Subject: RE: draft --- Senate Judiciary Clock Is Ticking
To: "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>, "Freundlich, Christina" <[email-masked]>, "Walsh, Tom" <[email-masked]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>

Sorry I missed this earlier.

SL: Republican Senators Pass Key Milestone, Still Not Doing Their Job

As this week comes to a close, 44 days since President Obama nominated Chief Judge Garland to the Supreme Court, Republican obstruction has hit a new milestone, now exceeding the average number of days in which the Senate Judiciary Committee has held a hearing to consider a President's nominee to the Supreme Court.

The Constitution is clear: it's the President's job to nominate Supreme Court justices, and it's the Senate's job to advise and consent, with fair consideration that includes a hearing and vote. Never has it taken this long for Senators to do their jobs, let alone refuse to give any nominee the time for serious and substantive meetings, and a hearing on their qualifications.

And yet, some Republican lawmakers are still refusing to acknowledge Trump<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/trump-gop-resistance-222551> as the standard baron for the Republican party and the one they are waiting for to nominate a Supreme Court justice.

Republicans have chosen to play politics rather than do their jobs and fulfill the most basic constitutional requirements. Americans couldn't be clearer: stop the obstruction and do your job.

[SigDems]<http://www.democrats.org/>Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> - @MiraLuisDC<https://www.twitter.com/MiraLuisDC>

From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 6:22 PM
To: Freundlich, Christina; Walsh, Tom; Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis
Subject: RE: draft --- Senate Judiciary Clock Is Ticking

reupping

From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 1:48 PM
To: Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom; Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis
Subject: RE: draft --- Senate Judiciary Clock Is Ticking

Updated

From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 12:02 PM
To: Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom; Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis
Subject: draft --- Senate Judiciary Clock Is Ticking

SL: Senate Judiciary Clock Is Ticking

It's been 43 days of Republican obstruction since President Obama nominated Chief Judge Garland to the Supreme Court, meaning that we have passed the average amount of time it takes the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold a hearing on a nominee to the Supreme Court - and the Senate Republicans are still holding out for Donald Trump.

The Constitution is clear: it's the President's job to nominate Supreme Court justices, and it's the Senate's job to give the nominee a fair consideration with a hearing and vote. Not in our modern political system has it taken this long to fulfill a Supreme Court vacancy, let alone refuse to give the nominee a fair hearing a vote.

And yet, some Republican lawmakers are still refusing to acknowledge Trump<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/trump-gop-resistance-222551> as the standard baron for the Republican party and the one they are waiting for to nominate a Supreme Court justice.

Republicans have chosen to play politics rather than do their jobs and fulfill the most basic constitutional requirements. Americans couldn't be clearer: stop the obstruction and do your job.