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Senate Democrats Entertain Lifetime Promotions For Unfit Nominees Who Cannot Or Will Not Do Their Jobs
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “I’ve spoken before about the New York Magistrate Judge with a bad habit of engaging in political activism from the bench and lying about it under oath. Unfortunately, the red flags on Judge Netburn’s record aren’t limited to the inappropriate actions she does commit. “There’s also the important work she’s inexplicably chosen to ignor… Continue Reading
07.08.24
McConnell: Senate Must Take Up NDAA Without Delay
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the National Defense Authorization Act: “This week, the Senate convenes with important business to address. “America’s closest allies are in town. The eyes of the world are on the most successful military alliance in human history. Friends and foes are watching to see whether the superpower that forged the NATO alliance and guided its success across seven … Continue Reading
06.18.24
Senate Democrats Concerned About ‘Swifter’ Justice Should Reject Maldonado Nomination
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “I need to return today to another of the Biden Administration’s unfit judicial nominees: Judge Nancy Maldonado. “Alongside a crop of nominees distinguished by their radical views and affiliations and ties to dark money groups, Judge Maldonado’s claim to notoriety is the historic backlog of unfinished work she’s accumulated in her tim… Continue Reading
06.17.24
Biden Admin. Judicial Nominee Puts Radical Ideology Over Rule Of Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “Unfortunately, the Democratic Leader has decided that instead of taking up the critical annual defense authorization, the Senate will dedicate floor time this week to the latest in the Biden Administration’s parade of unfit nominations to the federal bench. “The latest example is a judge nominated to the federal district court in Ore… Continue Reading
06.13.24
McConnell On Another Unqualified Biden Admin. Nominee
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “Soon the Judiciary Committee will consider promoting a magistrate in New York, Sarah Netburn, to the district court after a less than judicious committee process. “Judge Netburn’s hearing was a contentious affair. You should go watch it. My friends, the junior Senators from Louisiana and Texas, had the Judge dead to rights on her jud… Continue Reading
06.11.24
McConnell Calls Out Senate Democrats’ Blind Spot On Liberal Dark Money
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “I haven’t spared any breath calling attention to the parade of unfit nominees that the Biden Administration would like to see confirmed to lifetime seats on the federal bench. “I’ve urged my colleagues to consider Adeel Mangi’s alarming connections to terrorist sympathizers, and Nancy Maldonado’s record of staggering unproductivity i… Continue Reading
06.04.24
McConnell: For Good Judges, Reject Incompetent Nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “I’ve spoken repeatedly about how Adeel Mangi, President Biden’s nominee to the Third Circuit, is unqualified for the bench. “But the red flags on this Administration’s nominees aren’t limited to radical associations and ethical lapses. “Judge Nancy Maldonado, a trial judge nominated to the Seventh Circuit, has distinguished herself … Continue Reading
05.09.24
McConnell Remarks On Liberal Campaign To Circumvent Judiciary Committee On Mangi Nomination
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “I’ve spoken many times about Adeel Mangi, President Biden’s nominee for the Third Circuit. I’ve covered his shocking and deep association with virulent anti-Semites - and how he misled the Senate about them. “I’ve also covered his association with anti-police radicals. Just last week, it was revealed that Mr. Mangi had introduced one… Continue Reading
04.30.24
McConnell: Restore Order On Campus, Protect Jewish Students, Withdraw Radical Nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding higher education and judicial nominations: “For months, the most elite corners of American higher education have made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Unfortunately, they’re still finding new ways to embarrass themselves with vile, anti-Semitic radicalism. “Beginning, of course, with yet more alarming declarations, like: “‘Burn Tel Aviv to the ground.… Continue Reading
04.09.24
Democrats Would Rather Weave Conspiracies Than Talk About Their Own Radical Judicial Nominee
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “I’ve spoken repeatedly about Adeel Mangi, nominee to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals: both his shocking ties to anti-police and anti-Israel radicals, and Democrats’ increasingly frantic efforts to whitewash them. “Nineteen different law enforcement groups have written in opposition to this nominee. As the Senior Senator from Nevad… Continue Reading
