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Flashback - Slate: The Supreme Court Shortlist - The views of the likely candidates. (In retrospec)
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| July 1, 2005
| Emily Bazelon & David Newman
Posted on 02/19/2006 10:41:28 AM PST by new yorker 77
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Both Roberts and Alito made the short list for Supreme Court Nominees in July 2005.
Conservatives in the know had Roberts on their short list.
Still, it suprised myself at the time that so many were clueless about Roberts.
Even people like Coulter foolishly used the word 'stealth' to describe this guy.
I still can't explain the Miers thing. Maybe after her recomending people like Janice Brown, Pricilla Owen, and William Pryor, President Bush thought he could slide her in there. It was a bad choice to try to avoid a fight.
I wonder if the remaining 6 on that short list will be picked to replace Stevens or Ginsburg should they retire or expire.
To: new yorker 77
I wonder if the remaining 6 on that short list will be picked to replace Stevens or Ginsburg should they retire or expire. Luttig and McConnell will be the next two.
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posted on
02/19/2006 10:45:03 AM PST
by
Cowboy Bob
(A Liberal by any other name is still a Hypocrite)
To: Cowboy Bob
If he picked Luttig, Chucky would soil himself.
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posted on
02/19/2006 10:46:15 AM PST
by
new yorker 77
(Conservatives who eat their own are a liberal's best friend.)
To: Cowboy Bob
Luttig and McConnell will be the next two. If Buzzy retires Dubya will have to nominate a woman, but that's just fine - he can nominate JRB :-).
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posted on
02/19/2006 10:46:36 AM PST
by
Tarkin
(Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito...one more to go)
To: new yorker 77
If another vacancy occurs, Bush's choice may be influenced by who retires.
There are other names who would be in the running. They include Karen Williams, Diane Sykes, and (my personal choice) Viet Dihn.
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posted on
02/19/2006 10:46:55 AM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(Bob Taft for Impeachment)
To: Clintonfatigued
Viet Dihn would be perfect because it would be the worst name for Ted Kennedy to pronounce.
He would slip up and call him Vietnam at least five times during the hearings.
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posted on
02/19/2006 10:49:17 AM PST
by
new yorker 77
(Conservatives who eat their own are a liberal's best friend.)
To: Tarkin
If Buzzy retires Dubya will have to nominate a woman, but that's just fine - he can nominate JRB :-). Why does he have to nominate a woman?
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posted on
02/19/2006 10:49:34 AM PST
by
Cowboy Bob
(A Liberal by any other name is still a Hypocrite)
To: Tarkin
To: Cowboy Bob
I'd like to see him nominate JR brown just for the pure enjoyment of watching the dems' heads explode.
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posted on
02/19/2006 10:53:29 AM PST
by
REDWOOD99
To: REDWOOD99; Cowboy Bob
Here's a curve ball; how about nominating Condeleeza Rice? There's been non-judges put on the Court before, I understand.
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posted on
02/19/2006 10:55:52 AM PST
by
RonF
To: Tarkin
I like Luttig, but the pressure will be on to nominate a female. Also, if the vacancy is Stevens, Bush might try to appoint Gonzalez. I think Gonzalez will be a problem since conservative don't want him and liberals don't like him as AG and Guantanamo.
To: Cowboy Bob
Because "there has to be" at least one woman on the SCOTUS, just like in the past there "had to be" at least one Jew (the 3rd seat occupied first by Cardozo, then by Frankfurter, Goldberg, Fortas, Blackmun, who was the only non-Jew in this seat, and now by Breyer is even sometimes called "the Jewish seat") and at least one Catholic. Now we have a "black" seat (do you really think GHWB would nominate Clarence Thomas if it wasn't Thurgood Marshall who retired?) and it's rather obvious that there is one place reserved for a woman. Affirmitive action has applied to the SCOTUS appointments for a very long time, I'm afraid.
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posted on
02/19/2006 10:56:59 AM PST
by
Tarkin
(Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito...one more to go)
To: GeorgefromGeorgia
I think Gonzalez will be a problem Oh he will. Conservatives will oppose him just like they opposed Miers.
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posted on
02/19/2006 10:58:19 AM PST
by
Tarkin
(Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito...one more to go)
To: RonF
Condi is an Executive.
The Supreme Court is for Jurists steeped in understanding of Constitutional Law.
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posted on
02/19/2006 10:58:46 AM PST
by
new yorker 77
(Conservatives who eat their own are a liberal's best friend.)
To: Tarkin
Gonzales is a fine AG.
President Bush needs him where he is and he will not pick Gonzales.
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posted on
02/19/2006 10:59:26 AM PST
by
new yorker 77
(Conservatives who eat their own are a liberal's best friend.)
To: REDWOOD99
I'd like to see him nominate JR brown just for the pure enjoyment of watching the dems' heads explode. I agree on that. But I'd like to see her nominate because she is the best candidate available (and she might very well be), but not because she is the best woman available.
By restricting the selection to a women, wouldn't Bush be ignoring half the population, and a vast majority of sitting judges? Wouldn't that be sexist?
Certainly we need the best possible jurist on the SC, no matter what the gender, or race.
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posted on
02/19/2006 10:59:36 AM PST
by
Cowboy Bob
(A Liberal by any other name is still a Hypocrite)
To: new yorker 77
Viet Dihn would be perfect because it would be the worst name for Ted Kennedy to pronounce. He would slip up and call him Vietnam at least five times during the hearings.
Even though I love the idea of a justice who could last for 40 years, it looks like he is a little young. Put him in a district court for 10 years to let him ripen.
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posted on
02/19/2006 11:02:18 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(In this year's White House play, Henry VI part II, VP Cheney got the role of Dick the Butcher.)
To: RonF
Here's a curve ball; how about nominating Condeleeza Rice?nThere's been non-judges put on the Court before, I understand. Of course, Earl Warren for example, and nominating him turned out to be the second-worst decision in Ike's life (appointing William Brennan being arguably the worst). Condi? Geez, do we really another abortion-loving "moderate"?
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posted on
02/19/2006 11:03:13 AM PST
by
Tarkin
(Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito...one more to go)
To: RonF; Cowboy Bob
Great for entertainment value but hardly the best choice. I think Luttig is the best choice.
To: KarlInOhio
Osamadabin ... Osama-Obamadabin ... Vietnam ... dinh ..obamadabinobamasama ... you know .. the black guy who speaks for American blacks even though his father is from Africa.
Has anyone ever asked Obama if he feels unworthy of being a spokesman for blacks in America considering that he is not the descendant of those brutalized in the slave trade?
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posted on
02/19/2006 11:05:44 AM PST
by
new yorker 77
(Conservatives who eat their own are a liberal's best friend.)
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