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    McConnell: Sotomayor filibuster is possible

    McConnell: Sotomayor filibuster is possible

    POLITICO.com
    June 14, 2009

    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned on Sunday that a GOP filibuster of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is possible but added that it was "way too early to tell" if Republicans will go that route.

    McConnell and other Republicans have objected to the Democrats' plan to confirm Sotomayor before the August congressional recess, claiming that they need far more time to review her record. The White House and Democratic leaders counter that they are giving the minority the same amount of time as previous high court nominees.

    During an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation," McConnell said the filibuster option remained on the table but would not say it would be employed.

    "It's way too early to be talking about whether anybody opposes this nominee," McConnell said. "The Democrats have firmly established that as precedent, but that doesn't mean you're going to use it."

    The Kentucky Republican also noted that he opposed Democratic filibusters of judicial nominees during the Bush years. But since the Democrats did it to those GOP nominees, the procedure was in bounds for Republicans now.

    "[Sotomayor] has a very long record, and what they are trying to do is insist on the shortest time frame for someone who has the longest record of any Supreme Court nominee that we've considered in recent times," McConnell said, noting that Sotomayor had taken part in more than 3,600 cases.

    "I have consistently opposed filibustering judges, did it during the Clinton years. But I ost that fight. The Senate will filibuster judges ... The Democrats have firmly established that as precedent, but that doesn't mean you're going to use it."

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    She has shown us what she is: Please, filibuster GOP!

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