An ominous Specter

Townhall.com ^ | November 9, 2004 | Thomas Sowell

[El Oviedo]

As the hearings went on, it became clear that Senator Specter's agenda was also more important to him than the Constitution's separation of powers, for the Senator was clearly judging Judge Bork not on his high qualifications but on whether or not he was likely to uphold policies that Senator Specter liked.

He demanded to know "where's the predictability in Judge Bork." He asked: "Where's the assurances for this committee and the Senate of where you'll be?"

Judges in general, and Justices of the Supreme court in particular, are supposed to be impartial and independent in judging the specific merits of whatever cases arise -- not predictable. What does the separation of powers mean if one branch of government can prescribe in advance what members of another branch of government must do on specific issues?

Then and now, Senator Specter has been one of those to whom what matters is not a judicial nominee's qualifications but how they are likely to vote on abortion, anti-trust laws, or whatever.

Senator Specter is also one of those people who is often wrong but never in doubt. He has mangled the meaning of such basic concepts as "judicial activism" and "original intent." It would be a tragedy for him to become chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he could mangle nominees and in the process mangle the Constitution of the United States.

[El Oviedo]

This shows the real side of Senator Specter specially when he asked "Where's the predictability in Judge Bork?" Isn't that a litmus test that Specter since this PM only denies of using?

[ImpBill]

Arlen "Scottish Law" Spectre?

Send for 007!

[Elle Bee]

Bork him ....... under ancient Scottish Law.

. there are so many reasons this waste of skin should not be given the chairmanship ........ that he chose to evoke Ancient Scottish law to rationalize/weasel away his Constitutional responsibility is reason enough.

Give him the Magic Bullet

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[Bonaparte]

It's up to us to keep the pressure on. Plenty of information here as well as a link to StopSpecterNow.com with all contact info for email, phone, snail mail. We should all be calling everyday.

[AmericaUnited]

Remember it's S.P.E.C.T.R.E

SPECTRE - the Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion