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Week Ending Friday, November 14, 2003
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Statement on Senate Action To Block Up-or-Down Votes on Judicial Nominations,
November 14, 2003
Today’s partisan action to block up-or-down votes on Justice Priscilla Owen, Judge Carolyn Kuhl, and Justice Janice Rogers Brown is inconsistent with the Senate’s constitutional responsibility and is just plain wrong. Once again, a partisan minority of Senators has thwarted the will of the majority and stood in the way of voting on superb judicial nominees.
These obstructionist tactics are shameful, unfair, and have become all too common. At a time when the American people have important issues backlogged in the courts, partisan Senators are playing politics with the judicial process at the expense of timely justice for the American people.
I commend Senate Republicans, especially Leader Frist, Chairman Hatch, and Senator Santorum, for their leadership and commitment to the Constitution and basic fairness. During their 40-hour debate, these Senators have focused on the damaging vacancies that exist on the Federal courts of appeals, the highly qualified individuals I have nominated to serve, and the Senate’s obligation to vote on every judicial nominee.
No matter who is President or which party controls the Senate, the American people deserve a well-functioning, independent judiciary and a commitment by all Senators to live up to their constitutional obligation.
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Chicago: George W. Bush, "Statement on Senate Action to Block up-or-Down Votes on Judicial Nominations, November 14, 2003," Week Ending Friday, November 14, 2003 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, November 14, 2003 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003), 39:1613 Original Sources, accessed November 28, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=97VGNRE1A9CN7IJ.
MLA: Bush, George W. "Statement on Senate Action to Block up-or-Down Votes on Judicial Nominations, November 14, 2003." Week Ending Friday, November 14, 2003, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, November 14, 2003 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003), 39:1613, Original Sources. 28 Nov. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=97VGNRE1A9CN7IJ.
Harvard: Bush, GW, 'Statement on Senate Action to Block up-or-Down Votes on Judicial Nominations, November 14, 2003' in Week Ending Friday, November 14, 2003. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, November 14, 2003 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003), 39:1613. Original Sources, retrieved 28 November 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=97VGNRE1A9CN7IJ.
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