This is why we are getting rid of the GOP and why we have so much contempt for those who rattle around in the halls of Congress. They care not one wit. This anti-cop judge who is knee deep in the Freddie Gray case in Baltimore will have a lifetime appointment. This is the contempt message we send to our police officers. Each Senator’s vote can be found at the bottom of the post’s link. Just for the record, here is Freddie Grays fine curriculum vitae Here of his life of crime. Just the highlights no doubt.
The Senate confirmed Paula Xinis for a federal judgeship in Maryland by a vote of 53-34, over the protests of major state police unions and outside conservative groups.
The president of Maryland’s Fraternal Order of Police, Ismael Canales, wrote to Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., urging him and fellow senators to oppose the nomination on behalf of “over 20,000 active and retired law enforcement professionals.”
“Based on prior and recent experiences,” Canales wrote, “Ms. Xinis has shown a clear bias [against] law enforcement which began in her position as a complaint examiner … and culminated with her involvement in the civil suit surrounding the Freddie Gray case in Baltimore.”
In her capacity as a complaint examiner for the District of Columbia’s Office of Police Complaints, Xinis ruled against the accused officer in all six cases that came before her.
That record was interpreted as “obvious disdain for the law enforcement profession” in a letter written to each member of the Senate by Baltimore’s local Fraternal Order of Police.
Xinis, a partner and senior trial attorney at the Baltimore law firm representing the family of Freddie Gray, will serve in what is in effect a lifetime position on the U.S. District Court of Maryland. Gray died in police custody and trials are ongoing for the six officers involved in his arrest.
Monday’s vote to confirm President Barack Obama’s nomination of Xinis, 47, was by a relatively tight margin. If three more senators had voted against her, the nomination would have failed.
The 10 GOP senators who did not vote were: Tom Cotton, Ark.; Ted Cruz, Texas; Michael Enzi, Wyo.; Jeff Flake, Ariz.; Ron Johnson, Wis.; Jerry Moran, Kan.; Pat Roberts, Kan.; Dan Sullivan, Alaska; Pat Toomey, Pa.; and David Vitter, La.
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 114th Congress – 2nd Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation Paula Xinis, of Maryland, to be U.S. District Judge ) | |||
Vote Number: | 72 | Vote Date: | May 16, 2016, 05:30 PM |
Required For Majority: | 1/2 | Vote Result: | Nomination Confirmed |
Nomination Number: | PN327 | ||
Nomination Description: | Paula Xinis, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland |
Vote Counts: | YEAs | 53 |
NAYs | 34 | |
Not Voting | 13 |
Vote Summary |
By Senator Name |
By Vote Position |
By Home State |
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May 19, 2016 at 8:43 pm
This is a perfect example of why Trump has won the GOP nomination, when will they ever learn?!
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May 19, 2016 at 10:45 pm
Not possible. They are hell bent to be and do what they want. Cantor should have been a lesson to them. I guess we will have to trot out Trump.
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May 19, 2016 at 7:32 pm
This is really awful….a true ‘contempt message’….so depressing.
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May 19, 2016 at 10:44 pm
Apparently they haven’t gotten the message yet.
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May 19, 2016 at 3:38 pm
Those that did not vote are cowards.
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May 19, 2016 at 3:46 pm
Those that voted yes should be hung. Primaried right out of office. See that Schlutz is.
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May 19, 2016 at 1:19 pm
I’ve finally stopped asking myself what the heck is wrong with these people who were elected to carry out the wishes of their constituents. I sleep better at night now and I have less headaches…. 😉
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May 19, 2016 at 1:20 pm
Sorry, pardon my grammar error. That should be fewer headaches. 😀
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May 19, 2016 at 2:26 pm
The emperors have no clothes…. so obvious now.
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May 19, 2016 at 6:40 am
Is it a fair assumption that this judge must be a negress? Why else would these cowards on the right ensure her appointment? It is curious that the former conservative law and order police loving presidential candidate Teddy Cruz abstained along with several other conservative heavyweights. Goodnight.
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May 19, 2016 at 6:51 am
A good touch of it, it appears regarding your first question. I noticed the same thing. Cruz missing in action. Hatch voted yes, Collins yes in a quick glance for the Rinos. Toomey of PA already got a letter from me.
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May 19, 2016 at 1:00 pm
I don’t think she’s black (at least by looking at her picture.) However, I would bet you dollars to doughnuts that she’s a lesbian.
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May 19, 2016 at 6:36 pm
I think you are right about the color. I can find no mention. At least she would be good to play scrabble with. X, always hard to us that X.
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May 19, 2016 at 6:32 am
[…] Source: Senate GOP approves Judge nominee opposed by 20,000 police […]
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May 19, 2016 at 6:47 am
Thanks again.
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