Posted on 07/21/2005 4:30:51 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile
"...I do care about the Supreme Court which is why I'm comfortable with Roberts. But I am enjoying watching your sisterhood whine, cry and carry on so."
I wish I could say the same for your comments. But I am not entertained by your little insults. I wish you the best of luck, and a long life.
Yes, Anita Hill would say the same thing. The histrionics are fun to watch.
In his confirmation testimony two years ago, Roberts said that judges should be "ever mindful that they are insulated from democratic pressures precisely because the Framers expected them to be discerning law, not shaping policy," and added: "That means that judges should not look to their own personal views or preferences in deciding the cases before them. Their commission is no license to impose their preferences from the bench."
I agree with you that he is an honorable man and that's one of the reasons I voted for him. But he is a globalist and he is very moderate IMHO.
I concede Scalia, but Thomas voted for pornography so that may be good that he is not Thomas.
Guilt by Association is a fallacy in which a person rejects a claim simply because it is pointed out that people she dislikes accept the claim. This sort of "reasoning" has the following form:
* People/person p does not like accept claim c.
* Therefore c is false.
Explanation
It is clear that sort of "reasoning" is fallacious.The fallacy draws its power from the fact that people do not like to be associated with people they dislike. Hence, if it is shown that a person shares a belief with people he dislikes he might be influenced into rejecting that belief. In such cases the person will be rejecting the claim based on how he thinks or feels about the people who hold it and because he does not want to be associated with such people. Of course, the fact that someone does not want to be associated with people she dislikes does not justify the rejection of any claim. For example, most wicked and terrible people accept that the earth revolves around the sun and that lead is heavier than helium. No sane person would reject these claims simply because this would put them in the company of people they dislike (or even hate).
Got me what he is. He could be a phenomenal justice. But I can't tell from his record, which really doesn't provide much in the way of his personal opinions on constitutional interpretation.
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