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Article: The Senate's abdication.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- January 10, 2002
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The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Friday, Jan. 11:
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Back in 1997, Chief Justice William Rehnquist complained about the Senate's habit of delaying votes on presidential appointments to the federal bench. "The president should nominate candidates with reasonable promptness," he declared, "and the Senate should act within a reasonable time to confirm or reject them."
That was back in the days when we had a Democratic president and Republican-dominated Senate. But things have changed. Today, we have a Republican president, and Democrats control the Senate. The problem that Rehnquist described has changed as well: It's ...