Re: the Bill is overdue

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

>         Hey, the presidents have been appointing Supreme Court
> justices for centuries.
>         Wasn't it about time for the court to return the favor?



Too many people forget that two thirds of the Senate (present) must
approve supreme court nominations -- an appropriate conclusion from this
fact should be obvious.

bc

P.s. Article II  section II  (excerpt)

 He shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
to make treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur;
and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls,
judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United
States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and
which shall be established by law: but the Congress may by law vest the
appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the
President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.

The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen
during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall
expire at the end of their next session.





Chuck Britton wrote:
> These 'Facts' were well known to the DOJ and the States who filed the
> class action suit.
>
> Once the current president was selected by the Supreme Court, the DOJ
> seemed to pretty much loose interest.
>
>         Hey, the presidents have been appointing Supreme Court
> justices for centuries.
>         Wasn't it about time for the court to return the favor?
>
> At  12:56 AM -0400  on  5/23/02,  John S. Denker   wrote
> > Rick Tarara wrote:
> > >  Enough with the g** d*** Microsoft bashing.  Nobody ever got a virus by
> > >  reading their email--only by foolishly opening an attachment that came from
> > >  somebody they didn't know.
> >
> > Sorry, the facts are otherwise.
> >
> > http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=PE_NIMDA.A
> >
> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-020.asp?frame=true
> >
> > >  And it has NOT been Microsoft that obsoletes old software between versions
> > >  of their OS
> >
> > Horsefeathers.
> >
> > >  However, it
> > >  seems ironic that people do attack M$ for producing the same kind of
> > >  integrated OS and software system (with some hardware integration by
> > >  cooperating [or conspiring] with Intel) that everyone initially praised
> > >  Apple for doing.
> >
> > Integration is the least of the issues.
> > The central issue is unlawful exploitation of monopoly power.
> >
> > Cursing and throwing around a lot of non-facts will not prevent
> > the rest of us from discussing the facts.
> >
> > Facts are available at:
> >   http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/ms_index.htm
> > especially:
> >   http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm
>
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