow" to the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. The subject line of the email read "Close hold," and the body of the correspondence included a summary of Meredith's resume.
Minix responded the same day, writing in part: "appreciate the heads up."
On June 24, the Supreme Court rocked the nation by announcing its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminate federal abortion rights. CNN reported this week that White House counsel Dana Remus had assured senior aides that the ruling would not come on that Friday, amid Democrats' growing frustration about perceived lack of urgency from the Biden White House following the Roe decision.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/06/politics/anti-abortion-judicial-nominee-joe-biden-kentucky/index.html
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,036 posts)harumph
(1,910 posts)to eliminate Mitch's blocking of other judicial nominees.
Javaman
(62,533 posts)867-5309.
(1,189 posts)The guy can be a creep politically, but maybe he has a record of keeping agreements with Joe?
Javaman
(62,533 posts)dhol82
(9,353 posts)Celerity
(43,485 posts)https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mitch-mcconnell-america-labor-shortage-b2117058.html%3famp
KeepLeft-101
(13 posts)ZonkerHarris
(24,250 posts)NullTuples
(6,017 posts)jmowreader
(50,562 posts)President Biden was willing to seat Meredith in exchange for McConnell allowing some Democratic US Attorneys to be appointed.
In essence, McConnell has begun the process of engaging in hostage-taking.
Delphinus
(11,840 posts)That's a pretty good way of looking at it.
llashram
(6,265 posts)devastating...if true I will never understand the logic of this. Especially since the trump administration has done so much damage at the federal level...
Autumn
(45,120 posts)comradebillyboy
(10,174 posts)his Chief of Staff, his political operation and his press shop just aren't doing a good job for him. Take a lesson from Bill Clinton on this one. After a very rocky start Clinton fired his Chief of Staff and brought in someone who could do the job properly. A bunch of complacent people in this administration need a fire lit under them.
KeepLeft-101
(13 posts)Demsrule86
(68,643 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,760 posts)Fix The Stupid
(948 posts)Whole thread should be locked.
Doesn't matter if it's true...this just emboldens the other side.
Shame.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)Fix The Stupid
(948 posts)Autumn
(45,120 posts)Shocking. I must have missed the one where we can't discuss his actions
Fix The Stupid
(948 posts)All that matters is what team you are on.
This makes team blue look bad, therefore should not be posted here.
Pretty clear.
PatSeg
(47,573 posts)from a reputable source. We may not like it, but burying the truth won't change it. It is better to have it out there so we can discuss it and hopefully understand why the decision was made. It sounds like a political bargain was made and we don't know all the details as yet.
867-5309.
(1,189 posts)Doremus
(7,261 posts)Bengus81
(6,932 posts)Seriously??
neoconn
(185 posts)That is what they do...
Autumn
(45,120 posts)Many of us are more than capable of understanding his actions. We are well aware of what he has to do to get anything done. We don't have to like everything he does but he does enough good to balance it out . And their is no rule that says we can not discuss what a politician actually does. No Democrat is going to do 100% what we like. Truth does matter. Team blue will always look bad to those maggot Republicans, they will never admit it when we do good and they purposely lie to make us look bad, fuck them and fuck their opinion. .
That's pretty clear.
AZLD4Candidate
(5,747 posts)Confirmation bias is disgusting whomever does it.
quakerboy
(13,920 posts)I would not have ever expected to see this posted here. At least not unironically.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,586 posts)All that matters is what team you are on.
Celerity
(43,485 posts)All that matters is what team you are on.
just wow
good username.
demmiblue
(36,875 posts)sarisataka
(18,755 posts)Well I guess Winston Smith can drop that little inconvenience down the memory hole.
I can hear Orwell's ghost screaming 'it was a warning, not an instruction manual.'
UT_democrat
(143 posts)"Doesn't matter if it's true...this just emboldens the other side.
Shame."
Shame is right.
agingdem
(7,853 posts)and Mitch is not happy..he kissed Trump's fat ass so he could radicalize the court, and he succeeded..but Mitch has a problem...Biden "pulled" a mini Mitch..Mitch left Obama's Court nominee, Merrick Garland, without a hearing....and Biden left Mitch's guy without an appointment...and that's how much Joe trusts Mitch to keep his word..
yaesu
(8,020 posts)if we want enough voter turnout to beat fascists war on voting
Marthe48
(17,015 posts)maybe mcconnell will curl up and blow away and this stupid archaic deal will blow away with him.
No Dem should make any deal with any r at this time. r's can't be trusted. they do not have our country's best interests at heart and they do not give a damn about Americans.
I admire President Biden, but I'd like to see him take off the gloves. Stop the r's now, they have already tilted the playing field beyond reason.
jalan48
(13,881 posts)at what he does.
Scrivener7
(50,993 posts)Lonestarblue
(10,053 posts)No Republican should ever be nominated these days. If that means Kentucky goes without a judge, too bad. Moscow Mitch forces the SC to go without a judge for nearly a year.
slightlv
(2,829 posts)Orangepeel
(13,933 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)orleans
(34,073 posts)they can't be trusted for shit.
besides-- an anti abortion judge? like this country needs more of them???????
agingdem
(7,853 posts)Last edited Wed Jul 6, 2022, 07:17 PM - Edit history (1)
except in the reverse..didn't Joe do to Mitch (Chad Meredith) what Mitch did to Obama (Merrick Garland)..and the delicious irony of it all, Mitch's medieval asshole judges overturned Roe v Wade, something Mitch has been salivating over for years, at the same time Biden was set to nominate a Kentucky anti-abortion judge..and now that nomination is on hold, probably indefinitely..well played Joe..
Mr. Evil
(2,853 posts)You're supposed to fight for what's right, not make deals with the devil. And Mitch McConnel has a verifiable track record of being as devilish as they come.
mcar
(42,372 posts)has the person been nominated? Sounds like he hasn't.
This is nothing more than Dem bashing. The media is ginning up one "crisis" after another to denigrate Biden and discourage the Democratic vote. The far left is happily going along.
Do we want to win in November?
Deminpenn
(15,290 posts)Last edited Thu Jul 7, 2022, 09:12 AM - Edit history (1)
because they are no longer subject to the filibuster along with other presidential nominees. There is something called a "blue slip" where a senator can "hold up" a nominee by not returning it, but that's only custom or courtesy. IIRC, McConnell ignored that when he was majority leader. Schumer can do the same now and should.
You missed the point, McConnell can hold up the appointment of U.S. Attorneys, they are not included in the filibuster carve out for Federal Judges. Biden was apparently "trading" the confirmation of two U.S. Attorneys, in return for the appointment of a Republican anti-abortion Federal Judge. The Judgeship is a lifetime appointment, the U.S. Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the President, which some regard as a somewhat shortsighted trade. The lack of U.S. District Attorneys doesn't much hamper the Justice Department from functioning, as there are deputy Attorneys in place who fill the vacant seat on a temporary basis. Adding another lifetime Judge approved by McConnell is likely to have much greater long term consequences than some vacant U.S. Attorney positions.
Deminpenn
(15,290 posts)If it's US Attys, agree it's a bad trade of a lifetime appointment for temporary political appointees. There are plenty of excellent career US Attys to run any individual office.