Pat Buchanan suggests: Too many Jews on U.S. Supreme Court bench

haaretZ ^ | 5/16/10 | staff

[Nachum]

American conservative political commentator Pat Buchanan wrote a column titled 'Are liberals anti-WASP' last week, in which he suggested that if Supreme Court justice nominee Elena Kagan is confirmed, there will be a disproportionately large number of Jews on the Supreme Court bench.

In his column for World Net Daily, Buchanan lamented the fact that since 1965, no Democratic president has nominated a black Supreme Court justice, but that "if Kagan is confirmed, Jews, who represent less than 2 percent of the U.S. population, will have 33 percent of the Supreme Court seats."

[Nachum]

How about just nominating a few more like Justice Scalia, Pat?

[mnehring]

Is it not obvious why he is MSNBC’s token Conservative(sic).

[hennie pennie]

*ping*

[WKUHilltopper]

If he’s worried about too many Jews...let’s see how he likes homosexuals on there.

What a dope...no wonder he’s the token conservative.

[o_zarkman44]

And there are absolutely NO Protestants on the Supreme court either.
for a nation based on Judeo-Christian heritage, a large segment of the population is not represented in ideology of Protestant upbringing.

[hinckley buzzard]

Pat is apparently captive to the bogus notion that the Court "needs to look like America." Justices don't represent anybody. They are supposed to interpret the law and render judgments. That's all. Buchanan has the same idiot idea that Laura "We need more women" Bush has. And they are both muddleheaded.

[Kid Shelleen]

did he really suggest that or was he trying to make a point about liberal hypocrisy and diversity?

[MNJohnnie]

Article VI US Consitution.

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.

[devere]

NAZIs are also underrepresented on the Supreme Court. Pat could fill that lack, but then we’d have still another Catholic!

Enough of ethnic and religious politics. Let’s just have the best legal minds on the Supreme Court. That should eliminate Elena Kagan.

[omega4179]

Too many Marxists - I don’t care if they are Catholic Protestant or Jewish.

[BradyLS]

I think he’s pointing out that libs, who are oh-so concerned about “diversity” never apply the rule in their appointments.

[Nowhere Man]

That's one thing I find troubling about Pat. He hits it dead on on many issues but on this one, he's off target. He is looking more and more anti-Semetic each day. I know not all Jews voted for Obama or democratic, true a majority did, but I think they might begin to wake up since Obama is screwing Israel left and right.

My concerns are her stances where she is not SC material, she would restrict freedom of speech, what she wrote sounds a lot like the old Fairness Doctrine. She seems to be a barking moonbat. One interesting thing though, she can win a Chas Bono look alike contest. B-D

[BradyLS]

...or was he trying to make a point about liberal hypocrisy and diversity?

That's how I read it.

[Brilliant]

I’m sure he meant it. If you buy into the lib argument that the Supreme Court should represent the diversity of America, then this Court does not represent the religious diversity of America, and it is getting less so. After Kagan takes the bench, the Court will consist entirely of Jews and Catholics.

Of course, I could care less. The issue for me is judicial philosophy. But if you’re a liberal and you’re not a hypocrite, then I would think you would have a problem with that.

[ckilmer]

You need to go to downtown washington dc someday and visit some the government departments there. what you’ll see is that blacks and hispanics are over represented as a percentage of their population by 4-5 times. In most departments — its clear that in the next generation most of them will be run by blacks or hispanics.

that’s your tax dollars at work.

[Bernard Marx]

That's how I read it.

Me too.

[Ransomed]

The problem is wacky liberals, no matter the faith or lack of faith.

“for a nation based on Judeo-Christian heritage, a large segment of the population is not represented in ideology of Protestant upbringing.”

Maybe the trend has something to do with all the Protestant presidents.

Freegards

[BloodnGuts]

That’s what I got from it - that the court is getting packed with leftist homos and eshewing our Christian European majority.

I think it has been 50 years since the Dems nominated one.

[joe.fralick]

Re Kagan, I put myself through the ordeal of reading her University of Chicago Law Review article on the free speech cases, to see if her views on hate speech and the like are as dangerous as some say.

I found the article to be pretty non-ideological. My main reaction was that reading her opinions (if she doesn't just let her clerks write them) will be no fun at all. Her writing is punishingly dull and ponderous.

[Clemenza]

The difference between Liberals and Conservatives is that the latter allows for the fact that certain ethnicities are better skilled than others, and that, in a meritocracy, such folks deserve the opportunities available to their talents. We may recognize that the NBA is predominantly black, or that white gentiles are a minority on Ivy League campuses, but we don't see anything that needs to be rectified, as such statistics reflect the facts that certain groups of people disproportionately have certain talents in excess of the general population.

In Pat's case, whenever I've seen him comment on this, it seems to me as he is saying "we have affirmative action against white males in government employment, why not have it in out favor in the Ivies." Such comments wreak of envy and bitterness, which is odd considering 1. Pat attended Columbia, an Ivy League school and 2. Pat is probably one of the few senior citizens not in charge of their own company who is making the amount of money he does as a talking head on a network.

The fact that Scalia is Catholic or that Kagen is Jewish mean little to me. If Scalia's philosophy were rooted in continental Catholic reactionary corporatavism I would not want him on the court, just as I don't want Kagen on the court for her lack of respect for original intent.

[restornu]

I wonder about Pat why smear a whole race he should have said too many secular humanist on the Supreme court.

[Kid Shelleen]

If she is in the IV League left wing inner circle then her religion is socialism.

[Kenny]

I am so sick of the blatant media manipulation. The put this out in the hope that conservatives will think we have an anti-semite in our mix.

[dayglored]

> ...but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.

EXACTLY.

