Slick, why should the Senate "investigate Judge Roberts" when they didn't want to investigate your 15 felonies?
Posted on 08/04/2005 4:40:06 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Ex-president Bill Clinton is calling on Senate Democrats to investigate Supreme Court nominee John Roberts' civil rights record, based on a memo he wrote as a lawyer in the Reagan administration arguing that Congress should be allowed to bar courts from ordering busing to desegregate schools.
In an interview on National Public Radio on Thursday, Clinton said:
"The only thing I've seen in these [Roberts] documents that bothers me that I really want to see the Senate explore . . . [is Roberts' memo] claiming that the Congress could keep the Supreme Court from hearing all kinds of cases involving school busings, school prayer, abortion, flag burning, lots of other things."
The ex-president said that Roberts "apparently had a big fight within the Reagan administration" over his position, "where he was to the right of other people in the Reagan Justice Department."
Clinton said the Roberts civil rights memo "might indicate an unwillingness to allow the Supreme Court to be the court of last resort when people assert their constitutional rights."
On Wednesday, Clinton told Bloomberg News that he was "surprised" by the Roberts memo, calling his position on civil rights "to the right" of conservative scholar and then-assistant U.S. Attorney General Ted Olson.
"I'd like to see that explored in the hearings," he urged. "I think that'd be good for America."
You took the letters right off my keyboard!!
I have three words for Toon: Ricky Ray Rector.
Easy doug...remember Clinton is Poppy's new surrogate son now (which means that he's Dubya's adopted brother!), don't they look so cute together? :-)
Clinton , the "Comeblack Kid"
Here comes another recess appointment.
Doug,
You smooth talking devil, you!
Now that's odd.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO SAY!!!!!
Hillary must be seething.
This is one of those thousand cuts he has planned to keep her out of the White House. I love it.
Investigate Bill Clinton's rape record.
Why would Slick keep Hillary out of the WH race?
Isn't there a fat intern with a double cheeseburger waiting for him somewhere?
When is someone going to investigate the rights of all of Bill Clinton's rape victims?
Like Bubba would know.
It's about his legacy - not hers.
LOL
Tell us how you really feel!
Slick, why should the Senate "investigate Judge Roberts" when they didn't want to investigate your 15 felonies?
If someone would click here and take a good look at Bill and Hill's 2003 financial disclosure form. It makes interesting reading, particularly the honoraria...
Then there's William "BJ" Clinton
** SO THE CRIMINAL REPROBATE IMPEACHED, ADULTEROUS, LYING, TREASONOUS MAGGOT CRAWLS OUT FROM UNDER HIS ROCK **
.. to help BORK Roberts...who said MASSIVE HYPOCRISY???
Oh, and he's not going to keep her out of the race. He's just going to slice her up just enough. Get inside his head, the last thing he wants is to stand behind her. Can't blame him for that but it's always about him. She knows all this of course and can't do anything about it.
Totally disagree. Bill wants back in the WH ASAP.
Of the two, Hillary has always been more assertive.
The existence of such a memo would go a long way toward eliminating my concerns about Roberts' nomination. I hope Clinton's right.
Could be but just remember the "thousand cuts" scenario.
Roger that.
Memo to Impeached Ex-President Clinton:
No one cares what you say. You have no credibility. And your concern for civil rights? How touching considering you violated the civil rights of nearly every woman you ever came in contact with, you liberal pukehead.
Um, the two people who should never comment on a judge's qualifications (out of fear of laughter) is a disbarred attorney or an impeached ex-President.
Thank You Doug
My sentiments exactly.
For several years they sang his song…he was a hero to their cause
In denial many lived…he placed himself up above the laws
He knew all of the right things to say…down through…hell and then back believers would go
In eight long years he's done to us…more damage than you know
For his neglect we would finally pay the price…the count's three thousand dead
We know just where to place the blame…it is on Bill Clinton's head
When the Cole was hit and brave men died…there is no doubt that he hadn't cried
He looked at his polls and sighed
Now this is the end…this is the end…of his legacy
At OKC he saw his chance…he needed to divide us all
He would create the vast right wing…and his mind-numbed fools would pick up the ball
So we'd fight among ourselves…and the…grand scheme had worked, he got his way
With our attention diverted he…would gut the CIA
For his neglect we would pay the price…the count's three thousand dead
We know just where to place the blame…it is on Bill Clinton's head
When the Cole was hit and brave men died…there is no doubt that he hadn't cried
He looked at his polls and sighed
Now this is the end…this is the end…of his legacy
We endured a psychopath…who saw himself as the Rockstar Prez
We had sent the warnings out…watch what this man does, not what he says
For neglect we paid the price…when those great buildings fell with many dead
And we know just where to place the blame…it's on Bill Clinton's head
When the Cole was hit and brave men died…there is no doubt that he hadn't cried
He looked at his polls and sighed
Now this is the end…this is the end…of his legacy
These people are showing the people who they really are, I hope to see more of him
And we know just where to place the blame…it's on Bill Clinton's head
Outstanding, Doug! Kudos.
You'd be surprised at the number of older Arkansans who have never heard of Rector.
Ultimately busing proved to be an ineffective tool in that it destroyed neighborhood schools and the very idea that black children can't learn unless seated next to a white student was proven ludicrous.
Take time to study the Clinton's accusation more carefully. If Roberts did write such a memo and it accurately captures his legal philosophy, this is arguably good news, perhaps very good news, for conservatives.
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Why do we don a real investigation of the Clintons?
There is only one way to make Bill Clinton irrelevant. Elect him Secretary General of the UN.
So much from the perv who saddled us with Breyer and Ginsburg! He's stepped on so many rights in his personal life that he wouldn't know a violation if it bit him on the ass (or any other part of his anatomy).
How about we investigate Bill's civil rights record...using government power to sic the IRS on his enemies; silencing witnesses with threats and bribes; publicly defaming others, etc.
Really?
He wants to have her derailed? Why wouldn't he want to return to the WH? He loved the power. Wasn't the quote 'because I could'?
I have not heard this otherwise.
The Constitution gives Congress the right to make exceptions to the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court (Article III, Sec. 2).
WOW ... You mean Bill actually read 75,000 pages of document that were JUST released and found that one memo to yap about??
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ... why ain't I buying this
Won't it be interesting if Congress ever gets around to limiting the jurisdiction of the federal courts, and the courts then say that such laws are in violation of the Constitution? I think such a scenario is entirely possible, and Congress will need to assert it rights under the Constitution.
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