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If this was retaliation for the NJ SCOTUS battles . . .
Then his goose is cooked.
A heated battle over the high court has been unfolding since Christie took office in 2010. The governor campaigned on a promise to tilt the court to the right, but state Democrats say a court dominated by Christie appointees would undermine key decisions that over the decades have ordered New Jersey to provide housing for its poorest residents and funding for urban schools.
The Democratic-controlled state Senate has approved two of Christie's nominees since 2011: Justices Faustino Fernandez-Vina and Anne Patterson. If his two remaining nominees are approved, Christie's appointees would become a majority on the seven-member Supreme Court.
Board of Public Utilities President Robert Hanna and Superior Court Judge David Bauman — an independent and a Republican, respectively — have been stonewalled by Democrats for more than a year without a hearing in the Judiciary Committee. Democrats have said they want those two seats to remain in Democratic hands.
At the time of the bridge closure, there was an epic battle over judicial appointments that culminated in Christie yanking a Republican nominee after it was clear she would be filibustered. In a press conference, he called Senate Democrats "animals" and said he would not subject his friend the judge to them
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The Democratic-controlled state Senate has approved two of Christie's nominees since 2011: Justices Faustino Fernandez-Vina and Anne Patterson. If his two remaining nominees are approved, Christie's appointees would become a majority on the seven-member Supreme Court.
Board of Public Utilities President Robert Hanna and Superior Court Judge David Bauman — an independent and a Republican, respectively — have been stonewalled by Democrats for more than a year without a hearing in the Judiciary Committee. Democrats have said they want those two seats to remain in Democratic hands.
At the time of the bridge closure, there was an epic battle over judicial appointments that culminated in Christie yanking a Republican nominee after it was clear she would be filibustered. In a press conference, he called Senate Democrats "animals" and said he would not subject his friend the judge to them
Loretta is an animal? Really Governor? After you played games with the court? Red State Governors who have had natural disasters should be kissing President Obama's ass right now. He didn't cause it to happen - yet ran to help our fellow citizens and well us in NJ - in spite of the vindictive s.o.b.s holding up his judicial appointments and the outright ruthless nastiness from that side of the aisle.
This "theory" makes sense. It was right there in front of all of us. It just makes sense.
- See more at: http://crooksandliars.com/2014/01/maddow-did-christie-retaliate-over-supreme#sthash.9ju8M3jC.dpuf
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