Moreover, there is no reason whatsoever that the SCOTUS should look like (sex, religion, etc.) a cross-section of Americans. The whole idea is to get people on the court that are wiser than the average joker, and know the Constitution. Your average joker is (unfortunately) neither very wise, nor sufficiently familiar with the Constitution.

[Spok]

Buchanan doesn’t like Jews because they’re Jews; Obama just hates who Jews who support Israel. They share disparate but equally reprehensible viewpoints.

[plain talk]

That’s funny - I have never heard Pat complain about too many Catholics on the SC - oh yeah - he’s Catholic.

[Outlaw Woman]

Mark Levin.........what an outstanding justice he would be!

[stop_fascism]

Who would ever think that Buchanan is an anti-semite.

[exbrit]

Given that he’s a raging anti-semite, perhaps he’ll be happy when muslims are on the supreme court.

[nathanbedford]

Roosevelt sought and got credit for nominating the first Jew to the Supreme Court. Lyndon Johnson won approval for appointing the first black. Ronald Reagan was praised for appointing the first female . Barack Obama was credited for the first Hispanic.

All of these ethnic groups and women demanded these nominations of one of their own. Many of them decried a court staffed only with white males. Each "first" was applauded by the diversity crowd. In half a century we have managed to turn a co-equal branch of the federal government into an affirmative action slut machine. If an appointment can legitimately be praised for advancing the interests of a favored ethnic racial or gender group, cannot those not so favored legitimately complain?

If we appoint a judge on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, and gender, anyone who fails to complain if his group was ignored is a fool. I fully expect the Mormons to begin pressuring for the appointment of one of their own. Next in line will be the Muslims. Will Jews be accused of bigotry if they complain someday that they had no place on the court but the Muslims own 33 1/3% of the court?

Why do we on the basis of these remarks accuse Pat Buchanan of bigotry? As a white male Protestant I want more white male Protestants on the court to defend me against the diversity pirates on the court. I did not start out this way, they made me this way. I refuse to unilaterally disarm.

If they move the race war to the court, I will wage war in the court because I want to survive. I will not blame Pat Buchanan for telling the truth. I will not claim racism where none exists but I will insist on having my race, my gender, and my religion represented. I will put the blame where it belongs, on the race mongers who created this situation and not on a courageous messenger who tells us the Emperor has no clothes.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Buchanan is not a conservative.

[lightman]

After Kagan takes the bench, the Court will consist entirely of Jews and Catholics.

Of course, I could care less. The issue for me is judicial philosophy

Which is why I detest the exclusivity of the nations's highest court being comprised solely of Harvardites and Yalies.

[Brilliant]

The last 4 Presidents have also been from Yale and Harvard.

[dtrpscout]

There are too many Reform/Liberal/Secular Jews on the SCt. This is the standard spoiled and over-privileged ultra-liberal American Obama-supporting Jew. There are NOT NEARLY enough Conservative/Orthodx/Netanyahu-common sense Jews on the SCt. Just like there aren’t enough Black’s like Clarence Thomas on the Sct. See the difference?

[Argus]

More to the point, liberals, who represent 30% of the US population, will have half the SCOTUS seats.

[AmishDude]

I think non-lawyers should be represented on the bench.

First, law school is easy and is reserved for people who are too stupid to do mathematics.

Second, the law is a corrupt incestuous protection racket.

There is no reason that this single profession should have exclusive province over one-third of our representative republic, especially a third that has increasingly decided that it can arbitrarily override the wishes of the elected legislature based only on their desires and whims.

It is time we put people in black robes who will hold these people accountable.

[northwinds]

It is a bit odd that a group who represents 2% of the U.S. population would have one-third of the seats on the Supreme Court.....I think that if one-third of the Supreme Court were suddenly Muslim most here on FR would have a problem with that. And the fact that there are no Protestants is a little troubling to me as well.

[LibLieSlayer]

I have despised this racist nazi for years... and his sister is just as evil.

LLS

[dtrpscout]

PS: If the answer eludes, it is not the religious denomination, race, etc., its the philosophy and morality (morality: i.e., one’s ideas of what constitutes right vs wrong).

[dfwgator]

Oh come on, Pat lost a dear relative in the Holocaust, he fell out of the guard tower.

[VRWC For Truth]

Pat has JDS. Pat’s motto: I blame them Joos for the sky being blue. He’s a kook.

[katana]

I still can’t get over the fact that Pat’s grandfather died at Auschwitz. Fell out of a guard tower and broke his neck.

[dtrpscout]

Yeah, and I think that your next brain surgeon should be an auto mechanic.

[dfwgator]

And he bears a lot of responsibility for giving us 8 years of Clinton after his speech at the 1992 Republican Convention.

[katana]

Kudos. Best me by less than a minute.

[dfwgator]

LOL, it’s not an official Pat Buchanan thread until somebody posts that joke.

[gwilhelm56]

**Mark Levin.........what an outstanding justice he would be!**

YES ... however for the entertainment value, I’d like to see ANN Coulter named for the Court... I’d subscribe to PAY PER VIEW just to see those Confirmation HEARINGS.

[wardaddy]

it is odd we will now have a completely Jewish and Catholic court.

Imagine the howl if all justices were Southern Baptist or Texas Church of Christ...nirvana from my perspective..lol

it would be nice to once have a Jewish conservative on the court...they have all been libtards

[o_zarkman44]

Protestant Presidents have appointed the courts. True. But still my observation about the make up of the court ignoring Protestants is significant.

Not to mention the Court is currently representing about a 3 state region of America, the NE liberal corridor and Two University Law Schools. Most refreshing cross section of American values? NO. Totally biased? Potentially and blatantly yes.

[Kenny]

Who would ever think that Buchanan is an anti-semite

Just sayin' some still view him as part of the conservative message.