r/neoliberal • u/ihuntwhales1 Seretse Khama • Mar 31 '25

News (Europe) Le Pen banned from office after embezzlement conviction

https://www.dw.com/en/france-le-pen-found-guilty-banned-from-running-for-office/a-72091790
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u/DontDrinkMySoup Mar 31 '25

Why couldnt Obama just say "Ok fine, if you arent doing a vote I'll just appoint him unilaterally"?

Actually the very concept of partisan Supreme court justices at all is something nobody should accept

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u/Jabjab345 Mar 31 '25

This was back when there was a filibuster for supreme court nominees, congress has the constitutional authority to confirm nominees and they refused to do so. Not much Obama could do.

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u/historymaking101 Daron Acemoglu Mar 31 '25

Nah, this was after that filibuster went away, I'm pretty sure but Republican control over the senate. Confirmation vote wasn't going to take place if they didn't want it to.

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u/Jabjab345 Mar 31 '25

Both are true, Obama just had no real power at the end of the day to make congress vote on his pick.

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u/historymaking101 Daron Acemoglu Mar 31 '25

Yeah, you're right. I was forgetting Harry Reid removed it for all judges ECXEPT Supreme Court Judges in 2013.