South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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S. 556

STATUS INFORMATION

Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Hawkins
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\6351sd05.doc

Introduced in the Senate on March 2, 2005
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Nominees of President Bush

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    3/2/2005  Senate  Introduced SJ-5
    3/2/2005  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-5
   3/10/2005  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Moore (ch), Ford, Mescher, 
                        Rankin, Scott

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/2/2005

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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

REQUESTING THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT AND QUICKLY CONFIRM ALL FUTURE NOMINEES OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.

Whereas, Article II Section 2 of the United States Constitution states the President "shall nominate, and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States;" and

Whereas, there is a high likelihood of at least one vacancy on the United States Supreme Court during the 109th Congress; and

Whereas, there is the possibility of the need to elevate a sitting justice on the United States Supreme Court to the position of Chief Justice during the 109th Congress; and

Whereas, activist judges on some federal courts have frustrated the constitutional structure which prescribes that laws shall be written by elected legislatures; and

Whereas, President George W. Bush has expressed his commitment to appoint federal judges who will strictly interpret the United States Constitution; and

Whereas, in the past, a minority of senators has used dilatory tactics to prevent a Senate floor vote on several of President George W. Bush's judicial nominees, all of whom were reported favorably by the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, request that the Senate of the United States support and quickly confirm all future nominees of President George W. Bush to the United States Supreme Court.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the United States Senate and each Senator from South Carolina.

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