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Official title: Nomination of John George Edward Marck (Executive Session)
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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextMr. COONS. Mr. President, I serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee. I am a proud member of the Delaware bar. I clerked for a Federal court. And in a recent confirmation hearing, I asked four different nominees to serve as Federal district court judges a simple question: What does the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provide?
None of them could answer, so I helped them. In summary, it says you can't serve three terms as President. Once elected twice, you may not serve a third term—adopted after Franklin Delano Roosevelt served four terms. Its text and intent are simple and clear.
All four refused. They could not find the courage to say: Yes, as a simple matter of fact and constitutional law, on the plain text, President Trump is in his second term; he cannot serve a third.
Why? Why would anyone fail to answer this simple question? I believe it is because they were terrified, if they did, President Trump would pull their nomination.
judicial appointment who cannot summon the most simple courage to apply the text of the Constitution.
failure to answer simple textual questions about the meaning and purpose of our Constitution. If you are too afraid of the President to answer whether the 22nd Amendment, by its plain text, means he can't run and win a third time, how will you be an independent judge, and how could you possibly deserve a lifetime appointment?
With that, I yield the floor.