Thread: Actual Librarian Nominated as Librarian of Congress
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Old 02-25-2016, 08:11 PM   #7
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That's what I thought. Just curious, really. I'd heard something similar with regard to Supreme Court Justice appointments and was wondering why people even thought to suggest such a thing--let alone why anyone would actually entertain the idea of yielding that right.

"Please don't exercise your rare right mainly because we don't like you; and we think it would be a nice gesture on your part to accommodate this request (a request that we ourselves, of course, would never agree to in a million years). Thanks."
Apparently the Senators are using a series of lengthening legalist phrasing to cover this that is getting more and more specific. And incorrect. The latest Last Week Tonight with John Oliver show has a very good segment on this.
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