Robo
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They took his power away and held it until a Repub got in. If Hillary won, we would still have 8 on the court.
Presidents have no "SINGULAR" constitutional power to place a candidate on the court. They are required by the Constitution to "APPOINT" all candidates to the federal courts, it's the Senate that has the "POWER" of "CONFORMATION" of all candidates to the federal courts. No "POWER" of Obama's was violated by the Senate.
The fact is the senate has the power to make sure the president does not offer up a totally unqualified candidate of repaying a favor. Not only did the Repubs stop the process, but refused to hold hearings and many did also refused to even have conferences with him. If your crippled mind, do you define that as advice and consent? If so you are lying. That was a total destruction of the process. Pray tell, what was the advice they offered?
That was an absolute abuse of power.Indefensible and wrong.
As I have proven several times now, only the Senate has the absolute constitutional "POWER of COSENT." Presidents have no such power. Presidents have only the "SINGULAR CONSTITUTIONAL POWER" of appointment of all federal judges to the courts.
Senators "ADVISE" the President regularly as to the appointments they, (the Presidents), make to the courts. I'm sure Obama was "ADVISED" by many Senators about "WHO" he should appoint to the courts. 2 of Obama's choices to the Supreme court were confirmed by the Senate, one was not.
As President Obama noted, "ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES."