The Next Supreme Court Vacancy

National Review ^ | June 21, 2007 | Edward Whelan

[gpapa]

If a Supreme Court vacancy unexpectedly develops this summer, the conventional wisdom is that President Bush will find it extremely difficult or impossible to get a strong proponent of judicial restraint confirmed by the Senate....snip....This conventional wisdom is unsound.

[theDentist]

I’m sure he’d love it though, get our attention off that pasky terrible immigration bill he’s foisting on us.

[TSchmereL]

I predict that if a Supreme Court vacancy develops this summer, President Bush will not even nominate a strong proponent of judicial restraint. If you thought Harriet Miers was lame . . .

[indcons]

You think he’ll renominate Harriet Miers? ;)

[Joe Boucher]

correct you are.

[theDentist]

These days I just wouldn’t put it past him.

[sergeantdave]

He’ll nominate Souter’s live-in Irish maid or the Salvadoran lawn maintenance man.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

With the way Boosh is going....I bet Mike Nifong gets nominated

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

With the way Boosh is going....I bet Mike Nifong gets nominated

Now there's a frightening thought!

[subterfuge]

To be sure, there will be plenty of timid voices counseling President Bush to go wobbly. A number of Republican senators, for example — including some conservatives — will encourage the hopeless illusion of a consensus pick. Confident that they will win an issueless reelection campaign, they would prefer to avoid the controversy of a contentious confirmation fight, even if that controversy will most likely redound to their benefit. Why, they ask themselves, incur even a small downside risk? Some White House advisers may fear that political capital will be diverted from their own favored priorities, and others may believe that the benchmark of a successful nomination is a quick and quiet confirmation, rather than the appointment of a quality justice.

[Sloth]

Vicente Fox, maybe?

[alicewonders]

What a bunch of ineffective weenies we’ve elected for ourselves.

[Obie Wan]

GW’s days of appointing SCOTUS justices are over. This article has suspended reality !!!

[MinuteGal]

Rosie will still be looking for a job.

Leni

[hunter112]

There's only one solid strategy: Appoint conservative judges that will NOT make it through Congress, from minority groups that the Rats can anger by not confirming. There are Asian-American judges, black judges, Hispanic judges, Polish-American judges, and just for good measure, another Italian-American judge.

End result: we have a SCOTUS that is composed of eight Justices at worst, the majority of which are conservative.

[LonePalm]

I like that strategerie.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[dynachrome]

“Appoint conservative judges...”
A strategy he should have been following all along.

[jwparkerjr]

As exciting a prospect as another supreme court nomination opportunity might be for us conservatives I think we need to return to reality by watching the Black Knight skit from Monty Python’s Holy Grail movie! The machinations the Black Knight went through to continue the fight will be nothing compared to what the liberals will do to keep one of theirs from leaving the court during the current presidential term! Imagine a combination of the Black Knight and Weekend at Bernie’s, and then double it.

Historical precedence is of no value when considering what the liberals will do in the Senate in order to get their way. Look how they broke with precedence to stop the President’s nominations to lower courts. Don’t get me started on that though, I will NEVER forgive the Republicans that joined “The Gang” to deprive us of an opportunity to put a stop to that silliness once and for all.

[Chuck54]

A strategy he should have been following all along.

Yep Roberts and Alito sure don't follow the conservative ideology. Right?

What planet you been inhabiting?

[mikeus_maximus]

He only appointed a srtict contructionist last time because the party heads and his advisers pushed him to listen to us sexist biggots that comprise the base.

He won't do it again.