Out of the Mainstream, Again - Brown is among the worst of Bush Nominees.

The New York Times ^ | 10/25/03 | Editors

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October 25, 2003

Out of the Mainstream, Again

f the many unworthy judicial nominees President Bush has put forward, Janice Rogers Brown is among the very worst. As an archconservative justice on the California Supreme Court, she has declared war on the mainstream legal values that most Americans hold dear. And she has let ideology be her guide in deciding cases. At her confirmation hearing this week, Justice Brown only ratified her critics' worst fears. Both Republican and Democratic senators should oppose her confirmation.

Justice Brown, who has been nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, has made it clear in her public pronouncements how extreme her views are. She has attacked the New Deal, which gave us Social Security and other programs now central to American life, as "the triumph of our socialist revolution." And she has praised the infamous Lochner line of cases, in which the Supreme Court, from 1905 to 1937, struck down worker health and safety laws as infringing on the rights of business.

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As an archconservative justice on the California Supreme Court, she has declared war on the mainstream legal values that most Americans only a handful of the most radical leftists and media elites hold dear.

[Reactionary]

"She has attacked the New Deal, which gave us Social Security and other programs now central to American life, as "the triumph of our socialist revolution."

Ah. So that's why the New York Times is angry.

[Paul Atreides]

Not to mention the fact that a black conservative, and a woman at that!, must be destroyed at all costs.

[kcar]

The New York Slimes. Ever vigilantly monitoring and protecting the mainstream values of America. The voice of the Heartland.

[Southack]

NY Times attacks yet another Black nominee...

[basil]

Lawsy--you forgot the 3 bagger barf alert!

[Leroy S. Mort]

Justice Brown

[suzyq5558]

well if the NYT's has decided that Mrs.Brown is the worst nominee yet i'd say she is the best pick yet...

[chiller]

How odd that the "worst" nominee received the "best' margin of victory in California elections. 76% to retain, IIRC. A$$es.

[Parley Baer]

Yes I agree. What NYT meant to say was that she was not part of the far left liberal mainstream. They left out two key words. Parley

[MEG33]

I thought she was excellent but after reading this NYT editorial,I am convinced she is superb!

[kcar]

I see her picture, but that could be just Photoshop. If she's a Republican, is she really quintessentially black?

[jocon307]

Yes, I agree.

Now, what are we going to do about these evil dem Senators? How are we going to get 60 Pubbies in there? How many do we need, where can we pick up some seats?

This should be the HEART & SOUL of next year's campaign for the RNC. They must nationalize this, really make the dem Sens' obstruction an issue in as many states as have races.

Bush doesn't need too much help, and as for congress, those folks are all statistically safe, time after time.

It's the Senate that needs some serious work. Good candidates, good campaigns, big bucks, etc. For example, it is a shame McClintock won't run for Senate, but again he does nothing for the party.

(Flame away!)

[InterceptPoint]

well if the NYT's has decided that Mrs.Brown is the worst nominee yet i'd say she is the best pick yet

But she will go down the Frist Drainpipe faster than you can say "Estrada".

[chiller]

Frist on Fox News Sunday, tomorrow, btw. Judges will be discussed.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

I do not follow California politics closely, but hasn't this lady been elected by wide margins, several times?

[GeorgiaYankee]

NY Slimes to Justice Brown: Stay on the Liberal Plantation!

If she's so awful she shouldn't be a judge at all.

Oops, I forgot, she was elected by those right-wing crazies in Califoria!

[metesky]

How odd that the "worst" nominee received the "best' margin of victory in California elections. 76% to retain, IIRC. A$$es.

And IIRC, she's written more majority opinions than any other justice on the Cal SC. How can that be "out of the mainstream"?

[rdb3]

Well, what are ya gonna do?

This is despicable.

[desertcry]

The CROSS is to DRACULA as BROWN is to NYT. America, rally to Justice Brown's side! We must win this fight against those, who trash the values handed down to us by our Founding Fathers.