Are Democrats Causing Delays in Court?
A new pro-Bush TV ad claims that Democrats are solely responsible for blocking judicial nominees and holding up confirmation proceedings on Bush appointees. As a result, says the ad, delays in courtroom appearances are growing longer for litigants as they wait for new judges to be confirmed. According to FactCheck.org, the truth is that Republicans share the blame for "empty courtrooms," and delays are shorter now than they were before Bush.
FactCheck's Summary of the Facts (emphasis is mine)
A multimillion-dollar ad campaign blames Democrats for the fact that "courtrooms sit empty." In fact, there are now half as many judicial vacancies as when Bush took office. And of the 46 federal judgeships that remain vacant, Bush has named only 16 replacements.
The ad also says cases are being delayed in federal courts for "thousands of Americans." Actually, official statistics show cases typically being decided more quickly now than they were in 1999, when it was Republicans opposing Clinton's judicial nominees.
Click the link for the full article: http://www.factcheck.org/article324m.html
My Take--
This is just another example of the Republican spin machine attempting to turn lies into facts. They've tried to do it with Social Security also, but the American people are not buying those lies and exaggerations. Let's hope the TRUTH about judicial nominees gets to the public as well. The biggest problem with the Republican lie machine is that major news media have begun to take up the Republican spin as fact rather than finding the truth before doing their reporting! Personally, I am tired of the conservative agenda at so many major news organizations (Fox 'News', CNN, and CNBC most especially). The conservative media needs to move back to the center and stop spouting this far-right political propaganda!
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