"WAAAAAAA! Moveon.org Conservatives can't dictate to the President who THEY want to BE on the Supreme Court!"
post to start the thread! Quick!
Democracy sometimes leads to silly laws like banning independent campaign expenditures close to an election.
That is why we need a court, to impose constitutional control over an out-of-control government legislating things they have no business legislating. Like campaign contributiones. Like a person's personal contraceptive choice.
I should go easy on Ann, because in her desire to trash Miers she actually BELIEVED (trusted) Arlen Specter to give an accurate account of a conversation. Normally Ann would know better.
Constitutional law CAN use common sense. Common sense says that when the constitution says "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" that it means that people have a right to keep and bear arms.
Complex nuances of 30-year theoretical introspection over the constitution leads to the nuance which allows a judge to say that flag-burning is speech, but money isn't speech. Or that "for public use" can actually mean "for government benefit".
We need a common-sense reading of the constitution.
I have no idea if Miers will do that, which is the real problem. But to argue that the problem is that we want a justice that has no common sense is simply silly. I bet Souter had no common sense at all. He doesn't seem like a guy that has any sense, common or otherwise.
BTW, have we all missed the part that the 1st few weeks of a nominee for the court is when we paint a picture of them as a human being, not some robot? I don't know why, but somehow it has become important to show that a justice is a living, breathing person with thoughts and feelings.
I used to think it was to try to stop democrats from saying hateful things about them that you would never say to a fellow human being, but since the dems now trash nominees while their families are sitting there, that can't be it.
The liberals like to see humanity because they think that their beliefs are human-loving while republicans are human-hating. They are wrong, republicans are much more human than democrats.
I thought the comment about her bowling was hilarious. Anybody who couldn't see the frustration of this white house played out in that statement has lost their sense of humor.
From the beginning of this nightmare, I have taken it as a given that Miers will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. I assume that's why Bush nominated her. (It certainly wasn't her resume.) Pity no one told him there are scads of highly qualified judicial nominees who would also have voted against Roe. Wasn't it Harriet Miers' job to tell him that? Hey, wait a minute . . .
Conservatives trying to work within the republican party is and has been a waste of time and votes.
Well said.
I get it now. Ann is auditioning for Chrissy Matthews co-host.
Gee I am sorry you all have such a hard time grasping the concept of a Constitutional Republic that has worked fine for 230 or so years. What Ann WANTS is a monarchy where SHE gets to be queen. Sorry, NOT interested even though she would make a FABULOUS queen.
Coulter is back on her game though the hyperbole is toned down.
Exactly right, Ann. That's why so many of us are against this nomination.
I have been gone a few weeks, who is this Harriet Miers anyways?
Wow. No personal attacks on the president this time (at least none I've seen skipping around), and she actually makes some good points. A step up for Ann!
Ann Coulter carried on and ranted against the nomination of John Roberts as well.
What is her problem?
The WH has clustered this nomination. As an evangelical, I don't care about her church affiliation or how she stood on a political issue. The only relevant inquiry is whether a justice has an acceptable judicial philosophy. The best way of determining that philosophy is to see how that potential justice decided cases. With Harriet, we do not have any way of determining that philosophy, apart from the POTUS demanding that we trust him.
Apparently, Bush picked Harriet to avoid a fight with the Dems. Due to their mismanagment, the WH has got a fight with a far less qualified and accomplished candidate. What a complete waste!
Now, one of the bots will flame me for daring to question the wisdom of the President. Go ahead. I just don't care.
Our "Goddess" is really po'd. I bow to her superior wisdom in this matter.
You would think she had established her point...belaboring it serves only to show that she is p*ssed about not being on the list herself.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! She's right though---GW needed to keep his flank covered given all the other caca that might hit the fan, and he oh-so-obviously didn't on this dumb, unvetted nomination.
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