He just doesn’t do straight answers, does he? He was great on 9/11 but, he’s not the complete package. But then, I am biased. (cough)
DUNCAN HUNTER , he’s got my vote(s)
“He just doesn’t do straight answers, does he?”
He ALMOST DID, HERE, caught himself just in time.....”I was part of the committee that — “.....I saw this live and was disappointed but not surprised he didn’t say whatever the rest of that sentence was going to be......of course it went over Hannity’s head....
“I was part of the committee that — “ whoops! rudeeeee close call!
GIULIANI: Sure. I’m comfortable with that. I think that it can’t be a litmus test. First of all, I don’t think there should be any litmus test for judges. I’m a lawyer. I’ve practiced in court. I’ve argued in the Supreme Court, one time, not as often as my friend, Ted Olson, but I got to argue once in the Supreme Court. It was one of the highlights of my career.
I’ve argued in many of the appellate courts all throughout the country and different state courts. You can’t have litmus tests. It’s a false thing. I’ll tell you why. A judge has to be open to listen to the facts of the case.
And some little thing could throw it off. You think you’re going to decide one way and now you hear a fact and it’s a really important one and it changes your decision-making.
What you need to know about a judge — and I would know how to do this from my experience of appointing lots of judges, hiring many, many lawyers, and watching the Reagan judges get appointed.
long pregnant silence at the hyphen:
I was part of the committee that — I was dealing with the U.S. attorneys and the U.S. marshals, but I watched most of those appointments. You select people on general approach and general philosophy.
Do they seek the meaning of the Constitution or are they going to try to legislate it? Do they understand the difference between being an Article III judge and a legislator?
If you don’t understand that difference, there’s more at stake than just any one case. Our liberty is at stake. Our democracy is at stake. If judges start legislating, you and I have no control over that. We don’t get to vote for them. We don’t get to vote for them every two years...
It's time to unpack that statement, imo. What did he actually DO?
I know he gave press conferences. He attended funerals. That is what mayors and politicians of all sorts, do.
He was in the place at the time. That's about it, as far as I can recall.