SOUTER IN ROBERTS CLOTHING, ANN COULTER

Ann Coulter.com ^ | 7-30-05 | Ann Coulter

[ZULU]

Thanks. All the more reason it should go to Thomas or Scalia.

[inquest]

I seem to remember one such stealth nominee, named Clarence Thomas. Roberts' record is much less stealthy than Thomas'.

How true is that, really? At his confirmation hearings, an article from The New Republic was quoted, which states,

"Far from being a judicial activist, Thomas has repeatedly criticized the idea that judges should strike down laws based on their personal understanding of natural rights. Far from being bizarre or unpredictable, Thomas's view of natural rights is deeply rooted in constitutional history. Like many liberals, Thomas believes in natural rights as a philosophical matter, but unlike many liberals, he does not see natural law as an independent source of rights for justices -- for judges to discover and enforce."

Thomas himself agreed with that characterization.

[inquest]

It's doesn't matter, they're both attacking him

Then guess what? You've sided with the leftists. Both you and they don't like Ann.

[kitkat]

***The sad thing about daily commentators is that they have to try to come up with something provocative, unique, and fresh everyday.***

YEP!

[Valentine_W]

I don't think he's actually a member of the Federalist Society....but I haven't checked in the Philadelphia Society yet.

[atlanta67]

""Hell, I ws hoping for a Robert Bork nomination so you know I'm not a happy camper right now.""

why so Hillary can replace him in 4 years?

[BillyBoy]

Gee whiz, from the looks of this thread, it seems like a whole bunch of other people are disagreeing with one of Ann Coulter's latest rants. They must not be true conseratives, eh?

$50 says Bush could nominate James Dobson and Ann would be out complaining the nominee is a closet abortion lovin' pedophile islamofascist. Is this women EVER happy?

[Mamzelle]

bump

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

TIME TO EAT CROW, COULTER! ROBERTS IS CJ AND MEIRS WILL BE CONFIRMED TOO! HA HA HA GO EAT A F'ING CHEESBURGER BEEEYOTCH....

[Vision Thing]

LOL!

I love the resurrection of threads to make someone eat crow.

Check out this quote from the article, it may provide a little insight into what's buggin' Ann:

we're ticked off and ready to avenge Robert Bork

I hate to invoke a yoda-ism, but:

"Anger---That is the way to the Dark Side."

[Leroy S. Mort]

Bump as a reminder.

[Always Right]

Hmmm.. In light of this, I'd be willing to do a $100 donation to FR bet.

Its a bit early, but I am guessing Roberts is proving to be very much to the right of O'Conner and fitting in quite well with Scalia and Thomas.

[Always Right]

TIME TO EAT CROW, COULTER! ROBERTS IS CJ AND MEIRS WILL BE CONFIRMED TOO! HA HA HA GO EAT A F'ING CHEESBURGER BEEEYOTCH....

Looks like you might be sharing that crow with Ann. Meirs was replaced by a far superior candidate as she should have been.

[Always Right]

Ann is wrong on Judge Roberts. I believe he is going to be a rock solid member of the Thomas/Scalia block. If he is, then we also have a great Chief justice in waiting.

Good call on the CJ.

[AntiGuv]

Its a bit early, but I am guessing Roberts is proving to be very much to the right of O'Conner and fitting in quite well with Scalia and Thomas.

It's really tough to say yet, because the Roberts court has had a remarkable percentage of unanimous decisions so far. What that may signify is that Roberts puts a much higher premium on consensus than did Rehnquist. On the other hand, it may just mean that knowing O'Connor's departure was imminent, the justices agreed to focus on cases with little disagreement.

In any case, I've been meaning to post the first list of rulings but have kept putting it off. But I have some time this evening; I'll do it in a little while!

[AntiGuv]

OK, here's the first alignment summary with affinity percentages for Roberts, Scalia, and Thomas. It's a bit late, as there have been 16 signed rulings thus far, but I figured with all the unanimity there was no huge rush, and I've been very busy of late!

Anyhow, here goes:

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IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez

STEVENS, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

United States v. Olson

BREYER, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Schaffer v. Weast

O’CONNOR, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which STEVENS, SCALIA, KENNEDY, SOUTER, and THOMAS, JJ., joined. STEVENS, J., filed a concurring opinion. GINSBURG, J., and BREYER, J., filed dissenting opinions. ROBERTS, C. J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Lincoln Property Co. v. Roche

GINSBURG, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

THOMAS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and STEVENS, O’CONNOR, SCALIA, SOUTER, and BREYER, JJ., joined. GINSBURG, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which KENNEDY, J., joined.

Martin v. Franklin Capital Corp.

ROBERTS, C. J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Lockhart v. United States

O’CONNOR, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. SCALIA, J., filed a concurring opinion.

United States v. Georgia

SCALIA, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. STEVENS, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which GINSBURG, J., joined.

Volvo Trucks North America, Inc. v. Reeder-Simco GMC, Inc.

GINSBURG, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and O’CONNOR, SCALIA, KENNEDY, SOUTER, and BREYER, JJ., joined. STEVENS, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which THOMAS, J., joined.

Evans v. Chavis

BREYER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and O’CONNOR, SCALIA, KENNEDY, SOUTER, THOMAS, and GINSBURG, JJ., joined. STEVENS, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment.

Brown v. Sanders

SCALIA, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and O’CONNOR, KENNEDY, and THOMAS, JJ., joined. STEVENS, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which SOUTER, J., joined. BREYER, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which GINSBURG, J., joined.

Gonzales v. Oregon

KENNEDY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which STEVENS, O’CONNOR, SOUTER, GINSBURG, and BREYER, JJ., joined. SCALIA, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and THOMAS, J., joined.THOMAS, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

Wachovia Bank, N. A. v. Schmidt

GINSBURG, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except THOMAS, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New Eng.

O’CONNOR, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Rice v. Collins

KENNEDY, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. BREYER, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which SOUTER, J., joined.

Will v. Hallock

SOUTER, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

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Of these 16 signed rulings, two are excluded: Schaffer v. Weast in which Roberts did not participate and Wachovia Bank, N. A. v. Schmidt in which Thomas did not participate.

Of the remaining 14 rulings, Roberts and Scalia were in agreement 100% of the time.

In Volvo Trucks North America, Inc. v. Reeder-Simco GMC, Inc., Roberts joined the majority ruling by Ginsburg while Thomas joined the dissent by Stevens. This puts Roberts and Thomas in 92.86% agreement.

Roberts/Scalia: 100%
Roberts/Thomas: 92.86%

After 16 rulings.

Next analysis will post after 20 rulings, to get us back on schedule!

[AntiGuv]

PS. And according to the statistics thus far, Roberts is in as much agreement with O'Connor (92.86%) as he is with Thomas (92.86%).

[Cincinna]

I trust Mark Levin, true legal scholar over Ann Coulter.

You guys just give her a pass because she is a skinny blond who should "Im a Conservative, you're not" at every turn.

She is wrong on this.

[Always Right]

Yeah, I think they have kind of avoided cases too controversial so far. There is a case that revisits part of the McCain-Feingold bill which might prove interesting.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I'm eatin it. I concede that I was partially wrong.