Jerry Brown Slams GOP over Scalia Delay

Jerry Brown Slams GOP over Scalia Delay

by William Bigelow15 Feb 2016

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/15/jerry-brown-slams-mcconnell-for-proposed-delay-filling-scotus-vacancy/

On Sunday, California governor Jerry Brown slammed Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) 44^%’s statement that the Senate should wait until after the presidential election to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.

Brown weighed in on Facebook: “Couldn’t Mitch McConnell have the decency to at least wait until the funeral before playing cynical politics with this vacancy. Such obstruction and sheer arrogance is unconscionable and deserves the condemnation of all Americans.”

He doubled down on Twitter:

Couldn’t @SenateMajLdr have the decency to wait until the funeral before playing cynical politics. Such obstructionism must not stand.

— Jerry Brown (@JerryBrownGov) February 14, 2016

McConnell had responded on Saturday to the news of Scalia’s death: “The American people‎ should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.” He was echoed by Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-IA), who controls the committee schedule for handling nominees. Grassley posited:

The fact of the matter is that it’s been standard practice over the last nearly 80 years that Supreme Court nominees are not nominated and confirmed during a presidential election year. Given the huge divide in the country, and the fact that this president, above all others, has made no bones about his goal to use the courts to circumvent Congress and push through his own agenda, it only makes sense that we defer to the American people who will elect a new president to select the next Supreme Court justice.

Political analyst John Dadian told ABC 10 San Diego, “Jerry Brown is totally off base on that comment because both parties are making comments. I don’t think any comment so far has been inappropriate from leaders of either party. My question to him would be, would you feel the same about Hillary Clinton and

Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) 2^%? They made the exact same comments, just from a different point of view.”

Brown’s own judicial appointments has been a reflection of his own leftist views, and have been exclusively from Yale Law School in recent years.

Ironically, history reveals the hypocrisy of Brown and other Democrats insisting on a speedy nomination and confirmation, who include presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Senate Minority leader Harry Reid, Senator

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) 4^%, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, and DNC National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) 4^%, according to the Washington Times.

In August 1960, the Democrat-controlled Senate passed a resolution, S.RES. 334, “Expressing the sense of the Senate that the president should not make recess appointments to the Supreme Court, except to prevent or end a breakdown in the administration of the Court’s business.”

David Bernstein explained in the Washington Post: “Each of President Eisenhower’s SCOTUS appointments had initially been a recess appointment who was later confirmed by the Senate, and the Democrats were apparently concerned that Ike would try to fill any last-minute vacancy that might arise with a recess appointment. Not surprisingly, the Republicans objected, insisting that the Court should have a full complement of Justices at all times. Of course, the partisan arguments will be exactly the opposite this time.”

The Democrats’ move was likely prompted by President Eisenhower’s recess-appointment of William Brennan to the Supreme Court in October 1956, just before the presidential election.

Politico reported in 2007 that Senator Chuck Schumer, who sat on the Senate Judiciary Committee and is now the Democrats’ future leader in the Senate after 2017, told the American Constitution Society convention in Washington, “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.”

Politico added that Schumer said confirmation hearings were meaningless; that a nominee’s record should be weighed more heavily than rhetoric; and that “ideology matters” and people should “take the president at his word.”

American Constitution Society

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society.

Note: George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Elaine L. Chao is a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, a board member for the American Action Forum, and married to Senator Addison (Mitch) M. McConnell.

Jeb Bush is a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, the candidate for the 2016 Jeb Bush presidential campaign, and was a board member for the American Action Forum.

Frederic V. Malek is the chairman for the American Action Forum, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lester Crown was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.  

Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)

Tuesday, December 17, 2013       

http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/commercial-club-of-chicago-members.html

Kathleen L. Brown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Jerry Brown’s sister, and was the California state government treasurer.

Jerry Brown is Kathleen L. Brown’s brother, and the California state government governor.

Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.  

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).      

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, a president emeritus for the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Michael Solon was a consultant at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and the policy director for strategic planning for Senator Addison (Mitch) M. McConnell.

John G. Roberts Jr. is an honorary member of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA), and the chief justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Antonin Scalia was a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, a guest for the Koch Industries annual conference, and a member of the Burning Tree Club.

Koch Industries is the sponsor for the Koch Industries annual conference.

David H. Koch is the EVP for Koch Industries, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Jack Valenti was a member of the Burning Tree Club, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Elaine L. Chao is a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, a board member for the American Action Forum, and married to Senator Addison (Mitch) M. McConnell.

Jeb Bush is a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, the candidate for the 2016 Jeb Bush presidential campaign, and was a board member for the American Action Forum.

Frederic V. Malek is the chairman for the American Action Forum, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lester Crown was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.  

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Faith Elizabeth Gay was an attorney at Sidley Austin LLP, and is a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Sheryl K. Sandberg was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is the COO & director for Facebook.

Shirley Ann Jackson is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a regent at the Smithsonian Institution.

Joseph R. Biden Jr. is a regent at the Smithsonian Institution, and the vice president for the Barack Obama administration.

John G. Roberts Jr. is the chancellor for the Smithsonian Institution, an honorary member of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA), and the chief justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

David M. Rubenstein is a regent at the Smithsonian Institution, a co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was a benefactor for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Elaine L. Chao is a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, a board member for the American Action Forum, and married to Senator Addison (Mitch) M. McConnell.