Constitutional duty of the Senate regarding the Supreme Court
Lobby your Senator to uphold their Constitutional obligations.
According to Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution:
"[The President] 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 letter signed by 11 Republican Senators on the Judiciary Committee to Mitch McConnell on the 23rd of February 2016 vowing not to hold hearings on a nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia is an abdication of their duty as elected officials to uphold Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution as cited above.
These Senators and any other Senators who choose to support this position must be censured by Citizens of the United States and forced to uphold their Constitutional obligations in this matter by any legal means available.
Their failure to either do their duty or resign their office will be considered cause to for their constituents to pursue their removal from office by any legal means, including recall elections.
"[The President] 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 letter signed by 11 Republican Senators on the Judiciary Committee to Mitch McConnell on the 23rd of February 2016 vowing not to hold hearings on a nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia is an abdication of their duty as elected officials to uphold Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution as cited above.
These Senators and any other Senators who choose to support this position must be censured by Citizens of the United States and forced to uphold their Constitutional obligations in this matter by any legal means available.
Their failure to either do their duty or resign their office will be considered cause to for their constituents to pursue their removal from office by any legal means, including recall elections.
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