I’m shocked.
Keeping this pro-government leftist off the bench is paramount.
It's like the question attributed to Lincoln: How many legs does a dog have, if you call a tail a leg? Answer: 4--calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one.
Calling Garland a moderate doesn't make him one.
No one I know of. Nothing on TV.
Only through Nick and Free Republic do we get this pertinent info on the nominee.
That's who!
Leni
There are no moderate liberals.
Those agencies are often not Constitutionally authorized, are regulating things over which they should have no authority and are issuing regulations with the weight of law which function should be reserved to the Congress.
That Federal agencies regulate the electromagnetic spectrum, the amount of water your toilet flushes, the plants in your yard and the critters that fly over or walk through it, even the air you breathe, all flies in the face of the concept of limited Federal Government and steps far beyond the sane constraints thereon.
Consider NLRB v. Noel Canning, where the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that 0bama did not have the authority to make executive appointments when the Senate was only in "recess" for three days. This was the biggest Separation of Powers case heard during the 0bama regime, at least until the Court rules in United States v. Texas later this term. In Noel Canning even 0bama's hand-picked left-wingnut justices did not believe he had the authority to make executive appointments without Senate confirmation during a three day recess.
While Noel Canning came through the D. C. Circuit, where Garland is currently a judge, he was not on the three judge panel that decided the case. Given his track record of extreme deference to the Executive branch, and 0bama's desire to act however he wishes, it's likely Garland would have voted with the government on that case. I'm sure 0bama has deliberately picked an Executive rubber-stamp.
Seems whenever there is divided government and the President has to nominate a “moderate” candidate to get them through Congress, the moderates sent up by Dem Presidents without exception become doctrinaire liberals and the “moderate” candidates submitted by Republican Presidents also become doctrinaire liberals (Souter, Berger, Warren, Stevens).So once I hear the word “moderate” do not even consider them.