03.22.24
In The Case Of Adeel Mangi’s Record, Senate Democrats Plead Ignorance
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “I have spoken repeatedly about the nomination of Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in New Jersey. As I have explained, his radical associations are truly staggering. And this fact seems to have rubbed some of our Democratic colleagues the wrong way. “Yesterday one of my esteemed Democratic colleagues objected that we… Continue Reading
03.21.24
McConnell: Opposition to Radical Judicial Nominee Adeel Mangi about Record, not Religion
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “I’ve spoken repeatedly about the nomination of Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Notwithstanding his anti-Semitic affiliations, it seems every week a new law enforcement organization announces its opposition to this nominee for his record of associating with the most radical type of anti-police activist: those who sup… Continue Reading
03.20.24
McConnell Remarks On Restoring Trust In Judiciary
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding national injunctions: “Here on the floor yesterday, the Democratic Leader defended his efforts to restrict rural Americans’ access to justice. And he laid plain some rather partisan goals. “Apparently, our colleague is upset that he still has not managed to bully the Judicial Conference into embracing his vision of unequal justice. “During the course of h… Continue Reading
03.14.24
Democrats Continue Partisan Attacks On Federal Judiciary
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding national injunctions: “I’d like to speak briefly on a practice in our nation’s courts that has confounded administrations of both parties with increasing frequency over the past decade - the issuance of nationwide injunctions. “Time after time, district judges will respond to a case challenging a federal law by preventing its application not just to the pa… Continue Reading
03.12.24
Biden Admin. Scrambles To Save Radical Nominee
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding President Biden’s nomination of Adeel Mangi to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: “When a nominee finds himself in trouble, it’s interesting to note how people react. It’s been particularly notable in the case of President Biden’s radical pick for the Third Circuit court of appeals. “I’ve spoken many times about Mr. Mangi: First to l… Continue Reading
03.05.24
Law Enforcement Sounds Alarm On Radical Judicial Nominee
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “I’ve spoken repeatedly about President Biden’s attempt to give life tenure on the federal bench to an activist tied to an extremist group that unabashedly celebrates terrorism. I’ve already made absolutely clear that the Senate should not confirm the nomination of Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. “But Mr. Mangi’s al… Continue Reading
01.18.24
Senate Democrats Rubber-Stamp Biden Admin. Judicial Nominee With Anti-Semitic Affiliation
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee will decide whether to recommend a lifetime appointment for Adeel Mangi on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. “Mr. Mangi’s nomination is just the latest example of the Biden Administration’s practice of rewarding bad behavior in the personnel business. “As I explained last month, this nominee … Continue Reading
12.13.23
Biden Admin. Pushes Judicial Nom. With Anti-Semitic Affiliations
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding judicial nominations: “This morning, the Judiciary Committee is examining another slate of President Biden’s nominees to join the federal bench. “Over the past three years, our colleagues on the committee have met and considered an alarming parade of nominees whose conduct or lack of legal qualifications made them so wildly unfit for confirmation that they… Continue Reading
06.20.23
Senate Democrats Continue To Advance President Biden’s Radical Nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding nominations: “Senate Democrats continue to dutifully advance the Biden Administration’s radical nominees. This week, the Senate will decide whether to give yet another left-wing lawyer a lifetime appointment to the federal bench. “Natasha Merle is an activist attorney with a penchant for staking out extreme and inflammatory position… Continue Reading
06.12.23
McConnell Urges Senate to Reject Radical Biden Nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding nominations: “Last week, Senate Democrats backtracked on plans to confirm Dale Ho to the Southern District of New York. “Apparently, our colleagues didn’t yet have enough votes for the self-described ‘wild-eyed leftist’ President Biden would like to give a lifetime appointment to the federal bench. “I’ve tal… Continue Reading
