On June 2003, Democratic New York Senator Charles Schumer submitted Mike Mukasey’s name for Presiden Bush to consider for nomination to the Supreme Court!
Anyone who Chuck Schumer supports and nominates to be a Justice on the Supreme Court (2003) Court - I would find worthy of more serious investigation!
Would you trust someone Democratic New York Senator Schumer nominated??
Why is what Sen. Schumer and Nan Aron say any more relevant than that President Reagan thought highly enough of Judge Mukasey to put him on the bench? And while I haven’t frankly been interested enough to inform myself about Nan Aron’s views, what Sen. Schumer has said is that Judge Muksaey is a conservative lawyer who puts the rule of law first. That happens to be true. Schumer hasn’t said he sees eye-to-eye with Mukasey on every issue — or even, perhaps, most issues. He has, instead, indicated that he believes Mukasey is a brilliant, honest guy who would carry out the business of the Justice Department with competence, fairness and integrity. That also happens to be true. Something is not wrong just because Senator Schumer says it.
And what would our reaction be if Democrats were lining up against the Judge for no better reason than that he was a Reagan appointee? We’d be screaming bloody murder.
My suggestion is that regardless of what Schumer, Aron, Reagan, Kristol, I or anyone else thinks/thought of Mike Mukasey, the best way to judge the Judge is by his own words, which people can read, for example, here and here — in addition to about a zillion published opinions.
This is not a hard call.