....Republican assholes:


Sen. Jim Inhofe, who said Thursday he would not be supporting Supreme
Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, has now announced he will not even meet
with the judge before her impending nomination hearing.

Via The Hill, Inhofe's spokesperson said that the senator declined the
opportunity to meet with Sotomayor because he has already decided to
vote against her.

Jared Young, Inhofe's spokesman, said Inhofe's opposition stems
from his belief that "her spoken and written words show a leaning toward
judicial activism and a deference to international laws instead of the
U.S. Constitution."

Moreover, Young said, Inhofe voted against her nomination in 1998
to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and "this is a promotion and the
bar is raised, so he is compelled to vote no."

According to Think Progress, who reported yesterday that Inhofe decided
to oppose Sotomayor 11 years ago, the GOP senator has a long history of
opposing Democratic president's judicial appointments.

Inhofe's refusal to even consider Sotomayor's record as a circuit
judge is unfortunate, but it is hardly surprising. During the Clinton
Administration, Inhofe would frequently throw tantrums such as placing a
hold on every single one of President Clinton's judicial nominees in
retaliation for Clinton's decision to make a recess appointment, or
bottling up every one of President Clinton's civilian nominees in
protest of Clinton's decision to nominate a gay man to an ambassadorship.


From KOS.

Oh...Inhofe...one of the main conservative science deniers in the U.S.
Senate, a real flaming asshole. If memory serves, he's also against the
federal student loan program.










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