President Ronald Reagan, patron saint of the modern Republican Party, repeatedly urged the United States Senate to confirm his Supreme Court nominee Anthony M. Kennedy. The year was 1988, the final year of his presidency.
From his remarks on January 19, 1988:
In the year ahead, we're not going to be on the defensive, shoring up problems and answering our critics. We are moving forward, and I have no doubt that when we look back 1988 will be a year of great accomplishment toward our goals. This is the year when Judge Anthony Kennedy will be confirmed and the Supreme Court will again be brought up to full strength. The Federal judiciary is too important to be made a political football. I would hope, and the American people should expect, not only for Judge Kennedy's confirmation but for the Senate to get to work and act on 27 other judicial nominations that have been left in limbo for quite awhile now.
On January 25, 1988, President Reagan again urged the Senate to confirm Justice Kennedy, this time during this State of the Union address to Congress:
President Ronald Reagan, patron saint of the modern Republican Party, repeatedly urged the United States Senate to confirm his Supreme Court nominee Anthony M. Kennedy. The year was 1988, the final year of his presidency.
From his remarks on January 19, 1988:
In the year ahead, we're not going to be on the defensive, shoring up problems and answering our critics. We are moving forward, and I have no doubt that when we look back 1988 will be a year of great accomplishment toward our goals. This is the year when Judge Anthony Kennedy will be confirmed and the Supreme Court will again be brought up to full strength. The Federal judiciary is too important to be made a political football. I would hope, and the American people should expect, not only for Judge Kennedy's confirmation but for the Senate to get to work and act on 27 other judicial nominations that have been left in limbo for quite awhile now.
On January 25, 1988, President Reagan again urged the Senate to confirm Justice Kennedy, this time during this State of the Union address to Congress:yes they can and do remember that 11th commandment of Reagan's?? they have consistently hauled out his rotted carcass for misguided quotes and cherry picked the ones they wanted to emphasize as a rule of republican sneakiness remember trickle down economics all elephant dung oh yeah Reagan was second rate compared to Pres. and it comes from one of their leading media sources,.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eleventh_Commandment
http://www.faireconomy.org/trickle_down_economics_four_reasons
http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamhartung/2014/09/05/obama-outperforms-reagan-on-jobs-growth-and-investing/#fdbd7fa20bca
